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by pcurve 3y ago
"He's back with a new startup that raised $350 million from the VC giant Andreessen Horowitz in August, 2022 — its biggest check ever " Someone once said, SV values bigger failures than small success. Fail big.
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by pcurve 3y ago
It still managed to destroy $25billion the second time around, so I would say plenty of damage has been done. Shame of the investors for giving this sky high valuation through SPAC.
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by pcurve 3y ago
per year. e.g. 1000 sq ft office at $72 sqft = $72,000 / year or $6000/month. It's no chump change, but most Manhattan 1000 sq ft apartment with 2 bedroom will cost more than that, especially with common charge.
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by pcurve 3y ago
"Asking rents in Manhattan offices averaged $75.13 per square foot" I rented a nice office on 25th / Broadway near Madison Square Park back in early 2000s for a few years and it was about $45 per square foot. All utility inc
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by pcurve 3y ago
agreed. US price is bat shit crazy. 'some' things are reasonably affordable in the U.S., like processed food in bulk, grains, dairy, etc. But eating out, rent, service labor, healthcare, are insane.
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by pcurve 3y ago
I've lived across the Hudson river on the New Jersey side for several decades, overlooking the skyline. It's mindboggling how much the skyline has changed in just past 10-15 years, from uptown to downtown including the abomination
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by pcurve 3y ago
Not only turbotax, but sometimes your brokerage firm (in case Fidelity) screws up calculating exercising options. I would've owed $20,000 more in taxes because the software failed to account for the amount that was already withheld.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Just curious, why not?
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by pcurve 3y ago
Just a paid shill with no credibility. Reminds me of David Lereah who was the spokesperson for National Association of Realtors during the biggest housing bubble who claimed there was no bubble.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Yeah I didn't mean to imply the Maxima was basic. In fact, I meant the opposite, because it costs $43k in today's money, yet hardly came with any features that you'd find in today's $30k cars.
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by pcurve 3y ago
I'm in my mid 40s, and I can see myself using these because I can no longer read things clearly without reading glasses, including restaurant menus. And yay to the super tacky looking deep drop shadows and rounded corners. Hate them a
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by pcurve 3y ago
Maxima has moved upmarket and it's no longer a basic car. However, Nissan Altima starts at $25k.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Me too. Most XF30 LS430 are still amazing condition, and I consider it to be the last LS with original Lexus DNA.
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by pcurve 3y ago
adjusted for inflation not to mention features, cars are cheaper than ever. My first new car was 1992 Maxima. It retailed for nearly $20k in 1991, which is $43k in today's money. It didn't even come with leather, power seat, sunr
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by pcurve 3y ago
Aside from the increase in quality, even basic $30k cars these day drive nicely and ride exceedingly well compared to their ancestors from the 90s and early 2000s. The incremental improvement that you get by trading in for newer model or ev
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by pcurve 3y ago
Traditional car companies have always been terrible at softwAre development. It also doesn’t help that auto is a low margin business
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by pcurve 3y ago
You know what gets me... is, when web sites only show hamburger menu in desktop viewport despite having plenty of space. I would try to enlarge the browser window to see if the full menu shows. Nope.
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by pcurve 3y ago
it's a lot. Here's top 100. https://www.equilar.com/reports/90-table-highest-paid-ceos-2... Pichai is not on the list because he gets paid big every 3 years I think. It's not a good look either way.
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by pcurve 3y ago
similar thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35809807
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by pcurve 3y ago
There goes my put options ;)
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by pcurve 3y ago
Saving you a click: "However, we could not find any statistical link between changes over time in the prevalence of either mobile-internet subscriptions or self-reported social-media use in a country, and changes over time in that coun
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by pcurve 3y ago
"Read my lips. No new taxes". New taxes pass 2 years later.
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by pcurve 3y ago
I've never not had things go wrong with Airbnb. There's ALWAYS something... be it slow running drain, broken sliding door, missing detergent, A/C problem, misleading photos (which I expect) With that said, I will continue to
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by pcurve 3y ago
Remember Lojack?
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by pcurve 3y ago
Stay safe. The whether there is oppressive especially with the usual high humidity.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Is it me or is sun in Spain extra intense? I was in Seville a few years ago and even though it was only low 90s, I thought my hair was on fire, and felt my skin burn.
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by pcurve 3y ago
sigh. While there's some exception, in general I really feel Apple makes crappy software, especially the ones that human input. They do a much better job of unifying device experience through software.
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by pcurve 3y ago
agree on customization, but I like the look of the windows 11. I just wish they would 'finish the job', rather than having hodgepodge of windows 2000 and 7 leftovers that don't blend well. See how silly this looks. https:&#x
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by pcurve 3y ago
The outage has been going on for 40+ hours now... I think this is sort of big.
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by pcurve 3y ago
Microsoft has done ok with not bastardizing its acquisitions under the current CEO, no?

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