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by Shooter 17y ago
My original, long-winded answer: I think much of the answer is historical, but part of the answer is also cultural (and these two factors intertwine and reinforce each other.) Historically, Chicago technology startups have tended to be more
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by Shooter 17y ago
I run a private equity fund in Chicago that invests exclusively in internet and financial-services startups. As far as I know, we're far bigger than any firm in Boulder, and our AUM exceed most of the Sand Hill Road firms. But we're borin
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by Shooter 17y ago
Yeah, what he said ;-) Succinctness is a virtue that I lack.
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by Shooter 17y ago
My in-laws drink Diet Rite and Vernor's Ginger Ale. Unfortunately, Splenda is not as safe as they make it out to be...it has chlorine in it. Chlorine is a carcinogen.
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by Shooter 17y ago
My wife works in the medical field, and she deals with many diabetic patients. Until recently, I underestimated how horrible this disease can actually be. I knew it could be serious, but I mainly just thought about people having to watch
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by Shooter 17y ago
I wish there was a low/no calorie sweetener that was actually safe to use. Aspartame is a carcinogen, as are most other artificial sweeteners...even Splenda contains chlorine. Aspartame also gives me migraines, so I generally stick with c
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by Shooter 17y ago
By the way, has anyone tried a Chemex?
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by Shooter 17y ago
I make cold-brew coffee sometimes, which also lessens the acidity of coffee (supposedly by 67% or so.) It is especially good if you ever make iced/frozen coffee drinks, because you can adjust the concentrate ratio and get a much richer tas
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by Shooter 17y ago
A really detailed response would be a book, and I'm not sure this is HN-worthy material...so I'll try to be somewhat brief. I realize that your mind is made up, and since I'm (finally) starting to learn how hard it is to change a mindset,
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by Shooter 17y ago
"most listing agents will cover some or all of the buyers broker fee, so the actual buyer (typically) ends up paying somewhere between nothing and 1%" One of my goals in life is to correct this misunderstanding among buyers. BOTH the buyer
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by Shooter 17y ago
I see where you're coming from, and I also agree that most real estate agents suck. One of the few bright points in this economy is that many of the most corrupt agents have left the industry since it is no longer "easy money." Of course,
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by Shooter 17y ago
"Just remember that the realtor works for himself, not for you." That is great advice, no matter what kind of transaction you're entering into. I actually got involved with the real estate industry because I hated how it worked. It is rid
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by Shooter 17y ago
I'm a licensed broker and one of the companies I own is a real estate brokerage. I made a very long response to the original poster (si2) before I realized that he is wanting to rent a home, not BUY a home or rent a commercial space. The
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by Shooter 17y ago
I definitely believe it could be true. I don't think the music story would be out of character for Einstein. One of my academic advisors was Professor Robert Borkenstein (he invented the breathalyzer, among other things.) Before he got in
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by Shooter 18y ago
UW is still a great school. Some great CS research is done there.
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by Shooter 18y ago
symbolics.com
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by Shooter 18y ago
I don't have the time to confirm it for sure right now, unfortunately, but I think http://sqworl.com could be used for something along those lines.
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by Shooter 18y ago
I understand what you're saying, because that is part of what suckered me into reading it ;-) After reading it, I think professional flattery among colleagues is one thing and a true "revolutionary introduction to computer science" is anot
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by Shooter 18y ago
It is excellent. You would learn more (useful things) from it than from Simply Scheme.
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by Shooter 18y ago
Yes, there are better books. The authors are very nice guys, but I regret most of the time I spend reading Simply Scheme. There are some online lectures by Brian Harvey that are worth seeing, though. You could read HTDP AND The Little S
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by Shooter 18y ago
Peter Thiel and Max Levchin ended up on top in the end. But they have since made up with Elon. (If Elon had 'won', Paypal would be on Windows and would be called X.com now.)
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by Shooter 18y ago
This has been discussed on HN before... One of the reasons they have little competition is because much of the value they deliver is in the form of the POS (Point-of-Sale) systems they provide restaurants. I don't think those are even ment
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by Shooter 18y ago
I'm not even sure if he had a name on the show, because it wasn't a big part. He was not the star of the show, and it might be stretching it to even say he was a regular. I think he was just on a couple/few episodes...? I believe it was
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by Shooter 18y ago
7 is real. I've seen the show. IIRC, he played an FBI agent...
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by Shooter 18y ago
I used to have this "blank stare" problem with some of my relatives and former colleagues when they asked what I was working on. I finally realized I was often just being too technical or was using industry-specific terms people weren't fa
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by Shooter 18y ago
"I have a startup" seems a very ODD way of saying what you do when people ask, anyway. It is almost intentionally oblique. Even as a serial entrepreneur, I would probably have a similar "midwestern" reaction if someone said that when I as
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by Shooter 18y ago
There are tons of little solid-state amps that have headphone outs and will give you a good sound. (The Roland MicroCube, for example, is a very popular choice. I even have one, and I'm normally a boutique tube amp snob.) There are also l
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by Shooter 18y ago
There are definitely many more low-power tube amps available now. There are some really neat ones in the 1.5 watt config. Even still, I think there is room in the market for more. If you already have a larger tube amp for gigs and are obse
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by Shooter 18y ago
(They do...but they're careful to hide the bodies.)
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by Shooter 18y ago
Several companies have come out with what you describe (and variations thereof), but I don't know of any companies that have been able to achieve enough success that they were able to maintain a business doing it for very long. As with almo

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