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by chris123 15y ago
Amazing story. Truth really is stranger than fiction.
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by chris123 15y ago
That's rich! Especially after recently signing the National Defense Authorization Act: https://www.google.com/search?&q=Obama+Signs+the+Nationa...
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by chris123 15y ago
Amazing how many people believe the fallacy (that VCs and others perpetuate) that you have to, or even should be, "first." Second movers (and later) rule. Apple, Google, Facebook, Dropbox, many more. Heck, all Facobook and Google do is copy
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by chris123 15y ago
Interesting. Trend.
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by chris123 15y ago
LOL. Thanks, jasonshen :)
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by chris123 15y ago
Congrats guys. Nice execution so far. Time to take that ball and run, because Steve Blank and others would say that you have taken down a big risk milestone for everybody interested in the market, indeed you have validated it. Now it's ti
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by chris123 15y ago
Pretty good apology Dave McClure wrote for them.
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by chris123 15y ago
Would like to see the banking industry disrupted even more in 2012+, such as by Dwolla, which was covered in the mainstream media yesterday in this good 2-minute CNN video clip: http://goo.gl/ISZ9C (Note: I've got nothing to do with Dwoll
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by chris123 15y ago
Sounds like less of a Mongo problem and more of a "trying to do too much, too fast, too big" problem. The Greek call this "Hubris." Great lesson/reminder to share. Thanks.
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by chris123 15y ago
I guess the NSA is monitoring a lot more than what's on this little list :) Between the Patriot Act, SOPA, and NDAA we are another step closer to Dystopia. Ironic that, in his inaugural address, President Obama called on us to “reject as fa
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by chris123 15y ago
Good point! :)
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by chris123 15y ago
Nice demo video, although I am not sold on the idea people want or need to consume blogs natively on their phones. But, hey, hat tip for testing the idea in real time :)
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by chris123 15y ago
I agree. I sense, in the Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink," kind of way, that this will be big year, or even tipping point, for Bitcoin and related things . PS: This is the best recent article I've noticed: Wired: "Bitcoin's Comeback" http://g
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Ask HN: Will 2012 be Bitcoin tookoff?
3 points by chris123 15y ago|2 comments
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by chris123 15y ago
The "war" on "anything" is a sign that people (usually politicians and the business interests that support them) are using propaganda techniques to "shape" (they love that word) public opinion and legislation that will defend their status q
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by chris123 15y ago
The word "in" means "in", which means "not secondary market."
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by chris123 15y ago
Would be nice if HN had a page/wiki to collect, categories, etc. these kinds of sites.
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by chris123 15y ago
"Invests $300 million in Twitter" means "not secondary market."
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by chris123 15y ago
Good time to reduce holdings if you're an insider or early investor.
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by chris123 15y ago
I skip those articles, too. Same for the "top xyz" lists/galleries. They should be one page, like http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/
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by chris123 15y ago
Sorry for being dense, but I don't catch your drift. It is easy to tease and talk your book when you are an investor of any kind. The bigger your audience, the better (for you, the investor).
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by chris123 15y ago
This is his message: "one of them is an interesting investment opportunity that we hope to participate in." It's a tease. He is talking his book, himself, etc. Standard operating procedure for a VC.
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by chris123 15y ago
Bitcoin isn't going anywhere anytime soon, IMHO. Works great for intended purpose. Just like a bike works great as a bike (not as a motorcycle or a rocket ship). Want to conduct an anonymous consumer-sized transaction and/or send money inte
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How to Tell if Your Neighbor Is a Bombmaker(stratfor.com)
3 points by chris123 16y ago|0 comments
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by chris123 16y ago
Excellent write up, George. Even before the "where" to incorporate question, people need to answer the "if," "when," and "why" questions (and some others). In general, many/most "startups" don't need to incorporate until one of a handful of
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by chris123 16y ago
This whole thread should be required reading for startups, especially bootstrapped ones, but you made the key point in a sentence: "19 out of 20 startups fail. That means that odds are that you will never see this code again. You'd be a foo
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by chris123 16y ago
To Paul G: What's the ETA on the model convertible note you said http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1655585 you guys were releasing soon?
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by chris123 16y ago
Hey PG, Any ETA on this? Know you're busy, but it's been a while and releasing this will be so helpful to so many people. Thanks.
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by chris123 16y ago
Yes, the way it's worded now is ugly and contrasts with the image Twitter seems to like to foster. It should have at least one limitation/stipulation, ideally in non-legalese.
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From Yuck to Yippee What this year's Nobel Prize for test tube baby tells us..(reason.com)
2 points by chris123 16y ago|0 comments

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