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It's interesting that the Kimberley Process intended to prevent conflict diamonds is a chain of warranties, one of the criticisms thereto was that there was little proof that the p…

There's a Cargo tool called "clippy" which will tell you if it finds unnecessary clones.

That's because SAG is a guild, not a union, and it works because every known actor is voluntarily a member, so you can't make a movie without agreeing to their rules.

I'm not arguing, if anything I'm agreeing, was just trying to clarify some things.

Guilds are a little different from unions in practice. They set minimum standards but there's no group negotiation based on seniority or anything like that. Studios are free to pay…

This is pretty cultural and contextual -- in many social groups, at least on the west coast, holding hands and cuddling between friends is common. In some Asian countries you often…

> apparently the free market is a good idea only when your business goes well This statement is so confusing. Forcing millions of businesses which were previously legal to shutter …

Open-air dining with six feet of separation is almost certainly safe. There's literally no evidence to the contrary despite multiple court orders to produce any.

Totally agree, this is cherry-picking. I don't have an opinion on how useful McKinsey is, but I'll note that no one is pointing out that they also did a lot of work for Microsoft b…

Since you went there... "Affect" can also be a noun, referring to behavioral characteristics :)

There are a few people who have translated the solutions to Clojure, this one looks like the most comprehensive: http://www.sicpdistilled.com/

I think you'll find a good sample of people who did poorly on their interviews but were still hired due to stellar references, corporate politics or nepotism.

It was amazing how some people lapped up everything he wrote about Google (case in point: apparently a lot of people don't believe 20% time exists at all any more), I guess because…

Fair point -- I should have been more clear, this analysis was based on comparing the post-lockup price to the first trade, and also to the primary offering price (not 180 days to …

I suppose it depends what you mean by "run", but Sheryl Sandberg went to HBS

Without any judgment, your sample may be extremely biased...

Everyone says this about the lock up and it makes sense intuitively, but it doesn't really match the data. I saw a presentation by a major investment bank that showed that in most …

Thank you. Anyone who looks at the numbers can see that AirBnb is not affecting housing availability in any meaningful way. There are about 6 times more permanently vacant units in…

Off the top of my head, Sequoia did back The Melt, there was a time a few years ago when VCs did dabble in restaurants.

I've both made friends and strengthened existing friendships at the blackjack table and craps table. I love gambling for its own sake, but it's still a little sad to me that so muc…

My first thought... when you realize they've been taking 96% as the gatekeepers for so long, Apple's fees don't sound as absurd. With traditional print publishing there is a lot of…

Sorry I guess I misstated my point, MAP seems super shady, I just didn't realize that the other things I found shady were basically forced by MAP.

Thank you for introducing me to this concept. I hadn't heard of MAP and ended up reading about it. I had always assumed that a salesperson immediately offering me a discount, or th…

Sorry, I may have slightly misstated my point... I live in San Francisco, it's just been my experience that wealth and success doesn't always make people inaccessible.