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I think the best way to convey something you don't know how to say is to put it this way

"I don't know the right words to use - so I'll say it directly. I BADLY want to keep this job but I even more so can't be 'on call'" .. you can explain to them that for you personally you need separation between work and personal life."

I recently emailed jeff bezos / his executive customer response team got back with me and let me tell them for 2 hours how I felt their service has gone to shit.

One of the things I explained that happened is that as Amazon got closer via more warehouses the shipping actually went to crap. I also explained how their Amazon shipping vans are sub par even to USPS.

I asked for a basic prime teir free shipping only for $79/yr and asked for shipping options to be available ~ I'd pay +$2-3 to choose fedex over ups for example...

If anything they gave me a chance to vent. I also followed up in email sharing how products are being hijacked for reviews and how there are facebook groups for fake review gathering..

comparing the results of your small scale personal drive purchases to their larger scale won't perfectly align. Their numbers are an average over a large number of drives - your number is picking 1 of their drive randomly and giving the number etc..

it's shouldn't hurt to use their numbers to guide your decision it is no guarantee though.

mythbusters were able to show a weird effect where the fan on a boat thing worked - I think they chalked it up to some blown wind from the fan drawing in more than from around the fan..

https://youtu.be/uKXMTzMQWjo?t=75

Your company blog first, Medium 2 weeks later and always mentioned that 'my posts are posted [insert url here] 2 weeks earlier'

old boss told me once - 'some people will work harder at not having a job than they would at a job'

I feel like this is E-gold 2.0 maybe 3.0 with BTC being 2.0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-gold

I think there is some, but it couldn't be worth the cost. The marketing said there was 'more air than metal' which I thought was good marketing.

Oh yeah on day 3, she said come in and we'll talk... Talked for 2 hours and she was still stuck on the contract.

Finally I told her 'I feel like that check your holding is already mine' - aka your on the verge of theft..

I immediately spent the next month negotiating the bonus into the base pay. Took a few years to regain trust and now I'm at a glass ceiling (which I won't complain about but feel fortunate about)

Had to quit the company I worked at for 4-5 years after the owner died his wife took over - and tried to force non competes that were forever and transferable if the business was sold etc..

The contract was so broad there was no way it was valid. The kicker was she was withholding my standard'ish larg'ish bonus. I just walked and finally she came around - took years for us to mend our relationship.

Looks like a 2 person tester for super sonic flight, not a private jet for 2 people. The difference is they could produce a commercial level super sonic jet someday and that is cool.

By definition every game requires 'decent' internet. The fact they will still charge full price for the games and games you could've bought on disc or steam before are now 'internet required' ... means I'm out. Not just for the premium version but for the hardware and free versions as well.. After Google Wave and Google Reader ~ I'm not going to invest solid dollars vs hardware on premises.

Beyond the score - I see this as colleges accepting more people having more remedial classes and collecting more in tuition.

20k identifiable pieces of trash, small sample size. Even if it's good math ~ perhaps its a numbers game of popularity in brands? Coke was 15% Pepsi 10% ... and I'm sure other brands of aluminum can waste we're their proportional share..

There is proper technology for places below sea level. We should learn from the Netherlands - they're masters of reclaiming land from the ocean.

These seems like the reasonable free-market approach.

Labor / Employee costs is a lot of the times the most significant costs to a company. It's not the sole determination but it's definitely one of the top 3 factors Labor (forever and growing) > Infrastructure (large but incremental) and R&D (medium and ongoing)

I'll second the recommendation for BoostStrapStudio .. It's a great starting point for very quick minimum viable products

But there was some ID to get that piece of paper right?

I find this to be genius / fun and scary - a perfect balance.

Where can I get a link that does what I'm reading in the comments. The link sends me to a doc page / what link for them to share their guesses about me please?

The new acid test for browser compatibility

The level of patent / trademark infringement disagrees a bit with your statement.

A larger percentage of people who pay taxes use roads than the percentage that pay for trains and don't use them.

Only place trains win are very specific regions and for cargo

I do live in a bad spot for trains (Oklahoma) however they keep trying to build more rails (which make no sense in our region).. to determine how much sense they made to me personally I studied a trip to chicago from oklahoma city.

Turns out I couldn't find any destination where trains beat driving or flying in the metrics of time or cost even.

I do get that trains work in some regions in the US ~ but we should define those regions or what makes a region good for rail and focus there. Amtrak to me is one of the largest scams the government does - it's a constant money losing operation. It takes in so much money - and loses money on every thing it sells from the tickets to the drinks and food.

Thanks - I believe instant and clearer pricing up front is a great strategy that can also be a moat against competitors.

Pricing page: "No more games. Save real money with bolt's simple pricing"

Then they go on to not include any ideas of price.

When companies can't give me a price range or idea I always have a feeling that their pricing model is to guess my profits and then guess how much they can take and still gain my business. Usually you can identify these types of propositions when the company tells you they're your 'partner' and you're not just a customer - but a partner.

Just tell me up to $x in sales it's $y per transaction and $y can have different prices for different features... I don't want a 2 hour call or screen cast to find out it's out of budget. This sales funnel tactic is no more moral than the long form copy sales website.. where they get people to spend 2 hours reading something - then at the end hit them for some amazing offer - where the user feels they've already invested 2 hours 'learning how to x' why not spend $95 and some reaaccuring fee for ever... dark pattern.

They've raised $1 billion dollars. How does their business model survive a economic downturn ~ where their service might be deemed unneeded?

I don't feel we're at the point of saying 'it's turning out well' for Netflix. For sure on the awards side of things and quality shows etc... but haven't they raised billions upon billions in debt to make these shows?

Their execution on doing their own content has been great. However the long term value of these movies / shows still has to prove out in profits at some point.

I agree its a overreaction. I think selling premium is better for the stocks high implied volatility. Something like the 155/150 put spread for $160-ish risking $340 per contract.