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Whatsapp: Has Facebook Found Its Next Instagram?(mashable.com)
2 points by adrianscott 14y ago|0 comments
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Felix's Node.js Test Driven Development Guide(nodeguide.com)
1 points by adrianscott 14y ago|0 comments
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by adrianscott 14y ago
Am I the only one who will take Amazon's action and level of customer service into consideration when deciding on a cloud hosting provider, Amazon Web Services vs. others? Accounts are accounts on Amazon and will they link a consumer accoun
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by adrianscott 14y ago
I've read that these days many theaters only get 10% of the ticket sales for the first week or so at least on major films, (before dropping substantially, combined with much shorter runs. So the theaters get less than they used to as far as
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by adrianscott 14y ago
Thanks! We started out w/ $9.95, which I personally preferred... At some point we moved to $10, but didn't really A/B test back then like I am more into these days. My expectation is that $9.95 was a better match for our offering/branding e
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The “Restaurant Wine” Pricing Model & Why We Doubled Subscription Prices at Ryze(adrianscott.org)
3 points by adrianscott 14y ago|3 comments
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by adrianscott 14y ago
"I spent some time researching the emigration options. A lot of time actually. And I’ve found out that the place where I live is in spite of all of the above probably one of the best places on earth to be living at the moment. It’s shocking
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by adrianscott 14y ago
new panamanian copyright bill drafted - no judicial due process - fines of up to $100K - fines go to gov't, nothing to copyright holder - gov't staff can get bonuses from the fines, of up to 50% extra on top of their base salary
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Worst Copyright Law in History?(infojustice.org)
2 points by adrianscott 14y ago|1 comments
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by adrianscott 14y ago
"Microsoft won that one, despite loosing." (sic) please explain?
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by adrianscott 14y ago
humans have time. that is a form of capital. humans have needs. there is no shortage of customers. before currencies, there is trade. who is the customer in a trade before currency? it's an exchange, not a purchase by a customer from a sell
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by adrianscott 14y ago
Yes, it gave them an impulse to find areas where they could do something that people judged valuable enough to part with their money. (e.g. learn how to design web pages and make bad flash animations ;) It also did help people who buy groce
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by adrianscott 14y ago
Thanks, have you found that Hayek incorporates technology and the flow of technological knowledge? I'd love to see a ref on that. I recommend checking out the book The Origin of Wealth as one ref that has a nice coverage of tech/knowledge i
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George Gilder: Capitalism is based on information and knowledge, not greed(adrianscott.org)
47 points by adrianscott 14y ago|65 comments
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by adrianscott 14y ago
they may have a role in selecting the CEO ;)
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by adrianscott 14y ago
'Not familiar with Computer Numerical Control? You obviously haven’t been to North Korea lately... For almost two years, citizens of North Korea have been exposed to a lengthy campaign extolling the virtues of CNC. The song, called "Attain
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Attain the cutting edge - Let's build science-technology country (North Korea)(youtube.com)
1 points by adrianscott 14y ago|1 comments
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by adrianscott 14y ago
This usage of the word 'control' in this article seems very different from how it is typically used in the tech industry, even misleading. Normally when we're talking about a minority shareholder having control, it is as a result of multipl
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A hack for forming a non-daily habit -- weights for brain power and more(adrianscott.org)
2 points by adrianscott 14y ago|0 comments
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by adrianscott 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, U.S. Timezone Senior Technologist available to help you move the needle on your key metrics, and ship code! Creator, PaaS/SaaS/web IDE (Python/Django/Ajax/AWS/Google App Engine) Creator, pioneering social netwo
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by adrianscott 14y ago
Clever idea! I would always want to compensate (and have ip paperwork in place) for anything i'd use for financial gain. I think it's a great way to get part of the addressable segment of developers. Probably don't want it to be 100% of one
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Spare me your puny little Coding Contest, earthling(adrianscott.org)
7 points by adrianscott 14y ago|9 comments
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by adrianscott 14y ago
I wonder if he'd be willing to buy futures, I'd sell 'em to him ;)
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by adrianscott 14y ago
Did you close him? a.b.c...
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by adrianscott 14y ago
"and then there was the 60 Minutes piece, hosted by Morley Safer which focused on PayPal founder Peter Thiel‘s attack on the college bubble. The piece was, of course, strongly biased. It was a venerable old dinosaur hosting a venerable old
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Watch Morley Safer Lie in Real Time, on 60 Minutes(forbes.com)
54 points by adrianscott 14y ago|20 comments
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by adrianscott 14y ago
This makes sense. Your project is too big. Get a smaller piece or version working that does something useful for someone. Don't refactor code. Just get something small(er) working.
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by adrianscott 15y ago
n.b.: Markets aren't efficient in any space ;)... (review the assumptions required for an efficient market, so see how reality violates all of them with consequences, or just look at the empirical, historical data; also see behavioral finan
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Peter Thiel & Max Levchin's book on Reviving Innovation; Kindle version in 4yrs(adrianscott.org)
1 points by adrianscott 15y ago|0 comments
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by adrianscott 15y ago
"People are omniscient" -- one of several false assumptions that lead to unrealistic results from the theories (and disaster/losses to banks/investors/govt's who base their actions on them)

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