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by dkasper 16y ago
Price paid was $110 Million all cash - http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/30/woot-amazon/
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by dkasper 16y ago
Check out http://www.investimonials.com It's like Yelp for finance related stuff. It's a great place to find reviews of brokers, books, newsletters, blogs, etc.
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by dkasper 16y ago
You have to wait for it to autocomplete the title and then click on one of the completions.
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by dkasper 16y ago
Login = log in without the space, just like some people use awhile as an adverb whereas a while is the correct usage everywhere else (some people just use a while everywhere). Log is the real verb. I logged in to the website.
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by dkasper 16y ago
Funny, last night I watched a West Wing episode where they mention the possibility of a smallpox outbreak. Is it still true that there are just a handful of smallpox vaccines on hand in the US?
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by dkasper 16y ago
If you put in a limit order for $20 you should expect to pay $20. By definition, a limit order protects you from paying more, it doesn't guarantee you will pay less or execute at all.
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by dkasper 16y ago
Someone needs to write a bot to counteract that 2pac bot.
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by dkasper 16y ago
The iPad mini... you mean iPod Touch?
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by dkasper 16y ago
First thing that stood out to me: they still need better fonts. That Wikipedia screenshot makes me cringe.
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by dkasper 16y ago
Counterpoint: Running a startup means working 18 hour days trying a bunch of stuff that probably won't work and if it does then you end up in a job you don't like. Growing a business means helping something along that will have lasting valu
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by dkasper 16y ago
Not necessarily better yet. In fact you've completely missed the point. Recall the post about the company making $1000 per day on their iPhone app. They sell it for $25 and have staked out a niche. Meanwhile hundreds of other apps try to ai
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by dkasper 16y ago
It would be cool if bills appeared in an inbox on your online bank account so you could review and pay it in one click A lot of banks have some sort of bill pay feature. I have a feature that is exactly like this in my Schwab account incl
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by dkasper 16y ago
As someone with dust mite allergies this is what I'm going to start doing: 1. Leave blanket rolled up at end of bed 2. Turn fan on to blow over the bed, drying it out Much cheaper than buying those fairly pricey dust mite cases that seem to
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by dkasper 16y ago
It's hard for me to believe I'm saying this, but if this new study is true then apparently it's time to revisit the Atkins diet.
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by dkasper 16y ago
A great book that espouses this principle is Fire Someone Today: http://www.firesomeonetoday.com/ There's a lot of other practical entrepreneurial advice in there too!
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by dkasper 16y ago
Actually the people who bought at .01 got screwed; when the buy at .01 gets cancelled then you are suddenly in a short position if you've already sold the shares, and you'll have to cover.
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by dkasper 16y ago
When I-35 collapsed in Minnesota was your initial reaction to hate all people who build bridges?
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by dkasper 16y ago
Why do people think Wall St took their savings? It's your own decision what you do with your money, and if someone invests in something they don't understand then it's their own fault if they get burned! The stock market has rebounded aston
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by dkasper 16y ago
There is a lot more to Wall St than skimming a few dollars office space style off of the stock market. Ever heard of an IPO? It's what software startups dream of! We absolutely need smart minds to go into finance because some sort of econom
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by dkasper 16y ago
can literally change the world for the better There is plenty of software that does not really make the world a better place. How much of the time do we engineers spend complaining about crappy code that doesn't work? Or take video games,
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Right on, this is exactly how I see it sendos (see my comment).
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by dkasper 16y ago
Can someone please explain to me why HN readers dislike Wall St so much? There are honestly a lot of interesting things to be "hacked" and a hell of a lot of money to be made if you're good at finance. The personality traits that make peopl
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by dkasper 16y ago
Cities already consume 75% of the world's energy and cause 80% of its carbon emissions. Cities get a bad rap. About 75% of the world's people live in urban areas (at least in 1st world countries) so of course they consume 75% of the world
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Visualization of air traffic returning to normal levels in Europe(vimeo.com)
1 points by dkasper 16y ago|0 comments
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by dkasper 17y ago
That "10 years of experience" part irks me. Why do they always do that?
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Lego Gearbox - 7 Speed + Reverse(hackaday.com)
34 points by dkasper 17y ago|8 comments
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The Only Reason Investors Say No(venturehacks.com)
1 points by dkasper 17y ago|0 comments
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by dkasper 17y ago
Yes, IE9 will support SVG. Check out demos such as http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Graphics/35SVG--oids/Defau...
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by dkasper 17y ago
Think of getting direct advertising like any other business sale you will make. You are selling the advertiser on the idea that getting their ads in front of your traffic will be valuable to them. This involves either you contacting them or
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Microsoft: Designers, Designers, Designers(calebelston.com)
27 points by dkasper 17y ago|12 comments

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