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by alehul 8y ago
> They also deserve a bit of credit for being pretty up front with it +1 to this. It's impossible to write about anything without a basis of reasoning and accepted truths to start from, and to see it laid out offers a level of trans
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by alehul 8y ago
Really interesting read-- this reminds me a ton of the New Criterion, which is constantly publishing articles of a similar style [1]. It's composed in this verbose, sometimes satirical New Yorker-style of writing, and offers such a sta
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by alehul 8y ago
Receiving agent status to purchase and sell securities on behalf of the consumer would mean the consumer is consenting to possible losses from the performance of those securities.
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That makes a lot of sense. I always wondered what they considered the point of it to be, given that China doesn't care much about the West's opinion of them anyway.
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That's very true, and I had the same thought. With that in mind, what do you think is their end goal? Is it just out of desperation they create petitions and such? It seems clear that China doesn't care much about the West's
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by alehul 8y ago
When I was younger, maybe five years ago or so, I was living in Boston and I'd consistently see a pack of Chinese protestors outside the public library at Copley (very popular area) holding up signs, looking to gain attention for this
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Data on Freemium vs Free Trial(profitwell.com)
6 points by alehul 8y ago|0 comments
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by alehul 8y ago
Thanks William, and sorry for the wrong accusation. Super embarrassed; I read so many comments on that thread I must've conflated two.
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I'll link as soon as I'm not on mobile. Recent incident was on "most unethical thing you've done" thread that reached the top of HN. Someone mentioned selling user data while being a middle layer, and confirmed it w
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by alehul 8y ago
I don't think it's that simple. If we in America are going to continue to use fuel, it's preferable (assuming this matters to you as an American) that we support the jobs and wealth of those in the United States before Saudi
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by alehul 8y ago
So with such trivial actions constituting an import or export, why do we use import/export as such an important measure, rather than where the imported thing was initially produced? Wouldn't that be where most of the value was add
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by alehul 8y ago
Hearing "net exporter" made me wonder: is there some inefficiency, at a company or state level, in how we'll both export and import the same commodity? Why does this occur? Is this the result of a lack of market makers who wi
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by alehul 8y ago
So true, and the lack of Reddit-style doenvoting for disagreement is what has made HN so special to me. With all the polarization and the HN population growing, however, 'bad downvotes' seem to be increasing. I don't find mys
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by alehul 8y ago
That's fair, and true from an engineering perspective. I imagine for YC it comes down to, as with nearly every other company, a prioritization problem. With the exception of companies like FB with millions of users, the priority of cre
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by alehul 8y ago
If you click on the images, it'll open to the actual comment in text form. While load times for images are worse, this format provides some handy advantages, namely the ability to look through that thread and see more context, read the
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by alehul 8y ago
I hear this incredibly often. Can you explain why this is, or do you have a link or two that's convinced you on this point? I understand NIMBY-ism which, to some extent, is responsible for impractical zoning laws and, in turn, higher r
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by alehul 8y ago
I agree with what you're saying and the sentiment behind it (and the same goes for most of the other replies to my comment). I just wonder: is there a better way than giving names to the public to make mob-rule style decisions? It&#x27
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by alehul 8y ago
> * Police are more than half as likely to die on the job as a trash collectors. How is this at all relevant to whether a police officer deserves privacy? Yes, their fatality rate is around half that of a trash collector. Since when was
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by alehul 8y ago
That's why being a passive investor is often the best route for the average person, unless you have the opportunity to invest in a successful fund that takes an active role, or you put in the effort (and have the skill/luck/w
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by alehul 8y ago
Index fund investors are classified as "passive investors," while others are "active investors." The main investment risk to index funds growing is that, if everybody is a passive investor, then the passive investors are
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by alehul 8y ago
Another great point about the tech boom and venture funding: a place can be great to work at without necessarily having a successful product. I'd expect those two premises to be highly correlated if not for funding.
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by alehul 8y ago
Aren't there several options for what to optimize for? Such as views, clicks, conversions, etc? Additionally, aren't there filters companies can choose, such as targeting users who have searched for certain keywords?
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by alehul 8y ago
Seconding this. The markets aren't spectacularly and miraculously efficient, but they're efficient enough that products without demand will not last, with the exception of industry-wide collusion to remove the consumer-preferred o
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by alehul 8y ago
I've always been frustrated about this as well, but I realized that it's often not Google's intention to care about this error. We're the product, willing or not, and the metric some chainsaw companies care about is simp
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by alehul 8y ago
While I understand the comparison you're trying to make, I'm not sure weight is the best estimation here. A whale can be heavier without being larger . While the whale may weigh 1000x more, it appears to be only around 10x as b
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by alehul 8y ago
While it's necessary to possess a substantial amount of knowledge, I would argue that people who are older and have even more knowledge in the field are usually too accepting of the current information to question it enough to change i
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by alehul 8y ago
So true. There's two types of research; one that builds upon prior knowledge to new conclusions, and another that undermines everything previous to be incorrect or incomplete. The first is done by your average PhD in Physics, for examp
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Banach-Tarski paradox(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by alehul 8y ago|1 comments
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by alehul 8y ago
Can I ask how you bring in site visitors? For such a niche site, I imagine you didn't do any advertising-- or did you do some based on search keywords on Google? I have a lot of ideas for small interesting websites like this, but I&#x2
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Over Half of High Seas Fishing Only Profitable with Subsidies(news.nationalgeographic.com)
7 points by alehul 8y ago|0 comments

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