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by joelhaus 15y ago
At the unfortunate risk of sounding like Frank Luntz, if opponents successfully characterize net neutrality as: "regulating the Internet" -- it is feasible that we will see growing public opposition to these rules. OTOH, if supporters of ne
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FCC's Net Neutrality rules clear a review hurdle(reuters.com)
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The Interview Question You Should Always Ask(blogs.hbr.org)
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by joelhaus 15y ago
There is a lot of truth in this, but what impresses me most about Google is the way they have aligned their business model with their users interests and how that has enabled them to sacrifice short-term gains for long-term profits... it's
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by joelhaus 15y ago
This reminds me of an example used by Stephen Covey to illustrate the principle of "begin with the end in mind"[1]: Many people climb the ladder of success only to find the ladder was leaning against the wrong wall. Like you say, i
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by joelhaus 15y ago
A deflated Yuan allows you to buy more Chinese goods for the same USD[1]. Regarding the second half of your question, you must look at the supply of the currency versus the demand for that currency. It's common for governments to intervene
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by joelhaus 15y ago
HN discussions for parts 1 & 2... Part 1: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2955214 Part 2: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2965929
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Historic patent reform bill clears Congress(thehill.com)
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Chumby NeTV turns any HDTV into a Smart TV(engadget.com)
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by joelhaus 15y ago
> This would lead to factories reducing their production and laying off employees Trade imbalances resulting from an economy run on bitcoins would also decimate most domestic production, so sethg's statement is doubly true. It's the sam
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by joelhaus 15y ago
I share both your criticism and praise, but would add that GoDaddy allowed me to do bulk contact editing which (along with pricing) was the reason I switched to them c. 3 years ago. Margins may be low, but the domain registrar market seems
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Fee diversion remains sticking point for patent reform(thehill.com)
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by joelhaus 15y ago
As a former college football player, I could not agree more with this comment. Years later, when the pain is shooting through your back, the only " flame " is the one you feel burning through your nervous system. It's a brutal sport and I'm
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A Point of View: The revolution of capitalism(bbc.co.uk)
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by joelhaus 15y ago
The Gmail Snooze Google Apps Script is another semi-solution ; rather than BCC, it will make a message reappear in your inbox in X days. The difference is that you add a label to any sent mail that you want to follow-up on. Here's the tuto
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by joelhaus 15y ago
The bit about the Moto acquisition is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDl5hb0XbfY#t=58m25s ...it was very interesting to hear from Schmidt that the patent legislation currently pending in Congress will actually improve the Patent Off
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by joelhaus 15y ago
This may include it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2955153 [edit:] Actually it does, you can skip to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDl5hb0XbfY#t=41m38s
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Marc Benioff and Eric Schmidt Keynote, Dreamforce 2011(youtube.com)
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Google Bought Motorola for More Than Patents, Schmidt Says(bloomberg.com)
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by joelhaus 15y ago
This is a truly fascinating story that demonstrates the incredible parallels between AT&T's early rise to prominence and the development of our modern communications systems. AT&T has displayed a diabolic mastery of micro-economics
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Google and Fox partner to sponsor GOP presidential debate(thehill.com)
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by joelhaus 15y ago
Absolutely. Device portability would add real competition to the market, but in reality, AT&T would never agree to that because their whole rationale for the merger is to reduce competition (per the leaked memo). Verizon would also take
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by joelhaus 15y ago
AT&T is confident enough that they agreed to a breakup fee that is roughly 7.5% of total purchase price -- this is more than double the typical 3% breakup fee on M&A deals.
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by joelhaus 15y ago
Yes. The carriers currently certify and subsidize devices for their network that are designed to work only on the spectrum that they own. This creates customer lock-in because (i) devices are expensive and (ii) if you want a subsidy, you si
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by joelhaus 15y ago
Included in the "non-monetary benefits", T-Mobile would receive access to certain AT&T spectrum (it actually reads as if AT&T would simply have to hand it over)... This shared spectrum is something that has been sorely lacking in th
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MCI's Bill McGowan Proved That Telephony Competition is Good for Consumers(forbes.com)
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by joelhaus 15y ago
No, sorry that I wasn't more clear (thought that paul9290 was the GGP) -- My intention was to remove any subtlety and to reinforce the point you had both already made.
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Cable's Google Shield(lightreading.com)
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by joelhaus 15y ago
It's surprising that anyone on HN would be such a luddite. The question should be "how can we help these individuals contribute to society?", NOT "how do we halt progress to keep unproductive workers employed?". In economics, this process
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by joelhaus 15y ago
If you mean this screenshot: http://www.seobook.com/images/google-get-rich-quick.png , I don't see anything predatory about it--there is demand for these product categories and in a healthy economy, enterprising individuals should be rushi

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