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Khaby Lame, the Everyman of the Internet(nytimes.com)
2 points by sgpl 5y ago|0 comments
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by sgpl 5y ago
I've been cranking up my AC and adding ice to my water to combat the heat but I recently read an article about sea-life [0] boiling to death in their natural habitats (oceans, seas) which made me realize that animals in the wild increa
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by sgpl 5y ago
I was recently watching a commencement address [0] by Neil Gaiman (author) and he talks about lying about writing for certain publications to get writing jobs. In a similar tangent, he mentioned that he made it a point to write for those pu
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by sgpl 5y ago
Not commenting on the morality of the leak but given the IRS has been gutted [0] over the years by those in power, perhaps this insider was sick of seeing the public narrative on taxes be completely different from what was happening private
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by sgpl 5y ago
I was recently browsing LinkedIn and some random person had posted that they had a 'wikipedia' entry about them and were super excited to find out and that they felt elated to be recognized in that manner. Everyone on that thread
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by sgpl 5y ago
I think that wasn't the point. "I'm selling my Harvard diploma", in my opinion, fits under the category of clickbait because it makes you (me anyway) curious to find out more - why is the author selling his diploma? If t
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by sgpl 5y ago
Warning for others clicking on the link, it's pretty graphic and appears to be a video of an actual incident with the treadmill. I was expecting it to be a product demo video or something.
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by sgpl 5y ago
This fails to account for the fact that IRS currently (and maybe this changes in the future) has a hard time doing serious audits on any significant amount of wealthy people; and that the agency has pretty much been gutted over the years. [
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by sgpl 6y ago
What I found really interesting was the translation: > "Alibaba just responded to the punishment: we sincerely accept it and obey it firmly. And the company will further enhance its compliance system." Really interesting take
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Alibaba fined $2.8Bn USD for forcing platform exclusivity(twitter.com)
4 points by sgpl 6y ago|1 comments
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by sgpl 6y ago
I think the two board members mentioned definitely fail the "Independent" test but in the grand scheme of things at least Fred Wilson as a VC has a basket of other companies that he/his firm own shares in so he's not as
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by sgpl 6y ago
Maybe it's the morning blues but I accidentally read the headline as "How Alphabet (fka Google)...." and had to do a double take given her death precedes the founding of the internet.
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Beijing Asks Alibaba to Shed Its Media Assets(wsj.com)
6 points by sgpl 6y ago|3 comments
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by sgpl 6y ago
I think another thing to keep in mind is that wikipedia pages don't tell the whole story. So you shouldn't feel bad about being way off. Investors assigning value have access to other metrics not visible to us - customer numbers,
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by sgpl 6y ago
Great story - I hope to do something similar someday soon. Out of curiosity, did you know how to sail before or did you take a crash course just prior to/learn as you went along?
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Chinese consumer goods companies continue growing at internet-company speed(chinatechblog.org)
1 points by sgpl 6y ago|0 comments
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by sgpl 6y ago
I've really enjoyed taking courses on Coursera, some paid, but I've mostly audited stuff I've found interesting. Really hoping that they're able to find a way towards profitability and exist as a public company in the lo
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by sgpl 6y ago
I'm sorry but how's transferring his company stock to some LLC evidence of dumping? This is done all the time for a litany of reasons. Anyways since you want evidence, you're welcome to check the company's disclosures to
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by sgpl 6y ago
It differs in that: he's not dumping it and his company is following proper public disclosure guidelines.
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by sgpl 6y ago
Wow, this is really cool. Will definitely give this a spin. Good luck to you guys!
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by sgpl 6y ago
In this instance it concerns me because this form of 'nationalism' is a net negative for India and its future generations. It's masquerading as national pride but it's an attack on the secularity of the country, an attac
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by sgpl 6y ago
I grew up in India - nationalism is definitely a growing concern for the country IMO, more so than can be expressed online by articles such as this. And nationalism definitely has a huge overlap with hinduism in the country. Creating siloed
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by sgpl 6y ago
Is there a page that shows reviews/apps/etc from folks that participated in the 1st or 2nd cohort? Couldn't find one on this page or the linked website. I'd love to learn more.
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by sgpl 6y ago
I first became aware of BTC around 2011, bought some around 2013. I didn't really use it for buying anything at all tbh, but it still felt fun - there was a playful, toy like element to it (for me). Since then, the institutionalization
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by sgpl 6y ago
As a non-American, I feel that, from whatever I've read, the NRA is finding itself increasingly diminished due to poor leadership that was/is lining its pockets and being a poor steward of their core objectives.
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by sgpl 6y ago
Unfortunately customers don't have direct insight into what goes on behind the scenes to make the supply chains more efficient. They are shielded from the exploitation that exists and for the most part don't care after the initial
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by sgpl 6y ago
Is it tricky to judge though? I think the reason why such stories get more attention is because they shouldn't be decided inside a black box. This person admitted guilt, he also admitted that at the time he made the deal with Brockman
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by sgpl 6y ago
I replied to another comment with this story which has now been downvoted to oblivion, but I'd highly recommend another article on the topic from the washington post[1], it has a far better narrative (in my opinion). At the start of hi
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by sgpl 6y ago
Unfortunately this is more the norm than the exception. On a tangent, something similar happened with a Canadian Charity called WE [1] and them being chosen to run a billion dollar grant program for Canadian students during covid. It later
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by sgpl 6y ago
This person admitted guilt and entered a non-prosecution agreement in which he agreed to help the government build a case against his former business associate. There was a WSJ article about him last year which went into detail that he agre

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