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by rdl 4y ago
It was first reported here on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/lucy_guo/status/1643451123230031872 ) -- I'm friends with a bunch of people at MobileCoin where he was working and unfortunately it is true. I only m
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Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco(sfgate.com)
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by rdl 4y ago
They are still pretty solid for vehicles like the Suburban/Tahoe/Yukon for specific uses (fleets, large family, tow vehicles) and the Sierra isn’t quite as nice as the F-150 but isn’t bad.
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by rdl 4y ago
This isn’t existential for buying a GM product (I could probably just replace the head unit?), but for a rental, I’ll have to avoid GM EVs. Being able to rent basically any car on the lot and just have CarPlay work, with the only question b
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by rdl 4y ago
Is there any way for others to pay for your Cloudflare bills so you could use eg the Business plan? Unclear if that would expose the payer to legal pain but there are probably ways to do it.
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by rdl 4y ago
The 3D printers which can do metal (metal forge, etc) are incredibly expensive (100k+). I was thinking about custom to hand 3D printed grip modules, qty 1. Machining a grip module out of metal requires tools and skills beyond 3D printing, t
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by rdl 4y ago
Perhaps 3d-printed tungsten filament chainmail?
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by rdl 4y ago
Might be interesting to print grip modules for firearms (Sig does the "TXG" series which are tungsten-infused polymer, used for adding mass within the defined shape/volume for competitive shooting/recoil reduction reason
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by rdl 4y ago
Asianometry youtube/substack/etc.
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by rdl 4y ago
I agree, and I have no idea how the "hold to maturity" accounting fiction is justified. It's very strange to me that we let a 200B bank use such different accounting rules than a 250B bank, and most other countries apply tho
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by rdl 4y ago
As of about an hour ago, the government through some weird indirection is basically guaranteeing 100% of the par value of all the assets, so SVB or the DNIBoCA (I guess? honestly not sure which) should re-open Monday AM with 100% of assets
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by rdl 4y ago
Philosophical problem of "justified true belief"/Gettier problem. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettier_problem -- I learned about this from one of the Rap Genius founders when I was back in YC, lol.) G
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by rdl 4y ago
Lots of people like the extra checks, but very few companies like paying that way; it makes modeling so much harder. If you were doing weekly financials maybe but most companies do monthly.
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by rdl 4y ago
I totally agree re "contributing to a bank run" feeling shitty, but you have more obligation to your employees (especially), investors, and customers IMO than to your vendor (the bank). Congrats for being able to cover the payroll
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by rdl 4y ago
On 1), you actually have even higher obligations to pay IMMEDIATELY if you fire someone, including for all other money owed (accumulated vacation/sick days, etc.)
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by rdl 4y ago
In Puerto Rico (where I live) there's an even weirder system -- people usually get/expect (and certain classes of employment obligate) a "13th month" check. Pretty common in LaLtAm; exists in some of Southern Europe too
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by rdl 4y ago
That is far more common in the US (basically paying expenses on your personal cards, expensing to the company after the fact). You can also advance on some expenses sometimes (this can be abused so there are some accounting restrictions
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by rdl 4y ago
Most companies in the US do payroll on either a 2 week cycle (which sucks because some months you do 3 and some times you do 2), or 1st and 15th (or otherwise twice a month). March 15 is a very common payroll date. They're batch proce
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by rdl 4y ago
Comingling is. In this case there is a clearly articulable reason why ("our bank is going out of business"), and it's temporary, documented, etc. The twin risks to avoid are appearance of embezzlement, and appearance that you
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by rdl 4y ago
Not a lawyer, but I would be pretty comfortable with SVB -> personal account if you documented why and communicated about it in advance with board/counsel. (Obviously the next step would be opening a Chase/etc. account and sen
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by rdl 4y ago
I actually really love instagram more than most other social networks I use. I follow ~1500 Japanese cat accounts, ~50 personal friends (who mostly post food/travel/etc.), and ~100 "influencer" and "brand" acco
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by rdl 4y ago
I use one medical even though my insurance doesn't cover anything through them, as they're vastly more convenient for scheduling, telehealth, Rx renewals, etc., and the doctors I've seen are all good. They also have locations
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by rdl 4y ago
I'm afraid of autonomous cars. However, way less than I'm afraid of any random idiot human who may or may not have passed a driver's test on his 5th attempt in some random state, driving at whatever diminished capacity (tired
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by rdl 4y ago
Stop-start traffic and local delivery is much clearer, but from what I've seen of the energy calculations on Tesla Semi, it actually makes sense for bulky vs. heavy shipments on flat, warm routes, as long as there is appropriately site
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by rdl 4y ago
Same for me with eliminating carbs; combining keto + IF is pretty effective and I've lost about half of the weight from ATH to where I want to be through it. IF is nice because it provides an "all or nothing, but not forever"
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by rdl 4y ago
Making GLP-1 agonists and related drugs (ozempic, mounjaro) cheaply/widely available seems like it would be excellent public policy.
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by rdl 4y ago
It's not completely certain the golden visa program is closed (it has some other routes -- donation, fund investments, R&D investments, and it might also remain open for some commercial real estate options.). The citizenship pathwa
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by rdl 4y ago
Yeah, it's like the Beaujolais Nouveau Day rush every year, shipping 8lb/gallon wine by air to get it faster :)
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by rdl 4y ago
Cost of capital. If you have an expensive cargo load on sea for 80 days port to port, it's a lot cheaper to finance than for 120 or 150 days. Same reason we air-freight some cargo today, rather than sea, even if it's not perishabl
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by rdl 4y ago
That's the (sad) joke. The shuttle was one element of a larger plan, where the shuttle was an enabler of the broader plan but not really a useful end in itself (vs other rockets, etc.). The rest of the plan was cancelled before being b

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