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by hkmurakami 6y ago
+1 there’s nothing preventing a seller from insisting on a graduated commission structure. In hot markets like SV agents love to be the selling agent. In fact given the low probability of a successful purchase with buyer competition, gettin
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
Agents want to be the selling agent 10x more than being buying agents, especially in hot competitive markets. Thus in the current market dynamic, home owners (sellers) should have strong leverage against agents in negotiating contracts. How
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
This happened at the Japanese megaCorp I worked at but wrt overtime pay after the financial crisis. Everyone worked huge overtime, boosting their pay by 50-80% in some cases. Economy crashed, corporate orders to cut overtime ( but obv not t
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
Friend in one of the big data vendors: "we mostly work with medium data"
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
re: admittance rate trends. Low admittance rate is a plus for most college rankings so institutions are incentivized to engage in efforts to increase the size at the top of the funnel. Disclaimer: Princeton alumnus.
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
It went a little viral in Japan Twitterverse.
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
From the web studio on a separate tweet thread: "a little bit of behind the scenes We build a custom modeling and layout/placement tool. We use the modeling tool to build the object models and the animations. The animations are bu
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
Former automotive R&D guy here. It was quite some time ago but my colleagues in the chip department (we were all new grads at the time) were telling me that they were designing chips with triple redundancy. "Hood Space" is a f
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
You're probably thinking of ASML. They have indeed done great!
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Remote work could allow companies to shift RE expenses onto employees. [pdf](nber.org)
13 points by hkmurakami 6y ago|12 comments
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
very reminiscent of the Fake Restaurant that made it to #1 on Tripadvisor (which prompted people to seek out the fake restaurant) https://www.vice.com/en/article/434gqw/i-made-my-shed-the-to...
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
came here to post this! He was a minor celebrity, (or a major celebrity for kids back then) and was a staple on network TV shows and commercials. https://youtu.be/OtraMSOgsnU
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
The building part was and is possible anywhere. People’s mindsets regarding investing and buying services from non consensus locations likely has dramatically changed.
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
A bit OT, but this reminded me of the story behind the “catch copy” by Shigesato Itoi [1] for Mononoke Hime, 「生きろ」 https://ghibli.jpn.org/report/mononoke-9/ (Used prominently in their marketing material including
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
"The information must be disclosed under a federal rule aimed at making the $1 trillion sector more consumer friendly. But hundreds of hospitals embedded code in their websites that prevented Alphabet Inc.’s Google a
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Hospitals Hide Pricing Data from Search Results(wsj.com)
8 points by hkmurakami 6y ago|1 comments
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
> it's unclear whether they made any money from downloads or if it was just an elaborate joke The top review on Japan app store (translation by yours truly): "recently work had been so busy that I was starting to get depressed.
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Manhattan Landlords Take Apartments Off Market During Rental Slump(wsj.com)
15 points by hkmurakami 6y ago|15 comments
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
In my teens and twenties I was very confident in my driving. As I've gotten older my self confidence and my confidence in others' driving abilities and attention to the road have eroded significantly. I've been rear ended sev
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
The SV equivalent is the corporate badge casually clipped to the belt while having lunch/coffee/drinks/dinner.
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Experience Japan Pictograms(experience-japan.info)
2 points by hkmurakami 6y ago|0 comments
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
This has a strong Kurt Vonnegut smell to it.
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
You'd miss out on the great writing in the article though :)
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
For what it's worth, rental units (apartments & condos) across the bay have record vacancies due to remote work. That being said: 1) Single Family Home rentals are more rare, due to former SF dwellers seeking more space. (if living
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
It's really unfortunately that you're getting whipsawed like this. With more warning you'd more easily be able to pursue internships or other opportunities. Out of curiosity, would you have been able to take the semester off
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
Which social network does Google own? I thought they shut down G+ and Shoelace. Did they buy someone I've forgotten about?
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
Hey now, photo booths have been doing very, very well in Japan for 30 years! =D
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
I recently saw a short TV documentary about the Kurutoga and industry competitors' R&D staff were being interviewed, remarking that that innovation truly sent shockwaves through the entire industry.
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by hkmurakami 6y ago
never occurred to me how various ecommerce sites can now be used to distribute stolen consumer staple goods.
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Sting Operation Busts Professional Theft Ring W Millions in Stolen Merchandise(youtube.com)
1 points by hkmurakami 6y ago|1 comments

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