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by gist 9y ago
Amazon may do it because others are doing it and as you say they don't have to because they are already trusted and at the top of the heap. And further they don't want to empower other sites as being legit by featuring a design
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by gist 9y ago
> It’s the lesser-known sites, I think, where this sort of “trust” (for some version of trust) matters more I think this also goes by the 'nobody got fired for buying IBM rule'. For the nominal cost of the EV you don't wan
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by gist 9y ago
Cliche: "Deliver more than you promise"
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by gist 9y ago
I don't agree with the comparison between diamonds and bitcoin. The supply of diamonds is constrained (just like the supply of many luxury goods) and that ends up making a physical product (a diamond ring or jewelry or even a Porsche (
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Miami police officers sue Allergan over tribe patent deal(lifesciencesipreview.com)
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by gist 9y ago
> Deep, investigative stuff that’s hard and expensive to do if you’re paying people for it. And it's even harder if you are not a well known entity that can open doors. 60 Minutes, NYTimes, WSJ etc the usual suspects are a well oile
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by gist 9y ago
> Open up startup investing (VC rounds especially) VC wins are done with primarily other people's money with bets spread in multiple areas and advantages accruing to people who get a larger portion of any potential gains. So maybe p
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by gist 9y ago
What is his 'equally effective way'?
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by gist 9y ago
> Why is AWS so dominant and > OVH is much cheaper and uses OpenStack Oh I definitely might get fired [1] for going with OVH. [1] https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-phrase-Nobody-ever-got-f...
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by gist 9y ago
Multiple Porsche owner here. The acceleration on the Roadster is great obviously, however the sound of a car (or in this case lack of it) is definitely a factor in the experience.
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by gist 9y ago
I am not even sure why a subgroup of a group got to decide that something was or is offensive and we all need to stop using it for ever and in any circumstance. For example Trump got up and made a speech in front of a group of jews and made
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by gist 9y ago
> The trial lawyer who filed this lawsuit has a long track record of extorting money for meritless claims Not independently verified I would imagine. > At Tesla, we would rather pay ten times the settlement demand in legal fees and fi
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by gist 9y ago
As a very very general and rough rule the fact is someone like Soros or for that matter someone who is just famous or even niche famous will hang around with a different group of people and be exposed to things that normal people are not an
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by gist 9y ago
Welcome to medieval times (Jim Carrey; Cable Guy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPu6sQ9l4g https://youtu.be/TdPu6sQ9l4g?t=1m31s
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by gist 9y ago
If that were the case then Amazon and practically everyone else wouldn't be running under .com which of course is managed by Verisign. Will also note that Amazon is a registrar but relies (as others do) on markmonitor.com to be the reg
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by gist 9y ago
They aren't running it yet. It is not being offered to registrars yet.
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We outgrew eShares so we renamed ourselves Carta. Let me explain why(medium.com)
2 points by gist 9y ago|0 comments
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by gist 9y ago
Seriously you think that a company like that can't handle a traffic spike from HN?
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EShares is now Carta(blog.carta.com)
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by gist 9y ago
> It's like telling your neighbor his door is open. I think it's more like your neighbors door being open and you going in side and seeing that the refrigerator is open. Therefore proving that you trespassed on private propert
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by gist 9y ago
> Now, some will say that I'm only sorry that I got caught. One thing though as someone who gets paid a great deal to negotiate for others I think that would be a mistake. Reason is you don't negotiate for the other person. Ha
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by gist 9y ago
> last-ditch effort to get ahead of the shit storm This raises an interesting question. If you know a shit storm is coming is it more advantageous to do: a) Get ahead of the storm (as you say) or b) Wait until it hits and then apologize
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by gist 9y ago
> that he should protect those being bullied Do you think he should do that even if at personal harm to himself (physical or otherwise but mainly physical)?
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Sequence is a system of record for managing balances in applications(dashboard.seq.com)
1 points by gist 9y ago|0 comments
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by gist 9y ago
It's more than getting drawn into conversations. In a different place, where you don't know anyone, it is also more likely that you will not be annoyed by someone that you have a history with with simply hearing their voice. So me
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by gist 9y ago
And the $375k understates the 'total cost of ownership'. I am sure legal fees ran them anywhere from $50k to several hundred thousand additional.
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by gist 9y ago
> Remember that Boeing's original plan was to use the 747 as a freighter. You have to wonder actually if that is even true (I've heard it as well obviously). Reason being Boeing may have been thinking SST wouldn't work or
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by gist 9y ago
> wouldn't it be better to wear them out one at a time rather then wear them all out equally Agree and this would seem to make sense. It is like having two rolls of paper towels in the kitchen. If you use both of them you are only e
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Nvidia wants to put license-plate-sized data centers into self-driving taxis(marketwatch.com)
2 points by gist 9y ago|0 comments
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by gist 9y ago
Yes I think the 'shucking' blog post was the one that caught my attention first.

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