Does any one else find the site design frustrating? Constant top/bottom bars and a full window height of low-quality content before the article begins.
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Are you willing and able to elaborate?
> If anyone believes individual cashiers asking for maternity leave is a good way to get it, I've got a bridge you might also be interested in buying.
Sequoia is referring implicitly to the significant difference in power and efficacy of individual vs collective bargaining in the United States. Collective bargaining (e.g. unionization -> union negotiations) has long been a way for workers to effect more change in workplace conditions and compensation than they would otherwise be able to, alone.
Paid maternity leave is a luxury in the United States.
The bridge comment implies gullibility.
I ask because that fits with my reading of both the report and the rest of your comment, but a few replies seem to interpret it as cynical.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/world/asia/china-internet...
Seems like a safe bet.
There was a related discussion[0] on HN a few weeks ago that I found enlightening. Commentator ucaetano's phrasing of the strategy was "create a desert of profitability around you". The discussion of moats vs deserts found here [1] is also useful.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17047348 "Laws of Tech Economics: Commoditize Your Complement"
That's pretty much it – no power to limit other sellers.
Here, the points are airports. There was a related discussion yesterday about a similar project. [1]
for a standard VC, sure. Maybe there's a venture investment philosophy for non-unicorns. [0]
[0] https://sparktoro.com/blog/raised-a-very-unusual-round-of-fu...
I think you're correct, but the East India Company came pretty close, didn't they?
Why?
Or some capability of the new format.
Pulling standalone creative works forward into modernity is interesting. Some of my favorite movies are adapted from plays written before film. The timeline is shorter with video games <> movies, but AAA games are already cinematic and VR is basically here (needs lower hardware cost).
How would your favorite composer have used a synthesizer?
can be read as either
Why is it possible for [situation] to affect open source efforts?
or
In what way(s) has [situation] affected open source efforts?
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