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by the_watcher 7y ago
While that might help individuals, it doesn't help the travel industry. Yes, employees in Europe will generally not lose healthcare, but what about the businesses they'd like to return to? Such as hotels, tour guides, restaurants,
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Do you think that Google Apps is outsourcing? Your company's CRM? The Office licenses that (at least) your finance team depends on? The payments company allowing companies to accept transactions online? "SaaS as outsourcing"
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Using the infection rate on a cruise ship (pretty close to a perfect petri dish) is not at all representative.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
AFAIK it was the first web application, which by definition makes it unique (since there can only be one "first"). The innovation was that they were selling a store-builder that didn't require the business to have their own s
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Got it, thanks!
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by the_watcher 7y ago
> pure-luck impossibility selling a company to Yahoo! Regardless of how you feel about pg, his selling Viaweb to Yahoo was not pure luck - he had to build Viaweb first.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
> a new Lisp dialect written in itself called Bel (2019). Is this accurate? I thought it was a spec for a new Lisp?
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Marginal tax brackets yes, but there are also benefits that you lose access to based on income. The linked article is about food stamps, but imagine something like subsidized health insurance for people making under $50,000. Going from $49,
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by the_watcher 7y ago
> You should always have 18 months of expenses saved The r/personalfinance "Common Topics" page suggests 3-6 months for most people and 9-12 for those with variable income.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
It's possible to be both scared and responsible.
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Eric Schmidt: I Used to Run Google. Silicon Valley Could Lose to China(nytimes.com)
9 points by the_watcher 7y ago|2 comments
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by the_watcher 7y ago
It definitely does in my experience.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
If it turns out that you can, I'd also recommend preparing a document you can send to purchasers verifying that it qualifies, as FSA providers don't always get this right by default.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
As an anecdote, the first year I had an FSA, I didn't fully realize that it was use it or lose it and ended up spending $1500 on things like sunscreen, contact solution, and first aid kits.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Do these tests qualify for FSA/HSA/MSA reimbursement? If so, you should highlight that, particularly in November/December when people are making their elections for the next year (or in the case of an FSA, trying to figure ou
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Got it. No idea if those accusations are true or not but that is at least a potentially valid reason to ignore Imperfect as an effective solution to food waste.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Can you clarify how ignoring things like Imperfect Produce helps? I'm open to it, but my impression was that Imperfect emerged simply because there was perfectly edible food being discarded because it looked off (anyone who has lived
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by the_watcher 7y ago
You'd also disproportionately impact the poorest people in any given area where the cost of food increased.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Perhaps a basic question, but what is actually required to test for COVID-19? I've seen mentions of "testing kits", but what's actually in them? For comparison, US medical facilities regularly test for any number of viru
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by the_watcher 7y ago
I don't think OP is asking about preparing for or avoiding actually getting the disease. OP is asking about preparing for potential shortages of goods if quarantines are ultimately deployed in the US (which is what's already happe
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by the_watcher 7y ago
> It’s almost certain that Facebook watches your email and sees whom you are contacting. Probably your calendar as well, to see whom you’re meeting with. What? This is a pretty explosive accusation with very little direct support beyond
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by the_watcher 7y ago
> But monthly was a better indicator, because someone consistently on the service for a full month was likely there to stay. That is not what a monthly active user is, even at Facebook. A MAU logs in once per month, a DAU logs in once pe
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Self-pardon's have never been attempted, but I believe there's some dicta suggesting it would raise Constitutional issues (though it's true that it's not explicitly barred by the Constitution). There's a whole separ
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by the_watcher 7y ago
I remember taking Advanced Algebra Honors in 10th grade. It was basically Algebra II with a few (seemingly teacher-selected based on the experience of students who had a different teacher) advanced topics thrown in. One of them was matrices
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Somewhat important clarification from the headline: Disney blocked the episode in India . Having not watched LWT in a while, I was confused about how Disney could stop HBO (not owned by Disney) from airing an episode.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
I don't see anything that can be credibly claimed as a "prototype", which implies far more than "progress in a lab"
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by the_watcher 7y ago
While pardoning friends is certainly distasteful, that power is explicitly defined in the Constitution and is plenary. The only potential exception is a self-pardon. There are plenty of examples of embarrassing pardons, but it's not a
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by the_watcher 7y ago
Are there any states in the US that are not "at-will"? California is not a right to work state, and AFAIK, at will employment is an option in every US state.
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by the_watcher 7y ago
I think that's a perfectly reasonable position to take and is more generous than the alternative (as someone who dropped out of a degree program, I can attest that I wasn't able to return any of my student loans 6 weeks into the s
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by the_watcher 7y ago
He talks about spending ~10/week on math, with more dedicated when he was between gigs. If I replaced reading for pleasure and all television (not that I watch a ton, but maybe an hour a day or so), I could carve out 10 hours a week wi

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