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by deeths 12y ago
I evaluate investments, M&A, and business partnerships for a big company. Most of the "force them to do an NDA/MOU/make intentions clear" comments seem unlikely to work. Those comments assume that BigCo knows its int
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by deeths 12y ago
(assuming you mean "go public or get acquired") In some cases, a subsequent investment round will buy out the VCs (and/or founders) by buying some or all of their stock. A few typical situations where this could happen: 1) a
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by deeths 12y ago
AWS is doing some great stuff, but this is a really misleading article. Ignoring the obvious issue that AWS is a service and not a software business (and they have very different growth characteristics), the data on the graph is incorrect.
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by deeths 12y ago
Here's an explanation of how these objects can remain stable I had posted previously, for folks that don't want to go through the whole other thread: Because the density of the neutron star and the Red Giant are so different (aver
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by deeths 12y ago
Here's an earlier HN thread on the possibility of these objects. It contains some good explanatory links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7020517
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NASA may transition shuttle landing site to private use(theregister.co.uk)
1 points by deeths 12y ago|0 comments
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by deeths 12y ago
Also, focusing (manually or automatically) takes time. Even though it may be just a second, that's enough time to miss a good shot.
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Digitally reconstructing a fossilized dinosaur chase scene(plosone.org)
1 points by deeths 13y ago|0 comments
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by deeths 13y ago
There's also a difference between enjoying a TV program with commercial breaks and a movie with commercial breaks. The writers of the tv programs are optimizing plot/pacing/scene changes for the fact there will be commercials
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by deeths 13y ago
The average technical book (for instance) sells 2000 copies. That's not going to provide a whole lot of lead generation for most authors.
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by deeths 13y ago
It's not the leaking of trade secrets that's criminal, its the theft of the associated intellectual property. If you assume (as US law does) that intellectual property has a value and its theft is equivalent to theft of physical p
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by deeths 13y ago
I totally agree. I think the point most people are trying to make here is not that this _is_ illegal, but that it should be made illegal.
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by deeths 13y ago
The law has thousands of examples of quantity turning permitted things into forbidden ones (or at least regulated ones, which is probably more the case here). This is in no way a unique restriction. For example: 1) If someone glances in you
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by deeths 13y ago
Their announcement uses the phrase "Working with Equinix to ensure the highest quality facility". Since Equinix is a colo provider, that implies they're running in a colo. If you read their FAQ ( https://www.digital
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by deeths 13y ago
They haven't said anything untrue. They're open about the fact they're working with a colo provider and using a common definition for "datacenter" appropriately. While "datacenter" can refer to the physica
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by deeths 13y ago
Here's the URL for non-mobile displays: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_video_game_crash...
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by deeths 13y ago
I could definitely see it happening. One of the other issues was saturation of the console market. People that already have had consoles (or phones) for a long time already have a comfortable set of apps and are buying fewer new ones. I cou
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North American video game crash of 1983(en.m.wikipedia.org)
8 points by deeths 13y ago|4 comments
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by deeths 13y ago
The difference is that government regulators (in the US at least, but presumably in many other countries soon) have stated that they consider bitcoin exchanges to be money transmitters and therefore regulate them in ways that prevent money
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by deeths 13y ago
Sorry, it should have read: "Because the CEO represents the interests of the shareholders". While the CEO is not (absent other roles) a representative of the shareholders (as you pointed out), there is a legal duty of loyalty to
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by deeths 13y ago
While there are a lot of responsibilities that might vary company-to-company, the CEO reports to the Board of Directors (who represent the shareholders). Shareholders have control over the company because they can elect the Board of Directo
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Anatomy of an ice shove: a tsunami of ice(winnipegfreepress.com)
1 points by deeths 13y ago|0 comments
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Workaround of broken Kepler reaction wheel using solar pressure(nasa.gov)
1 points by deeths 13y ago|0 comments
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What is a Polar Vortex?(mentalfloss.com)
2 points by deeths 13y ago|1 comments
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by deeths 13y ago
Great link! The TL;DR: Because the density of the neutron star and the Red Giant are so different (average Red Giant density is about the same density as water), the neutron star can keep a distinct structure/orbit for 1000 years or so
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Bizarre Star Could Host a Neutron Star in Its Core(scientificamerican.com)
19 points by deeths 13y ago|10 comments
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by deeths 13y ago
Shouldn't the humans.txt mirror the robots.txt and give humans permission to use the website and explain how?
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What the Earth sounds like six miles below ground(blogs.discovermagazine.com)
1 points by deeths 13y ago|0 comments
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by deeths 13y ago
I'm uncertain if anyone is synthesizing this particular bacteria's antibiotic, but there's some research in using it as a natural insecticide: http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Photorhabdus_lumines.
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Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the Dark(mentalfloss.com)
120 points by deeths 13y ago|6 comments

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