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by icu 12y ago
Thanks Icbiazon, I wasn't aware of this!
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by icu 12y ago
I like that MIT is willing to embrace the internet as a teaching channel and open minded enough to be willing to question its approach. After reading the comments posted here I wanted to add that, as I'm sure most hackers/entrepre
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by icu 13y ago
For those reading this article, there are problem solving methods that will give you a solution to 'the Candle Problem'. I highly recommend the McKinsey Method and reading the book, "The McKinsey Way".
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by icu 13y ago
Thanks for this, I use Perforce http://www.perforce.com/ but I've always wondered about using Git. Now I don't have an excuse not to give learning about it a go.
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by icu 13y ago
* On getting rich: - If you focus on the money you won't get anywhere. You must focus on the creation of value for other people in an area that will allow for exponential customer growth. It's all about serving other people at s
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by icu 13y ago
Okay well there isn't any right answer here and honestly what you are asking is extremely broad. Any advice is only valuable if it is tailored to your situation. My biggest question to you is, “do you have a business plan?” Sure the
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by icu 13y ago
Yes I agree with this, however my take would be to think of it as a statistic... how many nos you need to get to a yes. Right now you don't know your base 'conversion' stats so you don't know how many nos give you a yes
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by icu 13y ago
Hi, is this a business development question or a software development question?
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by icu 13y ago
Hi Coolsbz, Firstly a degree is good for getting a job, showing that you can stick to something for a number of years, and gaining a good network of friends who may provide future opportunities for you. Notice I didn't say anything abo
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Moving to Silicon Valley: What do I need to know?
3 points by icu 13y ago|4 comments
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by icu 13y ago
I read HN everyday and I value the commentary as much as the articles. This change has the potential to censor my contribution to that commentary. So while I think there is a lot going for the idea, I think there will be a lot of good comme
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by icu 13y ago
I wish Nancy Hua all the best, but as an entrepreneur-quant-algo-trader I have to wonder why, if she was so great at trading, she isn't still pursing it?
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by icu 13y ago
Great article. While I agree that writing skill is incredibly important, I disagree with Mr. Tan's advice to just 'write lots and keep reducing your text' as the best way to go about writing clearly. I certainly didn't
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by icu 13y ago
Excellent post and links, thank you very much for commenting!
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Well if you write puts willy nilly then you deserve to have your money taken. That's why you look at historical volatility and other criteria when selecting a watch list.
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by icu 13y ago
For clarification you write puts at or out of the money. If executed, the premium earnt offsets the difference between strike price and spot price. No one is saying this guarantees against a market crashes but it acts as a cushion. You are
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by icu 13y ago
Hi, you are forgetting about timing the purchase of protective puts or buying back the options you have written at a profit.
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by icu 13y ago
Yes, what sireat is saying is somewhat true. However with options I believe you have a greater flexibility and more opportunity to make gains when compared to trading stock on its own. With this strategy you have the chance to protect your
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by icu 13y ago
I wouldn't trade stock per se, I would trade LEAPS or use a combination of options and stock trading. For example, enter the market by writing Puts, earn a premium and if executed you then own shares at a discount. Then turnaround and
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by icu 13y ago
Hi, I respectfully disagree with your comment that the issue here is the potential for avoidable loss. Loss of value is the counterfactual to value, or to put it another way, you cannot worry about avoiding losses until you have something t
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by icu 13y ago
IMHO this is a watershed event. It recognizes that Bitcoin has perceived value enough that the regulator is compelled to protect consumers. Never mind how regulation can be gamed internationally, the recognition is so significant I'm g
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by icu 13y ago
There are several levels to what is wrong. I have dedicated the last 5 years to discovering what is going on so I will try my best to condense it down. In terms of a 'shorter' business cycle view (less than 10 year perspective) to
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by icu 13y ago
For me this article highlights the tension between long term value creation and the short term quarterly profit perspective of Wall Street. I think the creation of value comes before Return on Investment (RoI). Creating value is much harde
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by icu 13y ago
Yes this seems to be the case, thanks for your reply.
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by icu 13y ago
Thank you I didn't even consider this.
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by icu 13y ago
I run scraping with Batch, CURL, SED, BCP and SQL Server 2012 or MySQL. My scripts basically download the source code into a text file, run a regex with SED to get content and then put the info into a DB with BCP. I don't take into a
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Stopping web scrapers with HTML character codes?
2 points by icu 13y ago|7 comments
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by icu 13y ago
Hi, from my own experience getting out of depression and then later helping a friend out of it I firmly believe you can get out of depression if you want to. Wanting to get out of depression is the hard part because you got to be willing to
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by icu 13y ago
I agree with you about why it is bad. However the sentiment in your comment, "They don't need the US" I don't quite agree with. Yes it is amazing that NZ has a free trade agreement with China. I think it was the first i
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by icu 13y ago
Hi, I just answered your question above.

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