caseyf7

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   by caseyf7 11y ago

   I would really like to see some transparency on these portfolios. It is really hard to find performance data on these funds. Has anyone benchmarked these on their own?
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   by caseyf7 11y ago

   Very true. In 2001, landlords of rent-controlled apartments wouldn't even pause the rent increases in the best neighborhoods.
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   by caseyf7 11y ago

   One of the things that really bothers me about the Theranos coverage is how the media is using images of Ms. Holmes. Before the controversy started, all of the pictures of her were extremely flattering and now the pictures are all extremel
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   by caseyf7 11y ago

   Don't forget the Etsy clone, Square Market.
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   by caseyf7 11y ago

   True, but this type of loan has been around a long time in the payments world. These are loans of last resort and the other processors haven't been able to make them into multi-billion dollar businesses so I'm a little skeptical t
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   by caseyf7 11y ago

   This helps explain something I've noticed over time using these services. At first, it seemed like most of the delivery people were local and now it seems like they are coming from further and further outside the bay area. When the d
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   Damon Lindelof on Depression and Why Knowing J.J. Abrams Is “A Bit of a Curse”(hollywoodreporter.com)

   1 points by caseyf7 11y ago|0 comments
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   The Dark Past of Putin’s Media Chief(thedailybeast.com)

   1 points by caseyf7 11y ago|0 comments
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   by caseyf7 11y ago

   They give up the upside because they have protection from the downside (they get their money back first).
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Finally Harvard and MIT students can prove who's more stressed!
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Rearranging the deck chairs of the Titanic. How long can they last with their cash burn (have you seen the new office?) and the loss of Walgreens. The last valuation may have been $9 Billion, but they are not that well capitalized.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Except Draft Kings lets you enter 1,000 games per week so one can use portfolio theory with this information to increase the expected value of playing.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    I'm surprised it's only 40-50% now. That was the norm 10 years ago in SF.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    I bet he steps out of Square or sells it. Square is much less likely to price an IPO than people think.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Here's some more info. The comments are also helpful. The company should have the data on their servers. Maybe you could get them to restore your device to backup the data you need? http://9to5mac.com/2014/01&#x2
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    You may also register domains with Amazon AWS. They are reselling Gandi, but it's $12/year and it's nice to have them all centralized under the AWS console if you use AWS.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Because you borrow money as a new company called NewCo formed offshore and then you buy the old company with a loan tied to the assets and performance of old company. This loan is also contingent on NewCo completing the acquisition of old
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Meanwhile in Hawaii, solar power is generating more power than the grid can handle.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    It would be great to see how many jobs YC has created too.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    The explosion and smoke plume was picked up by Japan's new weather satellite too. http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/08/satellites-spot-the-t...
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Do they do this on the web too or just the native app?
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    Methane in Atmosphere May Greatly Exceed Estimates(nytimes.com)

    5 points by caseyf7 11y ago|1 comments
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    1) The School of Hard Knocks
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    As another backer, I totally agree. This was one of the worst Kickstarter experiences of many mediocre to bad experiences. Projects like this are killing Kickstarter for me.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Best bet: Get a better offer somewhere else and use it as leverage. Other things: Get them to pay some of the expenses you would be paying for after taxes (like commuting, parking, phone, internet, etc). For each $100 of expenses, it&#x27
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    "It's not in one of our prime 5 markets...you would be better without us...but Hey call us when you're doing your series A". This ranks just below my favorite answer: "We love that you have 1M users, but we need to
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Yes, but not for 1Gbps internet. SSH is all I really need tech wise. The most important thing would be a group of people who are really into development and have experience scaling systems. Unfortunately that is much harder to find outsid
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    Apple is running on fumes(lefsetz.com)

    12 points by caseyf7 11y ago|1 comments
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    I finally started doing push-ups again after getting the Perfect Push-up (yeah, the infomercial thing). It makes a huge difference with sore wrists/hands from RSI.
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    by caseyf7 11y ago

    Has anyone seen actual performance of Weathfront portfolios? You would think people would publish their results, but they've been hard to find.