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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Definitions of "plainly" vary wildly from person to person.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Not really. In what context is saying that someone should be 'retroactively aborted' a perfectly fine thing to say?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Sadly, that extends to behavior far worse than being a jerk.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I can't help but think that a lot of those people see the way Linus acts, and get this idea in their heads that they too can act that way. He's just as much a part of this problem as anyone else.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
That's the implicit suggestion behind the entire options thing. Especially given that almost no individual developer has a bargaining position strong enough to demand the safeguards that would avoid those problems.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Go outside the Valley.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"Maybe an employee believes in the company and wants to take part, deeming the risk is worth it for them? Clearly that's what's happening." And that belief is abused, and the employees get fucked over when it comes time
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
It sounds more like startups have not given them a reason to care about their fate.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"Then it sounds like everything else around what you deliver is worth at least $140-350/hr. If it's really so easy I'm sure you could offer your services for $100/hr, take a nice big raise and save your clients hund
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
At the same time, most early stage startups aren't actually doing much that requires such high levels of talent and specialization. They really just require good amounts of "get shit done". And there are plenty of people in t
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
So why are you going after these guys that need to take such big pay cuts? I can almost guarantee you that there are plenty of people with a high enough level of talent that are in other areas.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Are they paying in cash, or in their cryptocurrency?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Yeah, but all the risk of that bet is put on the employee. The employer faces none of it.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
At the same time, wouldn't that talent be equally wasted at "Uber for cat-sitters"?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I was referring to this part: "Similarly, awards with vesting triggers based on exit events such as an initial public offering or change-in-control would be taxable on grant unless they require the recipient to be employed through the
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Compensating your employees is not a "frivolous thing".
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
RSS was never difficult, and just about every language out there already has RSS libraries.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
False choice. Why can't both be locked up forever?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Oh come on. The absolute last thing we need are more things making it harder for people to keep the options they earned after leaving the company.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
At the same time, what if the value of BTC plummeted to $1?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
It does not. Again, suppose BTC had gone to $2. Would you then say that they only stole $2?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Because none of this changed the fact that Ross, and Ross alone, ran the Silk Road. He did the things that he was accused of. Other criminals being criminals around him doesn't change that fact.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
The existence of welfare does not a welfare state make.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Why is it that the faults of people always boil down to "personal responsibility", but the faults of companies never do? Why is FB not responsible for what they're doing to their platform?
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I'm sorry, but I can't get behind this idea that you're not responsible for the platform you create. Quite frankly, I do believe FB has a moral obligation to what they've brought into the world.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
That's not really an excuse.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
You're gonna have to prove that claim, that this makes it easier for governments to spy on people.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"Further, do you really want government (municipal) or otherwise being your ISP? Having access to all of your traffic lines?" Why do people keep bringing this up? They act like government is going to be able to bypass the current
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Given that the GOP constantly disparages and insults them and their members, I can completely see why they wouldn't want to support GOP candidates.
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Nobody is saying that only white men have bias. However, white men are overwhelmingly in positions where that bias can be used to discriminate against others. Women may have just as much, but far fewer of them are in positions where that bi

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