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by aliston 11y ago
Prices in SF fell by more than 40%: https://us.spindices.com/indices/real-estate/sp-case-shiller... In established neighborhoods, it was probably more like 20%, but there were still foreclosures and a lot of deals
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by aliston 11y ago
Honestly, if you're well prepared and live/work in buildings that have been seismically retrofitted, you're probably better off in an earthquake than most other natural disasters. San Francisco is making a lot of progress in
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by aliston 11y ago
Could you expand on the "usual" internet marketing routes? What would be some good places for a beginner to start?
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by aliston 11y ago
I did something like this and the bottom line for me would be that if you truly think it could be the next facebook, then go for it. Otherwise, hold off. Financially speaking, if its the next facebook, then you'll be retired on an isl
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by aliston 11y ago
San Francisco weather is not even remotely close to San Diego... It's significantly colder, foggier and windier, particularly in the summer. The high/low in June/July/August is comparable to December/January/F
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by aliston 11y ago
Couldn't agree more. There is no inflation nationally, and we are nowhere near full employment. The only reason to raise rates is to curb asset inflation among the 1%. The problem is that the American middle class needed the bailout
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by aliston 11y ago
Up until 2003, it really was this explicit: The University of Michigan used a 150-point scale to rank applicants, with 100 points needed to guarantee admission. The University gave underrepresented ethnic groups, including African-American
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by aliston 11y ago
If you are making 140k, aren't you above the limit for a Roth IRA?
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by aliston 11y ago
I'd love to see stats on this as well -- does anyone know if they exist, particularly vs someone who stays on a technical track (eng. manager -> director of eng. -> vp of eng -> cto).
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by aliston 11y ago
Speaking from personal experience, GO TO GOOGLE. Having Google on your resume, and the connections that you will make there will help you down the line immensely, including if you want to do a startup. Plus, you will learn solid engineeri
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by aliston 11y ago
I'm not seeing the widespread public buy-in and rampant wishful thinking I've seen before. I am... there is way too much funny money floating around into companies that have virtually no chance of ever becoming profitable. Ther
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The Reminiscence Bump(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by aliston 11y ago|0 comments
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by aliston 12y ago
I like the idea, but I don't really get the whole swearing like a drunken sailor thing. It's not funny, it's just stupid. I get that its Dave McClure's gimmick or whatever, but I think we can be more original than that
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by aliston 12y ago
Wall Street has historically underestimated tail risk. I'm curious under what model this is a "once in 3 billion years" sort of move. Basically, financial markets don't behave as a normal distribution, and black swans
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by aliston 12y ago
I am referring to the practice of taking money off the table vs. issuing new stock.
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by aliston 12y ago
I don't see how one can write an article about these funding rounds and not mention ratchets/liquidation preferences and executive/founder/insider stock sales. I also don't see how one can look at these private, ill
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by aliston 12y ago
By the way, this isn't some theoretical situation. Box did exactly what I'm describing. Even in a frothy Fed-fueled stock market, they IPO'd at a lower valuation than their last private market round, which I'm sure was
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by aliston 12y ago
Whatever -- a 1x liquidation preference in the form of a nearly full ratchet, which is how most of these late stage investments are being structured, is still a far cry from the way that an investor in a public market would value these comp
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by aliston 12y ago
The problem with this "bet" is that it's made in terms of valuations that VCs make up in the first place. To say that Pinterest is worth 11 billion in a private, non-liquid market means nothing -- If you give me a 2x liquida
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by aliston 12y ago
There are other aspects of brewing American lagers that could make them more expensive than typical microbrewed ales. For one, you have to refrigerate lagers and they take longer to ferment. I know Budweiser has some steps after fermentat
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by aliston 12y ago
As a 29 year old male myself, the of idea of dating a college undergraduate is just plain weird... particularly in this case, where there is such an obvious power imbalance. The outcome (though perhaps not the severity) should have been ap
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by aliston 12y ago
That is an absolutely fascinating data set. I'm really curious, for the technical salaries that are 500k+, does anyone know what is going on? There basically appear to be a bunch of random system analyst, database administrator and si
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by aliston 12y ago
I think the point is that perhaps we've swung too far to the extreme in favor of cars. We've lost a social gathering place. Not to mention, when other modes of transportation (i.e. bikes) share the road with cars, in cases of bi
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by aliston 12y ago
For what it's worth, I chose the small startup offer over the name brand offer after graduating from a top school. My advice would be to TAKE THE NAME BRAND OFFER. Jessica's points were not true in my experience. "Yes, star
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by aliston 12y ago
You have to also factor in that the G component of GDP (C+I+X+G) has increased dramatically under president Obama [1]. The government can temporarily pull the economy out of a recession by paying people to dig holes and fill them up again.
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by aliston 12y ago
The home itself is fundamentally a depreciating asset as well. I think theres a reasonable argument to be made that the perception of real estate as an asset with increasing value is largely inflated by 30 years of increased leverage, decr
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by aliston 12y ago
While this particular example applies largely to the poor, you could write a similar article about the vast majority of Americans. How about "Why engineers in the Bay Area pay 1 million for a 600k condo" or "Why smart people
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by aliston 12y ago
It is definitely viable, particularly if you're traveling in countries where the cost of living is low. The biggest problem I ran into was that it was incredibly difficult to find motivation to work while traveling. Traveling is funda
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College Football Attendance Fumbles and Stumbles(graphics.wsj.com)
2 points by aliston 12y ago|0 comments
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by aliston 12y ago
I think there are some good points here, but I would argue that a lot of these are essentially points for hiring more junior engineers. There are cases where hiring for what someone already knows DOES matter. I have come across too many co

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