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Software Development Is Bad For Your Health(alexmedearis.com)
144 points by aliston 14y ago|100 comments
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by aliston 14y ago
coastal.com... they have a deal where if you're a first time customer, you can get a frame for free.
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by aliston 14y ago
When Warby Parker was first getting off the ground, the idea of buying glasses online was completely new. They've done a great job of validating the model, but now they're facing a lot of competition and I'm not sure their brand is enough
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by aliston 14y ago
Out of curiosity, how have you managed to save 1mm by age 30?
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by aliston 14y ago
I'm not trying to be an ass, but I'm actually legitimately curious where our misunderstanding is. My understanding is that, all other things being equal, when government/government controlled agencies purchase government debt ("cause"), the
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by aliston 14y ago
It doesn't matter how the bonds are obtained by Social Security or the Fed -- no matter what it affects interest rates. If Social Security weren't buying government bonds (ok, not technically treasuries), that same debt would be issued as T
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by aliston 14y ago
Legitimately curious... what exactly is the intrinsic value of gold? Are you basing it's "intrinsic" value on its commercial value or something else? There are a number of metals that have much more useful applications than gold. From wha
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by aliston 14y ago
The two largest holders of federal debt are the Fed and the Social Security trust. A big part of the reason interest rates are so low is because we're buying our own debt.
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by aliston 14y ago
Serious question -- did you have trouble adjusting to the lack of sunshine?
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by aliston 14y ago
Heh... "90 degree summers" is mild. More like 105. Summer is brutal, though I actually haven't found it all that humid. That said, we were throwing pool parties in November while my friends in SF were walking around in coats. Sept-Nov is
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by aliston 14y ago
^This. I've lived in both SF and Austin. Austin is a bad ass city. In terms of quality of life, as a young and single male, it is a complete and total no brainer that Austin is better than SF. Better nightlife, more attractive women, ch
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by aliston 14y ago
Could you explain the second part of your comment... I'm not sure I quite understand what you're saying. Wouldn't owning calls hurt you when the stock price likely falls post-ex-dividend? I'm pretty new to options trading... Also, are you
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by aliston 14y ago
That was my reaction as well, but after reading a bit more about it, it appears California taxes capital gains as regular income. This bill might as well have been called the "taking money from Facebook investors" bill... combined with the
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by aliston 14y ago
Right now in the US, interest rates on savings isn't keeping up with inflation. Not sure what macro-econ says about the sustainability of such a situation, but current fed policy is definitely penalizing savers in the short term.
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Flip Framework: Simple Framework for Making Flipboard-like iOS Applications(github.com)
1 points by aliston 14y ago|0 comments
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How to Improve Your Mobile Submission Form (developer.bazaarvoice.com)
2 points by aliston 14y ago|0 comments
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by aliston 14y ago
The apples to apples comparison would be a responsive site versus two separate sites for mobile vs. non-mobile. In that case, I'm not sure its clear a responsive design is fundamentally more complex and expensive to build. In the latter c
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by aliston 14y ago
In practice, I just don't think that's the case. The entire point of a responsive layout is that you don't have to test against every possible resolution - most responsive websites have 2, maybe 3 conceptual layouts. You can get sufficien
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by aliston 14y ago
The problem is compounded by the fact that many companies will not give a "no" to candidates that are a pass due to legal reasons, social convention or whatever else... it puts candidates who want to be persistent in a weird position, becau
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by aliston 14y ago
It will be interesting to see how Kayak fends off increased competition from imitators/similar sites... Google, Bing, Hipmunk etc. Google actually owns ITA, which is the source of about 40% of Kayak's data. Whereas 5 years ago, Kayak had
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by aliston 14y ago
I learned you can use curl with session cookies from this little challenge. Yeah, you probably don't need to be an elite hacker to solve it, but it's still a pretty cool way to give out invites...
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Bazaarvoice Acquires PowerReviews for $152 Million in Cash and Stock(allthingsd.com)
2 points by aliston 14y ago|0 comments
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by aliston 14y ago
Point #2 really hit home for me. I recently switched jobs and my new job affords significantly less opportunity to get up and walk around. It is essentially in a business park and the city I live in is much more of a commuter city than I'
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by aliston 14y ago
Zynga's lock up period ends next month too... kinda sucks for employees with options.
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by aliston 14y ago
I couldn't agree more. SOMA is a terrible place to live if you're under 30 and want urban nightlife. SOMA has some cool places with a bit of character... District, 25 Lusk and 21st Amendment, but on the whole it feels either very sterile
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by aliston 14y ago
In addition, the point at which the top tax rate kicks in has varied quite a bit throughout the 1900's. For instance, in the 1950's, when we had a top marginal tax rates over 90%, the top bracket also kicked in at 400k, which would be near
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by aliston 15y ago
Very interesting data, and I know that the point of the graphic was to show spread, but honestly the prices looked a little low to me... not that I could afford it anyway, but the average home in Pac Heights at "only" 850k? Average price i
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by aliston 15y ago
$5 billion is the value of the new shares that are being issued as part of the ipo. The valuation is expected to be between 75 and 100 billion, so essentially that means FB is selling between 5 and 6.6 percent of the company to raise the $
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Everything You Need to Know About Wall Street in One Brief Tale(rollingstone.com)
23 points by aliston 15y ago|4 comments
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by aliston 15y ago
My experience is that it more or less depends on your goals. I tried to do the 4 hour workweek thing and it worked... kind of. As others noted, it probably is possible to support yourself in a frugal lifestyle in 4 hours, but you're still

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