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901.
Best Buy allegedly swipes methodology for product buy-back program(techcrunch.com)
5 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
902.
by grellas 16y ago
I'd greatly prefer if my freedom coincided with me being alive. Well, a free enterprise system is just that: one in which consumers have choices. The fact that Google dominates search, or that Apple dominates mobile devices, or that Micro
903.
Texas appears to have blinked in its tax showdown with Amazon(techdirt.com)
4 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
904.
by grellas 16y ago
This is a thoughtful piece written by a tech-savvy author who expresses concerns about the idea that we, as tech consumers, will be subject to the greed-driven restraints placed upon the technology we use by various corporate interests. The
905.
by grellas 16y ago
IP laws are flawed today in their implementation but it is a serious mistake to say that they are what is blocking innovation in America. It is easy to pick some extremes of flawed implementation of IP laws and to ridicule their effects. So
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Dumped on by Data: Scientists Say a Deluge is Drowning Research(chronicle.com)
33 points by grellas 16y ago|22 comments
907.
The advantages of building up - skyscrapers and the city(theatlantic.com)
4 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
908.
by grellas 16y ago
An employer can easily find grounds to chase you for your strictly post-employment work if it can argue that such work misappropriates its proprietary rights (usually but not necessarily trade secret), whether or not the work you originally
909.
by grellas 16y ago
A few thoughts on this: 1. I have done transactional work and litigation in and about these areas for nearly 30 years in Silicon Valley. Based on that experience, in practical terms, the risk you deal with in doing side work boils down to t
910.
How NBC Wanted Conan O'Brien to Dump His Twitter Account(techdirt.com)
5 points by grellas 16y ago|1 comments
911.
WikiLeaks: Bank of America documents a dud?(law.com)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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Retailers barred from asking for zip code in California credit card purchases(blog.ericgoldman.org)
30 points by grellas 16y ago|24 comments
913.
Now College Is the Break(online.wsj.com)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
914.
by grellas 16y ago
Progress hyperaccelerates, and every hour brings a century's worth of scientific breakthroughs. We ditch Darwin and take charge of our own evolution. The human genome becomes just so much code to be bug-tested and optimized and, if necessa
915.
Scott McNealy on Silicon Valley(online.wsj.com)
5 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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Oracle says 'Google wants to throw its licensees and users under the bus'(fosspatents.blogspot.com)
22 points by grellas 16y ago|23 comments
917.
by grellas 16y ago
Want to be a great leader? Work hard to develop extraordinary skills. Become an independent thinker and have the courage to follow your ideas. Show respect to others and never think more highly of yourself than you ought. Avoid bad habits o
918.
by grellas 16y ago
A recent HN thread had a spirited discussion on this a short while back ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2033261 ). My comment there makes the point now being emphasized by EFF: "The FCC is way out of its league on this one. Basically,
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Standard of proof for patent invalidation - 25 amicus briefs filed(patentlyo.com)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
920.
EFF Warns That FCC Net Neutrality Rules Are a Bad, Bad Idea(techdirt.com)
76 points by grellas 16y ago|16 comments
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A law prof explains why "search neutrality" is problematic(works.bepress.com)
1 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
922.
by grellas 16y ago
A few observations: 1. A convertible note, however favorable its terms, is still fundamentally a loan . This means it will have a due date at which the holder may demand payment unless the amounts due have been converted into equity before
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by grellas 16y ago
The one person who most strongly encouraged me to come back after I initially had decided to bow out of HN participation was none other than jacquesm ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=779116 ). I am glad I came back but now, sadly, ther
924.
Interesting lawsuit against allegedly bogus online dating site(blog.ericgoldman.org)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
925.
Examined lives - philosophy as inspiration(economist.com)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|1 comments
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Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive(online.wsj.com)
2 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments
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What Does Google's Subtle Censorship Say About Us?(theatlantic.com)
69 points by grellas 16y ago|25 comments
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by grellas 16y ago
The idea of vesting is to prove that founders can build value before getting rewarded with their stock. When founders start, they usually need to build in some form of vesting to prevent one of them from just walking away with a windfall wh
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by grellas 16y ago
Some tidbits from the registration statement: 1. 90 million registered members worldwide. 2 million registered groups. 65 million unique monthly visitors. 5.5 billion page views in December, 2010. 2. $160 million in revenues during Q1-Q3 20
930.
The newest business model on the web: the content mill(businessweek.com)
6 points by grellas 16y ago|0 comments

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