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by freddyc 9y ago
> I just throw them away and buy my own regular potatoes to supplement. Please don't do this if you can avoid it. I used to do the same (not with Blue Apron admittedly, but food in general) until I volunteered at our local food s
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by freddyc 9y ago
While I generally agree with your main point, I have witnessed engineers who espouse equality publicly until their own remuneration is the topic of discussion, at which point self-interest kicks in and "of course I should earn more tha
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Tesla Has Something Hotter Than Cars to Sell: Its Story(nytimes.com)
1 points by freddyc 9y ago|0 comments
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Douglas Coupland: The nine to five is barbaric(theguardian.com)
58 points by freddyc 9y ago|82 comments
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by freddyc 10y ago
It's usually in the underlying option plan I believe. I think the challenge with changing the 90 day window is that you run the risk of the option not qualifying as an ISO. If that's the case, it would instead be classified as
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by freddyc 10y ago
> I'd expect that in most high-growth companies the impact of individual contributors quickly gets washed away after they leave I'd argue it's the opposite. Early employees often have an outsized impact on the trajectory
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by freddyc 10y ago
I think they started their life as a crowdfunding platform but then pivoted to focus on payments. I remember seeing their logo on the ESPN fantasy football site a year or so ago, so I assume they struck a partnership deal for leagues to co
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by freddyc 10y ago
Unfortunately, he's probably not helping his cause by hanging around at this point. I'm sure he has his reasons - family, mortgage etc - but a lot of recruiters likely treat those who remained despite the damning revelations very
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by freddyc 10y ago
> Most assholes don't have that level of reflection so I'm not going to be too harsh I think that's what differentiates your run-of-the-mill asshole from a sociopath. While the author doesn't do a great job at elicit
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Scientists discover 'Zealandia' – a hidden continent off the coast of Australia(telegraph.co.uk)
2 points by freddyc 10y ago|0 comments
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by freddyc 10y ago
Two general rules I follow: 1. You want me to indemnify you? Hahahahahaha. No. 2. You want to indemnify me? Sure, sounds good.
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by freddyc 10y ago
Thanks, I hadn't seen that before. I still value a lot of the work they did last year, but it's a great reminder to keep a critical eye on what I consume. Now, please don't tell me the WSJ and FT are guilty of the same offe
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by freddyc 10y ago
Why do you say that? Their political coverage and some of their deep-dive investigative pieces have been top drawer IMO.
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by freddyc 10y ago
Funnily enough, I'm also a subscriber of the FT! The app has the full newspaper ordered in the same way (Lex, The Big Read etc) and provides a pretty great experience for a digital consumer. It's not quite the same as having a h
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by freddyc 10y ago
It's amazing how many people I know who have subscribed to the WaPo in the last 12 months. I know, I know - echo chamber - but it gives me great hope that quality news organizations have a future. If executed properly, most people ar
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by freddyc 10y ago
Yes, I think that's the key distinction. Kodi is available (for example) in the Play Store so selling a box with it pre-installed is not illegal. However, if you go the extra step and include the piracy add-ons and (potentially) a su
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by freddyc 10y ago
Want to know how I know AI is over-hyped? All of the VCs who were bullish on Bitcoin a few years back are now "thought leaders" on AI.
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by freddyc 10y ago
It's a little of both. If your employer doesn't cover 100% of the premium then your share is deducted from your pre-tax salary. Healthcare is often one of the factors up for negotiation in salary discussions. It's not a 1
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A Takeover in Silicon Valley: Founders Out, Private Equity In(buzzfeed.com)
3 points by freddyc 10y ago|0 comments
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by freddyc 10y ago
I realize that the parent comment focused on Uber, but my concern is directed at the personalization of the post. This was posted under Travis' personal Facebook account. It was a statement by him to his employees that he chose to th
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by freddyc 10y ago
> What I also hate is that Uber tries to play the PR game and show themselves as the great guys here. Forget that they pay their drivers peanuts, that drivers have to drive up to 30% more now to make the same wages as just a few years a
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by freddyc 10y ago
That is quite literally the definition of a minority :) Seriously though, I take your point and this is a reminder that if we ignore vocal minorities spouting hate, eventually they may grow big enough to take control. If you see this type o
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by freddyc 10y ago
And share with others. This is only one poor guy, but there's plenty more like him out there who have done everything right and jumped through the USCIS hoops to get here legally with the goal of improving their (and potentially thei
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by freddyc 10y ago
It's not legal, but per my comment above Kodi offers a pretty good solution via a Mi Box, Roku, Fire TV etc. Exodus has pretty much every show you could wish to watch on demand, and then there's (paid) IPTV services that you can
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by freddyc 10y ago
We pay for Netflix and have access to all of the Amazon content via our Prime subscription and then we just use Exodus on Kodi for everything else. I'd love to see a legal Exodus emerge one day but I think it's unlikely in the for
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by freddyc 10y ago
No, I don't think that is correct. The US is silent on dual citizenship but I believe that it's only if you pledge your allegiance to another country (e.g. to defend that country in a war) that you are deemed by the US to have re
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by freddyc 10y ago
I realize this doesn't necessarily answer the original question, but in my mind I view two major buckets of stress: 1. Immediate, demand-driven stress. 2. Low-level, semi-constant stress (the nagging kind). I'm perfectly fine with
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by freddyc 10y ago
The emergence of these '30 Under 30' lists is troubling in and of itself!
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by freddyc 10y ago
Different events, although both are now contested in foiling cats. The America's Cup, which Oracle currently holds, is the oldest sporting trophy in the world with a long history of billionaires falling over themselves to win (Koch, Be
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by freddyc 10y ago
Over the years a test I've often used is asking "how does this person respond to being challenged/questioned?" A great leader tends to embrace the fact that someone is asking "why" and uses it as an opportunity

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