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by a_small_island 10y ago
Why do these VC's keep trying to prop up this idea that chat bots are the way of the future. Who hasn't interacted with a chat bot in the past 20 years on the internet? It's not new. Perhaps he enjoys FB parsing his private c
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>Shoe Button Complex "...named for the condition of a family friend who spoke in an oracular style on all subjects after becoming dominant in the shoe button business." I had to look this up, but it gave me a chuckle.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
So what is actually being paid on these H1B as salary? Using something like h1bdata.info, you can look into any company's filings. For example, the most recent Uber h1b filing[0] has a rate of pay from 110-140k but only a prevailing wa
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by a_small_island 10y ago
I think OP is referring to the employees of the law firm that are setting up these trusts
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Not sure how much has changed in a year, but Youtube runs at breakeven/potentially a loss[0]: "The online-video unit posted revenue of about $4 billion in 2014, up from $3 billion a year earlier, according to two people familiar w
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Doesn't matter, they have ad revenue piling up all around them. More moonshots incoming.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Hilarious considering the article is hosted on Forbes, which is littered with horrible advertisements.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
This article was flagged yesterday on HN and resulting discussion...
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Any idea on how much revenue they bring in? I tried a quick google search but couldn't find any recent numbers.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
"FORBES spoke to a dozen venture capitalists, analysts and industry experts and concluded that a more realistic value for Theranos is $800 million, rather than $9 billion. That gives the company credit for its intellectual property and
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Autoplay video on CNN, I hate the internet.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Thanks for this, any more videos you'd recommend?
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>Trump v. Sanders Why do you think this?
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Can you elaborate on the exact financial implications of a reverse split prior to IPO? This Brad Feld article [1] seems to say the aversion to this is simply emotional. [1] http://www.feld.com/archives/2005/06&#x2F
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>if they did a big reverse split prior to the S-1 its possible the employees will have underwater options at the IPO Any past examples of this?
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>"This is a town for freaks and weirdos" Because you say so? Because that's how you were taught when you grew up? I don't live in SF but that seems like a flimsy case to be made.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
The theory is that no one good would take the job because the likelihood of failure was so high without a parachute. This type of ousting will certainly hurt Mayer's future CEO options, or so the theory goes.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
How often do you record other people?
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>"I ask him this question while we are sitting in a conference room in Pebble’s spacious new Redwood City headquarters, offices that became more spacious than intended because of the layoffs. (Instead of spreading over two floors, M
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Of course you will be providing a source to this claim, right? right...? oh.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>people adding muscle mass. There is a very large following of Intermittent Fasting in the bodybuilding community. Tens/hundreds of thousands of consistent weightlifters who do not eat breakfast or lunch and put on impressive mass.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
under 60%, really? That seems like overkill...
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by a_small_island 10y ago
(Per the picture in the article) I don't think they pack them in close enough at those desks
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>* Voice and SMS are unlimited up to a reasonable amount. We reserve the right to terminate service in cases of fraud or abuse at our sole discretion. From the "unlimited" notes for voice and text
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Pandora on Android has been terrible for a few months now. Constantly loading it up and getting a black screen, needing to uninstall/reinstall, and log back in.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
What about big ideas that hurt people?
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>That means some patients received erroneous results that might have thrown off health decisions made with their doctors. Put them in jail.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
>A doctor implements a bot on his/her site and it asks potential patients questions about their condition And the bot misdiagnoses or has a malfunction, leading to the patient not getting the correct treatment they required. Yikes.
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Interesting article. I'm interested in the financial schemes (of the venture lenders) in the upcoming series of articles or any anecdotes from HN members. This article was more introductory than informing...
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by a_small_island 10y ago
Wow, that is brilliant.

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