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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Most people with a top-tier MBA would never wanna work in tech. Sure, it may seem interesting to be an executive in Facebook, but that is not nearly as lucrative (and interesting) as working in trades or billion dollars deals in finance.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
That was an example of a largely uneducated population. Today, it would never happen.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Wouldn't call Bezos non-technical. From wikipedia: >After graduating from Princeton in 1986, Bezos worked on Wall Street in the computer science field.[20] Then he worked on building a network for international trade for a company k
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
I'd be interested in understanding what they mean by 'far-right groups'. When ignorance and subjectivity comes in, people wrongly take Hitler, Mussolini and even Trump as far-right.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Would you send it to the EU and take euros :)?
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
If this doesn't raise any flags, I don't know what else will.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Honestly, Venture Capital firm. You probably still don't know about the hierarchy that exists in the industry, but I'll just say that VCs are usually in the best position.
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Andreessen Horowitz to Invest in Nootropics Startup(nytimes.com)
1 points by gtpasqual 11y ago|0 comments
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
The only issue is the necessary culture for that. Many wouldn't distinguish the line between fasting, malnutrition or even anorexia.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
>like in most other countries For most of the world, with "trade track", you make "ends meat" for the country (developing world included). That's why you see such a mindblowing competition for Chinese students to
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Today, Americans shouldn't take this as luck, but as a cautionary tale.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Fact of the matter is that these services are not addictive, they just make it easier for mundane individuals to do certain things. For example, Facebook just makes it easier to spy on others' lives. Before that, a lot of time was spen
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
This is slightly inappropriate for HN, but here is a video of Bill doing that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TCxE0bWQeQ
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
At first, I thought about this very negatively. Then, I remembered how awful and idiotic most of my HR managers were. The parameters they used to select people were all based on their own biased upper-class background. Now, an algorithm, if
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
EU should be focusing on the funders, but social repercussions would be negative towards certain groups. I mean, if the payment process was the problem, they should ban money.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Sorry to break it to you, but tax evasion will always exist. There is a HUGE financial incentive to find alternatives and a simple example would be cryptocurrencies.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
When I was working in a startup, I remember to be constantly shown ads from the startup itself, even though it sold something I would NEVER buy. The way these recommendation systems worked is heavily flawed at a large scale.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
>Talent is still localised. The European mobility is still low and employment laws are still strict on non-EU citizens This may be an acceptable argument for America, but makes no sense for Europe. I've seen great migration from hig
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
That's actually an amazing scapegoat! Blame encryption and omit the violent nature of Islam.
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Increased intelligence is a myth so far (2014)(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
42 points by gtpasqual 11y ago|42 comments
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
This the updated and full list: http://fortune.com/2015/11/12/fidelity-marks-down-tech-unico...
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
no, they have updated this link with an updated version
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
MongoDB (Series F, 8%) $32 M $16.74 M $14.77 M I'm not surprised
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Im not on the side of VCs, but many are victims, not guilty, of this. Usually, institutional investors(e.g. Fidelity) give money to VC funds that spend most of their time finding good and reasonable investments. However, Fidelity and other
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Anyone else realized Fidelity only invested $3.42M on Uber's Series E ?? They raised 1B in that round.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Kickstarter wouldn't be here without the 'monoculture'. In 2011, they've raised 10 million dollars. They should thank the Fed and abundance of capital.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
I'm not
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
Government regulations are not torts.
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
No Capitalism's been 'hacked' and that's why you have consumerism and unsustainability. The free-market is the most effective way to distribute resources in an environment, that's it. All problems come from central
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by gtpasqual 11y ago
This is a sad and futile argument. You're also trusting too much in Twitter tech celebrities.

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