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wtvanhest
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I think we should wait to make determinations on cause until we see if that changes once the weather turns in the north and Europe and people return to heated spaces. If this was really a matter of herd immunity, Florida wouldn’t be getting
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On top of that, none of the things mentioned were big problems during the 80s when the concord was in its peak. Security just started ramping up after the wave of 1970s hijackings that necessitated security at airports
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6y ago
I don’t have a developer’s account, but I’m new to iPhone in the last 4 months and my phone also goes from realty.com to realtor.com. Not sure if a lack of history is for some reason causing it, or the presence of history is preventing it
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6y ago
Excellent point. In fact, the entire process of showing the witness the photos should be recorded, and double blind. I.e the officer showing the person should not know anything about the lineup.
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Clever, really is a better experience. I’d love to see this used more. I haven’t seen anything like this in a long-time.
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Tech IPOs usually find there way to the top of the page since that is viewed as a major milestone for any company, especially fast growth startups
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6y ago
Not according to the CFA Institute, or any number of other sources. LPs may incorrectly label PE and VC as separate subsets, but most large, institutional LPs will have PE, then separated by type. CFA is the best source, but there are so m
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6y ago
Startup investing is a subset of private equity investing. Pe includes many illiquid subcategories including real estate, LBOs, startup investing, even niche stuff like infrastructure investing
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Beneficial to founder, but this would be much more meaningful for employees who have much less control over the success or failure of their own company.
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This is good advice. Saying yes to everything is basically the most important thing. The other thing is to try to tackle headache problems for your team or manager. You’ll know it when you see it because you will literally get uncomfortabl
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6y ago
Private prisons are an easy scapegoat to a much larger problem. In my opinion ending private prisons just removes a tool that politicians can use to avoid responsibility, so in that way, ending their practice is net good. There are 2 probl
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6y ago
I worked at Intel for a brief 3 month summer internship in finance (2010). One thing that struck me was that I was not allowed to put certain words in presentations because they didn't want those words used against them in court. Its
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6y ago
That really would be the best legislation. A simple calc of the rent of the first 12 months of the lease becomes the base rent.
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6y ago
Or a single person outperforming over a long time horizon.
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6y ago
Your opinion is reasonable from a contractual standpoint, but, contracts aren’t all that matters. Universities have a variety of tools they use to lock-in students. If the universities gave students the ability to take the semester off and
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6y ago
They likely have to use the number of customers who are inactive and probable to request a refund, then use that estimate to calculate the size of a liability account which must be held on the balance sheet. As it grows, that hits the pnl a
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I cannot imagine shutting down a company with a team. Must be really hard. Your note was refreshingly succinct, with genuine thank yous to the people that helped. I don't have any advice or anything, just wanted to let you know that
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6y ago
Stores are locked in on pricing due to emergency order. I expect new stores to pop up with the ability to set new prices and pay more from suppliers.
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6y ago
Anyone have any insight in to why people shifting to eat at home would lead to less overall food demand though? Presumably, if you have X food being produced by farms across the country, and people eating it, but split between restaurants (
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6y ago
I often wonder how much entertainment news impacts politician’s decision making. I have to assume that they consider what the major news entertainment companies will say about bills they author and support or don’t. in some ways, they are
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The OP is calling this a 'fake market'. That is inaccurate in that of course a certain number of people will pay for food to be delivered. Pizza delivery has been a thing for a long time. Grubhub has taken a profitable share of
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Would you or someone else mind expanding on this thought a little? Why does 99.9% specificity mean that 10% will be false positives? {added: great answers below} well worth understanding this point. In short specificity measures the % of
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That is only one of the ways it’s done. The other is to hire strategy consultants who analyze org structure then try to fit people in those remaining boxes. Those left out are really out.
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Yeah, I wasn’t expecting much, but it sounds like a real potential breakthrough. I’d love to see someone with experience in the industry comment
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Top-tier law schools get the majority of big law slots and are usually a pretty good balance. Anything outside the top 8-10 law schools and the % of graduates who go on to big law is VERY, VERY, VERY small.
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Law schools are the worst offenders in the education industry. Only a small percentage of law students end up at big law where the salaries can support the debt load, but almost everyone leaves law school with a mountain of debt.
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On one hand this is correct, many apps compete only on form function like (Instagram vs snap). I think there will always be a random form function that captivates (today’s ticktok), but my prediction is that the web will be won less by comp
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So far, the highest estimates we are getting for antibodies are in the 20% range with dramatically flawed populations (NYC grocery). Real number is less than that and could be way less than that. Lockdowns create their own form of havoc, bu
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My point is that another set of pop exists that is not possible to test using the grocery store method.
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I’m starting to believe that the difference in opinions on whether these studies are legitimate or not hinges heavily on personal behavior. For my wife and I and kid, we live in SF and order food when we can from grocery. When we can’t, I
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