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by 2drew3 7y ago
For those who watched the movie, I found the ending interesting. I won't spoil it for everyone else, but Bong Joon-ho made his perspective unambiguous: he's not a believer in social mobility in Korea. 6 of the top 10 Forbes list i
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by 2drew3 7y ago
Given the bulk of a median American household's wealth is tied to the equity of their primary residence, it would be interesting to see how these returns stack an investment in a single family residential home. I imagine it would be di
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by 2drew3 10y ago
that haterade tho http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/minimaxir.com
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by 2drew3 10y ago
>relatively small community Lmk when you create a website with this much traffic. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/producthunt.com
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by 2drew3 10y ago
>...deal point has been a new and unwelcome surprise to potential buyers of the company, many said. The remaining bidders only recently got details of search deals that Yahoo has struck. Given $YHOO price hasn't moved materially thi
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by 2drew3 11y ago
>I believe that Ethiopia was the only other place we could adopt from due to our age/income/etc. Can you clarify? Are there different age/income standards to adopt children from different countries?
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How Money Became Digitized(medium.com)
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by 2drew3 11y ago
Having worked at LG for 3 yrs, I'm skeptical this change will come easy. But 'cultural change' is almost always mandated from the top even at US tech startups. From Amazon to Zappos, culture is set by CEO.
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by 2drew3 11y ago
My father in law has a bunch of these walnuts. It's crazy how expensive they are: $5-15k per pair depending on hue, number of lines, etc. Somewhere in China, a walnut farmer is getting filthy rich.
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by 2drew3 11y ago
Restrictions on buyers (unverified users are limited, 6 levels), social verification, behavior analytics (sift science), among others. User was made whole, police dropped the case, and we introduced $10,0000 guarantee. Not an excuse, but we
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by 2drew3 11y ago
So the UI allows users to set a discount rate, similar to the way you set a limit order on etrade or Name Your Price on Priceline. I can place an order to buy AAPL for $100 or bid to stay in a 5 star hotel for $10. Doesn't mean they wi
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by 2drew3 11y ago
Like most disruptive technologies, it's not quite clear why Bitcoin / blockchain are better than incumbents, namely credit cards / centralized databases. At Purse, we use blockchain escrows to unlock value from Amazon gift ca
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by 2drew3 11y ago
More like once out of 30k+ transactions. PayPal, AirBnB, and Raise all faced similar challenges.
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Bitcoin commerce is broken(medium.com)
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by 2drew3 11y ago
OP needs to check out https://purse.io Use case for consumers: discounts on Amazon. Use case for earners (mostly unbanked): earn Amazon gift cards as payment and convert to fiat through bitcoin. Blog showcasing counterargument:
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by 2drew3 12y ago
Purse.io provides 25% discounts to shop on Amazon with bitcoin. Pretty incredible - discount comes from liquidating Amazon gift cards ($15b in circulation).
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Donate Bitcoin to get supplies to Ferguson protestors(medium.com)
1 points by 2drew3 12y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoin Wallets Need a Use Case (PayPal/eBay)(medium.com)
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What if Amazon doesn't accept Bitcoin?(medium.com)
2 points by 2drew3 12y ago|0 comments
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by 2drew3 12y ago
Great point. Hopefully, IRS will reconsider and treat BTC as a currency.
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by 2drew3 12y ago
"Merchant adoption is not THE barrier to Bitcoin commerce - it’s the lack of incentive to spend." Merchants accepting Bitcoin is a brain dead decision. "How would you like to save over 50% on payment processing?" is the
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Why would anyone spend bitcoins?(purse.io)
2 points by 2drew3 12y ago|5 comments
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by 2drew3 13y ago
Possible. However, I recommended AirBnB to several Asian and Caucasian friends who never heard of it before (I'm from GA). Few just showed up in SF and booked same day with no problems. Not one bad experience, except this time. Fully a
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by 2drew3 13y ago
I should have done this. But I didn't have this experience to prove a point. Truthfully, I was mostly embarrassed that my suggestion wasn't working and immediately kicked into "find my friend an alternate place" mode. Th
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by 2drew3 13y ago
Perhaps you're right. Still, the title isn't accusing either company as racist. AirBnB created artificial trust between strangers to allow them to share homes. That's a HUGE accomplishment. On one hand, AirBnB has to keep
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by 2drew3 13y ago
Good point. But does it make it easier for racism to happen? If Marriott/Priceline (blindly accepts reservation) is replaced by AirBnB (Chesky's vision), will travel become harder for African Americans?
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by 2drew3 13y ago
I'm not saying the shared economy is racist by design. Nor am I accusing mentioned companies as being racist. But as companies build trust through profiles and links to social networks, they should be wary of the unintended consequenc
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Is the shared economy racist?(2drew3.com)
117 points by 2drew3 13y ago|162 comments
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by 2drew3 13y ago
They can sell the SBUX gift cards on a gift card exchange (Cardpool) or eBay for ~25% discount and make the spread.
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BTC volatility levels 2x Tesla stock: the barrier to adoption(2drew3.com)
1 points by 2drew3 13y ago|0 comments

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