Sam_Odio

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by Sam_Odio 13y ago
> I say this because if the Model E looks like that, it wouldn't be a proper Tesla. That graphic is a image of the Model X. http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx
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Freshplum hiring engineers to solve hard problems in e-commerce(freshplum.com)
1 points by Sam_Odio 13y ago
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by Sam_Odio 13y ago
"Instead of fixing smog, China building surveillance tech to help see through it." Misleading title; it presents false choice.
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Help Freshplum solve hard problems in e-commerce(freshplum.com)
1 points by Sam_Odio 13y ago
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Freshplum needs your help solving hard problems in ecommerce(freshplum.com)
1 points by Sam_Odio 13y ago
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Freshplum needs your help solving hard ML problems in an underserved space
1 points by Sam_Odio 13y ago
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by Sam_Odio 13y ago
> Now I chuckle whenever I hear some idiot snapping shots of their receipt or food, it's not the camera shutter, it's the sound of insecurity. It's common to take photos of receipts for business purposes. Is there a situat
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by Sam_Odio 13y ago
Perhaps you didn't hear back because they were building (or had plans to build) a POS system that they weren't ready to talk about.
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by Sam_Odio 13y ago
While the instructions to report bugs on the whitehat page are not localized, the terms Facebook is referring to ( https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms ) are.
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Freshplum is looking for relentlessly resourceful business interns
1 points by Sam_Odio 13y ago
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
As far as I can tell this is mostly a consequence of Uber responding to the market (i.e.: competitors like Lyft). With Uber X, Black car drivers no longer have a monopoly on convenient transportation (and from what I hear, that has signifi
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
Not sure why this is getting downvoted, seems like a valid point (specifically, if they dislike Uber they should stop using it). Can anyone elaborate?
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
Your statistics are seriously flawed. Actually, I think you a) misunderstood the claim in point 2, and b) take issue with the assumptions - not the math/statistics - in point 3. your math in point 2 assumes you will certainly find yourse
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
I carry a PLB at all times in my vehicle [1]. In the US this device will summon rescue via satellite. I recommend it for anyone who spends time in remote areas. If you value your life at $1MM and there's a 1 in 3500 chance [2] that summo
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
Consumer reports found that E15 causes a drop in fuel economy that's more than 15% [1], meaning you're burning ethanol with your gas for no apparent gain and to the detriment of the environment in the form of increased emissions. Ironically
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
No. A growing company is not necessarily a company designed for growth. Startups are rarely profitable since a company designed for growth reinvests its revenue back into the company to create future growth (think a "ramen profitable" star
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
It looks like - contrary to the article - the presenters are discussing hash functions, not encryption[1]. There is a difference[2]. That said, I'd be curious to know how long it'd take a device like this to decrypt "secure" AES256 text. 1
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
Short: You are right that a stock buyback is a technique, like dividends, to return capital to existing investors. However, stock buybacks are also a technique used by firms that believe their stock is underpriced, and is likely what is ha
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
Hi Chris - I'm sorry you feel this way. I agree that HN needs less vitriol like this, but I can understand where you're coming from. Expect an 'about page' at some point in the near future. In the meantime here are a few links that might h
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
We're developing a suite of "enterprise" e-commerce tools under the Freshplum brand, so presumably we'd up-sell the retailer to those.
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
Regarding pricing: We talked about the wording internally. It was decided that different people pay different stripe fees (eg volume discounts) and stripe may change their fees in the future w/o notice, so it's best to simply state what we
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
Agreed, 2% likely isn't end state and we plan on searching in the space below it. It's easier to drop the price (or give volume discounts) than raise it.
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
We're planning to add a demo to the home page. Until then I created a demo on my blog: http://sam.odio.com/2012/10/31/buy-me-beer/
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
We believe Helium's target audience isn't the HN community, but it'd be good to get your thoughts about it anyways. It's basically an easy way to add a shopping cart and check-out flow to a website. Think of the small business that's not t
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
They are, after all, made from photos with pixels right? Printing a digital photo on film doesn't somehow add back data.
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
You're pointing out the obvious (that this is a 5-day one person project) in a way that's not constructive.
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
I downloaded their detailed income statements[0]. The Google Finance income statement appears to be wrong. Google's income statements imply royalties of less than 8.5%. In their latest quarter (Q2 FY2013) "Cost of Revenue" made up $68,036
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
Another point: A founder of a "hyped" company can always turn down an investor at a high valuation for another investor at a lower valuation (that presumably offers some other sort of value-add). The situation Vinod describes would therefor
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by Sam_Odio 14y ago
That's a pretty loaded statement. Your implication is that the credit default swap industry is rife with fraud but it'd be helpful to be more specific about what that fraud is, who committed it, and why they're not receiving an appropriate
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Volunteer virtually: hire an Exec to do charity work(businessinsider.com)
7 points by Sam_Odio 14y ago|0 comments

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