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by poof131 10y ago
I’ve read War is a Racket. It’s a great piece and raises issues we all should think about. I also read A Bright Shining Lie, About Face, The Best and The Brightest and other books critical of the military [1, 2, 3]. Like I said in my pre
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by poof131 10y ago
Please don’t feel guilty. Voting your conscience is fine, protesting a war is fine, but shaming people who work for the DOD is childish. Americans are risking their lives all over the world for our country. If you’re ashamed to help your
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by poof131 10y ago
Thanks for sharing that link. Always good to see which investors look out for employees and which founders don’t. Taking a dividend out of the company when most your employees shares are options and not eligible for a dividend is definite
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by poof131 10y ago
Agreed. If you want more Zebras, raise interest rates. The capitalist system isn’t the problem, it’s the cheap money handed out by fiat from the government to banks that funds the madness and the impending fiasco as investors chase ever m
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by poof131 10y ago
I recently made the jump from startups to bigger co. For me there were a few considerations: 1. We’re at the end of a bubble and doing a slow pop. Multiple companies that have raised a lot of money don’t have the revenue or unit economics
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by poof131 10y ago
The 409A valuation should be used.[1] Definitely not the fundraising valuation for preferred shares. Employees should use the 409A too when trying to evaluate competing offers. While early 409A evaluations can be a bit of a swag they are
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by poof131 10y ago
I could have worded it better: short term profit extraction at the expense of long term capital expenditures and growth through mechanisms such as stock buybacks and outsourcing. [1] Agree there is no easy way to 10 times more stuff but ne
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by poof131 10y ago
I’m finding this robots argument a bit tiresome. Seems more of an excuse to justify outsourcing than the inevitable end state. If for every 10 workers, instead of 9 losing their jobs and 1 managing the robots, couldn’t we have 10 managing
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by poof131 10y ago
You should get a market rate salary post series-B or damn close in my opinion. This is the round where founders can take money off the table, making them millionaires. If they take money off the table but tell you that you should take les
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by poof131 10y ago
I hope otherwise too, but believe you may be right. A similar theme was purported in a book I read awhile back: Empire of Debt.[1] I try to be optimistic that the future will be better. Many things are better. But there is a self-righte
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by poof131 10y ago
I appreciate very much your perspective and it’s made me think. You obviously view things outside the box. Though I still believe a draft isn’t inherently anti-democratic. If the majority votes for a war, and the majority votes for consc
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by poof131 10y ago
I’m suggesting that military service isn’t normal labor and shouldn’t be treated as such. That war isn’t just a Kissingeresque chess move, but a last resort activity. You can’t use lethal force in business. Societies shouldn’t use lethal
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by poof131 10y ago
Personally, I feel this military contracting is a disgrace and a threat to the democracy. Bring back the draft or don’t fight the war. Even in World War 2, America’s paragon of a “justified” war, 61% of troops were drafted. [1] Not only d
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by poof131 10y ago
Thanks! Fixed.
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by poof131 10y ago
The DEA needs to go bye bye, and be replaced by the DRA, Drug Rehabilitation Agency. While I respect the risks operational agents take against crime syndicates, the war on drugs is a disaster. Even the government’s own RAND corporation co
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by poof131 10y ago
Seems like we’ve entered some sort of post-modern neocolonialism. How do we “fix” the broken countries of the world. The neocons under Bush tried to remake the middle east by invading Iraq.[1] Debated with someone here who felt we just n
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by poof131 10y ago
These tools: bootstrap, material, etc. seem to be exactly what you need. They make sure your style is consistent and looks good without too much work. You can then configure the framework to make it look unique to your application. My im
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by poof131 10y ago
I wouldn’t totally beat yourself up. Multi-tasking is one of the toughest and most important aspects of flying. You get better over time, but it is different than the intense focus in programming. The key is to just keep moving your focu
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by poof131 10y ago
Flew for the military for a decade. Disagree with the black box take away. Feel that is beginning vs expert. In the beginning you learn the systems as a sort of firehouse training. But later, so much is black boxes. Certainly you want to
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by poof131 10y ago
They could have waited for him to escape through the ventilation systems and kill more people? They could have waited for him to detonate the entire building and bring it down on everybody’s head, with more police inside and media watching
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by poof131 10y ago
Lived in the bay area, LA and San Diego for extended periods. If I were remote, focused on family, and somewhat price conscious, first choice would be San Louis Obispo: beaches, nice downtown, college town. My next choices would be San Die
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by poof131 10y ago
I agree. While using a lethal robot is scary, it is really no different than giving a police sniper the okay for a shot. Except in this case there was no possibility of a sniper shot. This individual was likely well trained. He fires and
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by poof131 10y ago
Personally, I think Tesla and Musk should shut up. This bantering back at the media might have been “new” and “cool” with other topics, but not when it involves somebody’s death. While it’s fine to respond to inaccurate facts, the catchy
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by poof131 10y ago
A little yes, but mostly no. I flew F/A-18s for the Navy for a decade including working as an instructor. There are probably 3 key areas you need to succeed as a military pilot (especially in fighters): stick and rudder skills, multi
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by poof131 10y ago
You nailed the point I think is the most critical: that artificially low interest rates (along with massive government debt) have resulted in an incredible misallocation of capital. Working in Silicon Valley I see (and benefit) from this f
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by poof131 10y ago
A few days ago I would have agreed whole heartedly. Now, after reading the article about the formation of AWS I’m not so sure.[1] It seems that Amazon (and others such as Google) have achieved economies of scale in development with intern
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by poof131 10y ago
God. I thought cost plus contracts were only used in exigent circumstances such as war, but apparently they are getting used more now, such as for the F-35.[1] Are software contracts really cost plus? These contracts shouldn’t be used fo
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by poof131 10y ago
And this is miniscule. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost hundreds of billions more than they needed to (not talking about whether they should have been started, just the effects achieved for the cost). I flew F/A-18s off the carr
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by poof131 10y ago
One place to look is resources for veterans. California has some great ones.[1] See about filing for any disabilities that may be related to time in service and if there is any way to get treatment and help through the VA. Also, look for
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by poof131 10y ago
States being the source of money and not a neutral arbiter of it’s value is the major problem in my opinion, not the solution. With a set amount of money (or a slow fixed increase) markets are stable and operate efficiently (assuming minim

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