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by redshirtrob 7y ago
Never heard of them. June 31, 2020? I'm guessing this is a weird leap-year bug. Dates are hard. Use a library. Always.
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by redshirtrob 7y ago
There was also a fair bit of speculation that it was some folks in Redmond using SCO as a tool to spread FUD [0]. [0] https://www.cnet.com/news/sco-leaked-e-mail-a-misunderstandi...
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
First off, I like the idea. Tech interviews are so broken that I'm happy to see folks trying to make things better. I just started clicking through this and stopped at question 7: "How many bits are in 8 bytes?" I don't
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
As I mentioned in another reply, I totally missed that change. I think your assessment is spot on though. They did a cost-benefit analysis and realized it made more sense to lift the blackouts. It's not like they ceded the right to do
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
I missed that change. Probably because I lived outside the market for my preferred team for so long. I don't think this changes my assertion that the agreements are very one-sided in favor of the teams. The very fact that the NFL can m
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
Probably the thing that annoys me most about these deals is how one-sided the tenancy is. For example, an NFL team can play eight games a year in a publicly financed stadium, but if a game doesn't "sell out", then the local b
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
This is basically wrong, except that Modell's name is a curse word in Cleveland. Modell announced the move, and _the_ _very_ _next_ _day_ Cleveland voters approved funding to remodel Cleveland Municipal Stadium. It didn't work, Mo
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
Agreed. I was anxiously waiting for proc macros to land on stable for quite a while and was very happy when they did. But, when the time came to implement my custom derive I had to consult many sources. I ended up piecing together what I ne
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
Wow, that's wild. It makes me happy someone else remembers it. I kinda figured it was just me as I think I attended the lecture alone that year--pretty sure it was 2015. FTR, the answer to how I got it: I made an off-hand comment to my
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
I have a copy of the issue, so when I went to see one of his Christmas Tree Lectures a few years ago I took it with me to get signed after the talk. Instead of just signing it, he opened to his article and corrected a typo in the Potrzebie
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
I doubt plumbing or electrical are any more complex now than they were 80 years ago. The principles haven't changed. What probably is more complex is dealing with permitting and inspections, which you alluded via fire code regulations.
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
This is a great list. I strictly adhered to them all. I also did the following: 1. Created a Google Doc for the direct to enter an agenda ahead of time. They were not required to fill it out. Many did anyway. It helped me prepare to listen,
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
Perhaps I should have quoted the specific point I was responding to: > You have to be a user of your own product to really make it good. That doesn't say anything about product or market. It's a very general statement that I ha
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by redshirtrob 8y ago
This sentiment really bothers me. It's frequently used to disadvantage candidates from positions because they're not users of the service or product. It's just not generally true, but it's often repeated as though it wer
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The Game of Everything, Part 6: Civilization and Religion(filfre.net)
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by redshirtrob 9y ago
I've been burned by bad comments enough times that I implicitly don't trust them. I wish this weren't the case but I think it's just human psychology. I'd rather unravel a mystery myself than deal with an unreliable
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by redshirtrob 9y ago
> The tabs vs spaces argument comes to mind. Not refuting your point in the least, but that plot line made me cringe for an entirely different reason--it characterized people who use spaces as though they actually pressed the spacebar on
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
I had a very good experience. I spoke with a member of the team and emailed a bit with Jared. He was completely transparent about timeframes (YC was interviewing for the W17 batch and they were slammed so he told me there would be a two wee
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
Bob Newhart would like a word with you. Specifically, as a one-sided phone conversation.
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
TL;DR Talk to your CPA. Yes, you're absolutely correct. That's a bad job on my part. ISOs have a chance of pushing you into AMT land. If you exercise ISOs, and the FMV is different than the exercise price, then you should consult
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
It's not a matter of if. Companies are required to issue a 3921 these days.[0] That was not the case in the dot-com days. I don't even know if Form 3921 existed then. [0] http://www.startuplawblog.com/2011/01&
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
And I do think it's unethical to exploit this particular corner-case. So we disagree. I can't refute your second paragraph. You're totally correct on every assertion. I just happen to think it stinks, and I happen to think Ub
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
Be careful, the company may not be required to buyback the shares. The company may have the option to accelerate the vesting schedule on the options. It's best to assume they'll choose to do this only when it's optimal for th
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
I read it as hyperbole for the sake of making a point. I don't think the OP meant it literally. But, debating that term seems to be getting away from the main point--that an employee could have an option on a sizable asset with no wa
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
That depends on the stock plan agreement. One possibility is to make an IPO a vesting requirement. This guarantees a public market to sell them into.
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
This is an interesting conversation. I wish someone with readily verifiable credentials could weigh in. I'm not saying the parent, or GP do not have the credentials, just that they've not been established. I'd love to hear fr
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
I don't disagree with you that the problem is with the corporate system, but it's also made significantly worse by the unfavorable tax treatment. If the IRS didn't require you to realize gains on the spread when exercising, t
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by redshirtrob 10y ago
Sam Altman has commented on this before. Among other things, he advocates for much longer (10 years) exercise periods for equity grants.[0] He also discusses the need for a change in tax treatment by the IRS. One of the fundamental issues i
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by redshirtrob 11y ago
This blog is an absolute treasure. In terms of capturing a sense of time and place, it's right up there with folklore.org. As a person who grew up on graphical adventure games, and as a person who still misses the genre, I love getting
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by redshirtrob 11y ago
So is cutting someone out of a company. My point is that this probably became an emotional issue. If that's the case, it's not hard to see how someone would wait for an opportune moment to assert ownership. But, since we don'

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