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Comment · 15 years ago
Google has two classes of stock.
Comment · 15 years ago
Depends what you mean by memes. The things on this site aren't really memes in the original sense of the word. The reason these things are boring is probably that as humor they fall on the far billboard end of the billboard-Shakespeare continuum: they are designed for quick (but inevitably shallow) appeal.
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Comment · 16 years ago
Even in China, my dad didn't eat rice until he was in his teens.

What did he eat?

Comment · 16 years ago
Comment · 16 years ago
There's nothing illegal about age discrimination when choosing a cofounder, just as there isn't when choosing a friend.
Comment · 16 years ago
"McKinsey, a consultancy, will share management expertise."

God help them.

Comment · 16 years ago
That's a metaphor.
Comment · 16 years ago
50m is not the valuation; it's the amount of stock they're selling.
Comment · 16 years ago
Your comment would be more effective without the parts on either end.
Comment · 16 years ago
Seems like the least we can do is use it. I propose we use this by default for links to bing.
Comment · 16 years ago
Not even that. His salary is rounding error compared to his net worth.
Comment · 16 years ago
"The supply of papers that apply gender theory to literary criticism remains ample."
Comment · 16 years ago
Reminds one of the invisible clams in Scientology.

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