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by gersh 14y ago
Users can also be investors. How many users does Facebook have, who will want to own a piece of it? How many of them are going to worry about valuation? I think Facebook is going to have good run. I wouldn't be surprised if Facebook goes up
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by gersh 15y ago
You can have a whole economy without operations jobs. The futures jobs will only be innovating and fixing when things have problems. The self-driving tractor will plow the fields or harvest the mine, and send it to the factory. Robots make
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by gersh 15y ago
What law allows hospitals to do this? If they don't tell you the price beforehand, and they don't publicly post the prices, legally, how do you ever owe them any money? How do hospitals collect these bills? Can the hospital sue you to colle
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by gersh 15y ago
I asked the original question, and I was never notified that they were posting it to Forbes. I guess it is kinda cool. I suppose they only notify/ask permission from the people, who write the answers.
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by gersh 15y ago
If 90% of the population randomly picks between two candidates and 10% makes an informed decision, the better candidate will win. If the most informed are also the most engaged via volunteering, donating, etc. their influence will be amplif
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by gersh 15y ago
What is the cheapest way to get the actual data? A number of years back, opentick had a pretty cheap API for getting market data. However, they have shutdown. Is there anyone out there with a good api, and relatively cheap data feed?
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by gersh 15y ago
If they pay on PayPal or via their credit card, they can always do a chargeback.
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by gersh 15y ago
Check out http://climateaudit.org/ . He has obtained lots of data and caught bad data which exaggerates global warming.
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by gersh 15y ago
What is the history of IPOs for companies traded on private market exchanges? Does an official IPO give the company a pop?
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by gersh 15y ago
Do we need a constitutional amendment guaranteeing uncensored internet access?
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by gersh 15y ago
Groupon is in about 250 markets I think. So, that is 40 people per market. If half are customer support, that would be like 20 people per market in sales. That would mean the average salesperson, sets up 1 deal/month. Although, they probabl
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by gersh 15y ago
In 1996, many websites turned black to protest the community decency act. It was passed but invalidated by the supreme court. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_World_Wide_Web_protest . Far fewer people were on the internet then, so to
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by gersh 15y ago
How much of the stock performance could be accounts from buybacks?
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by gersh 15y ago
Is Donald Knuth's approach the complete opposite of the lean startup methodology? Are too many people just trying to follow the latest trends?
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by gersh 15y ago
HP has a program where they hire new law school grads. See http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/hp_opts_for_training_... .
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by gersh 15y ago
My understanding of this is you buy a futures contract that says you get so much metal on a certain date. The date arrives, and Goldman Sachs tells you that you own the metal, but it is in our warehouse. Further, you have to wait months bef
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by gersh 15y ago
Is this just biased towards the type of projects done on Newrelic?
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by gersh 15y ago
Somebody has to write the deployment scripts, choose a cloud platform, and update the platform. If a cheaper cloud platform comes out, somebody has to figure out which platform is cheaper. You may have automated error logging, but someone h
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by gersh 15y ago
If you are going to be a self-sufficient farmer, you need land. Otherwise, you need something you can trade for food. If you can't produce something that anyone wants, you are labor isn't worth much. If you labor isn't worth enough to eat,
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by gersh 15y ago
What are their IP policies? Do they want to abolish all copyrights and patents? Do they just want shorter terms?
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by gersh 15y ago
Where should investors be putting their money? The stock market is extremely volatile, and it is no higher than it was years ago. T-bonds are paying historically low interest. Even real estate looks really risky. Meanwhile, startups have be
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by gersh 15y ago
Huh. Just write the algorithm in say c, and have node do a callback when the algorithm is complete.
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by gersh 15y ago
Wasn't Ruby invented in Japan?
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by gersh 15y ago
So, how do you pitch the CIO on something the company is already using? Salesperson: This software is so easy and ... CIO: Won't it be a big learning curve Saleperson: Well, actually, your company is already using our software
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by gersh 15y ago
Consider this: for ( int i=0 ; i < this.MyControl.TabPages.Count ; i++ ) { try { this.MyControl.TabPages.Remove (this.MyControl.TabPages[i] ); i--; } catch(Exception e) { } } Can this be simplified? If this syntax w
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by gersh 15y ago
People unsubscribe, spam filters kick in, or people just start ignoring the email.
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by gersh 15y ago
How soon until wall street comes out with an advertising backed derivative. Then, the two worlds can merge.
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by gersh 15y ago
How does it work? How does it handle configuration and installation?
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by gersh 15y ago
Every trader knows black-scholes doesn't work. According to black-scholes the volatility curve should be flat, but it is actually a smile. Believing black-scholes works is like believing the earth is flat.
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by gersh 15y ago
They could do a matching fund, or provide tax incentives.

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