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Uber’s listing and a new stock exchange may herald change(economist.com)
1 points by boh 7y ago|0 comments
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by boh 7y ago
What's unbelievable is the lack of sophistication on Kik's part. Any lawyer working for them should've responded immediately to this statement (and their general nonchalance about the issue) and advised to shut the ICO down i
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by boh 7y ago
So your example of a "low tax case" distributing power to "more" people is Russia. I think whatever point there is to this argument has been made.
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by boh 7y ago
Not really. People make moral arguments to justify economic gains. Whether they really believe in the argument makes no difference if the same argument is being made.
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by boh 7y ago
Feel free to give us a historical example where the "low tax case" distributed power to "more" people.
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by boh 7y ago
I think the author is limiting his perspective to that of a software engineer. No web developer is charmed by the limited capabilities of Wix, but it's good enough for the static website many (if not most) businesses are looking for. A
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by boh 7y ago
Everyone is under the influence of power. Most of your behavior is shaped by the power organizations and individuals have over your life. Your value judgements are shaped by them. For instance, being a useful employee, a good student, even
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by boh 7y ago
"Be smarter" doesn't explain what it is you want them to do.
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by boh 7y ago
Are you suggesting DDG stop marketing the primary benefit of their product in an effort to be "real" with its customers? What is your suggestion for an alternative message? "We are trying to make money like everyone else, ple
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by boh 7y ago
I wonder if it being a Chinese company, where copyrights aren't enforced, they felt it wasn't an issue to just use it without informing/asking the fan?
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by boh 7y ago
Jim Cramer also suggested people should buy as much Lyft stock as they can ( https://www.thestreet.com/video/get-lyft-when-ipos-jim-crame... ). With his long history of bad calls, there's no reason to give any more
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by boh 7y ago
Can't edit
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by boh 7y ago
If anyone is thinking investing, I'd be mindful of what they themselves call "substantial debt obligations" ($8.5B). They were bought by Hellman & Friedman, a PE firm, in 2014, who will retain controlling shares. PE firms
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by boh 7y ago
For those who believe governments only serve to stifle innovation, please take heed to this counter example(before the Silicon Valley PR machine recasts the research as a work of its own genius).
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by boh 7y ago
A trade vehicle for what though? You're not buying equity or rights to future cash flows. Your investment doesn't reflect the success of the underlying company nor does it even reflect the popularity of the service ("the more
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by boh 7y ago
Legislation and legislatures have already been in charge of your privacy, Google is just acknowledging that they have no interest in coming up with any real solutions that limit profitability. They're agreeing with you in this step of
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by boh 7y ago
This is pretty much the same tactic finance companies are using to stem the growing political fallout. First get in front of it by acknowledging the problem, then explain how you're not part of the problem, and most importantly, outsou
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by boh 7y ago
The major problem with Lyft and the other unicorns is the growth already happened. The amount of additional growth necessary to sustain their supposed valuation is staggering and unlikely to occur, leaving the public markets paying for the
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High Performance Computing Act of 1991 (aka the Gore Bill)(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by boh 8y ago|0 comments
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The Robinhood Checking Account Was Doomed to Fail(forbes.com)
3 points by boh 8y ago|0 comments
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An Equilibrium Valuation of Bitcoin and Decentralized Network Assets(papers.ssrn.com)
2 points by boh 9y ago|0 comments
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Fifteen Minutes with a Scam Coin: A Hands on Approach(medium.com)
23 points by boh 9y ago|0 comments
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by boh 9y ago
ICO's aren't securities. Cyrptocurrencies aren't investment platforms. Some people are attempting to con investors into believing they are, but they do not represent equity, or legal rights of any kind. You get into trouble i
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Trusted Third Parties Are Security Holes (2001)(nakamotoinstitute.org)
2 points by boh 9y ago|0 comments
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by boh 9y ago
That's one of the main caveats of the entire cryptocurrency effort: the exchanges. Unfortunately for investors, the prices don't reflect the actual projects (and honestly why would you expect them to), and for the developers they
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by boh 9y ago
Bitcoin is consumable so it doesn't actually qualify as a fiat currency. Independent of its USD exchange rate it can be used on the Bitcoin blockchain regardless of third party support. People seem to dissociate bitcoin as a digital ob
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Bitcoin is not a Fiat Currency(medium.com)
10 points by boh 9y ago|3 comments
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F.C.C., in Potential Sign of the Future, Halts New Data Security Rules(nytimes.com)
2 points by boh 10y ago|0 comments
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For the Love of Money (2014)(nytimes.com)
1 points by boh 10y ago|0 comments
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‘There are going to be lots of dead unicorns’(next.ft.com)
4 points by boh 11y ago|4 comments

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