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Re:Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023? on Thursday December 28, 2023 @10:11AM (#38794112)

Age of Miracles [1] - 10 episode series on nuclear energy.

Possible: Saul Griffith on a Clean Energy Future [2] - A great intro to the argument for complete electrification.

[1] https://ageofmiracles.co/

[2] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saul-griffith-on-a-cle...

No Kings: How Do You Make Good Decisions Efficiently in a Flat Organization?

Posted by eugenegamma on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @10:21AM
from the doist.com dept.

https://doist.com/blog/decision-making-flat-organization/

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Re:Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Pro... on Monday March 19, 2012 @10:24AM (#3724032)

It isn't uncommon for management to partner up and take a company private when they are already large shareholders. In the case of Apple, this is not the case. Jobs owned more of Disney (almost 8% via the Pixar deal) than Apple on a percentage basis (less than 1%).

Re:Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Pro... on Monday March 19, 2012 @10:21AM (#3724016)

You're off by a factor of 10 there but the claim is still true.