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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> thus the lead they've created in this space matters more than any of their other innovations What lead do they have in battery production? Currently, they purchase all cells from Panasonic, if I'm not mistaken. Sure, the G
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> It just always makes me chuckle when criminals won't face the fact that they are criminals. "I know, right? Why don't all those damn sodomites just take their chemical castration and shut up and accept the fact they&#x
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> If growth doesn't occur, the markets don't do as well and may even fall causing a LOT of people to take a hit in retirement funds. It isn't just about "markets". There are actual businesses underlying those
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> HFT companies are making huge profits Were . Regulation and competition are chipping away at those profits. The days of obscene profits in the Wild West are done.
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> You can refuse to compromise on your rates, provided that you can afford to walk away if necessary. This is very important advice, and I've applied it to car purchases, condo lease agreements, cable and phone contracts, you name
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> I'd suggest that if a book on maths and physics doesn't interest you It's a math textbook. There are thousands of them. What makes this one so special? The fact that it says, "No B.S."? It has a fancy webp
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> So if I want a news outlet to pay more attention to a particular issue the solution is to do the reporting myself Yes. Why not? People complain about it not being in the "mainstream" news, but then say, "well, that&#x
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> Why is this not in the mainstream news? HackerNews, Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook aren't mainstream? I beg to differ. If this event was reported on any other media, I'd have no idea that it was occurring.
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> OJ was acquitted, after all Do you know something that the jurors don't? Reasonable doubt. That's how the system works.
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> regularly see posts downvoted in to oblivion for failing to compartmentalize opinions about Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO and Bill Gates, Philanthropist. This is probably true, but I can't recall seeing it in many threads I read.
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> it's hard to claim Piketty making mistakes without most probably being politically motivated to do so. Precisely. The media and punditry love to emphasize that economic models didn't see this or that crash, or can't ex
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> The world needs more CEOs like him. It makes me fall in love with Apple more. Did you read the article, or just the headline? There are more CEOs "like him". "More than a hundred" have signed up to give away the
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> that it backfired, ultimately leading to profitability. On what planet can the act of becoming profitable be considered a "backfire"?
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> That is not happening here. That's not happening here...yet. We could be at the very beginning. Who knows for sure?
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> There are alot of people doing incredible things (Sam's point I might add) and focusing on the Bubble makes you miss out on companies generating real revenues. The 2000 tech bubble also came and went without every single company
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Uber users, drivers at risk without insurance (Canada)(globalnews.ca)
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
People are always more than willing to redistribute "other people's money". It always makes me laugh when I see this sort of talk in places like Hacker News. This is a very privileged subculture. If the proletariat rises up
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> "Do you want to refute my claim or do you don't think quality of the article is important?" Refute what claim? That you think it's a "bad piece"? That's an opinion, and you're entitled to it
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> Creating a safe space seems very reasonable, but I'm not sure I agree that the implication is that the remaining space is therefore fundamentally "unsafe." Why, then, isn't the "safe space" (in this case)
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> "Somehow I don't derive much reassurance from that. " If you live in a major urban area, and hang around in the right circles, it's very likely you can find a local party with which to partake, and thus get to take
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> What about getting punched? " There's something to be said about experiencing the fear and pain of physical combat, something nearly every species on the planet (including our ancestors) deals with on a daily basis.
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> "The time limits and race dynamics are theater." That makes more sense. Otherwise, this is movie-script-like hacking ability.
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> The "build your car" tools on the websites always represent the "as low as" price. Wrong. The "build your car" tool is generally the MSRP, since it's on the manufacturers site, which will be substa
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> When I inquired as to what exactly did they improve he refused to answer in detail. So why didn't you go elsewhere? His living depends on the commission he earns from selling you the car. If you feel the people are dishonest, w
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> I'm buying a new car soon and am dreading the experience I've bought multiple cars in my life. I don't understand this in the slightest. Every experience I've had has been only slightly more involved than purchas
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
What exactly is your point in this thread? Are you somehow trying to draw an analogy between Bill Gates and "mass murdering dictators"? We get it. Bill Gates made some reprehensible business decisions, in his time, that hurt peo
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> Who determines who professional and not professional? It isn't difficult. You're "professional" if you are charging people for transportation services. And if you are doing so, your standard car insurance isn&#x2
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> This is huge; this is what prevented the financial crisis Hey, I hate the anti-bank sentiment as much as anybody, but you do realize that every asset they sold by Goldman required a buyer, right? So, it prevented nothing, just moved
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> but in her defense I actually think she thought she needed a separate device for each email account she used? I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there was probably someone within the vicinity that she could have asked if
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by hnnewguy 12y ago
> VC money is a rounding error in the overall economy. According to Wikipedia, it's no rounding error: "11% of private sector jobs come from venture-backed companies and venture-backed revenue accounts for 21% of US GDP."

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