Johnie

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   by Johnie 13y ago

   Meta: This is a terrible title for this HN post. It doesn't describe what the article is about.
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   by Johnie 13y ago

   Chirpify did the same thing. http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/23/instasale-chirpify-takes-it...
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   by Johnie 13y ago

   I thought I was reading economics 101.
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   by Johnie 13y ago

   RE: 0 Liability at Chase I don't know of any bank that don't offer this now. As part of FDIC Regulation E, the cap on consumer liability for credit card fraud is a max of $50 [1]. For most banks, it costs them more than that to
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   by Johnie 13y ago

   What's the difference between what you are doing and selling btc for cash and using that cash to buy stuff? The only difference is that you are forced to buy things at a certain time rather than keeping it in cash. The underlying trans
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   by Johnie 13y ago

   Thought experiment. Is it possible that there are no other jobs or not enough jobs than people? And if this is possible, can people be freed to do something more useful if there is nothing more useful?
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   by Johnie 13y ago

   I guess they are resorting to selling apparels to make up some revenue. Who knows, in 10 years, Microsoft may becoming the next Gap. </snarky>
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   by Johnie 13y ago

   Price stability is one major factor. Unstable currency is bad for both consumers and merchants. When the volatility is high, it is high risk for people that hold that currency. Consumers and merchants are not interested in hedging their c
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   by Johnie 13y ago

   Or put a "Report a Pirate" bounty and crowdsource it.
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    by Johnie 13y ago

    No, you mapreduce the Pirate search. Send out 100 workers to check on the nearby ports and see which ones come back. You need to think at Google scale.
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    by Johnie 13y ago

    Related: BillMeLater Draws Federal Scrutiny http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-22/ebay-probed-by-regu... EBay Inc. (EBAY) is facing a probe by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a loan program that
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    by Johnie 13y ago

    The idea of a lone genius sitting in a room in isolation coming up with a brilliant idea seems to be a myth. Most idea generation come from interaction with other people and finding different opportunities in putting together two disjoint i
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    by Johnie 13y ago

    If you don't want to build it yourself, check out import.io. They turn any website into an API. They did a demo at SV Newtech a couple months ago.