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by ryan606 8y ago
Very sad. Bourdain seemed like one of the few on TV who didn't take himself too seriously. I can't think of too many people who didn't like him or enjoy his show.
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by ryan606 9y ago
Stories like these are the reason that much of the public hates unions -- especially public sector unions and unions employed/contracted on public sector projects. If public sector unions negotiated work rules and compensation that we
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by ryan606 9y ago
and with very poor signage, it's extremely easy to get lost.
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by ryan606 9y ago
"The other issue I see is that for some reason Houston didn't require all of these people to have flood insurance." Banks require homeowners in flood plains with mortgages to maintain flood insurance. The problem is if you d
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by ryan606 9y ago
If Coinbase only supports one version, what happens to the forked coins?
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Scrap the mortgage interest deduction(chicagotribune.com)
4 points by ryan606 9y ago|0 comments
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by ryan606 9y ago
Guesses as to the purchase price? Curious how folks think the founders and VC will make out.
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by ryan606 9y ago
Last I read, Ron Howard was involved in producing the movie adaptation. Anyone seen any update on this project recently?
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by ryan606 9y ago
This is very interesting, and not something that many have given much thought to (including me). It suggests that Capitalism is a more effective path to freedom than Democracy, over the long term. Perhaps this bodes well for China.
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Marc Andreesen fined for illegal lobbying of Chicago Mayor(chicagotribune.com)
2 points by ryan606 9y ago|1 comments
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by ryan606 9y ago
One of the best guerilla marketing tactics I've seen in a while.
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by ryan606 9y ago
I was able to quit my 1/2 pack a day addiction four years ago after 15+ years, but it was challenging. Smoking was expensive (four years ago: 4 packs a week = $40), but quitting smoking was even more expensive. In addition to the exp
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by ryan606 9y ago
The baby boom generation, as well as the "Greatest" generation before them, have saddled our future generations with huge liabilities. Sadly, not every younger Gen X'er, Gen Y'er, Millennial, or Gen Z'er realizes t
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Troubling Number of Young People Expect to Rely on Social Security(reason.com)
2 points by ryan606 9y ago|0 comments
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by ryan606 9y ago
"Snapchat, but for dogs!"
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by ryan606 9y ago
Exactly. Over time, companies will try (or at least, SHOULD try) to optimize the currency they use to deliver their total reward offering. Whether it is cash, equity, PTO, health/retirement benefits, learning, etc., companies should
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by ryan606 9y ago
United CEO Oscar Munoz was formerly a top executive at railroad CSX. It is any wonder that he treats his passengers as FREIGHT, not as PEOPLE? My wife and I try to fly Southwest whenever possible. They are the only airline (perhaps the on
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by ryan606 9y ago
I seem to recall a Freakonomics chapter or podcast episode that discussed drunk driving vs. walking home drunk, and concluded that walking home drunk was even more dangerous than driving home drunk. Either choice is much worse than ride-sh
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by ryan606 10y ago
Company managers have a responsibility to consider numerous factors when designing a total rewards strategy (pay + benefits + career opportunities/work environment). Among these is to deliver rewards using as efficient a currency as p
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by ryan606 10y ago
Because recreational use of alcohol and drugs is just as big a threat to society as violent crime? Why not prioritize Justice Department resources on the 760 annual murders or the 4,500 other victims of gun crime in Chicago that Comrade Pr
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C-SPAN President Rankings 2017(c-span.org)
1 points by ryan606 10y ago|0 comments
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by ryan606 10y ago
I think one of the key takeaways from Tuesday: Trump won in spite of what was widely regarded as a NON-EXISTENT ground game. I did not vote for either Trump or Hillary, but I was pretty confident that Hillary would win due merely to the f
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by ryan606 10y ago
Here's the reason there have been no bodies found. They made a movie out of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_(film)
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Peter Thiel to Chicago: 'Very talented' folks head to coasts(chicagotribune.com)
4 points by ryan606 10y ago|4 comments
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by ryan606 10y ago
The problem of "not enough feedback" is far more pervasive than that of "too much feedback". However, most companies that try to resolve this issue try a One Size Fits All approach for all employees, rather than customi
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Algocracy and the moral and political legitimacy of government decision-making(reason.com)
1 points by ryan606 10y ago|0 comments
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by ryan606 10y ago
A perfect example of the left being anti-science (in addition to vaccinations), just like the right is on evolution and climate change.
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Barack Obama, Venture Capitalist?(reason.com)
3 points by ryan606 10y ago|0 comments
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by ryan606 10y ago
Rather than penalizing short-term trades, why not build an exchange that only allows trading once per week, or once per month?
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by ryan606 10y ago
Exactly. See this: https://m.signalvnoise.com/press-release-basecamp-valuation-... "CHICAGO — December 1, 2015–Basecamp is now a $100 billion dollar company, according to a group of investors who have agreed to purch

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