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by rmk 8y ago
Your personal experience may have been different, but it does not change the fact that almost no major commercial product has come out a fully-distributed company. Individual anecdotes that support one case or another are easy to dig up, bu
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by rmk 8y ago
I would not really call that close-minded. It's established practice that has worked very well when building many, many non-trivial, innovative, technologically complex things. There have been ginormous cost overruns, not to mention re
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by rmk 8y ago
Well, the main problem is that creating textual output is a small part of the process of creating value for the customer (which is ultimately what most businesses do). This is a host of processes that go way beyond text manipulation, and th
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by rmk 8y ago
My point was only about the type of service you can expect at a bank of this type. Therefore, I gave another anecdote (my experience at a comparable bank, and another at a smaller/different type of bank). I agree that the culture at We
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by rmk 8y ago
You just compared Apples and Oranges. First Republic is typically for the higher-earning, higher net-worth individual, whereas Wells Fargo caters to a much broader set. Not to say that Wells Fargo should not provide better service, but I ju
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by rmk 9y ago
Do not know why you are getting downvoted for simply stating established facts. Wake up people, and read this Pulitzer Prize-finalist expose of this heinous criminal and his puppet Nixon: http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists&#x
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by rmk 9y ago
Not to mention the fact that healthcare is tied to your employer, so if you are the sole breadwinner for a large family, you pretty much have to have another job in hand before you can jump ship. The recession ended a while ago, but it was
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The Last Days of Jerry Brown(story.californiasunday.com)
1 points by rmk 9y ago|0 comments
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by rmk 9y ago
They still exist. Capital one provides this functionality that can be easily accessed via a browser plugin.
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Inside the Growing Guest Worker Program Trapping Indian Students(motherjones.com)
1 points by rmk 9y ago|0 comments
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by rmk 9y ago
This is a type of utopia that many of us yearn for, but never appears to have worked at the level of large nation-states. I mean, here are some things that are not taken into account: - People who can not work because they simply can't
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by rmk 9y ago
Loved the two-minute papers channel that I came across on this list. Thanks!
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The Indian man who changed his name to Regret(bbc.com)
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by rmk 9y ago
Thank you for this site. Wonderful! One correction: 'Cantaloups' should be spelled 'Cantaloupes'. It would be really nice to have the tags clickable (for example 'Peak', so that we can figure out what produce w
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by rmk 9y ago
The article seems to rely on a lot of people who no longer work at Sephora : Jenna Melendez Terre Layton Asheley Linnenbach Nida Mitchell At Sephora (not clear from the article, but assume so): Mary Beth Laughton Yvette Nichols Also very w
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by rmk 9y ago
In my experience these two asks usually come from the early adopters and savvy customers, who are generally outnumbered by the (newer) customers who just want something that works and fits within a pre-allocated budget category. One notable
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by rmk 9y ago
This must be a very tough time for Travis Kalanick. The death of a parent is one of the most stressful experiences you can go through in your life. How have other founders dealt with such tragedies while running their companies (esp. one wh
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by rmk 9y ago
Great find! Thank you for posting this. This one was pretty hilarious and would make a great graduation present: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:19343334 Sadly, one link that I really wanted to check out
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by rmk 9y ago
Title should be renamed to start with 'Thread Local Storage...', to make it clear it's not Transport Layer Security...
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by rmk 9y ago
Thank you for this link! The book is much more pleasant to read in this format.
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by rmk 10y ago
America is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporate world. From Statehouses up to Congress, they own our senators and expect 'no moonlighting' for the public.
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NPR Planet Money: Joseph Bankman / CA Taxes(npr.org)
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by rmk 10y ago
Family court is terribly biased against men. http://www.realworlddivorce.com/
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by rmk 10y ago
Thanks for that excerpt. It was an entertaining read!
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by rmk 10y ago
Not really. The simplest explanation is that you are getting a discount relative to what the investors paid. Investors usually get preferred stock, whereas rank-and-file employees usually get common stock, which has far fewer protections th
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by rmk 10y ago
Thanks for the tip! Anki looks like really useful software. Do you put asymptotic complexity of various algorithms and data structures on the flash cards or do you do more than that?
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by rmk 11y ago
"Manipulate their tax rates" --- how very callous! VCs pay very little taxes on their take (carried interest), CEO walks away with 6+ million, and employees who have spent a big chunk of their most valuable resource --- their time
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by rmk 11y ago
You negotiate when you have leverage. If you want leverage, you get another internship offer and ask for a higher rate; you walk if you do not get what you want. Realise that as an intern, your negotiating power is limited. Focus on what yo
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by rmk 11y ago
Hi brasetvik is there an email I can reach you at --- I am interested in Elastic but I would not know how to start!
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by rmk 11y ago
This. You realise the value of the time you pissed away only when it's too late. Unfortunately, college coincides with the most callow years of your life, when you scarcely know the value of time, or the opportunity you are about to sq

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