halcyondaze | 7 years ago | on: Michael Dell Gets $12B Richer with Break from Public Eye
You're assuming he's optimizing his life for $
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halcyondaze | 8 years ago | on: Solar Roof
This is a case of should be this way, but never will be. People have and always will respond to personal incentives, which is why framing this way is doing well.
If people are incentivized to get solar roofs for personal benefits and it happens to also help the "Life Economy," this is good. Especially because more people will get them when they're framed in terms of what an individual gains from installing it, not what Humanity gains.
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: 2038: Only 21 years away
So a more serious Y2K?
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: 2038: Only 21 years away
As a layman here, can someone explain this what the significance of the year 2038 is to me?
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: Too Many People Are Going to New Zealand
Right but randomly posting in a link to Veblen good on Wikipedia because it's one example of when raising prices doesn't lower demand doesn't mean it's in any way relevant to this discussion. Almost no one would argue that this kind of travel is a Veblen good.
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: Tyson Foods CEO: The Future of Food Might Be Meatless
Appreciate you sharing this, I wrote this years ago and am glad to see it's still getting traction :)
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?
Yes, I am expanding offline as well because I want to explore it as much as possible. Still fun for me, and what isn't I try to outsource to others.
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?
~$2k/mo from an informational hobby-related website I run and monetize with affiliate sales. Growing, too!
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: A Guide to the Breads of India
It didn't do that after I googled a few images
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: John Glenn has died
RIP to a true boss.
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: A Guide to the Breads of India
It will never cease to amaze me how negative the overall comments are on HN.
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: Sous-vide startup wants to take the tech-industry’s kitchen darling mainstream
There's this, Anova, Joule, etc. Why are there >3 high tech sous vide companies right now, I honestly don't understand.
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale
Yeah it has. Peter Lik.
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: Dollar Shave Club and the Disruption of Everything
Fair points!
halcyondaze | 9 years ago | on: Dollar Shave Club and the Disruption of Everything
Restaurant pizza:
- Atmosphere
- Service
- No effort
Supermarket:
- Convenience
- Have to cook and serve yourself
- Independent of time, have it whenever you want
Delivery
- Service without moving location
halcyondaze | 10 years ago | on: How to Start Running
Awesome, will take a look at your story as well. Thanks for the info :)
halcyondaze | 10 years ago | on: How to Start Running
For #2 - where to look to troubleshoot those issues?
halcyondaze | 10 years ago | on: Parker Conrad Steps Down as Zenefits CEO
Maybe not have a complete opposite that could also be valid, but at least state some sort of preference or be able to be used to make a real decision.
He goes on to say that he wants to push decision making ability down in the company, but if you're looking at those 3 values, it seems hard to make clear decisions based on them.
halcyondaze | 10 years ago | on: Parker Conrad Steps Down as Zenefits CEO
What did you find well written about the culture? Genuinely curious, because I have the exact opposite view. The culture section is blatantly obvious and the new values don't seem to provide any guiding force. Pushing down decision making in the company (a point of his which I agree with) only works if the values you're pushing actually inform action. Which these don't.
halcyondaze | 10 years ago | on: Parker Conrad Steps Down as Zenefits CEO
What's with these new values?
Effective immediately, this company’s values are:
#1 Operate with integrity.
#2 Put the customer first.
#3 Make this a great place to work for employees.
Did these not exist prior to Conrad stepping down? If they did, and this still happened, they're clearly bad values to hold.
For one, they're unspecific and don't have a clear opposite. No one is going to take the opposite on these, meaning they can't really be values.
No one will proudly state that
#1 Don't operate with integrity.
#2 Put ourselves first.
#3 Make Zenefits at least a mediocre place to work.
Are good values, so the values the new CEO espoused aren't really actionable or value-able in any way.
Anyone have a different take that I might be missing?
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