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by hardik 18y ago
And yes, in case you did not know, there is a YC bot too.. https://twitter.com/newsycombinator
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by hardik 18y ago
Hi, Great idea to bring together HN users! You can follow me at twitter.com/hardikt
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In theory, arbitrageurs will arbitrage away the gap until the margin revenue outweighs the cost. So, in a sense arbitrageurs are good for the markets as they bring them closer to "perfect markets". As far as adding value bit is concerned, i
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by hardik 18y ago
I think there is a huge indirect value for the owners to be derived from the data and trends it shows.
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by hardik 18y ago
I feel the comparison is not appropriate. Microfinance is for financing very small businesses predominantly in rural areas of developing / under-developed economies. While, VC is.. well, VC! This is YCombinator website, you know better th
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by hardik 18y ago
Can you really come to a conclusion based on inputs of just 25 MTurkers? 25 is less than 30 (the minimum required numbers to assume normal distribution) and also all being MTurkers is also not a good sign of unbiasedness.
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by hardik 18y ago
Now I know Mr.NNT has been given his due attention on this site several times already but I can't help thinking (and commenting).. Black Swans!
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by hardik 18y ago
Not logged into my Adwords account since sometime but surely it would be optional to advertisers whether they want to display ads on parked domains, isn't it? I agree with your example regarding propensity of the person being a buyer but th
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GM culture: a problem that cash can't fix?(uk.reuters.com)
2 points by hardik 18y ago|1 comments
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by hardik 18y ago
Sify has been doing something similar from years. There, for every GB or so of bandwidth one day of the package is reduced.
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by hardik 18y ago
"google adsense click" as in they force send users to the advertisement link? That's huge!
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by hardik 18y ago
The CDS were underwritten by other large financial institutions for relatively cheap premiums. These institutions thought that "safe" assets will never go out of money so the insured event will never occur. CDS is the reason AIG went bust.
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by hardik 18y ago
With all due respect, your views and analysis are only relevant to the urban experience. "anyone who is slightly not retarded" does NOT land up a job in non-metros. Just visit a tier 2 city like Nashik (I am not even talking about proper ru
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by hardik 18y ago
I am contesting the basis that author is using to predict a "sticky recession" in particular and "sticky economies" in general. Median is really not the right measure to look at in these times, it gives no indication whatsoever about the p
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by hardik 18y ago
Long term trends in macroeconomic indicators are not the estimates that can be used in these exceptional times. Moreover, the author is talking about median values of change, there could have been much bigger numbers at the tail ends, and
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by hardik 18y ago
I think he is trying to say that "Be more aware about the shit that has happened in the not-too-distant-past but not recently." Also, the parallel he draws with Perceived Risk of Economic Crash based on past data does in fact coincide with
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by hardik 18y ago
You might be referring to this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=353264
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by hardik 18y ago
Well, the fact that interest rates are nearing zero does indicate how must is not enough.
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by hardik 18y ago
But short term expansion will surely not be enough to quell the crisis. Also, the point that other commentators have made on falling value of the currency stands valid. At the moment, America is facing twin problems of slowing economy and
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by hardik 18y ago
"The moralists insist it’s irresponsible for us to just print more money." Actually economists, not moralists, are against this; because excessive pumping of money in they system in this way will cause hyper-inflation. Classical (and rathe
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by hardik 18y ago
During my teens I did build an erotic forum with another partner. It was never intended to be big money but money was good for us teenagers. However, I quit after a month simply because the mind becomes numbed out by sex, you don't enjoy it
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by hardik 18y ago
Not working for me either, clicking on the username just brings up blank white screen
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BlogExplosion.com dead?(domainblog.net)
1 points by hardik 18y ago|0 comments
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by hardik 18y ago
Does it bother you that so many of them are law firms. With all due respect to undeniable need to uphold law and order in a society, so many law firms say something about in which direction is productivity headed. Do you want people profici
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Discuss HN: Are hackers "unbullies"?
3 points by hardik 18y ago|3 comments
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by hardik 18y ago
Totally agree.. They need you to ascertain theirselves. Wish I had read this earlier.
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by hardik 18y ago
there is a site called olx.in which is in heavy promotion mode; adwords on most google searches, then there are several niche-based classifieds sites, for eg for property there is 99acres.com and magicbricks.com, for matrimonial-related ads
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by hardik 18y ago
From my understanding, there certainly would have been huge crack in the system had some of the big ones gone down just like that. This is because of the incest-like inter-connection between the major players; if one fails, it reneges on it
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by hardik 18y ago
Here in India, where no classifieds site has emerged a clear winner, Kijiji is among the leading sites. just my 2 cents
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The myth of the Big Break(calnewport.com)
2 points by hardik 18y ago|0 comments

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