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by c2 15y ago
Really throws the future of Hulu in doubt. If the big three media companies are no longer part owners, and they already see Hulu as undermining and upsetting their traditional partners, what incentive do they have to continue providing free
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by c2 15y ago
SFBay average is about 76K: http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/bayarea.htm Equating 86K a year to penniless is a statement very very far removed from reality.
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by c2 15y ago
The FUD "defaulting" means they won't pay you back. The real "defaulting" in this case means they will restructure the debt. It is a credit agency's definition of "default", but it won't be as adverse as the money disappearing from balance
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by c2 15y ago
Except most of the banks have paid back TARP. Most major banks are back to 10+ % profit margins (only one lower I found was BAC). Out of the 700 billion TARP fund, only 51 billion remains outstanding (as of September last year), which is la
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by c2 15y ago
I've never heard any claims that the 41 billion will just disappear. The worst I've heard is that they will restructure the loans to extend pay back dates. Also, from the article, the banks have a drop in the bucket exposure to these loans,
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by c2 15y ago
Seems a little high on the fear mongering and a little light on the details. I fail to see how a Greece debt restructuring would negatively impact the US economy except to cause a little more fear on wall street. Also - anyone else notice t
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by c2 15y ago
First off, the global warming debate is not just about temperatures. It is also about resource use, pollution, waste, contamination of environments, etc. Secondly, the effect of this 'mini ice age' will last a scant 10 or so years. Call m
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by c2 15y ago
I don't think that's surprising is it? Silicon Valley is known to be the best place for VC in the world. I'm sure if you draw arbitrary lines around the hottest investment communities in Israel the numbers would also be much more even. That
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by c2 15y ago
For companies like Linked In with tiny earnings a sky high multiple might make sense. They only have one or two quarters of profitable business in. But for companies like Netflix and Amazon, who have sustained growth, revenue, earnings, and
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by c2 15y ago
To be honest I'm not an expert. In my opinion Netflix feels overvalued to me. Maybe not based on the P/E but it certainly doesn't seem like a 15 billion dollar company to me.
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by c2 15y ago
It's not a bubble because there's only a handful of companies which are trading at values which I would consider to be excessive for the underlying business. Netflix, Salesforce, Tesla, LinkedIn, and potentially Facebook/GroupOn. Almost eve
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by c2 15y ago
Here's another quote from the page: "In particular, it does not require e-mailers to get permission before they send marketing messages" Can you point to a single case where someone did what AirBNB did and got a conviction? Also, violating
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by c2 15y ago
Nothing AirBNB did was illegal or immoral. The most you can say about what they did was that it was mildly annoying.
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by c2 15y ago
And the sad truth is the majority of "shiny things" are sold to people living vastly beyond their means trying to pretend to live like these wealthy people.
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by c2 15y ago
All companies take risks, including Microsoft and Amazon. I could argue Microsoft has taken numerous more high profile risks then Facebook has. Beacon vs. Zune, Facebook Messaging vs. Microsoft Communicator. There is nothing special about t
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by c2 15y ago
Sure, but the story is from a year and half ago. AirBNB didn't become 'ramen profitable' until April 2009. http://www.quora.com/How-much-money-did-Airbnb-raise-What-is...
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by c2 15y ago
I agree the 'attaboy' comments are way out of place, but there is also an over the top reaction the other way with the criticism being heaped onto the AirBNB guys in my opinion. It was technically wrong of them to leverage craigslist by cir
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Sony Hacked Again Again (1K worth of 'points' stolen)(technology.canoe.ca)
2 points by c2 15y ago|0 comments
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by c2 15y ago
I expected disagreement, but didn't expect it would be so strong as to lead to down votes without discussion. I am not trying to 'troll' anyone here, but I think if you look at the truly innovative business processes, technologies, and shee
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by c2 15y ago
Personally I think the claims of Apple's innovation are way overblown. They aren't innovators, they are generally executors. They execute very well, and market very well. The only innovation I can really find where they were truly leaders i
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by c2 15y ago
Reminds me a lot of Porsche's situation a few years ago in the sports car market.
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by c2 15y ago
Thanks for doing the math. Unless you are currently a shareholder or options holder, market cap is a much more meaningful number then price per share. I'm surprised tech crunch didn't mention it at all. Three billion might seem low compared
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by c2 15y ago
TJ Maxx data theft involved 45 million confirmed credit card/debit card numbers stolen, which I believe was more serious then this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17853440/ Fact is people put most of that other information on Facebook anyway
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by c2 15y ago
There is none. In fact this whole good programmers are 10x-100x more productive then average programmers is treated as gospel around here, but I don't trust that either as a first principal or obvious assumption. In my experience, there are
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by c2 15y ago
Does anyone else think that Reddit's usage of EBS might be the culprit? Looking at their past outage response: http://blog.reddit.com/2010/01/why-did-we-take-reddit-down-f... Money quote: "In response, we started upgrading some of our dat
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by c2 16y ago
Top 500 web site vs. Top 50
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by c2 16y ago
Unfortunately for Justin.tv, those 'approved partners' is also likely the key players where the money is for live events (Olympics, sporting events, etc.). Starcraft/WoW matches and such will only be so popular.
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by c2 16y ago
I think you are VASTLY overstating the importance of Top Gear, which is essentially an entertainment talk show which happens to talk about cars.
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by c2 16y ago
I guess I'll be the lone discenting voice and say I don't think it's that bad. Bob Parsons has always run his company the way he wants, and he has particular freedom to do so since he has zero investors and is the sole owner. He does certai
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by c2 16y ago
BASIC was the foundation of the company, by 1980 SoftCard was one project of many. I don't discount the importance of SoftCard, it was actually key in the development of the relationship between IBM and Microsoft in the 80s, but even more k

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