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by hoodwink 12y ago
My father was a dentist and we owned a V35 from the 1950's while I was growing up.
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Agreed. I'm a non-programmer, Excel power user for finance. The HN community seems to think that Excel is the primary cause of all these financial catastrophes and that some new software solution will prevent them going forward. In reali
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Logistics. More time is spent making posts, culling resumes / cover letters, scheduling phone interviews, coordinating in-office meetings with the team, and following up than actual searching. Even with an admin assistant, it's a huge bur
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by hoodwink 14y ago
_Inflation is higher for the things they purchase_ I don't agree with this. The Consumer Price Index is how we Americans typically measure "inflation" which measures the change in retail prices of a "market basket" of goods from period to
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Very impressive design / interface. The summaries help me decide which articles to read in full, as opposed to being abridged versions of the full stories. Still useful, but not a substitute for my Times Digest ( http://www.timesdigest.co
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Maybe you should author a summary of your findings ("A Novel Theory on the Subconscious Motivations of Personal Productivity Articles") and then we can analyze the subconscious reasons driving your quest. A mirror in a mirror :) EDIT: I thi
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Validation may be a positive side effect, but maximizing individual productivity is a subject of genuine interest for many people, myself included. Look at www.lifehacker.com. I don't think that website exists as a conduit for authors' se
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I'm excited to see if he responds
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These are some creative structuring ideas. In addition, you could keep the 50/50 split and structure some sort of "promote" or disproportionate share of the company after a return of capital or above a certain value. For instance, you guy
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Using your own example, you don't go to newly graduated doctors and say, "I have this great idea for a general practice. Let's open a shop together split it 50/50." I think Dan's point is that if you believe strongly enough in your idea, t
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by hoodwink 14y ago
tl;dr This is a black box financial model driven by naive assumptions. Anyone can teach themselves how to recreate these calculations in Excel. The real value comes from helping people make better assumptions to drive the model instead of
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Ask HN: Changing addresses when moving
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by hoodwink 14y ago
His math is sound and he clearly states his underlying assumptions. Using the recently published infographic, AirBnB revealed it did 5,000,000 nights in a 143 day period. Grossing this up by 365 days equals 12,750,000 nights projected for
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by hoodwink 14y ago
> Whatever the copycats can pay, AirBnB can pay more If AirBnB has to "pay" to defend market share, then this would be an example scenario of competitive pressure reducing margins. Again, I think AirBnB is an amazing company and agree w
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http://www.airbnb.com/help/question/104 "We charge guests a 6-12% service fee for every reservation booked, depending on the total of the reservation." "Airbnb also charges hosts a 3% fee for every booking that is completed, which covers
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Yes, I acknowledged this point in the original post and I don't disagree that it is a substantial hurdle. One could have made the same argument for Groupon circa 2009. Look at it now. (see: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/business/small
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by hoodwink 14y ago
I'm aware of HomeAway. That company has a different business model which is more of an online classifieds site. Pay $300 per year and post your home. Potential renters can browse for free. All transactions are person-to-person, whereas
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Aside from first mover advantage, what is stopping copycats from moving in and starting a price war with Airbnb? If they are this profitable, that quickly, it should only be a matter of time before competitors crop up. One could argue tha
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by hoodwink 14y ago
"Lean startup" already is a religion to some people
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by hoodwink 14y ago
For me, the pain point is simple: searching for a true, used auction has gotten far too difficult. While that answer is simple, the reasons for it are not. In my personal opinion, the proliferation of "professional" eBay sellers is its dow
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Was Kickstarter the first crowdfunding website or did they do something different to go viral? It seems like there is a new startup based on a tweak of the Kickstarter announced every day.
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by hoodwink 14y ago
The RIM blackout that occurred in October sent waves through my industry (finance) in which nearly every employee is glued to a Blackberry in and out of the office. After the blackout, I noticed a lot of long-time (10+ years) Crackberry ad
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by hoodwink 14y ago
From the FAQ Why are MIT and Harvard doing this? To improve education on campus and around the world: - On campus, edX research will enhance our understanding of how students learn and how technologies can best be used as part of our larger
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by hoodwink 14y ago
How long could it possibly stay up without needing more fuel or energy? You could use a balloon maybe instead.
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by hoodwink 14y ago
Do you know an iOS app using this? I see Anki on a quick google. Any good?
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I'm almost through Andrew Ng's course. Did you do all the programming activities to reinforce the lectures? I've been keeping pace with the lectures, but hadn't done the homework/programming. Now I'm going back and completing them one-by
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by hoodwink 14y ago
I'm going through this same exact problem. The biggest challenge, for me, is preventing my extracurricular activities from bleeding into my consciousness during the day job and creating a huge distraction. By definition, if I'm doing some
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tl;dr: acquire data through crowdsourcing, it will create an awesome edge above and beyond making data acquisition easy The data acquisition could be organic and crowdsourced. For instance, it is possible that some people take pride in the