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by gist 8y ago
> If the domain owner doesn't provide an email on the website reached through the respective domain itself it's probably a signal that they don't want to be approached. Not true. Many people don't realize the value of
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by gist 8y ago
This is exactly true. (And it makes sense given who you are. I remember your name from the formation of ICANN btw.) However I will add something else. If it becomes hard for people/companies/startups who want to buy domains (.com
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by gist 8y ago
I am not seeing anything in your background that would scare away potential clients. And actually maybe the opposite. Do you feel that because of your background potential clients will think you are expensive? If that is the reason you can
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by gist 8y ago
This is you? http://www.robertsimmigration.com/index.html Your website should have a bio and information on your background, education and so on.
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> They would not need to block access. They needed to set up a time-plan Exactly. And that is part of my point. Everyone acting as if something dreadful would happen if the timeline was not met RIGHT AWAY!!!. It would not. The EU might b
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by gist 8y ago
> The Y2K issue did actually require a significant amount of patching I am referring mainly to the media hype and how it becomes the issue de jure and then ceases to matter. The media jumps on it and amplifies anyone who chimes or confir
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by gist 8y ago
Was a big media workup (like y2k) leading up to it and now it has faded from memory. It's like everything else that is the issue of the day and then ceases to matter at least in any way as much as whatever you read seem to make it befo
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by gist 8y ago
> Facebook, for one. So let's say in theory you could add a great deal of people as friends (thousands even) and in that case it would be quite difficult for the FBI to run that down (as they say). Besides they would have to supoena
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Not to mention remitting the money to the proper place. Not a trivial matter at all.
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by gist 8y ago
> There are companies that already sell massive lookup tables or API access to calculate a lot of this stuff. I think for most retailers, this won't be that big a change. Ok great so you know the tax to collect. How do you remit to
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SOUTH DAKOTA V WAYFAIR, INC., ET AL . [pdf](supremecourt.gov)
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by gist 8y ago
After dinner I stand while watching tv until my wife complains that she wants me sitting next to her. Also stand with my leg out (Karate style) back and forth. Helps with digestion (this is a substitute for walking after dinner which I don&
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by gist 8y ago
> Stores in a mall have a real opportunity to win on personal service and instant gratification. Hire someone to help me find shoes You say that as if it's possible in the same way as advice such as 'find a good lawyer' 1)
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by gist 8y ago
> Why should deceiving be some kind of desirable conduct ? I don't find it deceitful. Is it deceitful if a restaurant has several separate rooms instead of one big room? If they have one big room and most of the room is empty it sen
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by gist 8y ago
When I started my first business (out of college) I got my first big contract (that made the business and allowed me to hire real employees) by getting people (who I knew) to act like they were working in the business when the potential cus
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by gist 8y ago
> use empty water bottles to piss in because they don't have time to go elsewhere Would this be less bad if they supplied one of those bottles that is specifically for that purpose? And what is so bad about that anyway? What if ther
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by gist 8y ago
> which was novel since we were having a meal with out-of-town friends at the time. We were both very immensely excited Behaviorally I am wondering to what extent the fact that you were having a good time with friends (and potentially dr
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by gist 8y ago
> how else did you expect us to make huge sums of money Your tone is as if to imply that nobody but the company benefits from making 'huge sums of money'. There are employees, vendors (selling goods and services), stockholders
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by gist 8y ago
Another reason that people like Dalio write books like this it to be able to justify their success for reasons other than just luck. It's them saying "Sure I have a billion dollars but I deserve it because": a) I have worked
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by gist 8y ago
Yeah and actually what I simply noticed was a promotional pattern that reminded me of things I read as a kid at my Dad's office and to this date. Generally for real estate investing where someone would send out newsletters with little
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by gist 8y ago
Just yesterday I saw an ad for Ray's book in the print WSJ. Full page. It was filled with quotes from people you've heard of giving 1 line compliments of essentially no substance in particular. Some of them are on this page: http
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by gist 8y ago
> horrifying casual sexism that others have highlighted Horryfying? You think that this is 'horryfying': "This is not easy to explain to women and the mechanically innocent." It's 1958. And yes most women (and es
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by gist 8y ago
That's why it's called a strategy. It's not a science. And what has been done in the past (in a different case) does not mean it will be what is done going forward. I get paid for strategy and get paid highly providing that
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by gist 8y ago
> 1) going after low hanging fruit first (Facebook, Google, Apple, etc) I say as a strategy they don't go after those but the middle tier who is less able to put up a fight legally. Perhaps you remember how long it took the Justice
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This is exactly true. I think part of the issue is that many people worried about this don't have a history and seat of the pants feel for how things like this roll out. The 'tech brain' deals in preciseness but business (and
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by gist 8y ago
> The GDPR gets so much hate Hate? Try to think of it from a business in the US perspective that wants to know why they have to (for lack of a better way to put it) bogu to an entity that does not represent them in any way. And the fact
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All it takes is one accident or false move and you will have years of pain (and potentially medical procedures and/or drugs) if not death.
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by gist 8y ago
Once again we have a 'lucky sperm' event. Have no idea of the 1000's of others that were called jokers or derided that went nowhere. And by the way business back in the 70's was like that. You had to have a certain degr
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by gist 8y ago
> before it was Verisign (I can't recall the name) NetworkSolutions.com > so I physically showed up at Verisign (I wanted to bring a baseball bat) Did you think to write a simple postal letter to them (say a VP or the CEO) rather
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by gist 8y ago
> I don't know whether they're selling customer data or what, but it left me with a very negative image of their company. Whois is public and has always been as required by ICANN. If you don't understand how things work t

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