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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Except he is a she, and she[1] is married to the son of former chief of staff, James Baker[2]. [1] http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54765.html [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baker
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Because I find this topic interesting, this just fell off the front page: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2538565 Edit: After approving NBC buyout, FCC Commissioner becomes Comcast lobbyist (arstechnica.com) is the title.
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
They seem to be making progress at massive change in the middle east (Libya, Eqypt, Syria, etc.). It's pretty inspiring how much strength there is in numbers. I'm not much of a leader, but I would always participate. Maybe one of the talent
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
There is one, but I can't remember the name of it right now. I spent a week going through lots of it to see what kind of activity, but there was very little. On top of that, there were lots of people just barking non-nonsensical and/ or der
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
In this case, the "lobbying" was done from the inside as a regulator, and now comes the cushy job in which she can barely operate except to dump her rolodex and manage people.
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
I've banged my head over a similar idea for a while, and I have failed to figure out a viable monetization strategy that won't compromise such a service eventually. The best I've come up with is that it must start at bottom and move up. Fro
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
I agree with you, but here's my attempt at devil's advocate: These industries require domain expertise gained over years in order to understand the fundamentals of these industries at macro and micro levels, So, who better to help regulate
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Check out this slide deck from some HP security researchers for a JS-based darknet presented 2 years ago at Blackhat: http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/HOFFMAN/BHUS...
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Well, according to his bio[1]: "He had been employed continuously by Altria Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries (including Philip Morris International Inc.) in various capacities since 1978." They aren't exactly looking for boy scouts to add s
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
I think a phone conversation could be ok. One thing to note, I believe the only incorporation option you have for investors outside of the US (assuming you live in the US) is an S-Corp. I guess my main point was to make sure you're on the s
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Before talking _any_ numbers whatsoever, you should have a face-to-face. Make sure both the product vision and the path to monetization are clear to both of you (or, at least you generally agree on direction). Once you've cleared all the ot
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
It's not about having enough money, but whether it is financially worth it. It's an ROI calculation that involves navigating several regulating bodies with what appears to be minimal payback. It certainly isn't a technical limitation.
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
tptacek: Perhaps it is breathless, but I think many of us find it interesting. States noticeably absent from Paypal's licenses: New Mexico, South Carolina, Georgia (heavy banking industry), Rhode Island, New York (heavy banking industry), a
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
His point is that the bond is too large, and that's _just_ for California. In the linked quora post, it was specifically pointed out that there are 43 other states where one has to do the exact_same_thing where the bonds vary from $10k-$1M.
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
How much larger does the Bitcoin economy have to get ( I believe it's currently ~$30M) before the same money transfer companies will start pushing for them to be regulated. Remember the cab companies going after UberCab? How about the Louis
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Yes, Europe is full of regulations, and I don't think anyone that's read HN for long enough isn't tired of hearing about a lack of innovation in Europe vs. the US (especially SV).
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
You realize Google Checkout is often lamented on HN because it doesn't operate in many European countries? It is exactly for these reasons. Much like copyright laws are abused for business protection, so are regulations. Certainly within th
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
This is the financial services industry cranking down regulations to prevent competition as the coming onslaught of digital payments is about to take place. This is nothing but downside as it relates to innovation in the payments space. The
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Off the cuff BOM for this thing is on the order of $30 in 1K quantities (maybe add 20% for government bureaucracy).
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Very cool. Have you all done any firmware/software hacking?
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
The fact that they didn't pot it is interesting. I hadn't thought about that. Potting seems to be on the decline over the last 10 years from what I've seen.
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
What I found interesting by component: -Battery pack --The device is powered by four lithium-thionyl chloride (Li-SOCl2) D cell batteries --Each cell is good for 13,000 mAh and are suited for extremely low-draw applications where longevity
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by 18pfsmt 15y ago
It looks like this is a local storage tool, similar to sqlite. Is that correct? Lots of chromium devs on that list.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
They report earnings this Thurs after the bell, so we will see then.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I jumped ship from godaddy long ago, but I was going to move to hover soon because my current reg doesn't support spf records. I've been putting off doing this for 6 months. Good registrars+ nice nameserver UI is hard to come by, apparently
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I read the post, and decided to do a quick digging on the GC help pages. It seems these guys are incorrect regarding the set_your_own_price idea: "In the above example, the first five input fields are of type hidden with predefined values w
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Actually, Amazon acquired Lovefilm in Jan. [1], and Zediva is being sued by the MPAA[2]. [1] http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/01/20/amazon-acquires-lovefilm... [2] http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/04/mpaa-sues-zediva/
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Wow. I'm glad you said that. I've got experience with networks, but I can't design or code (I have utilized plenty of templates, libraries, and shell scripts written by others, but I'm not much of a creator). I simply looked over this segme
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
"Would you say your exact sentence to someone who works at a big company or a research lab, someone who chose not to do a startup?" Absolutely. Wynkoop Brewery (Denver, CO), every Friday happy hour (well, ~85% of the time).
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
In my case (and I suspect most others) it is because the Copyright Cartel seems intent on pushing private privileges that were given during a time in which it made sense and they continue to pursue such privileges to the detriment of the ri

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