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by 001sky 12y ago
Compare that his first 12 clicks earned > 15,000 song downloads. 12 clicks->ca$7.60 [1] 15,000 downloads->us$4.20 [2] _______________ [1] June 2003 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7725657
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Plaintiff in tech hiring suit asks judge to reject settlement(uk.reuters.com)
106 points by 001sky 12y ago|35 comments
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by 001sky 12y ago
There are many reasons to believe that predator/prey dynamics will never be turned into lovey-dovey halcyon days. Something in nature underelies the drive and instinct to prey on the weak--it's not a human issue. Its also prevalen
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The Polarized Court(nytimes.com)
1 points by 001sky 12y ago|0 comments
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by 001sky 12y ago
This article has been swapped into the front page discussion> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7730946
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The 18th Century four-minute mile(bbc.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
It's unlcear if they are being practical or cynical, but this let's everyone "use their imagination" when doing valuations. TLDR: "No data" is better than "bad data"...That is the strategy.
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by 001sky 12y ago
https://twitter.com/Lumonade/status/289171814444331008 "@DEVOPS_BORAT got heavy duty @dev ops gig available in San Mateo,ca and Seattle area! $130-$140+k doe email me Ryan.Lum@greythorn.com" does this me
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by 001sky 12y ago
Conversely, there are offices where someone "not being present" can shut down the productivity of the entire firm. People are paid to "be available" as well as to do tasks. The importance of "availability" on &
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Hardship Makes a New Home in the Suburbs(nytimes.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
The amount of paperwork required to keep track of this is more costly that the $4.20 cents or whatever of revenues. Even as a minimum wage worker, its not even worth it to bother. Why bother spending 30 minutes looking over this stuff and f
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by 001sky 12y ago
It might not be 'rare' but the exceptions definitely prove the rule.
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by 001sky 12y ago
This is useful perspective. Like anything that has deteriorated in the last 100 years... "Bees and the crops they pollinate are at risk from climate change, IPCC report to warn" (7:00AM GMT 29 Mar 2014) http://www.teleg
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by 001sky 12y ago
It's therefore quite possible that the increased demand in queens after overwintering has simply been met by an increase in the supply. I think that this is the earlier point-- (ie, with no huge price ∆)
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by 001sky 12y ago
a number of the college names overlap both place, including st johns , but only cambridge-resident fellows can have "unmarked" swan. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Oxford )
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Ask HN: How do you save comments?
1 points by 001sky 12y ago|2 comments
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by 001sky 12y ago
Or, google? It seems the content-farming biz was killed primarily by Google's algo changes over the years. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/02/04/demand.content.farms/ http://ww
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by 001sky 12y ago
Citation required for such a handwavy assertion Fashion brands M&A all the time> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LVMH > LVMH is a classic, diversified example. Even apple is seen by many as a 'fashion ac
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by 001sky 12y ago
Not sure about any of these points being very robust. (3) is simply false, at 200-400 price points you are <already> selling at "premium pricepoints"...thus quality at a profit, is no problem; and wrt (2) since (3), no need
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by 001sky 12y ago
Why is it toxic? Too white trash? Walmart sells stuff cheap to people along interstates. It's a quite useful service for many people.
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U.S. Judge Orders RBS Unit Stop Using Software in Copyright Case(nytimes.com)
45 points by 001sky 12y ago|19 comments
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by 001sky 12y ago
Plenty of "mediocre" brands are great businesses. The thesis is that Beats has marketing expertise--can sell cheap things for high prices--in a market where apple lacks it. Apple must know something about beats that nobody else d
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by 001sky 12y ago
I'm being told to sit on this This question is more problematic than you think. You should consider resigning and getting a new job. Insubordination will not only put you at risk for losing your job on an involuntary basis, but in a
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Update: Router company that threatened a reviewer loses Amazon selling license(arstechnica.com)
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Obama Policy Bans Gov't Employee Use of Leaked Material(nytimes.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=burnout#!/story/forever/0/burnout HN has a substantial amount of discussion ! (for those interested)
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by 001sky 12y ago
while they can vary independently because they are dis-similar, as a general rule it seems they are complementary more often than not. So, I would say they are likely co-vary together (even if inversely) at times. At an intutive level, &quo
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Portland experiments with secondary housing units on small lots(nytimes.com)
2 points by 001sky 12y ago|0 comments
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by 001sky 12y ago
depends on what you mean by "orthogonal"? Ethics in business are simply informal rules. The purpose is to fill in gaps in the laws. (or mitigate the cost of a hyper-specific compliance regime). Thus, legal systems underpin the con
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by 001sky 12y ago
Popular headphone maker Beats is buying back HTC's 25 percent stake in the company. HTC originally bought a $300 million, 50.1 percent stake in Beats back in 2011, and the headphone maker then paid $150 million to buy back half of tha

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