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by pm24601 8y ago
To the OP on reddit - when it really mattered how come you did nothing? I am glad I read this. More people need to be less naive about the way Silicon Valley really works. We have this idealistic view of SV compared to the rest of the world
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by pm24601 8y ago
High Output Management by Andy Grove manager-tools.com has a bunch of good podcasts I ran across platohq.com which is building a site for people like yourself to get mentorship. As more my own personal advice... Recognize that you will have
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by pm24601 8y ago
But is it worth more than porn?
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by pm24601 8y ago
Demand has always modulated. The article points out that there is excess wind/solar capacity available. More than enough to cover current demand. In the US, energy consumption per capita is declining.
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by pm24601 8y ago
Texas is unique in another way. It's electrical system is not interconnected with the rest of the nation. https://www.nerc.com/AboutNERC/keyplayers/Documents/NERC_Reg...
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by pm24601 8y ago
Only fix needed to "unbreak" Social Security: Remove the income cap limit. ( https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/12/10/what-is-the-2018-m... ) All income over $128K is does not have a social sec
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by pm24601 8y ago
Reread the article. Clearly the PE owners have figured out exactly how to get all their money out before bankruptcy. Sears, Toys R' Us, Marsh .... all brought by PE firms. All drained dry by interest payments, until there is nothing le
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by pm24601 8y ago
> It should be a separate company that exists solely for the purpose of paying the benefits at retirement. Yes. S.O.C.I.A.L. S.E.C.U.R.I.T.Y. Look how well Americans will fight for and defend Social security benefits. We really should ju
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by pm24601 8y ago
Fully funded pension plans are assets that a PE firm uses as collateral for the loan to do a hostile takeover of the firm.
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by pm24601 8y ago
As a natural person, our interest payments are NOT tax deductible. Corporations get to deduct interest costs from their taxes. So PE firms are incentivized to load up the firms they attack with debt. Additionally, PE firms are allowed to us
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Job Candidates: Interview Surveys: Just Say No(linkedin.com)
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by pm24601 8y ago
Surprise, surprise. The shittiest "tech" job has to be reviewing flag content looking for child porn, snuff, etc. Sounds like tumblr/oath/verizon just decided that it was easier to not have to pick and choose which porn
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Printers pulled into 9100 port attack spew PewDiePie propaganda(nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
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by pm24601 8y ago
I am so torn on this. I agree about the network. At the same time, I know how lucky I am when it comes to living arrangements. I have a hard time recommending that someone who is trying to have a family live here. If they are single, and wi
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Fast-growing Facebook wants to fix Dumbarton rail bridge(sfchronicle.com)
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Raising Minimum Wages Reduces Recidivism(nakedcapitalism.com)
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Indiana Utility Says Replacing Coal with Renewables Will Save Customers $4B(cleantechnica.com)
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by pm24601 8y ago
You are making a bad assumption here: "Any system" ... Chances are we are talking about multiple systems created at different times and by different companies. I could easily see a case where the timestamp is stored as a string to
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by pm24601 8y ago
Yeap. A relatively lower paid person should be able to help reduce the workload of the higher paid person. Makes good business sense. Welcome to rigid software not built for adaptability.
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by pm24601 8y ago
A taste of their own medicine. I wonder if the court will try to order Bahnhof to unblock Elsevier?
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The American Abyss depicts a U.S. civil war in 2040(venturebeat.com)
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GDPR has taken away the “liability” excuse for not providing feedback(sworddance.com)
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by pm24601 8y ago
Thanks! I never understood this difference between em, rem, px. I learned something very new and I have been doing web development (backend mostly) for a long time.
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by pm24601 8y ago
Libertarianism is all about the individual and that individual's resources. Uber-rich have the vast majority of the resources. The uber-rich only need laws to protect themselves from the non-uber-rich. The 'middle-class' and
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by pm24601 8y ago
The ultimate uber-rich manifestation: libertarianism.
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Student Debt Bondage Becoming More Widespread(nakedcapitalism.com)
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$2.5B in Storm Losses, but Don’t Ask Georgia Farmers About Climate Change(nytimes.com)
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by pm24601 8y ago
A follow on problem: If there is a problem at a property Vancouver needs to track the beneficial owner to handle liability and maintenance issues. Vancouver has a problem of determining responsibility for poorly maintained buildings, fire c
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by pm24601 8y ago
Not true (sadly). NYC, Miami, SF, etc. have a big problem with shell corporations using real estate to do money laundering.
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by pm24601 8y ago
1. All real estate held by non-human persons ( i.e. corporations, LLC) gets taxed at a higher rate. 2. All real estate used for income production - i.e. AirBnB for significant percentage of the year 3. An owner can declare a single piece of

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