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Re:The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting H... by baq on Sunday April 26, 2026 @05:01AM (#47908675)
> Why would anyone have a sight longer than a quarter? I mean how does long term thinking help the execs get their compensation this quarter?

Vesting schedules, conditional grants, contractual equity ownership requirements

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Re:The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting H... by cucumber3732842 on Sunday April 26, 2026 @08:27AM (#47909778)
>Vesting schedules, conditional grants, contractual equity ownership requirements

In those filthy low margin industries that HN loves to regulated across the oceans out of sight out of mind capital investments have service lives measured in decades.

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