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   by jba 7y ago

   Google Flights. Skyscanner. Hopper.
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   by jba 7y ago

   Bah, not a huge surprise given how brutal the travel tech industry is, but they remained my fav travel site - seemed to often find fares that were missing off google flights or other competitors. Loved the U/I too. RIP.
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   by jba 10y ago

   If nothing else, he held his equity for long enough to only get hit by long-term capital gains taxes. (per wikipedia, in canada, that's half your typical tax rate).
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   by jba 10y ago

   Yeah, a lot of big bay-area and boston funds now have NYC offices too. General Catalyst - mentioned as being based in Cambridge in the article has an office on Lafayette street in NYC now with a couple of partners in it. This has changed th
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   by jba 10y ago

   Depending on their workloads, running their own datacenter(s) might save them millions a month. I know it does in my own case. That said you give up flexibility for the $ savings. They may think the additional flexibility is worth the cost
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   by jba 10y ago

   My guess would be more along the lines that people who walk/subway are generally more fit than those who take a car everywhere. NYC doesn't have a lot of fat people in general. (though it's worse than it used to be)
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   Matt Petach (NetEng/Yahoo) does some calculations on the PRISM wiretap project.(mailman.nanog.org)

   2 points by jba 13y ago|0 comments