witcherchaos

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U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 49-Year Low, Below All Forecasts(bloomberg.com)
1 points by witcherchaos 7y ago|0 comments
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by witcherchaos 7y ago
Or looking at it another way, you can stress out for a company for 8 year (in case of segment), or or you can join the company as a c-level exec at year 6 for the same amount of equity
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by witcherchaos 7y ago
Series D (with 3 seed rounds) and 4 founders....what does the equity shares for each founder look like? 3% maybe?
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by witcherchaos 7y ago
You forgot that Chinese economy crashed heavily last year and this year. In addition, Chinese government really stepped up the blocking of money transfer out of the country
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by witcherchaos 7y ago
I am curious, why not japan or South Korea? Or even Taiwan, which google is now opening offices there?
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
> All education in India happens in English That is incorrect. In urban areas in India, schools teach in English but in rural areas it's in Hindi. In urban areas, only if it's a big city, then peer to peer communication is in
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
> When it comes to computer science skills, U.S. students approaching graduation have a significant advantage over their peers in China, India, and Russia. There are a few explanations for this 1.) Programming is an English skillset, whi
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
The current administration, the one you called Idiocracy, stood up against dictatorship China and exposed the bubble mirage that was the Chinese economy. The Chinese economy is now crashing hard. This current administration did what many
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
There's plenty of Trump supporters in silicon valley. We may be democrats previously, but we really like what Trump did against China, even though the large corporations (who owns mass media) hated the move. Trump rejuvenated the eco
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
Counterpoints > It’s no longer the best place in the world to start a startup. The place with most active investors with the largest investments? The place with the biggest pool of programmers and pms and designers? The place with the
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China's exports fall more than 20% in February(cnbc.com)
5 points by witcherchaos 8y ago|2 comments
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
Yeah its a shame. Most multinationals have already diversified out of China (usually less than 30% of capacity is left in China now). It’s the middle sized and small sized businesses that were too stupid not to diversify out of China, and n
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
Why is US pretending to be friend with an enemy that is out to steal anything in US that isn’t locked down? Least of which, an enemy that is a dictatorship that has oppressed religion, democracy, free speech, and free will in its domain?
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
Dongfeng motors dropped 17%. BAIC motors dropped 11%. Great Wall motors dropped 40% alone in November.
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
Incorrect 1.) made in 2025 was announced in 2015. Crash happened last year in a sudden fashion across all luxury goods 2.) brand loyalty doesn’t work like an immediate switch easily levered by a government. 3.) average Chinese citizens pref
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
Incorrect. There was a recent study done on tariffs effects. The study found negligible effects on consumer good prices. Turns out most tariff costs were eaten by manufacturers in China. (The importers forced them to eat the costs) Which pr
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
Louis Vuitton is a French company. Also, Burberry, am English company, had 8% drop in sales
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
US wage is growing though. Money is flowing into US at an unprecedented rate due to: a.) Fed raising interest rates to a normal level. Government bonds are now earning close to some of the faster developing countries, without the risks. b.)
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
It fits the narrative of US doing better than everyone else, thus money is flowing in. There was a study done (can't find the link atm) regarding the impact of the tariffs on US consumer goods, and what they found was that the impact o
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by witcherchaos 8y ago
It makes sense that US wage is growing if you look at the macroeconomic environment. Money is flowing into US at an unprecedented rate due to: a.) Fed raising interest rates to a normal level. Government bonds are now earning close to som