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I will happily take the other side of that bet
Their debt comes due. Most likely they get debt from a different bank or private credit firm to pay down the old debt.

Those who can’t refinance will sell assets or the business.

I dont think your comment reflects what happens in board rooms and internally at large companies. I am paying for the senior partner to have conversations with me on how others before me have done this. The packaging of a PowerPoint is to be able to efficiently share that data with others in the firm.

Is it smart for individuals to have conversations with others about their problems? This is that for CEOs and senior executives.

I think their integration work and consulting is second to none. Companies don’t always know how to stack rank growth opps or M&A
Corporate taxes should likely be viewed as an ROI on grants and tax breaks. A generational shift would likely need to happen to get there.

How much does Eli Lilly receive in grants or tax breaks and how much do they pay? Should the federal government break even or return 20%?

Well, despite all the negativity about trying to fit something, I find the outline inter sting and appreciate you creating it. I like trying to see all the potential fits plus I was not aware of the number of games available that I never played.
Re:I haven't lost a customer service fight in seven months on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @03:35PM (#49632872)
Agreed. The problem is we are already there. This is a similar theme to the front page story today about malicious code and Google’s automated response

As you look at everyone’s healthcare, we have every provider adopting an agentic billing solution and every payor adopting an agentic dispute solution. Two AIs fighting over their $200 payment while my deductible is $5k

Re:I advertise malicious software on Google Ads on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @09:36AM (#49626334)
Anthropic is terrible too. I couldn’t rectify my spending versus my usage. Automated assistant shows me where things are that I am already asking about. Gets escalated and person doesn’t respond to my question. Back to automated with multiple requests to escalate before they will do it
Re:How Universities Should Prepare Founders on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @01:39PM (#49437696)
Anecdotally, I think there are more rich children at Harvard than Yale (more legacies, more donations to get their child in, etc). Those people have more time to take a risk as a founder than non-wealthy.
We all just look at energy as a price. I think more people are concerned if our prices will go up, not how much energy it uses. The bigger question is water.

How much water do they use? Is it potable to begin with? Is it usable after? Will they drive prices up. These are one time builds with minimal jobs created after for a tech that could end my career. If I lose my job, I don’t also want to have no water and higher bills.

This is the venture model now though. Spend until profitable. Uber did it. It seems OpenAI could do it as well given we seem to be in a 2 horse race for foundation models and having capital to get better pushes them further ahead.

Gemini is number 3 in this race

Re:Calvin and Hobbes and the Price of Integrity on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @10:37AM (#48571162)
I think about Bluey a lot in these situations. Fantastic show but because of the contract the Australian entity has sold licensing for everything. I wish they didn’t do sugary foods and a few other items. But it would be hard to turn down generational wealth
So buy $TSLA is your recommendation
What does ICs stand for?
Re:Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute on Saturday June 06, 2026 @04:33PM (#48428745)
But growth rates could make that a bargain. If the market has taught us anything since 2009, it’s don’t underestimate growth
Re:The Cost of Safetyism on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @12:50PM (#48282323)
Perhaps those are your greatest memories because that is what you were doing as a child. Would your greatest memories of you grow up now be playing Minecraft online?
Re:Bring your own Agent to MS Teams on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:45AM (#47875708)
> My company uses slack, teams, and zoom. Which one you use the most depends on the person or the team they are on.

This sounds exhausting. This is the reason everyone should use one.

Re:New Orleans's Car-Crash Conspiracy on Monday April 13, 2026 @08:39PM (#47759812)
It’s implied in the article
Very cool. The opposite of the black swan or turkey corollary. Every day the turkey gets fed and is happy until Thanksgiving rolls around.
Strike a deal is a euphemism for bribe the president. Love where the US is now
Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:11PM (#47622526)
There are a lot of browser extensions designed to create LinkedIn msgs using ai. You create a search list and it creates outbound and then you can deploy auto or review before sending. You can also then auto respond
At this rate, with round 4, outside investors own 70% of company.

It’s not wrong, but unusual. Most seed round might be 10-20% of business. Your point on quantum of capital could be the disconnect for me.

Ask HN: AI evaluation for an EV charger without additional installation?

This is trending on Twitter right now as an electrician built a side hustle with Claude. Take a picture of your fuse box and potentially save yourself from having to put in a new one when installing a 240 amp outlet for your EV.Curious if this is possible. If an electrician said I needed a new panel, not sure I would trust this solution instead.https://evchargeright.com/blog/nec-compliance

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33% of the business in a seed round is nuts
Re:"Nothing" is the secret to structuring your work on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:22PM (#47010343)
If you organize the folders, it is pretty similar to Getting Things Done or 43 folders.
Really great work but have to agree with others that I don’t see the threads.

The one I found most connected that the LLm didn’t was a connection between Jobs and the The Elephant in the Brain

The Elephant in the Brain: The less we know of our own ugly motives, the easier it is to hide them from others. Self-deception is therefore strategic, a ploy our brains use to look good while behaving badly.

Jobs: “He can deceive himself,” said Bill Atkinson. “It allowed him to con people into believing his vision, because he has personally embraced and internalized it.”

Re:Are Apple gift cards safe to redeem? on Thursday December 18, 2025 @11:32AM (#46314887)
I just had my mom purchase a $100 gift card for my son. Now I have to go to the Apple Store to redeem it… how fun
Re:Coursera to combine with Udemy on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @11:58PM (#46309021)
It’s funny because everyone under the sun has been telling these two companies to come together since 2018 when online learning courses started to fade away. They are finally doing it after both went public and lost 80% of their value. At least the management team is going to make some money.
Interesting to me is the fact the supermarkets in France encourage you to buy more veggies.

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