Same. Always get some "that will never work" or "we got great feedback on the current system (not since the 90s!)" response. Doesn't matter how shitty or obviously broken the current system is, or how much the world has changed. Then inevitably some other organization implements some idea I floated two years ago and it's too late for us to justify spending time on since that niche has been filled. (Sigh)
I find it best to not discuss my ideas any more, except maybe with a few other 'creatives' who can trust. Then I secretly implement my idea when I have some spare time, test and refine it, and take some performance measurements of old vs new to prove it works. Then, when I am sure it works well, I will demonstrate it to everyone else. And even then there is resistance, but at least it's too late to stop progress. Then just sit back and let people stew for a bit while time does its thing.
Brilliant Freudian slip:) I'm surrounded by PhDs. They earn three times more than I do per hour, but they only work one or two days a week because of it. Your original statement holds true.
First I thought "why would anyone even bother?". Then I realised, 24 hour sunshine and nobody for miles. And since it's partially legalised and taxed in some parts of the US this could be a good revenue sourse for NASA. Clever guys, very clever... Now they just need that space lift they've been talking about.
Yes, but someone who has not received such an order is not subject to its rules, so presumably they can take whatever action or inaction they like until they do. Can someone break a rule they don't know they will be subject to in the future by saying they have not received an order yet up to that point? Once someone receives an order then they comply, but before then...
If you flipped this around, you could lie to your customers by telling them you have received such an order when in fact you hadn't. Most people would interpret this as white noise knowing that no sane person who actually received an order would speak of it. Then when you do receive an order that expressly forbids you from telling anyone about it, you have to stop. This signals that something happened of course, which is forbidden, so the rules tie themselves in a knot.
Don't think for one second that trees are harmless.
True. I was on a field trip in the army once when a tree dropped a whole branch on this dude. Left a stick poking out the side of his head like an antenna. A medic came over and gave it a flick, then realised it was pretty well stuck. We all thought it went through his skull. No one told the poor guy that of course so he wouldn't freak out. Luckily for him the stick went no further than his skull and didn't do any permanent damage. Threes are savage.
Totally agree. These salaries are usually set by the directors, who are themselves former C-levels at other companies, so each scratches the others back for mutual benefit. Nobody would turn down 100 times average salary if offered. I wouldn't turn it down myself, so I don't blame them, but there is now way one person can do as much work as 100 or more people, no matter how smart they are or how hard they worked to get there.
I would really like to see a system where employees set the C-level salaries, just like the C-levels set employee salaries. The whole system should reach an equilibrium. If employees take a pay cut, then the employees will retaliate by giving C-levels a pay cut. Fair is fair. If employees set C-level salaries too low and good talent leaves then everyone will suffer, so it is in employees best interest to set it high enough. C-level wants a bonus, then they better pay it forward. Want a private jet? Better shit gold buddy otherwise it ain't gonna happen. Everyone should be accountable to everyone else.
Very brave to treet under his own name, wish mine were as big as his. He got busted too, someone was watching twitter and informed Hayden. There goes another Venezuela asylum seeker...
This is starting to change as the millenials come into the workforce and seem decidedly uninterested in owning their own car. I'm not entirely sure why this is happening...
I can't speak for millennials in general, but personally I'm struggling enough as it is just trying to get by in a difficult job market. I have a student loan to pay, and rent, and food, and enough other things, but I have no job security, and lord have mercy on me if I ask for a pay rise. So the last thing I need is car. I don't want to buy a car that won't even get used for at least 22 hours a day, and spend the other two hours in traffic staring at the back end of other vehicles while listening to bad music, and fill the tank with ever higher priced gas, and pay parking fees, and maybe insurance, and the maintenance... don't get me started on mechanics fees!
I will hitch a ride, take a bus, cycle, walk, take a train, fly if it's far enough, whatever, but I don't want to own a piece of "freedom" the automotive marketing propaganda gurus wish to sell me. It's a burden. Give me public transport with free wifi instead so I can do something better with my time.
As a percentage of market capitalisation these sums are really small, and very similar. These companies probably spend more on toilet paper each quarter. Except Apple, like someone else said, they are surprisingly cheap.
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Same. Always get some "that will never work" or "we got great feedback on the current system (not since the 90s!)" response. Doesn't matter how shitty or obviously broken the current system is, or how much the world has changed. Then inevitably some other organization implements some idea I floated two years ago and it's too late for us to justify spending time on since that niche has been filled. (Sigh)
I find it best to not discuss my ideas any more, except maybe with a few other 'creatives' who can trust. Then I secretly implement my idea when I have some spare time, test and refine it, and take some performance measurements of old vs new to prove it works. Then, when I am sure it works well, I will demonstrate it to everyone else. And even then there is resistance, but at least it's too late to stop progress. Then just sit back and let people stew for a bit while time does its thing.
Brilliant Freudian slip :) I'm surrounded by PhDs. They earn three times more than I do per hour, but they only work one or two days a week because of it. Your original statement holds true.
First I thought "why would anyone even bother?". Then I realised, 24 hour sunshine and nobody for miles. And since it's partially legalised and taxed in some parts of the US this could be a good revenue sourse for NASA. Clever guys, very clever... Now they just need that space lift they've been talking about.
Yes, but someone who has not received such an order is not subject to its rules, so presumably they can take whatever action or inaction they like until they do. Can someone break a rule they don't know they will be subject to in the future by saying they have not received an order yet up to that point? Once someone receives an order then they comply, but before then...
If you flipped this around, you could lie to your customers by telling them you have received such an order when in fact you hadn't. Most people would interpret this as white noise knowing that no sane person who actually received an order would speak of it. Then when you do receive an order that expressly forbids you from telling anyone about it, you have to stop. This signals that something happened of course, which is forbidden, so the rules tie themselves in a knot.
Another example:
Japan studies whales because they are delis... (couph) ... I mean, more research is needed. We need more funding so we can get larger sample sizes.
Don't think for one second that trees are harmless.
True. I was on a field trip in the army once when a tree dropped a whole branch on this dude. Left a stick poking out the side of his head like an antenna. A medic came over and gave it a flick, then realised it was pretty well stuck. We all thought it went through his skull. No one told the poor guy that of course so he wouldn't freak out. Luckily for him the stick went no further than his skull and didn't do any permanent damage. Threes are savage.
Totally agree. These salaries are usually set by the directors, who are themselves former C-levels at other companies, so each scratches the others back for mutual benefit. Nobody would turn down 100 times average salary if offered. I wouldn't turn it down myself, so I don't blame them, but there is now way one person can do as much work as 100 or more people, no matter how smart they are or how hard they worked to get there.
I would really like to see a system where employees set the C-level salaries, just like the C-levels set employee salaries. The whole system should reach an equilibrium. If employees take a pay cut, then the employees will retaliate by giving C-levels a pay cut. Fair is fair. If employees set C-level salaries too low and good talent leaves then everyone will suffer, so it is in employees best interest to set it high enough. C-level wants a bonus, then they better pay it forward. Want a private jet? Better shit gold buddy otherwise it ain't gonna happen. Everyone should be accountable to everyone else.
Very brave to treet under his own name, wish mine were as big as his. He got busted too, someone was watching twitter and informed Hayden. There goes another Venezuela asylum seeker...
This is starting to change as the millenials come into the workforce and seem decidedly uninterested in owning their own car. I'm not entirely sure why this is happening...
I can't speak for millennials in general, but personally I'm struggling enough as it is just trying to get by in a difficult job market. I have a student loan to pay, and rent, and food, and enough other things, but I have no job security, and lord have mercy on me if I ask for a pay rise. So the last thing I need is car. I don't want to buy a car that won't even get used for at least 22 hours a day, and spend the other two hours in traffic staring at the back end of other vehicles while listening to bad music, and fill the tank with ever higher priced gas, and pay parking fees, and maybe insurance, and the maintenance... don't get me started on mechanics fees! I will hitch a ride, take a bus, cycle, walk, take a train, fly if it's far enough, whatever, but I don't want to own a piece of "freedom" the automotive marketing propaganda gurus wish to sell me. It's a burden. Give me public transport with free wifi instead so I can do something better with my time.
I hear even 24% is not enouph. Sell Berkshire and go long Tinfoil Hats Inc. This is gonna be huge!
As a percentage of market capitalisation these sums are really small, and very similar. These companies probably spend more on toilet paper each quarter. Except Apple, like someone else said, they are surprisingly cheap.
Company, Market Cap (B), 3Qtr spending (M), Lobby Ratio
Google, $344.65 $3.40, 0.00099%
Facebook, $126.39, $1.40, 0.00111%
Microsoft, $282.26, $2.20, 0.00078%
Apple, $476.92, $0.97, 0.00020%
Cisco, $119.83, $0.89, 0.00074%
IBM, $192.54, $1.18, 0.00061%
Intel, $118.22, $0.98, 0.00083%
Oracle, $151.92, $1.36, 0.00090%
Sane countries don't use social security numbers as personal identifiers everywhere, including at banks. Bank account number + SSN = magic cash.
Or FileMaker Pro... as a dynamic website. Gotta go, the webserver needs a reboot.