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by swombat 13y ago
That's an interesting challenge. We've posted revenue numbers on our blog, but not salary information. That said, the first job ad we put out will have pretty clear salary information, so, ok, I'll answer. Here's the pay
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by swombat 13y ago
I've made my company fully transparent, including, for example, all salary information. Most of those steps seemed very scary at first. In hindsight, there was nothing to be scared about, really. This is not to say that extreme transpa
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by swombat 13y ago
It could happen. Even worse, it could happen on the anniversary of 9/11. (disclaimer: that's a joke)
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by swombat 13y ago
For the record, I voted against the 12x proposal. It's unnecessary meddling in the workings of a free market, meant to appease ideologists. The basic income proposal, however, is a pretty dramatic, wide-ranging change that could make a
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by swombat 13y ago
The option you propose is largely what the current system looks like. The proponents of the basic income argue that basic income is better because it massively reduces the overhead of trying to figure out who is eligible and who isn't,
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by swombat 13y ago
There's a big difference between donating money to the poor and creating a vast society-wide social safety net that enables riskier careers (like entrepreneurship and art) for more people. I support the latter, not the former, and I ca
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by swombat 13y ago
As a Swiss citizen currently living in the UK, who is earning a fair amount of money and planning to probably go back to live in Switzerland, I am going to vote for this proposal (unless the referendum documentation makes it look absolute
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by swombat 13y ago
Incorrect - it is a basic income that is going to be paid to everyone, working or not. http://www.businessinsider.com/behind-the-swiss-unconditiona... > We are not proposing a minimum income — we are proposing an uncond
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IPad Air 'explodes' in Australian phone shop(telegraph.co.uk)
1 points by swombat 13y ago|0 comments
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by swombat 13y ago
To give you a tangible example, GrantTree's mission has been, from day one, to help UK startups, by being one of the better players in the UK startup ecosystem. It's a tangible positive difference which we can all feel we're
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by swombat 13y ago
Granted, but do you plan to carry half a dozen batteries with you to compensate for that, or just find somewhere to plug in?
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by swombat 13y ago
Why do you need a replaceable battery? 12 hours is really not enough for you?
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by swombat 13y ago
I certainly do know what you're talking about, and definitely agree that that should be one of the primary objectives of a company... But I think if it's the only one, then something's wrong. The company should have an object
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by swombat 13y ago
A lot of this stuff sounds interesting - in the same ballpark as what we're already doing at GrantTree, but some bits are jarringly wrong. For example: > The Company is primarily created to generate bonuses for the employees (not t
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by swombat 13y ago
> Do you really think that all terrorism can be explained through mental illness solely? The IRA and ETA are both extremist movements with well defined goals, and structure. They wouldn't disappear through more mental care (maybe y
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by swombat 13y ago
> I wish this were true, and I share your compulsion, not necessarily a rational one, to prefer compassion and understanding and detente to bellicosity and intrigue. No, I don't think you do. First of all, you dismiss it as an irr
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by swombat 13y ago
Aye. (Ai?) But I forgot the exact reference ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_Conferences ) so I will now edit my original post to include the right numbers...
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by swombat 13y ago
> The novel question in the new post-9/11 context is how to manage that same balance in the ongoing battle for intelligence which by definition requires tremendous secrecy and daring. I'll give you the beginnings of an answer
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by swombat 13y ago
Solving all those problems should take a team of 10 or so scientists no longer than 2 months at the outset.
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by swombat 13y ago
No one's forcing you to read this or reply to it. Don't upvote it and don't comment if you don't like it. Commenting that you feel something is off-topic is against the guidelines, FYI. Clearly other people than you are
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by swombat 13y ago
These Wikipedia 1984-style debates are what the whole hep world would be doing on Saturday night if Kafka's dreams came true. Which they are, slowly. Get used to it: this is the ugly face of herd politics, and it's only going to g
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by swombat 13y ago
Yep, this: https://medium.com/editors-picks/221d449929ef Better than the pencil thing, imho, since it actually focuses on the can of coke itself, rather than the coffee cup the bauxite miners might be drinking.
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by swombat 13y ago
I agree with your response on the whole, but one point is worth quibbling with: > I got the news. They approach Google AND they plug into private lines. The latter case is what I referred to when I mentioned "backbone" provide
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by swombat 13y ago
> The main point of equality it to allow a brilliant child of a not so brilliant parents to bring as much value to society as he can. If a very bright kid is born in a farmer's family, we want he/she to become a top member of
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by swombat 13y ago
Couldn't agree more on education. Putting a strong emphasis on educating your children to themselves be successful must surely be a strong success factor for them - and something they're likely to do in turn for their own children
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by swombat 13y ago
In case you didn't get the news, the NSA already does not bother to approach Google. They just install secret taps on Google's private lines between data centres, and siphon off all the replication traffic. The NSA is a rogue agen
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Switzerland to set up Swiss cloud free of NSA snooping(theregister.co.uk)
4 points by swombat 13y ago|1 comments
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by swombat 13y ago
The problem is not a history of killing failed product, it's a history of killing products that everyone is actually using, without giving it as much of a chance as a company of Google's resources might be expected to, for politic
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by swombat 13y ago
Those aren't the concerns for me (in-so-far as I'm "successful"). The main problems for me are: 1) time. Running and growing a successful company is an enormous sink of time, energy, mindshare, etc. 2) completeness of th
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by swombat 13y ago
The summary you need is that the article is written by Steve Blank.

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