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by ptero 1y ago
It's the same thing in the SV. Unless the company is doing liquidity events the early, but post-founder equity is unlikely to pan out for employees. And it can motivate employees to stay at the company way beyond what's good for t
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by ptero 1y ago
What is a "malicious mind"? People absolutely heed laws that they find personally inconvenient but are afraid of the penalties (parking restrictions, paying taxes, loud music and that is not even stepping into hot button topics).
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by ptero 1y ago
Those are great words. The problems start when we try turning those into actionable definitions. That is, defining what kind of freedom citizens have and when the government starts putting pressure on those who step outside those definition
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by ptero 1y ago
All people or most? If most, where is the threshold (0.1%, 1%, 10%?) for those whose values we can ignore and what should we do with those pesky people who do not share otherwise common values?
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by ptero 1y ago
Because historically it has never been done. The closest we got is when a group (religious or political) finds something most people somewhat agree with, declares it a universal value and proceeds to suppress, drive away or eliminate those
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by ptero 1y ago
While they didn't do much at work and could coast forever, they still had to show up and sit out the hours. And this does seem to correlate highly with ration books. Which are also not amazon-fulfilled, but require going to a store, wa
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by ptero 1y ago
First, my apologies for answering your "because Trump" with "because Biden". It was a knee-jerk reaction to politicization of an argument that IMO has nothing to do with politics. If I had to pick "because something
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by ptero 1y ago
Different people learn and work in different ways. To become comfortable with a new complex topic I personally have to work things out, with a pencil and an eraser, on a piece of paper. And even writing software I often make toss-away paper
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by ptero 1y ago
All treasuries or specific maturities will have to offer double digit rates? And what do you expect to be the distribution of the buyers at the time long rates cross above 10%? Honestly curious. I personally think that after Biden's CO
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by ptero 1y ago
Why do you expect the treasuries to rise into the double digits? And over what timeframe?
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by ptero 1y ago
I would not do it on the sly. Unless the company bosses are behind this idea you will need to overcome both legal problems and selling problems. For example, instead of buying your product the execs could fire you and hire someone else to d
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by ptero 1y ago
IMO virtually all tech companies have such clauses that IP employees develop belongs to the company. For example to prevent employees from using their knowledge to build a competitor and and steal clients or similar products at half price.
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by ptero 1y ago
Interesting. Not doubting this, but one of his sayings I saw many times is that "it is better to buy a great company at a good price than a good company at a great price", implying that great companies are worth significant premiu
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by ptero 1y ago
> Just because we’ve become accustomed to these breaches of our privacy doesn’t mean they are good. 100% this. The fact that the governments and corporations have enough information at their fingertips to identify people from chance phot
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by ptero 1y ago
What does a picture of your eye allow that fingerprints, face scans and other passport biometrics that have already been collected and linked do not? Honest question.
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by ptero 1y ago
But that is not saying much. I wish the Teams goes the way of the dodo next.
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by ptero 1y ago
>> "Going on a moral crusade to change the world? No, thank you. They do not end well; not for the world, which likely will not even notice, but for the crusader who will likely become disillusioned, radicalized or bitter when th
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by ptero 1y ago
No. The implication is that not everyone who chose a different path is a useless labradoodle and cheese knives owner.
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by ptero 1y ago
Many of such "do the right thing and change the world" pieces assume that most people mostly agree on what "the right thing" is. They do not. Pick people from different countries, different cultures, different background
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by ptero 1y ago
IME majority of linux systems are laptops and desktops.
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by ptero 1y ago
HN focuses on fostering thoughtful discussion by curious people on anything those folks find interesting. Technology naturally bubbles up, but it is far from the only thing on HN. This focus on people is to me, is WAY better than theme-ba
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by ptero 1y ago
While I support Ukraine and would like to see a stronger, more unified front from the collective West, making this the only question that matters in Polish politics seems wrong. My 2c.
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by ptero 1y ago
People change. As they get older that suburban hell often looks more like a suburban paradise and those condensed anthills of a city can make one shudder. My 2c.
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by ptero 1y ago
On paper. In reality, issuing shares (or debt) takes time and is a complex process, a mere sign of which can dampen share prices. > That's what makes you an investor -- you're offering the company the value of your shares by ex
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by ptero 1y ago
Not necessarily. Should the market action bump up a company PE very high (hello, Costco at PE 53 today) that's not a reason to splurge on projects. On the contrary, many shareholders would expect the company to behave responsibly, save
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by ptero 2y ago
Conditions change. Sometimes you have to tread very carefully, but even then a soft negotiation check is usually worth it. My 2c.
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by ptero 2y ago
> hot takes "they have no idea what's coming" are I believe naive. They know. They just don't care I think they know, they care and decided that it is a reasonable way forward given very limited (trade and budget defi
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by ptero 2y ago
If one just needs a paper, not education, there are plenty of degree mills that will grant a degree at half the price and 10% time commitment.
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by ptero 2y ago
It doesn't need to wait until 2050. The queries would be for sale as soon as they stop providing a competitive advantage.
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by ptero 2y ago
Maybe. Time in opposition, when well spent, is the most effective way to revive a party. Although I think AOC and Bernie fire up their own base, the people who do not need firing up and will vote for the left anyway. I think going harder le

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