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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
From his Youtube page: "UPDATE: Lady Gaga has approved the parody!!! Album release information coming soon!" Apparently, the manager was making decsions without actually consulting her. Typical PHB from my experience. I'd fire the guy. htt
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
What non-technical person runs a server on their laptop?
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Actually, we were a technology company. We developed embedded systems for RFID/ NFC technology to sell and license to OEMs. Firmware for DSPs and MCUs is some of the harder technology I've been involved with. I'm not sure I understand your
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
The last VC-backed startup I worked at, the marketing people were 3 Harvard MBAs that kept the sales people away from the developers, and they helped us figure out what product features were most relevant to implement. They also got us the
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I think you are taking his comment to personally. I don't think anyone thinks you are a moron for not knowing, but because of the sensitive nature of the data on any of my computing devices, I'm extremely paranoid. I certainly don't install
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
What's rare is someone who is willing to share this information over the course of time. It's the detail and consistency that count. For those of us that have been following along (I've only read the last 3 reports), it is fascinating.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Do the down-voters care to add any actual constructive criticism of my claim?
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I'm not sure you took my point. FirstData is the largest merchant acquirer in the country; it's now privately owned, bought for $30B. It used to be part of American Express, as an interesting sidenote. These are entrenched industries, and y
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
If you are scared to fail, go maintain Home Depot's website and iPhone app. It's ok not to be an entrepreneur.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
There are a ton more stakeholders in NFC technology than Apple and Google. The way Mastercard and Visa look at it, they are taking away market share from cash ($). Currently, contactless payment terminals exist at 1% of merchants (the 1% is
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
The liquor store down the street just got a 27" imac for their POS, and the hydro store two blocks down has the same POS. Small business owners are notoriously incapable of understanding tech.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Have you looked at the mess that is FirstData> ISO> ISO> ISO? Sales has been difficult to scale in this market for so long, it has relied on lots of layers of independent sales people. I would argue Square will bring some effici
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
You watched a documentary? I come to HN for expertise because there are so many knowledgeable people that know a great deal about things in which I'm interested, but am only a beginner. I've come to expect expertise on this site in almost a
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I don't think that's a fair assessment . Square is coming from the merchant acquiring side (traditionally strict B2B), and branding themselves to consumers at the same time (theoretically, to breed trust). Square manages risk, don't get dis
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Any of the VC names you read about on this site or others like it will not fund you without transitioning to a C-Corp. As far as converting from an LLC is concerned, you just form a Delaware C-Corp, which acquires the LLC.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Well, C-S Index was begun in 1890 where it was given a value of 100. Notes from the chart: "The 1890 benchmark is 100 on the chart. If a standard house sold for $100,000 (inflation-adjusted to today's dollars), an equivalent standard house
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
That's a good point: direct link: http://aws.amazon.com/route53/#pricing
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I hear what you are saying, but I'm talking about a headless system, accessed via the browser, that could handle most of these syncing and upgrade tasks over my LAN. The idea is to move "the cloud" to my LAN. I have an always on, 12mbps/ 2m
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I'd like them to use Time Capsule to accomplish the offering of backup/calendar/contacts/etc to people that don't want to pay them a yearly fee.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
To your thorough response, i would simply add that experience with large established companies is a good way to get an understanding how these behemoths operate, what the typical pain points they have, and how mature companies establish pro
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Reminds me a bit of what Color is doing even though their go-to-market seems to be "photo-sharing with the public based on location." Off-topic: Can we get back to graceful degradation? JS is great with trusted services, but not new ones, i
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
In the case of evite, yes they rely on advertising, but remember they are owned by IAC (also ASK.com) which allows them to cross-sell, and they do have their own ad sales team. In your case, I don't think I'd follow their path. They suck, a
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I have the same question. This benchmark seem to be comparing apples and oranges. I'm just moving from sysops to dev, so I hope someone can explain, but here is how I see the three items being compared: Django- a python web framework Node.j
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Sounds like an interesting talk. It would be great if you would put [Video] in the title.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
I sure wish some company would step-up and offer a reasonable, quality registrar/DNS offering, but I have yet to find that one. Until that time, I will keep them separate, and would suggest using DynDNS. It really depends on your needs and/
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Can someone help explain to me why the HN community isn't interested in the technological underpinnings of the next of wave payment technology? [I, personally, prefer cash.]
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Imagine not having to check-in at the desk to get into your hotel room, but instead being sent your "key" digitally. When you get to your hotel room door, you simply tap your phone on it. These were use cases we used 4 years ago, before the
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Tags only cost about $1. If you go for volume you can reduce that cost. UHF tags used in the supply chain now (e.g. wal-mART) are 900MHz, and a whole different ballgame.
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
Silicon providers that make reader ICs (transceivers): 1) NXP semi 2) Sony Felica- very guarded, about everything 3) Melexis- they allow TI to repackage, but their IC can be used to call commands of all kinds; it isn't clear their Ip rights
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by 18pfsmt 16y ago
ISO 18092 has two parts, and part 2, where your phone is just a passive tag, is not currently possible, This technology has been stagnant for 4 years because Visa/ mastercard/ amex have been fighting att/verzon/tmobile over who gets the fee

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