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by todipa 8y ago
Awesome article. So much to unpack. "People whose survival depends on qualitative “job assessments” by someone of higher rank in an organization cannot be trusted for critical decisions." This is so true. People stop thinking crit
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by todipa 8y ago
What is the right balance of licensing?
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Occupational licensing hinders job mobility(hbr.org)
1 points by todipa 8y ago|3 comments
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by todipa 8y ago
Such a waste of an education for a job that can be done by someone less trained. The only constraint is regulatory. I get my eye exam checked every year for other more serious and complex diseases so I think there is a role for the more tra
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High Earners Live Longer(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
2 points by todipa 8y ago|0 comments
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by todipa 8y ago
Tech has been synonymous with growth. That is why it was trading at a premium and that is why high growth tech companies continue to be priced at a premium while non-growth tech companies do not. As a professional investor, I only care abou
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by todipa 8y ago
You don't need a considerable increase in population to affect prices substantially. You only need to push out the marginal people, the ones who are at the lowest end of the rental spectrum. So to compete, these people are forced to pa
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by todipa 8y ago
Is there no way to countersue Bird Scooter for economic harm?
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by todipa 8y ago
“As our family and close friends know, after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends,” What does loving exploration mean?
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by todipa 8y ago
The war against cancer is its infancy. There is a long road ahead of us. Take for example Glioblastoma or single cell lung cancer, these problems are really tough to crack. There aren't many things worse to see than a child die with ca
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by todipa 8y ago
I largely agree with this. My wife is a physician and the stories you hear are unbelievably sad but most people don't fit the definition of disability by social security. Most people are able to perform another job, however, their trai
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by todipa 8y ago
"Yahoo Finance estimates Apple’s 5 year earnings growth at 15%. Using a 7% discount rate, that works out to a net present value of $449 billion." Not sure if I would use those numbers...
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by todipa 8y ago
My phone is the single weakest link to life security.
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by todipa 8y ago
Curious as to other countries that have recently hit peak population.
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by todipa 8y ago
I agree with this and that is why we are focusing on funding our child's 529 account to the max without endangering our retirement.
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by todipa 8y ago
In financial planning, we call that life-time debt.
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by todipa 8y ago
"...incredibly easy way score those imaginary points and followers which are the hottest commodity since sliced bread." This made me laugh - sadly true
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by todipa 8y ago
Open data is the first step. I wish I could do more business with my gov't (State and Local) through the internet. "Copies of documents cannot be ordered through this website, by email or over the telephone." Only fax and sna
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by todipa 8y ago
This example took a life of its own. Just wanted to clarify an irrelevant point to this discussion - Length of the pregnancy isn't 9 months. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777570/
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by todipa 8y ago
You can still have a sole proprietorship but have employees. Sole proprietorship means that you are the sole owner. I think what you meant is 1 person company with the owner being the only person working for the company... Agree with you on
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by todipa 8y ago
Are there any organizations I can support other than the ACLU that has fought for internet freedom and against government mass surveillance?
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by todipa 8y ago
Total agreement on the market opportunity. I'm not technical in any way like most of the people commenting here. I run a small financial planning business and I'm paying "a lot" of money to Typeform and to Wufoo to gathe
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by todipa 8y ago
"Young now calls his wife "probably the single-most important contributor" to the initial success of Red Hat. "Without my wife Nancy's sterling credit rating, I wouldn't been able to raise the money that got us
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by todipa 8y ago
Need to update my wife's Mac but she doesn't need a $1,800 machine.
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by todipa 8y ago
the problem is that it looks like growth has stalled.
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by todipa 8y ago
Big fan of the changing gender demographics. There are problems out there that are gender specific and sadly don't get as much attention in a male-dominated space. Remember, a large portion of the decisions in venture are "gut bas
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by todipa 8y ago
Fines are becoming a common expense, they should list them as a cost of doing business. They aren't tax deductible for US purposes so you are taxed on pre-fine income.
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by todipa 9y ago
There is a lot to dissect but I would focus on labor force. Our labor force used to be all human labor. Now it includes a large number of bots, both physical and software, that take care of business. The (output = labor . x) doesn't wo
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by todipa 10y ago
a) An attorney working on contingency and your description of maintenance are not very far apart. b) In this country, justice is correlated with wealth. That was clearly shown in the Stanford rape case. Having wealthy people or non-profit o