epipsychidion

Great news for the founders! It's a bittersweet experience for me, I had an interview call a year ago but they cancelled because I needed work authorization :|

It's his money and he has every right to do as he wishes but I don't agree with this school of thought.

>"if the company you work for is worthy of your time, why not your money as well?"

Because you're being compensated for your time? Giving money to public companies is giving money to shareholders, not to a cause or an ideology. What's to stop a corporate raider from stirring up a revolt for disbursement of the cash/share buybacks?

He can be philanthropic AND support Musk, false equivalence on his part. Set up a foundation for a specific cause that invests in Tesla stock and has a defined budget for every year based on stock performance, dividends etc. I'd like to read his full comments but on face value it seems like a very silly thing to say.

It's important to note that people struck by polio tend to be from the lower socioeconomic strata of developing countries. Not only is preventing polio important for saving individuals but it's also important from exacerbating the already terrible level of inequality across the world. It's an investment in both the present and the future.

I like how the top comment is a rant about Ackman that offers no insight about the linked article.

>Do it without making a profit and I might listen or even agree with you.

lol? Instead of being concerned about the possibility that Herbalife is a scam that preys on those on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum, your primary point of contention is that someone stands to make money off exposing it.

I also like the completely off-the-mark "robber barons" reference, despite the fact that neither of the two parties (Ackman, Herbalife) fit the description. The week has just started and you're already venting online!

>I'd go so far as to say that if Paul Graham was in the business of funding hedge fund managers, Ackman would be one of his top picks from the applicant pool.

You lost me here.

Also, investing with Ackman is a terrible idea. His presentations are convincing and I agree that Herbalife's business model looks shady at best but I don't see things changing anytime soon.

> I really don't think he is stupid enough to want to lose more money just to stroke his ego.

At the risk of a cliche, it really isn't about money any more. When Icahn gets involved and we get to witness the CNBC equivalent of a schoolyard brawl on live tv, it's not about what's best for their investors.

Vaios and Thinkpads target two very different groups of users. Issuing business laptops for business purposes doesn't really mean much. It's a catchy line but not relevant at all.

ITT: People post anecdotes about Vaio products without commenting on the actual article.

They were paying for the honor (and publicity) that comes with buying the first fish of the season. Seems pretty routine to me.

So, with rising demand you'd expect rising prices which would in turn suppress demand. Unless the object in question becomes a luxury good, in which case rising prices would in turn contribute to an increase in demand due to conspicuous consumption (can't be sure of the net effect but I'd speculate it'd be an increase or flattening of demand at worst).

What would be the economic solution to this problem? One way would be a moratorium but that seems politically unpalatable. One could hope that a previously sidelined fish makes a comeback and replaces Bluefin as the sushi staple; controlling tastes seems hard if not impossible so that would be unlikely as well. Maybe convince a celebrity chef to endorse a cheaper (and less endangered) fish?

As the saying goes, the devil was in the details. It's not the existence of spying but the extent that made everyone take notice. "surveilled their citizens" is too general a term;it can include anything from monitoring international communication for a handful of citizens to collecting metadata for every single phone call ever made (as was the case). I never said or implied that there was no proof that governments spied on their citizens so don't represent that as my belief.

>most of it was already public knowledge since the 90s

There is a difference between innuendo and leaked powerpoint slides.

>Now I obviously cannot prove that its all a lie and I sound stupid crazy right now

Very astute.

Running into the path of a moving car isn't fraud? End result is the same for when it's an accident.

If drivers keep getting requests cancelled, they will be less prompt and enthusiastic about actual ones. The cancellation fee is calculated on the assumption that frequent orders will not be deliberately placed to be subsequently cancelled.

No one died/was seriously injured in the Tesla fires. That makes it a completely different situation.

The Netflix bit is not completely true; the number of films/episodes available is lower but you get quite a few high-profile movies unavailable stateside eg. Argo, Batman + The Matrix trilogies, The Departed etc (http://www.moreflicks.com/home/movies?utf8=%E2%9C%93&provide...). Blame licensing arrangements.

Netflix is pretty VPN-friendly from my experience, so if you have a US or Canadian one you can still watch what you'd like.

Yeah I understand that, I'm just surprised that it's feasible to make that much in technology. I had an offer from Microsoft when I graduated that was about the same so I'd have to gain around 14.5% every year to get to 165k. Seems a bit high or perhaps I was just being lowballed.

Yes but at 25? That's 4 years of experience out of college. I'm in my second year working in technology for a large i-bank and I'm barely breaching 100k :(

What kind of job pays a 25 year old 160k with flexible hours? Genuinely curious.

Suicide is a choice. I fully agree that MIT acted abominably and in an ethically, if not legally, questionable manner with regards to giving evidence and support to the prosecution but not defense. But you can't blame them for his decision to take his life. It was an incredibly selfish act given the intense pain it caused his family.

Quinn Norton proving one again that you should never talk to the authorities. Especially not without a lawyer.

It's impossible to have an actual discussion about this in a non-moderated forum given how eager people are to talk about their personal experiences rather than the actual content of the article. For an amusing overview of some research on intermittent fasting (mildly NSFW) - http://www.leangains.com/search/label/Research