rgrieselhuber
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One of the commenters on this post made the salient point that the existence of the estate tax is probably one of the biggest drivers for the life insurance industry.
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Comment by Chris Dixon:
"My investors know when they invested that I have strong ethical views including remembering who was there from the beginning. Not everyone believes in Milton Friedman crap that maximizing shareholder value is the sole purpose of a company." Once again, I find myself thinking that I'd love the chance to work with Chris. |
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Wasn't this a Choose Your Own Adventure novel in the 80s?
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My wife and I really started paying attention to where our food comes from a few years ago. We've never really eaten fast food on a regular basis, but even so-called normal food is often prepared from ingredients of dubious origin. In particular, high fructose corn syrup is in _everything_.
Here are some discoveries we made: 1. Most of the major chain restaurants use one or two suppliers that specialize in things like laser-cut chicken mash with painted on grill marks and similarly horrendous things. Once your tastebuds recognize food from those providers, it's almost impossible to eat at any of those places again. 2. Much of what is labeled "organic" fits some legal definition but not the real definition of what organic is supposed to provide. We ended up contracting with a local CSA (community supported agriculture) group for about $60 / month to get a more than ample supply of fresh fruits and vegetables, grown in season and no more than 30 miles from our neighborhood. You could go to the farm at any time and verify that your food was being grown as advertised. 3. We also found meat suppliers that will ship grass-fed beef, goat meat, etc. to our house for about $9 pound. It's a little more expensive than what you would get at the store, but it's a lot less scary. After making these changes, we found ourselves with better tasting food, more energy and more interest in cooking for ourselves. |
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This one is a bit of a double-edged sword (no pun intended) but the way I look at that precept doesn't preclude doing something to change the situation. It just means being willing to stare reality in the face and accept (eg. understand) it for what it really is.
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The New Value Economy Arrives
(chinavortex.com)
6 points
by rgrieselhuber
about 1 year
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Eric Schmidt is always in much greater danger of losing his job based on missing large market opportunities than Sergey or Larry ever will be, so it makes sense that he would be the one who wanted to stay in China.
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The people selling black magic tend to use techniques that end up getting them busted in the long term. But there are some things that are just good practices from an SEO perspective and have nice usability and accessibility benefits.
There are companies that have the data to back up the statements in this and similar articles. They just don't give it away for free. :-) |
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I think that's the right distinction to make.
Often times, in discussions such as these, people will associate Marxist-type critiques with an immediate conjunction to Communism (almost in knee-jerk fashion), because of the historical reasons you mention. I think that's unfortunate because as a critical model, there are valuable insights to be gained from Marxist thought, even if you reject (as I do) the idea of Communism. |
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Anyone know what software, tools he used? I'm sure other libraries would like to do the same.
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