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by jfager 16y ago
That grandfathering requires paying the year upfront, though.
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by jfager 16y ago
There are more well-written and thoughtful academic papers available online than any person will ever make it through in a lifetime. The fact that many (or even most) don't rise to that distinction is irrelevant to the basic point. It's a
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by jfager 16y ago
Anti-semites link Jews to speculation, therefore all criticism of speculation is anti-semitic? Congratulations on the lamest troll I've ever seen on HN.
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by jfager 16y ago
Fine, there should be porn in the App Store, whatever. I'm just pointing out that it's stupid to act like Jobs was trying to say "you have more freedom because we prevent you from looking at porn".
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by jfager 16y ago
When ME came out, Apple was busy clawing its way out of the grave, and since Vista, Apple has been killing MS in consumer mindshare, revenue and profit growth, and new sector growth. MS is dead in the water in mobile and appliance computin
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by jfager 16y ago
Minors don't have the same freedoms as adults, that's simply a social reality - they can't vote, can't drink, can't purchase cigarettes, can't enter into contracts, etc. Parental controls help protect a parent's freedom to raise their child
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by jfager 16y ago
There is simply no such thing as freedom from the option to watch porn if one wants to watch it. You're missing his point. There's nothing on the iPad that prevents you from watching porn if you want to - Safari on iPad goes to the same
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by jfager 16y ago
Slagging someone who approached computing the way Alan Kay has tirelessly advocated for his whole career by pointing out how short he falls of Alan Kay seems a little, uh, un-Alan-Kay-like.
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by jfager 16y ago
Fundable had much bigger problems than a bad front page design. Kickstarter has been doing alright, but this is the first time they've really made a big public splash, and it's pretty clear that Facebook and Diaspora are driving that atten
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by jfager 16y ago
Didn't Facebook already have its come-to-Jesus moment with the Beacon fiasco? I have a hard time buying the idea that FB could come out of that without an ingrained institutional awareness of privacy issues but now, with this, be willing t
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by jfager 16y ago
Is it normal for people to run Cassandra on only 3 nodes in production environments? I realize that one of the selling points is starting small and then scaling out without any headaches, but 3 nodes seems extreme in that regard.
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by jfager 16y ago
It's not true for every market that customer reviews are prominently featured at the sole point of sale and can immediately reflect reaction to prices set directly by the developer. That combination is pretty unique to the app store right
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by jfager 16y ago
Because the users will notice and start slagging you in reviews.
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by jfager 16y ago
The point is that companies shouldn't waste a lot of time trying to salvage or put up with people who aren't helping them succeed. If a person is hovering around the bottom 10% and they think the solution is to screw someone else over, the
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by jfager 16y ago
Jack Welch strongly advocates for this approach, and it's how GE operated when he was CEO (I don't know if they still do or not). NetFlix also does something similar. Why do you think it would be a morale nightmare? If you're doing well a
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by jfager 16y ago
the agency plans to impose more regulations on Web-access providers after a court stripped the agency of its powers last month. What does that mean? Which powers were stripped? How can they impose more regulations if they have less powe
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by jfager 16y ago
Here are my criticisms, would you please let me know which ones are inaccurate? If you don't want to explain fully why each one is inaccurate, you can just give me the numbers, and I'll do my own further research. 1. New features are roll
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by jfager 16y ago
It depends on the state and the kind of gun you're buying. Purchasing a shotgun in Oklahoma, for instance, just requires a trip to Wal-Mart and $200 or so.
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by jfager 16y ago
I guess I don't understand how that quote relates back to what I said. Are you saying that terrorists should be prepared to lay down suppressing fire, and thus shouldn't settle for the semi-auto weapons they can easily purchase at most f
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by jfager 16y ago
For the purpose of shooting up your local mall, the difference between a fully-automatic and semi-automatic AR-15 is not that great (it's not like you're going to be laying down suppressing fire), and you certainly can buy the latter withou
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by jfager 16y ago
I have a hard time believing that the same country that spent an entire day watching a tin-foil balloon float around because it thought a boy was inside wouldn't have a total media freak out over a 'terrist'-linked mall shooting.
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by jfager 16y ago
Anecdotally, I moved to NY from SF just over a year ago, and my cost of living went down quite a bit. I'm not in Manhattan, which is what that chart is for, but Brooklyn is at least as much 'city' as SF, plus Manhattan's just a short train
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by jfager 16y ago
Section G of the complaint: http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2010/2010-59.htm
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by jfager 16y ago
But ACA didn't know Paulson was the short. They thought he was going long, because that's what Goldman told them (and part of what the SEC is suing Goldman for). It was Goldman's responsibility to find the shorts, not ACA's.
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by jfager 16y ago
So your claim is that it's not fraudulent that Goldman lied to ACA saying Paulson was going to end up long on Abacus, or that Goldman lied to the real longs that ACA was solely responsible for selecting the reference portfolio?
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by jfager 16y ago
If you think FB ads suck and provide no return, fine, say so. I mostly agree. But you shouldn't go around accusing people of criminal activity on the grounds that you couldn't come up with a better analogy and your post wouldn't be as eff
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by jfager 16y ago
If you see no evidence that Goldman lied, you're not paying attention. Haven't you read the complaint yet? There are emails between ACA and Goldman where Goldman specifically says Paulson's going to go long in the finished product.
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by jfager 16y ago
So what are you arguing, exactly? If Paulson had to approve it, and it wouldn't have existed otherwise, how could Goldman possibly represent it as being independently selected by ACA and not be guilty of fraud?
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by jfager 16y ago
Why would the broker themselves even have to know? The point isn't that the shorter and their motives should be disclosed, it's that the long side has plenty of explanations for why the short side is short other than simply taking the othe
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by jfager 16y ago
If you read the complaint, it specifically says 55 of Paulson's original list made it into the final portfolio right off the bat, and the final 37 were negotiated between Paulson and ACA and subject to Paulson's final approval. Yes, ACA al

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