boomshucka

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by boomshucka 11y ago
Agreed, you are smart. Many people won't agree, but if you can even just have your own daughter think that way, you've probably done all that really matters.
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by boomshucka 11y ago
Well, in Sam's case, he has a tendency to talk about many things which he has no expertise. I'd guess he and his friends sit around talking about things which they don't really understand and think they have "insight&quo
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by boomshucka 11y ago
The statement "you are clueless" in response to "you are thinking too narrowly" is hardly the "height of incivility", especially when the comment of thinking narrowly was off base by a long way. The word "
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by boomshucka 11y ago
Let me guess. Gold is the place to be. Owning small stakes in a diversified set of large successful companies, bought at different prices over time can't possibly be a good idea right?
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by boomshucka 11y ago
Nobel prize winning academic research is awful in the finance space. It's based on flawed assumptions and it's results are completely useless. Either a) the person claiming this is aware and effectively lying, or b) don't kno
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by boomshucka 11y ago
There is nothing in this link about personal attacks. "Be civil" is as close as it gets. "you're thinking too narrowly" is only slightly less civil than "You are literally clueless", which is something peo
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by boomshucka 11y ago
Look outside the US. The US is not anywhere near as distorted as several asian countries and even mexico has a more extreme situation. Asia suggests it's not even close to it's zenith
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by boomshucka 11y ago
That's not even close to what it's saying. It's saying people in places like SF don't want others coming in/and or want to maximize their home value, so they stop new housing being built, which keeps supply of housi
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by boomshucka 11y ago
If one doesn't immediately understand what this means, they should stay away. The intended audience is clearly people who have some grounding in networking.
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by boomshucka 11y ago
Really, any user that doesn't "get" these answers shouldn't be anywhere near this.
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by boomshucka 11y ago
There is a thesis that FPGAs will take share from ASICs as upfront costs for producing ASICs continues to climb, seemingly in an exponential manner as feature size falls. Some Altera investors think the company is worth significantly more t
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by boomshucka 11y ago
It depends how good he is... At a top company, a top "coding" engineer can make a lot of money. But, many people who are not even close to "top" think they are in fact, "top".
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by boomshucka 11y ago
Well, they are already several weeks into another quarter, and perhaps they are seeing a down trend.
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by boomshucka 11y ago
It is too easy to assume this didn't work because of these mistakes. I'd guess it didn't work because it's a stupid idea in the first place. So, it's hard to really see if these are "lessons" or just noise
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by boomshucka 11y ago
This might sound clever to you. But you are selling a product that people want to go in and buy from HD and walk out and have it just work. Nobody who walks into HD cares that you are a startup. For what it's worth, the product does lo
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by boomshucka 11y ago
No doubt. But your real customers aren't going to care even a little bit.
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by boomshucka 11y ago
The vast majority of apple users have never heard of Jonathan Ive. Edit: No, you aren't doing something right because I've picked up on it. Every time I see it I think to myself "It's stupid that these guys keep doing th
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by boomshucka 11y ago
No, it doesn't. The vast majority of gardeners have never heard of Yves Behar. It's a crutch for having a product anybody cares about. Other than that, there is a difference between "mentioning" it and working with him,
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by boomshucka 11y ago
Does anyone actually care that it's designed by Yves Behar? Every time this stupid company promotes themselves, they mention Yves Behar. Did you ever see apple say "Designed by Steve Jobs"? Or, "Designed by Jonny Ive&quo
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by boomshucka 12y ago
I don't think that is the intention of the bet, no. Wow, way to contradict yourself. You say it's indistinguishable and distinguish in the next sentence? A bubble is distinguishable this way: if the value of the asset comes only f
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by boomshucka 12y ago
The determination of "valuation" is pretty obnoxious. These preferred securities with liquidation preferences aren't even close to a "common equity" valuation. A VC round at $x valuation isn't remotely similar,
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by boomshucka 12y ago
There are network effects in both of those. It's not the same.
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by boomshucka 12y ago
To be clear, the intention was to point out this (generally bad practice) is practiced in many fields. The intention wasn't to suggest it's ok/good.
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by boomshucka 12y ago
A significant amount of everything is done by superstition.