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by xivzgrev 4y ago
agreed. Fuji is my go-to when it's on sale at Costco.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
"BEST USES: Compost" couldn't agree more for red delicious. tastes like styrofoam.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Not necessarily. Consultants were the first to go at my company.
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This. Show me an investor complaining about Facebook’s corporate governance And I’ll show you someone who doesn’t think investment decisions through
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Elon Musk is great at building new things. Time will tell if he can re-invent an existing thing. So far, it's not looking great. Corporate raiders / PE usually have a well defined thesis and plan to hit the ground running - Elon c
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Appreciate the reference. Tom was an engineering liaison, not manager though
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Those aren’t the only options. My mom enforced clear consequences based on what I valued and she valued. Break rules, I lose computer time. Trespass on someone’s property, I write an apology letter and deliver it to them. Etc
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Interesting article but she continually cites one source about her hero - Paul volcker himself. I would believe her premise that he broke inflation more if she included other sources, especially other financial leaders from the time.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
100% agree. You can also ask a hotel for free upgrades when you check in because you booked directly. Doesn’t always work but once in a while it does.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
I found that to be the case a lot more during covid. Hilton and other chains had these amazing deals where if you found something cheaper they’d match plus knock 30% off or whatever. It was almost a certainty that was the case so I was ge
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
The key difference is that she was never told she was being fired. If the manager had simply said “hey this isn’t working for xyz, we are going to put you in a minimal role for 3 months to give you time to look for something else”, that wou
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Wow I agree. When I read I thought it was an Onion article.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Brian sounds like the drag on the company, not Bob. Bob is simply offering a deal that is in his best interests. Brian is the enabler, and I'm surprised HE wasn't fired. Developers are expensive to recruit and train. If your dep
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
One other aspect that wasn’t in the article is how vehemently states enforce their monopoly status on lotteries. I’ve worked at companies that run various sweepstakes, and there is a huge legal concern around not accidentally turning into a
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
There could be room for that. But the article cites several examples not like that, particularly training that employees consider rudimentary or already covering what they already know. It sounds like bullshit because it is - employers are
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Wow that is really awful - thanks for sharing
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If most tourists go to popular areas, the author is the extreme opposite. I like somewhere in the middle. I seek out highly-rated restaurants among LOCALS as a starting point. The fewer other tourists I see and the less English the staff sp
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
This. It seems to me powers behind the throne would rather risk their lives and overthrow Putin, than risk their lives and more in a nuclear MAD scenario. But there are many many alternatives before either of those two, so I imagine the vas
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Make sure you are personally prepared if you get laid off. Have enough cash on hand to cover 6 months of expenses. Accept downturns are a part of life and are overall a good thing. Every bull market accumulates cruft (NFTs, ahem), and a do
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
This. The fed government started the war on drugs, and a powerful way to start shifting away is ending it at fed level. It‘a simple leadership.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
This seems really high, and feels like a biased population. The article says this was based on 1700 responses from 5 counties, but who did they survey? A lot of families have deep roots here (and houses). They have businesses, friends, fam
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Maybe I need to improve ours! I have zero problem at movies. But I always watch TV with subcaptions. There’s usually some words that I miss
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
I hope the judge rightfully calls out the market power of Amazon is more monopoloy-like. They currently own almost 40% of all US ecommerce. The next largest is Walmart at ...6%. So while Amazon says you're free to sell your stuff else
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Perl was created in 1987. My grandpa isn’t that young!
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Ex-consultant here. It's an amazing choice to get into business...then gtfo. There's a certain kind of person who thrives in consulting and good for them - it pays really well, you're seen as an expert, and for partners it&#x
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
this was pure gold "An Enneagram test and one-on-ones with nineteen different people in H.R. A fajita lunch, some improv games, and a Ping-Pong tournament, after which you will be evaluated on our five-dimensional Work Hard, Play Harde
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
I agree. I joined a few smaller startups and saw plenty about how NOT to do things. Only one I joined a larger company did I feel happier (in hindsight). And now if I went back to a startup, I’d feel more confident about whether the company
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
I don't have to imagine - Healthline. it's clearly an SEO game that's cropped up recently, but it's executed in a sustainable way. The articles I stumble on are actually helpful. For example, there was a recent HN artic
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Chewy does this really well, and follows this same advice. I get pet food on subscription. Chewy sends me a notice my order is about to ship. I can skip or cancel if I want. Shopify on the other hand is hostile. I have a small store there
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Glad it worked out. For anyone else thinking of doing this I’d recommend asking for this up front. If a company isn’t open to it, then they’re not going to be later on after you’ve both invested all that time.

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