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The Uberization of Money(wsj.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
Ping me when you visit Seattle area. I have a 2007 era working Black Macbook. Happy to give it to you as I was already planning to donate it.
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by akg_67 11y ago
Contact an organization that you care about. Ask them if they use a service/product that is based on subscription. Offer to pay the subscription fee in advance for that service. For example if organization already have domain name, off
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by akg_67 11y ago
Do you have floaters in your left eye? Retina detachment? Your case sounds similar to mine. Recently diagnosed with cataract in right eye. Few years ago, retina detachment in left eye, followed by cataract in left eye, and then losing pupil
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by akg_67 11y ago
I am not surprised. Majority of tech IPOs in past year are trading below or near IPO prices. The investors in public market have learnt from the past. Most of these companies are coming to public market later when most of the upside has alr
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Study: On AirBnB, Asian-American Hosts Earn Less Than White Ones(npr.org)
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Made in Japan Ain't What It Was(bloombergview.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
If your objective is to be quant, I will suggest removing Corporate Finance and Security Analysis books from your reading list. "Trading and Exchanges" is a good addition. A learning strategy that has served me well is to look at
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by akg_67 11y ago
The three books you mentioned focus on three different areas of finance with very little overlap. And all three books are not considered basic text and are much more theoretical. Are you trying to learn basics of different segment of Financ
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by akg_67 11y ago
> we spent months going around Italy to get the best suppliers we could find (italian artisans mostly, which have 0 presence online and that were still interested in selling abroad) Did you make similar "offline" effort on cust
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by akg_67 11y ago
Just FYI, this article is spread over multiple pages. It has 5 pages. Based on reading HN comments, my guess is that most HN readers might be making comments only after reading page 1. The article is about Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
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by akg_67 11y ago
Did you read all 5 pages of the article? It does mention Northwestern and its 20,000 student population. Based on most of the HN comments, my guess is not many people realizing article is spread over multiple pages.
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by akg_67 11y ago
I reposted the story after receiving email from mod requesting to repost. Your search list shows that I posted the same story five days ago and appear to be the first one. I guess mods are experimenting with certain stories that they consid
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Making Insider Trading Legal(newyorker.com)
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Evanston: A Suburb That Actively Discourages Cars(politico.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
You might want to reach out to your state security regulator. IANAL, you might be able to pool funds with friends and form a partnership in an acceptable state.
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by akg_67 11y ago
> I'm tired of grinding it out with a salary that can barely cover the expenses > owning a business where you control your time is the only end game I can see. I will encourage you to read first 4-5 chapters of "The E-Myth R
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Agent Provocateur: Customer Needs Before Profit Maximization(top1000funds.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
Have you looked into Lending Club and Prosper Marketplace peer to peer lending platforms? The retail investors on these platforms are having good success in assessing and managing risk with consumer lending. There is no reason that the same
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by akg_67 11y ago
> Most street crime occurs in the evening around common commuting hours of 5 to 8 PM Instead of mucking with Time, which we may later find out have some 'unintended' consequences, why not businesses, schools and workplaces chan
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Making daylight saving time permanent could reduce crime(washingtonpost.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
Original research paper: Peeking Beneath the Hood of Uber http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/cbw/pdf/chen-imc15.pdf
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Making daylight saving time permanent could reduce crime(washingtonpost.com)
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Making Insider Trading Legal(newyorker.com)
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by akg_67 11y ago
IMO, the problem still remains even after reboot or reset. You are still hamster on a wheel. You might decide that you are drifting off course and course correct through reboot/reset sooner and later you will drift again, course correc
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Prostitution, Endowments and Human Capital Investing(institutionalinvestor.com)
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If you think Cushing storage of 3 days is massive, you will be shocked with Strategic Petroleum Reserve maintained by US govt, that covers a large swath underground below Texas and Louisiana states, and only holds about 30 days of consumpti
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by akg_67 11y ago
Since 9/11, the threshold for being considered national security has gone down significantly, too much paranoia. Of course the private businesses, in this case O&G companies, trading exchange and trading firms, benefit from certain
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Oklahoma Earthquakes Are a National Security Threat(bloomberg.com)
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Oklahoma Earthquakes Are a National Security Threat(bloomberg.com)
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