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throwayit

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    Comment #15649249

    Honestly, the best thing Snap can do to control their destiny is gut headcount by 2/3. If they bring their costs down so they aren't burning cash, they still have a highly engaged …

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    Comment #15649230

    3% quarter over quarter growth on a product that is supposed to be still in growth mode is pretty bad. Compare this growth rate to Facebook's when it was was a 200 million DAU and …

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    Comment #15647496

    I think the major issue with your line of reasoning (which I mostly agree with it) is you are assuming wealth distribution. I mean, yes it is in our economy's interests to make it …

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    Comment #15647430

    Do you believe that this will actually force corporations to not suppress wages? Even if the H-1 program is disbanded, corporations have many options to cut workforce expenses, inc…

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    Comment #15639905

    Our company has a culture of making it a part of the dev owner (or product owner's) job. So as part of shipping a feature / epic / task you are expected to create and update docume…

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    Comment #15639890

    Our company uses Confluence and I highly recommend it. I think it does a very good for keeping your documentation "fresh" because: * It's easy to search and find things * It's easy…

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    Comment #15596374

    If these heuristics are terrible, shouldn't these companies just throw away applications at random? At least this way you don't delude yourself in believing your heuristics are rat…

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    Comment #15494888

    what about farmed fish though?

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    Comment #15494765

    I actually find refactoring legacy code to be one of the most challenging things I do at work. While I definitely wouldn't want to do that for all 40 hours of work I wouldn't class…

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    Comment #15368328

    I think the OP wanted to make clear that domestic creditors far outweigh any foreign one so saying "biggest creditor" was a deceptive statement.

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    Comment #15368297

    I am going to focus on US centric problems. Here are the two areas I think Americans could use the biggest help: 1) Personal finance - Americans across the board lack basic financi…

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    Comment #15314875

    I guess it depends on how you define typical. 30% of unicorns are founded by an MBA and 80% of unicorns have an mba on their exec team: https://qz.com/176063/most-mbas-dont-found-b…

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    Comment #15314775

    The value of a company is not equal to it's revenue - that doesn't make sense. To give an example, let's say someone offered to sell you a magic bean which caused $10 to appear mag…

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    Comment #15297437

    Big typo! I meant Dropcam, which was doing extremely well before it joined Google and then had a lot of issues with its integration with Nest.

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    Comment #15297257

    Yes! As a former Googler, Google has a terrible track record with hardware companies: Motorola, Nest, Dropcam, Boston Dynamics, etc. I don't see this as going anywhere.

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    Comment #15260916

    You are incorrect. This is called refinancing and happens frequently. It's possible SOFI assumed his/her debt at a lower interest rate which in some scenarios could mean a lower pa…

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    Comment #15251702

    Yes, but that doesn't address the terrible terrible things Nestle did with formula in the 3rd world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott#Baby_milk_...

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    Comment #15122217

    1) Houston is one of the biggest metros areas in America at ~6 million. Even cities with strong public transportation wouldn't have the resources to bus and train 6 million people …

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    Comment #14896645

    While this would work well in theory, do you see either political party working to build a stronger "bill of labor rights" for Americans? Americans don't have basic labor rights li…

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    Comment #14896629

    I disagree. I think the union would or still do benefit many industries. For example, consider doctors. They don't have a union but there should to help regulate working conditions…