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How about glitter nail polish? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6986327

fwiw, for the RT-AC68U, ASUS currently[0] recommends downgrading the firmware to the version at this link: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-AC68U/FW_RT_A... To downgr…

In recognition of their absolute blame for any collision, Navy captains are reported[0] to joke with their ship-steering subordinates: "In case anything goes wrong, call me so that…

The landing was beautifully smooth — an impressive feat by any measure. The best video of it I've seen so far is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2fQkJGbRcA Another perspecti…

Indeed. The uncertainty inherent in the universe we understand today and in all human endeavors is difficult to contend with in code. In the main, contracts serve to reduce uncerta…

And, more specifically, the interpretation of that phrase (as it's defined in the AstraZeneca/EU contract) under the laws of Belgium by the courts located in Brussels, Belgium.[0] …

Canons of legal construction exist because of ambiguity in human language. Here are a few that illustrate common imprecision in language.[0] Conjunctive/Disjunctive Canon. And join…

Perhaps.[0] Or perhaps not.[0] ----- [0] https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/lead-vs-lede-...

Lee Filters has an online color shift calculator to help select filters to convert light to the desired temperature. It even gives suggestions on filter combinations to get to the …

Got it. With those numbers, the returns are ~1.86x for the investors of the $565M. ($3B * ($565M/$1615M) / $565M).

It looks like the $1B figure is a pre-money valuation for the $500M raised.[0] If so, that results in a 2x exit for those investors.[1] This assumes those investors don't have righ…

I imagine the graduate degrees Hewlett and Packard earned at Stanford were, for their time, at least equal in prestige to a Stanford Ph.D in 2000. Assuming Wikipedia can be believe…

My sense is that, by definition, evidence of ways the future will be different than the present is always weak, particularly if the evidence you're looking at is data.

What is the legal issue?

This is one potential outcome of AngelList syndicates[0], which is I think one reason they have been vocal[1] about the SEC's implementing regulations of the securities reforms (in…

I think it's simply that it's harder to find buyers for that kind of stock. And finding buyers for stock in a high risk enterprise is already a pretty difficult task.

Yes, the board is elected by the stockholders. Absent an alternative structure, default corporate laws provide for the directors of a company with only one class of common stock to…

I don't think this has ever been a throwaway term during an acquisition in cases where the investors proceeds were higher under their liquidation preference rights than they would …