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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Clickable https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/ax.asp
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
I have followed and enjoyed your contributions to HN from your old username days. Please take this as commentary from a friend who wishes you the best and sincerely wants you to succeed. I am the kind of person who would hire freelance writ
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
It is a short term capital loss.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Watch out for the pop ups on this website!
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
This article kicked up a fake virus scare popup on my Android phone. Beware when clicking on this link.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
It’s fascinating to see this story pushed repeatedly and fail to get traction. It has been posted a few times here on HN, as well as in other outlets. “Why am I hearing this? Why am I hearing this _now_?” Regardless of the truth or anti-tr
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Bafflegab, unfortunately — an indergraduate’s effort to satisfy the minimum page length requirement for an essay. The promise of a fresh perspective is left unfullfilled. Thanks for sharing it, though.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Read Marcus Aurelius, _Meditations_, for some suggestions. Or more succinctly . . . why bother? Be kind, and move on. Your atoms will be reclaimed and recycled by the universe soon enough.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
I look beyond the “there’s a crash coming” sentiment. In that opinion, he is like all other pundits yammering on CNBC: entertaining rather than enlightening. What I like about his article is the insight — new to me — about the nature of pap
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
The charitable interpretation might be that I intend to do something about the issue. I'm sorry that I was a bit cryptic when I responded "Actions Will Be Taken." Perhaps that led you to an inference that I am a crusty dinos
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Thank you for this insight.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Thanks for the reply. I am California-based so the outrageous reports I hear are caused by California law. Hence, I am at risk from Lawyers of Ill Repute. Actions Will Be Taken. While it would be nice to assume this is a Good Samaritan poin
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Ask HN: Subtle web accessibility shakedown or cunning SEO?
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Perhaps the article says more about the publisher — and journalistic practices generally — than it says about the Great Americans Drinking Public. A quick look finds this throughly unscientific statistic: > In 1790, United States governm
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Time to stop being a California employer. Signed, A California Employer. Explanation: I know this is an immensely defensible “right thing to do” law in the eyes of its supporters. But the incremental impact is far greater than our friends i
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
We don’t know — because we are not there — but my guess? It’s a Cal Code Civ Proc Section 988 offer. Waymo makes a settlement offer of $1B. Uber rejects it. They go to trial. If Waymo does better than $1B at trial, then Uber pays Waymo’s le
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
East West is a good bank for you. Another bank is cathaybank.com — also good for people in your position. Email me. My address is in my user information here on HN. A Mandarin-speaking lawyer works for me. He may be able to help you.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Yes you can own a US company and manage it from China. Creating a company is easy. But there are two problems to solve that are not so easy. — Banking. You can open a bank account for your US company even if you are a nonresident, but you
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
I know it is sacrilege to look askance at Elon Musk. And I know that he has an apparently real business enterprise or two that are running right now. But I’m struck by the constant barrage of PR for some new massive scheme completely unrela
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
S corporation status is good. It can save money on social security tax costs compared to a regular corporation or self-employment. Paperwork burden may be slightly lower for an LLC. The LLC eliminates annual minutes for the Board of Directo
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Out of curiosity . . . why an LLC with an S corporation election? Why not a corporation with an s corporation election? (Note: I am a tax lawyer and am genuinely curious. I can think of a few reasons, which are mostly driven by unique local
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
We have a team of eight. We use LastPass and it seems to work acceptably well. Password hygiene can be enforced, who has access to which password can be controlled. On the other hand . . . data is stored somewhere in the sky, which bothers
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
I have one child who rejected admission to UC Berkeley and another who refuses to apply to that school. Reap the whirlwind.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
This is the individual equivalent of a website paywall. We all know how much happiness paywalls engender. I know what my response will be when I get my first 21.co bounce message: "Congratulations. You have declared yourself irrelevant
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
That's the wrong question. You have contracting engineers. They get nervous if you pay slow. Presumably they are good people. You want to keep them. You want to attract more, better engineers. Pay them in 2 hours. Imagine what happens
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Yes I would hedge my bets. I have seen businesses die because they only had one bank. You and I have both seen, from time to time, people complaining that something went wrong with a Google account with no apparent way to obtain recourse. A
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
And if (God forbid, because it could never happen) Google arbitrarily froze you out of your email account and you could not talk to a human at Google to remedy the situation . . . ?
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Hooray Michele. What a nice thing to hear. Makes me happy.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
Is there any doubt where the money comes from? Middle class taxpayers in the San Joaquin Valley and Inland Empire will subsidize Tesla sales in Santa Monica.
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by philiphodgen 9y ago
http://tractionbook.com - might be useful.

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