verite

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   by verite 10y ago

   The USA power usage is actually closer to 4x10^15 W-hr per year, not per day. Source: http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/sep_sum/html/pdf/sum_btu_1.pdf ; 1 btu is 10^3 joules so 10^5 tbtu = 10^19 j ~=
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   by verite 12y ago

   I think AngelList is not strictly speaking empirical data -- it is what a company provides as advertisement, not what it is actually paying. How one decides "empirical data", as well as "comparable companies" and "c
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   by verite 12y ago

   This is a really frivolous reason to sue. I don't currently want to out the company; if in the future I do, it would probably not be in a random HN comment :).
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   by verite 12y ago

   i'm not sure i will ever get to find out why they took it back. but i think it is very unlikely that it is this post in HN. someone would have to be checking HN very religiously.
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   by verite 12y ago

   the salaries are yearly and the % is over 4 years
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   by verite 12y ago

   Er, nevermind I guess. My (written) offer got rescinded.
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   by verite 12y ago

   Thanks for your help! I am certain that they like me -- I mean, I have an official paper offer that I can sign. It is in Silicon Valley. I haven't disclosed salary history. I thought they may agree to 100k and 0.2%, and/or I cou
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   Ask HN: Help with offer negotiation

   6 points by verite 12y ago|14 comments