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I was a passenger on AC549 several years ago when this happened. In our case, the oxygen masks were deployed because the cabin had actually lost pressure. From the standpoint of me…

> How much could this reduce the total environmental food print of cattle? Poore and Nemecek did a pretty comprehensive survey of the climate impact of different foods https://scie…

Here's a bit more about how we did this https://medium.com/@gpitfield/gitlance-how-we-ranked-9-milli... In short, it's a graph that uses repo forks, stars, and commits to generate …

Was this Cobalt?

Should also add that it can be installed directly via https://github.com/gpitfield/postmedia-ad-blocker/blob/maste...

Postmedia owns the leading daily newspapers in most Canadian cities. They required the papers' editorial boards to endorse the Harper government in our current federal election. Gi…

Canary is an anonymous, secure alternative I've been working on. Check it out if you'd like: www.canaryapp.net

You definitely could access app details. Not sure if you could change them - I didn't try - but here's the evidence: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qd0clsmx10h4tpd/Screenshot%202015-...…

Screenshot https://www.dropbox.com/s/qd0clsmx10h4tpd/Screenshot%202015-...

Definitely true. I was just logged in as Blackberry and had full access to all the BBM apps (!). Seems to have reverted to my proper account now. Will share a screenshot momentaril…

Very good point, I was unaware these were still in effect (haven't been a US tax payer in several years).

I think it's worth clarifying what's meant by the "double taxation of dividends". This refers to the fact that the company (at least in theory) already paid taxes on its profits, w…

This isn't really the issue. See my comment above, which in your example translates to the tax rate in company one's scenario being ~2x the rate in company two's.

While both are indeed taxed, dividends are taxed as ordinary income, whereas gains from sale of stock are considered and taxed as capital gains. In the US at least, the capital gai…

We just went through the process for the first time and landed right around 50%. Our claim was reviewed (this is typical for first time claimants), and while non-trivial the proces…

Actually, you don't even need profits to apply the credits against. They are refundable, which means that if you didn't owe taxes to offset against, the government actually writes …

Further to this and dcaranda, EBITDA is used for valuations because it describes the cash flow the business has available to pay various stakeholders before any financial structure…

But the E in P/E is earnings not sales, so this estimate is way too high. Better guess: start with 1x sales and adjust up or down based on how fast it's growing and how profitable …

You're missing 0. make great products, which at the big table are the only stakes that count. This is too much me/my/I. It's a nice insight into why folks might think about design …