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ProtonMail Bridge, Email Encryption for Outlook, Thunderbird, and Apple Mail(protonmail.com)
3 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|0 comments
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Yes - or you get an email about X, but you need to know more about Y to come to a decision on X, so that X email lingers while you wait for info on Y
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Offshore Banking Guards Against Tyranny(bloomberg.com)
3 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoin Backlash: Back to the Drawing Board?(aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com)
12 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|1 comments
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
According to Bain between 1995 and 2010 universities are proportionately spending significantly less on instruction and more on admin and support, and many of the universities spending is unsustainable. https://news.ycombinator.
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Yes - or their equity ownership
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I’d think the starting point would be a market rate salary - to the extent that a founder is willing to take a lower than market rate salary their equity should be increased taking that into consideration at each stage (or just issuing equi
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Since ~1/3 of American wealth is in homes, I’d imagine that most homeowners are not for a scheme that would cause their wealth to decrease (or restrain its rise)
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New Orleans man locked up nearly 8 years awaiting trial, then case gets tossed(theadvocate.com)
250 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|115 comments
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Perhaps the DOJ should take the first step - implement a proof of concept and run all their computers, servers, and communications on it, with a trusted third party holding the keys, say the house judiciary committee.
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
The article doesn’t seem to address a few things: First is that all colleges are not the same,with some colleges offering next to no marginal benefit vs. a high school diploma. Which means there are huge price discrepancies based on quality
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I think the OP’s point is that the money a college spends per student does not equal the tuition sticker price (it may be higher or lower), and the average price incurred (cash tuition + debt incurred) for the student is often less then the
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Not on the list but have owned two vornado hepa filters over the years and they work extremely well
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Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours(mako.cc)
3 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|0 comments
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
+1 while it's nice that you're email at rest is secure most of your personal email is getting sent to someone with a gmail account anyway - perhaps defeating the whole exercise
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
For any ProtonMail users - what do you do for calendar?
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
how is this different from a the privacy afforded by a US license plate on a car?
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
+1 And importantly, when to use a deadbolt, or deadbolt + steel frame door, or a safe. All of which are well understood but can be implemented depending on when circumstances warrant. i.e. tool shed vs bank vault.
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Cops’ massive salaries are robbing taxpayers blind(nypost.com)
20 points by rbcgerard 9y ago|15 comments
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Not sure where the idea comes from that teachers are poorly compensated. Relative to some other professions yes, but hardly a low Paying job. Annual teacher salary in California is $73k/year [1] divided by .75 is $97k/year with ge
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
In my experience it's all about where the sales target gets set with sales people, as it can be really hard to differentiate the "seat" from the person. I.e. An all star salesman at one company, given a different product&#x2
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Because no one really makes such a deal in an informed manner...imagine if products had a big warning label "future software updates are not included"
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
It's ridiculous - but it is being shared by eight high schools...
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I recall a lot of commentary on this site (especially around cloud flare) that the "worst" need to be banned and lot of skepticism about a "slippery slope" - can't speak to the content of this particular case but se
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
yeah - i think there was talk around some legislation on this a few years ago - I know fake aircraft parts (turbine fan blades etc) is another major concern
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Just my two cents but ebay is irretrievably broken (especially if you want to sell something), the only thing it works for is buying small $ items where you're not too put out of it's a fake/fraud...
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
I think the answer is she's making a choice based on her preferences: 1. Live and Work in SF make $80k, and live in small expensive housing 2. Work in SF and make $80k, live in Stockton and get more and pay less for a house, and spend
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
1. I wonder what her commuting cost are + having to have a car is a month? 2. Stockton has a median income of $45k vs $81k in SF [factfinder.census.gov] - so in SF she is right in the middle, in Stockton she is at twice the median income (f
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
yeah - imagine what physical commodities traders can do in the physical market that can have huge financial derivative impacts for them...
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by rbcgerard 9y ago
Hardly - if you are wealthy and LIVE in the US it's very good compared to many other countries. I'd hazard that most of the repatriations/expatriations are from people living abroad and sick of the burdens of US tax/fin

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