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Someone did the math on this, right? I thought the amount of revenue generated was a complete pittance. More likely, this is just something sites start doing on top of advertising.…

For what it's worth, I enjoyed the article. Most start-ups aren't solving any huge problems, and sometimes market inefficiencies are there for a reason (see all the start-ups invol…

To OP's credit, it's something that people forget semi-frequently. I can think of quite a few products that look nice and the workflows are quite easy, but at the end of the day th…

No, but sometimes they need to be fired because the work situation is unrecoverable. Regardless of who’s fault it is. “Put down” here is an analogy for being fired. I don’t actuall…

Eh, no it’s not like that at all. Again this is more like a dog that’s been abused over the years and then mauls a kid. No ones surprised that the dog is aggressive, and the owners…

> I’m sorry Good, I’m glad we agree that you insufficiently argued that people backed into a corner aren’t responsible for their actions.

Did you read the original article? That wasn’t the crux of why they fired him.

Sorry, it really really doesn’t. The court might take your emotional state into account when you murder someone, but if they’ve got you dead-to-rights you’re still going to prison.…

Uh, what? It absolutely does matter. There are appropriate reactions when you’re “backed into a corner”, and there are inappropriate reactions. I absolutely get to say what the arb…

None of that changes the fact that Rick became an awful co-worker and needed to be removed, whether temporarily or more permanently. Sorry, berating your co-workers repeatedly is a…

If you read my other comments, you’ll see that I agree with you completely. That doesn’t mean the dog shouldn’t be put down. It just means there are also other parties at fault.

Er, yeah, he is. You can be devoted, respected, and admired but still be an asshole. They’re not mutually exclusive traits. See also: Steve Jobs, famously.

Your reasons for being an asshole don’t change the end result though. It just changes the context around it. Similarly I can understand how an aggressive dog came to be (poor train…

Ehhh sorry, saying things like "I'm Albert Einstein and you're all just fucking monkeys scratching in the dirt" doesn't strike me as the speech of someone who's particularly nice. …

I'll admit that I'm particularly touchy about bad people managers, but it really does seem like they just washed their hands of the problem without trying to really discern: * Why …

This still reeks of CYA. > "He refused to take time off or allow any work to be delegated. He also repeatedly rejected attempts to introduce free open source frameworks to replace …

Yeah, wow. I mean, Rick's a dick, no doubt. But much like Frankenstein's monster, it's incredibly easy to see who had a hand in transforming Rick into what he became. It's hard to …

Actually, does Harold ever agree with either party? Tammy and Roy both want low housing costs, and Harold doesn't. Sure, you can get to an armistice with Harold and Tammy: Housing …

> A university spends less money on salaries by having a small number of professors with huge labs and armies of PhDs rather than a larger number of professors It's also worth poin…

I guess. As someone who grew up near Evergreen (and knew a few classmates who attended), Evergreen's always kinda been this way. At least for the last 20+ years. I (and many others…