CyrusL

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by CyrusL 14y ago
It's true that the vast majority of demand-side platforms are bidding on the same impressions, so the differentiation really comes from technology, service, and usability. For example, the main component of building a campaign on SiteScout
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by CyrusL 14y ago
Individual sites are not really the ones auctioning ad inventory that is targeted by a user's cookies. That specific technology continues to become consolidated in a handful of exchanges. You could probably get 95%+ of cookie-targeted impre
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by CyrusL 14y ago
I'm surprised they commented on the company and user data not being purchased. Maybe it's to manage concerns over how Facebook handles privacy. Also, doesn't this screw investors? I guess if you're hunting for homeruns it doesn't matter if
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by CyrusL 14y ago
Oops misread OP
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by CyrusL 14y ago
Because Facebook hasn't split it's stock in a while, so talking about price per share has a common meaning for everyone that owns shares. I would imagine the majority of people who own Facebook shares know exactly how many shares they own a
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by CyrusL 14y ago
It won't be realistic to short FB in the first few weeks. Shorting is dependent on someone lending you shares, and that will cost some absurd fees in the immediate future.
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by CyrusL 15y ago
I use a Plum as well (I actually got grandfathered in with 2% discount). My understanding is that you can technically save more with Starwood if you use all the points perfectly, but I'm much happier with the simplicity of cash back.
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by CyrusL 15y ago
I just set http://www.Asteroids.com to redirect to http://www.MMOAsteroids.com for the next week.
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by CyrusL 15y ago
Domain names are very illiquid and there are lots of different ways to define worth. On the low end, there is this price: how much could I sell it for tomorrow in a no-reserve auction? On the high end, there is this price: how much could I
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by CyrusL 15y ago
There is very little variable cost to create one additional domain name, so it's hard to have a logical explanation for their pricing. All the TLDs have different beliefs about which price will maximize profit.
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by CyrusL 15y ago
It's imprudent to decouple popularity from price. Would you invest in Facebook a $200b valuation? $500b? Popularity is already priced in by the market. To invest, you need to have a fundamental belief about the long term prospects of the co
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by CyrusL 15y ago
I think connor is referring to the expected value of the returns, not just the odds of winning.
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by CyrusL 15y ago
IPO shares are already allocated by the opening bell. It's a little bit confusing, but IPO shares are actually sold privately prior to opening day. Another important thing to remember is that there are two sides to every trade. Presumably,
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by CyrusL 15y ago
It doesn't even require a lot of amateur investors to drive it up beyond reason, just the belief that there will be a lot of amateur investors. Who cares if I paid a stupid price if I can sell to them at a stupider price? Some people call t
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by CyrusL 15y ago
It's weird that you critiqued his analysis by using gold, which makes no sense for comparison. You might have strong feelings about unbacked paper money, but that doesn't make comparing with gold a sound financial model. August 2004:
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by CyrusL 15y ago
The lockup is 180 days
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by CyrusL 15y ago
I took part in SecondMarket's 1/18/12 Facebook auction and was unaware of any trading being halted for that week. Does anyone know what normal IPO timelines are? My uneducated expectation is that shares begin trading something like 3-6 mont
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by CyrusL 15y ago
Actually, that already exists. Believe it or not there are ad products that pay for the people who click "Under 18" on porn entry pages.
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by CyrusL 15y ago
Most likely the phisher had a Hotmail-specific method to hit inbox, so their spam was more effective on Hotmail than other providers. The other possibility is that the phishing page emulated a Hotmail login, so only those with Hotmail accou
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by CyrusL 15y ago
Absolutely not. I always recommend the weaker .com over the stronger .net or ccTLD
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by CyrusL 15y ago
Hey, sorry I thought I put it in there. It is cyruslohrasbpour AT gmail dot com. I have no idea if I can help getting you the domain but I can try to give you some perspective.
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by CyrusL 15y ago
I imagine this is the kind of question that HN sees a lot. I don't spend tons of time here, but considering the responses so far, I think my input is will be not be redundant. I am a domainer with ~$500,000 in purchases under my belt, which