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by fsk 13y ago
Yes, someone could just buy a REIT, and probably get a better return with less risk. (Advantages of a REIT compared to this guy: more properties=more diversification, professional full-time management, etc.) You still haven't answered
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by fsk 13y ago
In a paper monetary system, you can have unlimited national debt. It's just a number. The US Federal Government is the issuer for dollars, and its debt is denominated in dollars. So, they can always print more money/bonds to re
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by fsk 13y ago
That's because Uber and Airbnb are doing regulatory arbitrage more than anything else. If they were taxed and regulated to the same extent as their existing competition, their business model wouldn't be viable.
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by fsk 13y ago
Yeah, you don't have enough information to decide. 1. What was the strike (and market cap/valuation) when you got your options? 2. What was the acquisition price per share? How many shares are outstanding? 3. How much did you get
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by fsk 13y ago
Interviewing is completely different than in school. When doing Math or Computer homework, you usually are given a clear reason why your grade was marked down. When interviewing for a job, they will never tell you why they rejected you. Fo
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by fsk 13y ago
It has everything but what I was looking for, a notification of when a line is delayed.
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by fsk 13y ago
To (perfectly) solve 9x9 go, you need to consider almost every move at every turn. That's a branching factor of 40+. In this game, there are (usually) at most 9 legal moves per turn. The branching factor is a lot less. (Giving your
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by fsk 13y ago
I meant optimal perfect strategy, either via a proof or a game tree search (alpha-beta pruning). With 3^81 game states (most not attainable), it should be searchable. More precisely, the game has a finite # of states, and cannot end in a d
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by fsk 13y ago
What's the optimal strategy if you're playing solo vs solo (no team)? Regular tic-tac-toe is an obvious P1 draw due to the strategy-stealing argument, but that doesn't apply here because your move restricts your opponent&#x2
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by fsk 13y ago
The biggest improvement - let you specify the initial velocity when you add a planet.
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by fsk 13y ago
Issue #1 - It could be a problem for your next employer, especially if your former employer sends them a legal threat letter. Issue #2 - If it's a personal project, don't publish it until after you've stopped working there fo
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by fsk 13y ago
I thought that C on Android compiles to bytecode just like Java, rather than being a true native binary?
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by fsk 13y ago
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6955832/Undergraduate_Math_Te... That would be just a list of title to browse. Buy the ones you find useful.
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by fsk 13y ago
The best proposal I've heard: Instead of continuous trading, have an auction every 1-60 seconds. One trade per minute is plenty.
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by fsk 13y ago
That's a common legal loophole. Many acts are illegal under BOTH state and Federal law. That gives prosecutors two chances to send you to jail, if they decide they really want to get you. To stay out of jail, you have to get acquitt
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by fsk 13y ago
I've also learned a lot of things the hard way. You learn more from failure than from success. After having worked awhile, I'm pretty sure I'm able to tell the difference between people who really know what they're doin
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by fsk 13y ago
The US government doesn't need to hold cash, because it has the power to print money.
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by fsk 13y ago
Google's P/E is 30x. So, 30 times one year's earnings is reasonable. Do you expect better earnings growth than Google? Then use 50x or more. If the new job is typical at-will employment, I'd assign a value of $0 to th
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by fsk 13y ago
Suppose the product revenue is $10k/year with negligible time spent by you on support. (Deduct the cost of time you spent from the $10k.) If you value 20x earnings, that's a valuation of $200k for your project. Since the employme
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by fsk 13y ago
You spend 3 hours to MAYBE find out what you're applying for. If you fail, presumably that's the end of the process.
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by fsk 13y ago
If you don't like it, stop contributing and start your own forum.
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by fsk 13y ago
That is the argument AGAINST being a software engineer. If you specialize in the wrong technology that goes out of favor, the market value of your experience goes to $0. It's very hard to guess what will be popular 5-10 years from no
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by fsk 13y ago
This is one problem with the current healthcare system. Doctors get paid based on the amount of stuff they do to you, and not based on whether you get better or not.
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by fsk 13y ago
First, your math is way off. If the company had a valuation of 12M, 1% equity is $120k. 4 year vesting makes it $30k/year. Also, VCs get preferred shares, making your equity worth even less than $30k/year. So, you were an idiot
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by fsk 13y ago
Negotiating tip: Whenever possible, let the other guy name the price first. Let him say a number first. To you, "reasonable" may be $1000, but he might think reasonable is $10k. You have a strong negotiating position, because no
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by fsk 13y ago
I'm in favor of immigration. I'm saying give them an unlimited work visa, instead of making them a slave to the employer. Also, H1-B visas get 50%-150%+ raises when they get their green card, which proves that the H1-B visa suppr
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by fsk 13y ago
They really should call them "indentured servant slave visas". The H1-B visa holder has to leave the country if he gets fired (and doesn't find a new employer quickly), and if he switches jobs the green card process has to s
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by fsk 13y ago
The HFTs get to see the list of orders as they come in. That's the advantage of colocating with the exchange. If a 200,000 share limit order is placed at the NYSE, the HFTs know that regulation NMS requires the NYSE to route shares to
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by fsk 13y ago
The feed the HFT gets is faster than the NYSE to NASDAQ feed. That lets them trade ahead of you. You placed an ordinary 200,000 share limit order. You didn't use one of the special order types. It is riskless for the HFT to buy 100,0
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by fsk 13y ago
Actually, the exchanges are REQUIRED to split up your order, if the bid/offer is better on another exchange. Example: NYSE order book 100,000 shares offered $10.02 100,000 shares offered $10.00 (quote) NASDAQ order book 100,000 shares

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