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Bork argued that antitrust law shouldn't inherently challenge bigness. He felt that the antitrust should seek to maximize consumer welfare. That's been interpreted by the courts to…

Here's a picture of the store manager greeting Yeltin. Can you imagine? https://cdn.hpm.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/21152245/Paul-...

Trade secrets already get legal protections so the non-competes aren't relevant there anyway

Certainly a respect for the individual played a role. Thomas Hobbes argued for a strong monarch specifically to protect their subjects and their subjects’ property. Other philosoph…

From the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914: "Under this Act, the Commission is empowered, among other things, to (a) prevent unfair methods of competition, and unfair or decepti…

Yes, lower barriers to entry than general software development. Get to program, stand up and configure cloud systems, and might get to do some data visualization if that's your thi…

I couldn't bring myself to buy a Herman Miller. I bought this one and I'm really happy with it https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/2724332/WorkPro-Ocean...

Learn how to do something cool and dangerous and expensive. Race motorcycles, fly planes, climb mountains, go skydiving. People will want to talk to you

People have been calling for a recession since June and you can see the signs everywhere except where it really matters to people: the labor market Slow down? Sure. Recession? Eh.

LinkedIn is good for finding potential contacts. Message people who seem like software engineering managers and ask if they have internships. See where your classmates get roles an…

What time did the storm roll in?

Does the order matter for Kochenderfer? Any one of those put more emphasis on controls than the others?

You can freeze the worknumber so people running background checks can't get information. When I changed jobs the company ran a background check and they kinda freaked out cause the…

I haven't seen a video from the Verge where they walk up to random people randomly, stick a mic in their face, and ask them random questions

I would have asked him to publish it on TikTok. Let's just make this real weird

Agree on taking financial accounting at a community college or a university. Accounting is a way of thinking and I can't imagine learning it on my own. Finance on the other hand is…

Agreed, there's greater sins and lesser sins and it's insane to think otherwise.

I had a biology professor say something to the effect of "when you have energy that's because you're burning energy." You workout, you get your heart rate up, your metabolism is go…

Upvoting cause I agree in principal with where you're coming from in the sense that employers and employees should be able to bargain in their contracts and include clauses like no…

Yeah I like this angle. I think his elevator pitch is "I'm a software developer who likes doing project management work, and I know statistics"

Newton is a fascinating guy. Did way more work in alchemy trying to turn lead into gold than he did in math and physics (the mercury he used probably made him nuts). He took a day …

In your example I think it's more like "If you don’t stop stealing , the country will find a way to force you."

Yeah, I got some hobbies. Reconnected with old friends. Starting working out and taking care of myself a lot better. I was way too emotionally tied up in my job when I was working …

Yeah I felt the same way about 18 months ago. I took a contract gig (hybrid) that pays well, lets me pick up some new skills, but limits me to 40 hours a week, isn't that hard and …