mikemac

Nah, I move my kids around great with it. Just picked them up from school - skip the car line and I'm in and out faster than driving.

The main use has surprisingly been family related - we take it to playgrounds, on hikes, school etc.

I got an electric cargo bike 3 years ago and it has fundamentally changed the way I move around my little suburban town. I can do pretty much every errand I'd normally do with a car.

If it weren't for the heavy snowfall we get I would be able to get rid of one car; for now it just sits unused for 1/3rd of the year.

Car dealerships are a black box; feel like so much depends on timing and where they are with their sales numbers for the month.

I tried to lease a car last year and after some research knew what was a fair price for a well stocked model; when I suggested a range one sales manager laughed at me.

I emailed a finance manager at a different dealership with exactly what I wanted and told him I could get all of the paperwork done in the next hour if it was a good fit. They agreed and dropped the car off in my driveway a few days later.

Same here - I was suddenly suspended for the following:

"We’re writing to let you know that your account has been suspended—and will remain suspended—due to multiple or severe violations of our platform manipulation rules"

I am a very boring person and there was zero chance I had done anything like this.

I was able to appeal ~5 times over 6 months and finally got my account reviewed by a person. They restored it and apologized that I was swept up in a spam cleanup. I don't tweet much but I am a daily user.

Agree with all of this, and just to add one thing: liability.

Look at the RaDonda Vaught case or the Michelle Heughins case; terrifying to be looking at jail time for a med error.

Many nurses are watching these cases more closely and deciding that since staffing isn't getting any better and they won't be protected, it's not worth the risk.

Do you really think Greylock, A16Z or Azure Capital has no interest in BOD seats and no experience forming a Compensation Committee?

As CEO, the Board is your boss. If you instruct payroll to bump your salary up without proper approval you will probably be looking for another job.

These investors have a basic fiduciary duty to their LPs to make sure there is no blatant fraud, and you don't get to billions under management and not understanding this.

> When you’re the founder of a startup that takes in a $50M investment like this, you’re all set to live off the money however you want. You can pay yourself a “market salary” of $500,000/yr+

This is just not true, even for a venture backed company like this. The Board of Directors should be approving all executive comp; seems like a baseless claim to suggest there isn't some basic governance at play here

I assume you're in the CS track? How do you like it so far, and was your undergrad in CS?

How difficult was it to transition into the job market? I have always wanted to make the jump (in finance & accounting now) but the most daunting thing seems like convincing someone to hire you.

My twitter account was banned in March without warning (the reason they provided was "due to multiple or severe violations of our platform manipulation rules). Frankly, I'm way too boring on the site for me to be guilty of this so I appealed 5 times over ~4 months.

I must have gotten through to a person eventually because I was unsuspended with the message:

> We’re writing to let you know that we've unsuspended your account. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you back on Twitter soon.

> A little background: we have systems that find and remove multiple automated spam accounts in bulk, and yours was flagged as spam by mistake. Please note that it may take an hour or so for your follower and following numbers to return to normal.

The Treasury only provided business name data over 150k.

You can get the de-identified data by state for loans under 150k: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares-act/assistance...

One thing to note is there seems to be a lot of errors in the data. For instance, Bird is in the 5-10M range but claimed it never actually applied.

https://www.axios.com/paycheck-protection-program-disclosure...

Be careful, my 10 year old account was permanently suspended without warning and support is no help; I suspect it's because I didn't have a phone number on my profile.

sounds like a good way to lose more money :D

Indoor cycling might be a good fit too. I really love the metric driven rides; the competitive aspect is a nice replacement for running faster races.

I have a standard poodle and the breed is particularly susceptible to GDV (Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus).

My dog got it suddenly at around 1.5 years old and our insurance paid out for the full emergency surgery (about 5k) with no issues; as with any providers the details are what matter.

would love to hear yours too. been considering a career change and always find it interesting.

There is - my brother is a contractor and uses DEWALT Mobile Pro

Some of these instructors do a great job on social media too - promoting their rides on instagram, etc. It helps build the community aspect of it.

I actually think that's a small price to pay for how many people are taking their class. 1 instructor can draw 10k participants for a single ride.

and your blood pressure would be through the roof in no time

i'm not a programmer and i was able to string together an SMS RSVP system for my floor hockey league with zapier, google sheets and twilio.

as a new-ish parent, i'd love to get my kids outside to soak up sunlight but it's nearly impossible to stay outside for any meaningful amount of time in the northeast winter.

I've managed WeWork leases in both SF and NYC and they were both month to month with a dedicated office. I think there is a 30 day out but it was pretty easy.

There is some variation between offices though, so entirely possible you had a different experience.

That's a good point though - a lot of times the backup kicker or punter on an NFL roster is someone from a totally different skill position.

Ndamukong Suh is a 300 pound defensive tackle but he was the emergency placekicker for the Dolphins for 2017. There are a bunch of QBs who can punt as well.

Getting the equipment on is a bit of a process, so I doubt teams would want to be down a rostered skater in the event they need someone to sit on the bench as a goaltender.

It's also extremely rare for these backups to see playing time. This is only the second time it's happened in the NHL; the previous was last year when an equipment manager stood in for 8 seconds.

Same here, wish there was a Netflix section for "movies where no children are harmed"

I'm not religious, but I heard someone once say something to the effect of "when you die, all of the dogs you've ever known come rushing up to you at once."

I don't think it's actually that common, and typically used with really hot companies.

A few reasons: it makes the new investor more competitive to the founders if there are others vying for the investment, but it also prevents selling too early.

If you have $5M in the bank, you'll be more likely to try to go for the home run rather than sell to facebook for $3B (which was rebuffed by the founders of snapchat).

That's awesome, and pretty cool that you all eat your own dogfood. Think it sends a nice statement considering your product and hope more companies offer that to employees in the future. I'm a customer and big fan.

I really doubt any startup would let you see the cap table as a prospective employee, ahead of being hired full time.

It's better to ask what percentage of the company your X amount of shares would be. Company A could offer 1,000 shares and Company B could offer 10,000 shares but you have no idea what amount of ownership that actually is for either of them.