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Oh, you're such an optimist! Everyone knows firmware developers will only rewrite something needlessly if it's correct.

Really, downvoter asshole, really?! Let's walk through it, shall we? I'm not sure how many days are in November. Or any month, for that matter. Ok, no problem, no one knows everyth…

On the contrary, the comments are far too kind. This sort of error is simply unconscionable and the person responsible for it deserves far worse. It's unfortunate that the poor sod…

The person responsible doesn't care in the slightest. They got paid, their product not only got sold but is still being sold, and so there's nothing to be bothered with. That's wha…

Really, or are you just saying that? They "missed it" because either (a) they didn't bother to test at all, or (b) they actually thought November has 31 days and didn't bother to d…

Do you mean companies as well established as Yahoo, MySpace, AOL, and Netscape? Or companies as well established as Woolworth, Kodak, MCI, and Sears? Or perhaps you had in mind the…

> 150k guaranteed comp, 25k bonus, 75k vesting equity is low for the companies w/ equity run-ups in the past several years, in my opinion. You're right, assuming that everything co…

The rule of thumb if you work in California is that you'll take home half, assuming all your income is base + bonus + RSUs and not exotics like ISOs or deferred comp plans. The res…

In my BigCo experience, they do recalibrate pay scales at different locations, but not nearly to the extent that they should. For example, one of them had three US geo "zones" that…

They are also overestimating the likelihood of hitting the jackpot at a startup. The d100 rule of thumb guidance is insanely optimistic; there is not anywhere close to a 5% chance …

Obviously, it matters very much what the market price of the stock is. Your grant will be for a certain number of shares on some vesting schedule, not for a certain cash value . Re…

It is, in fact, possible that some aspect of a negotiation can be beneficial to both parties, but not for the reasons the parent suggested. If we assume that your minimum bid is in…

To be fair to the Chinese, whether a price going up or down is alarming or encouraging depends on whether one wishes to buy or to sell.

> I've gotten "I need a number for us to continue" multiple times. "Considering your obnoxious lack of professionalism and the fact that your approach is apparently acceptable to t…

Bluntly, it doesn't matter what the investors or managers do. They can piss off their employees, fire them, or do neither; they can cut products and staff or grow or both or neithe…

If that's shameful, who should be ashamed? - Yahoo's current management, for pretending there's anything to save? - Yahoo's past management, for blowing their phenomenal brand equi…

> some marketplaces (e.g. Amazon) have taken up suing fake/paid reviews So, do you think it's likely that Amazon will sue these reviewers? Think carefully about the lobbying chain …

Why would they be concerned? Their customers are cops. Cops have decided they want Tasers, and cops do whatever they want whether you like it or not. The response to the flap is ju…

When your customers are all cops, there's no reason to care whether you, your company, or your culture are viewed favorably by the common proles. The guy knows who his customers ar…

I actually agree, but you have to pay people. That means you need to have enough cash -- either in startup capital or revenue -- to pay a fair market wage for the work you're getti…

That might be part of it, but it also speaks to an extremely common mentality among founders that they can (and should) get a business off the ground with only a tiny fraction of t…

Many owners of bars (and similar cash businesses) skim some part of the business's cash for themselves. This has two effects: first, it provides them personally with undocumented a…

That's fine, but if you're that kind of founder you have to know your limitations and hire a top-flight COO to handle that side of things. If you can't, or won't, you're just anoth…

I see your point, but I guess I don't feel that strongly about it. We all have biases, and the way to ensure good results is to document them thoroughly and make sure they're repro…

If you work out the math, Yahoo could sell those assets, take the tax hit (whether or not the tax is legally owed is irrelevant), then by shutting down the entire company, hand its…