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by shimon 11y ago
I too assumed this limitation was widespread. But if unicorns are high-valued private companies, and there is a secondary market for their stock, then surely some holders are not restricted this way. Anyone know why / what triggers tha
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by shimon 11y ago
Sure but at least the security of the system is proportional to the strength of your password.
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by shimon 11y ago
Actually it's remarkably similar. Sales has a pipeline of deals, and someone has an estimate of how much will be booked over the next quarter. This estimate is a key part of managing the sales team and is directly tied to their compens
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by shimon 11y ago
It has skid steering, so left and right sides are probably locked.
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by shimon 11y ago
Cool. Thanks and good luck!
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by shimon 11y ago
I'm surprised by the business model. You're providing business management software but monetizing through ads? I think this means you're trying to earn dominance over the attention of business owners by providing good softwar
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by shimon 11y ago
They are being paid $300k in return for passing on the opportunity to buy a property at a below-market price. If they are still aiming to buy in the same market, this could be a bad decision -- if the market keeps going up, they might have
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by shimon 11y ago
Google's flagship product is a box that you can type words into, and get relevant texts/references/facts in response. It seems like a textbook example of AI.
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by shimon 11y ago
About 5 months now. I raise/lower mine probably 2-3x/day 5 days/week. Others are adjusted less often.
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by shimon 11y ago
If you're talking about the Bekant, I have that too and am comfortable using it. I am 6'2". I keep the desk surface such that my elbows are about 90 degrees while resting on it. I have a monitor arm that puts the center of my
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by shimon 11y ago
For the Ikea Bekant desk, I'm 6'2" and usually have it near its maximum height. I like things a bit higher (relative to my own height) than most, but I still wouldn't expect it to work for someone over say 6'5"
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by shimon 11y ago
We have 3 of the Ikea Bekant motorized standing desks in our office. They are great and we have had zero problems. My favorite feature is the simple mesh cable pocket underneath the desk, which is a great solution for hiding all the cable c
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by shimon 11y ago
I wonder about the strength of network effect for ride sharing. Both drivers and riders can easily use multiple networks. The tech isn't monumental. Sure there's value in the brand / installed base but is the defensible part
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by shimon 11y ago
TL;DR: A series of markup and styling hacks that exploit HTML interpretation quirks of various web email services can be hacked to intentionally vary message appearance between services. Coupled with forwarding, which further transforms the
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by shimon 11y ago
I'm a new father, and it's striking how things that previously seemed broad and philosophical get pressingly real as you become a parent. Parenthood is full of great joys but also intense logistical realities: your time gets heavi
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by shimon 11y ago
This sounds interesting, but why should this be a new piece of hardware as opposed to a new OS service? Are these functions simply so specialized that implementing them in the OS would be a bottleneck (even though the CPU has plenty of free
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by shimon 11y ago
This was an odd assertion in the article. Advisors (excluding those who are also investors) often get some shares, but several percent is ludicrously high for just advice. The expected number is probably closer to 0.1%.
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by shimon 11y ago
I don't think software is all that exceptional in this regard. Any profession has certain visible achievements that distinguish its world-class members. For software, it's cool open source projects; for chefs, it's creating a
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by shimon 11y ago
Good point. This is possible for surgeons because medicine is a stricter hierarchy of professions that software: you decide to become a surgeon or a nurse or a PA early in your career, compete for that privilege, and don't change. Adva
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by shimon 11y ago
This seems really low in an environment where the consequences of firing are minimal in terms of legal and financial cost (even for the employee, who can probably quickly find another job in this industry). Is this rate much lower for progr
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by shimon 11y ago
Unfortunately, tinkering in your off-hours is a key way for programmers to keep their skills current. The industry changes rapidly and the skills that were most marketable over the past 10 years are not the same as those that will be most m
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by shimon 11y ago
Have you worked at multiple jobs over those 10 years? As a hiring manager (working with only the limited data you've provided here) I'd be concerned that you value stability very highly, and you might be thrown by the rate of chan
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by shimon 11y ago
Dying sooner, degraded quality of life, and costs associated with treatment/management. It's complicated because the costs are borne by a number of different parties: the patient herself, her family, the insurer (private or govern
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by shimon 11y ago
I think you're on the right track but your comparison fails to take into account the productivity of the bricklayer. A good bricklayer today ought to be more productive than an 1891 bricklayer, because he has motorized mixers, vehicles
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by shimon 11y ago
In Somerville, MA there is an area with some converted loft buildings including new construction loft-style buildings. The new building walls use masonry blocks (large grey blocks) for structure, with decorative brick on the outside. On the
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by shimon 11y ago
Those reasons help explain why brick is a less desirable building material now than it was a century ago. This decline in desirability means that brick won't be selected for the most ambitious, highest-budget projects today, where it w
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by shimon 11y ago
I wish there were some data on that. My guess would be that uber & lyft are crushing the traditional black car services.
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by shimon 11y ago
Transit improvement is catastrophically stalled. Improved rapid transit options could plausibly expand the area where Boston-area workers can live and have a reasonable commute by 100 to 300%. But these require approval from (especially in
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by shimon 12y ago
Seems like you can already get similar stuff elsewhere for cheaper and with a little plastic around the PCB: http://smile.amazon.com/PortaPow-Fast-Charge-Blackberry-Char...
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by shimon 13y ago
US Government taxes certainly do support the US Dollar's value, but that support was more vital at the creation of the currency than it is today. Today's value is secured by the many merchants who trade in the dollar at fairly pre

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