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by darien 17y ago
next time try www.lendingclub.com (This is not a plug, but an honest suggestion)
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by darien 17y ago
How exactly do they prevent capital outflows, aggressive taxing?
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by darien 17y ago
Any in NYC?
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by darien 17y ago
Probably due to the typical HN reader's belief that anything is possible.
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by darien 17y ago
Not surprising that she was discovered and arrested. The whole point of a missing person's list is to work as an alert system.
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by darien 17y ago
In 1999, I was 13 and thought Y2K was a computer virus.
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by darien 17y ago
Unmarriageable men = rise is prostitution, gangs. Also suicide rate is higher for unmarried men. For middle-case men who cannot marry, China would be wise not to over-regulate MMRPGs like WoW lest create more unease. Think about it. Rise in
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by darien 17y ago
Islamic finance prohibits interest rate lending because of the Koran's condemnation of usury. What bank can achieve a profit under those circumstances? Especially in 24-36 months!?
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by darien 17y ago
Interesting but opinionated and dated. "Wage slavery" became an acceptable and necessary trade-off after the move from an industrial to service economy. This was possible in the US due to the rise in immigrant population (population boom of
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by darien 17y ago
If she had used her real name, instead of the pseudonym, in this salon.com article her books would sell better.
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by darien 17y ago
Remote Technologies which can be attuned to brainwaves will pose serious disadvantages to adults and real advantages to children. What I mean when I say this, is that brains do effectively model their external environment, but the degree to
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by darien 17y ago
When you consider that location based services like Loopt can be used to feed Apps like Foursquare.com you realize this technology has broad applications for iphones majority audience. Foursquare is a mobile social media platform that allow
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by darien 17y ago
As the article implies, there are initiatives to install a wireless celluar network inside the subways of nyc. While the premise of this project is to allow people to make calls in case of a train emergency, the practical application will b
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by darien 17y ago
I firmly believe that the ebook/kindle market thrives off the possibilty of replacing books in this enviornment.
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by darien 17y ago
I think it was stephen hawking who said that the only way for humans to ensure their salvation from man-made super viruses in the next 100 years would be to colonize space. Outrageous? Sure, but so is cancer, atomic energy and quatum entang
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by darien 17y ago
In reference to pricing, I think you guys are forgetting the study which found that the majority of iphone users make over $80,000 in salary. There is quite a lot of disposable income in that population. Therefore it only makes sense that t
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by darien 17y ago
In this interview he is suggesting that people stop a self-fufilling prophecy before it is to late. I think his fear is that if people believe superior ai is inevitable that researchers will work off of those assumptions as if they were giv
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by darien 17y ago
In the article he claims that he owns the intellectual property. Does that not mean that there should be a patent availble for public study? If so what's the #?
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by darien 17y ago
In finance, MM stands for millions. It can also be MLN.
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I appreciate that Fwix using geotargeting to dynamically display its homepage.
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by darien 17y ago
Your cut-boxes idea is best. I would suggest removing the other two slideshows/presentations because I feel they weaken your overall pitch. Investors want to know you're focused, confident and dedicated to your idea. They wont necessarily g
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by darien 17y ago
Not sure what the legal excuse for tivo's existence is, but I have seen dvds which don't allow the option of ff'ing previews when they are played on a standard topbox dvd player.
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by darien 17y ago
I definitely agree with you. Right now I'm trying to get into their argumentative mindset. I think web properties can argue that their copyright extends to HOW the content is displayed. This point is furthered if online sites can prove that
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by darien 17y ago
Liable for lost advertising revenue due to the 'defacement' and 'republishing' of copyrighted content under the DMCA. It is a stretch, but America is a litigious nation and the courts have a tendency to rule in favor of big business (becaus
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by darien 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=803165
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by darien 17y ago
This means about 10% of all firefox browsers on any given day block online ads. (See http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2009/08/11/how-many-firefox-u... ) Is it right for mozilla to advocate adblock? Is mozilla liable due to promotion? Will th
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9.5mm Firefox browsers use Adblock Plus Daily(addons.mozilla.org)
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by darien 17y ago
Just imagine how much money a solar electrician can make servicing rooftop panels in a large middle class area. It may be more efficient (overall) for utility companies to build solar farms rather than leaving it up to consumers.
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It's not going to happen overnight. The value of nearly all commodities will become suspect the instant energy/electricity approaches the cost of zero. This means global market volatility will surge as countries/investors figure out a new m
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by darien 17y ago
And thus, we could also expect a boom and bust cycle for the solar tech industry. Boom: Let's see how fast we can make money selling solar panels. Bust: We sold so many solar panels that we have more energy than we need.

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