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by josu 11y ago
I wonder who censored the word, if it was The author, the original blog or NPR.
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The full costs and income of a £1M indie film(stephenfollows.com)
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by josu 12y ago
I don't know, at a 130m valuation, a 100x exit was no longer possible, and even a 10x didn't even seem that likely.
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by josu 12y ago
He doesn't say that he wants to work in the US though, or maybe I have missed it. But there are some pretty cool startups in Europe too, and given that Slovakia is part of Schengen he wouldn't have any problems with the visa if he
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by josu 12y ago
This is the whole idea behind the article: >“The Toyota guy explained this to the panel,” Martin went on. “He said, ‘Here’s our process.’ So I said to him, ‘What do you imagine the people are thinking? They’re shaking like a leaf at the
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by josu 12y ago
Why use the mean and not the median? I would think that the likelihood of something failing is much higher during the first few hours than once it has been flying for a 100 hours.
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by josu 12y ago
>“Consumers depend on us to make sure that competition is fair and open, and it’s my responsibility to make that happen. Really? Then why not go after banks, energy companies, telecom giants...? As a consumer I have the choice to choose
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by josu 12y ago
Because comparative advantage. Do what you are good at, and pay for what you are not good at. Spending time on learning has an opportunity cost. If your opportunity cost is low i.e.: your current income is low, then maybe learning to progra
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by josu 12y ago
Is this a US only phenomenon or is it happening in other countries too?
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by josu 12y ago
>With a finisher rate of about 1 percent, the Barkley has been labeled by many as the world’s hardest race The 1% figure doesn't add up with the rest of the data they provide
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by josu 12y ago
It actually does something similar
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by josu 12y ago
I recommend listening to the whole Blumberg's Startup podcast, where that pitch came from. While you shouldn't take it as a lecture on how to start a business, it's certainly entertaining, well produced and it shows you that
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by josu 12y ago
Even Chris Sacca says it in the video: "It's almost like the game is rigged". He got lucky at the beginning and now that he has tons of money he can afford to diversify his portfolio enough to be able to buy all the lottery t
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by josu 12y ago
How about risk-taking Spaniards currently living in Mexico? ;) I am building a startup that will cater to the Latin American countries, and while I would love to move to the SF area, I think that it would hurt my business, since currently I
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by josu 12y ago
I believe that in many European countries the data protection laws offer a certain degree of protection against this.
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by josu 12y ago
I believe that the HN crowd is educated enough not to fall for cheap manichaeism. It is true that Apple is a brand that tends to polarize opinions, but if a critic against Apple is well backed I don't think that people that usually sup
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by josu 12y ago
Relevant XKCD http://xkcd.com/1501/
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by josu 12y ago
Hello Sam, Any plans to open up a YC hub in Mexico. The startup scene is in an infant stage but it seems to be growing very fast. 500 startup is already funding companies here[1]. Thank you! [1] http://500mexicocity.com/
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by josu 12y ago
Here: http://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2015/03/13/gr.186684.1...
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by josu 12y ago
This looks absurd to me. I never put the mouse in front of my shoulder, I always use it at an angle. I'm trying to actually use the mouse like in the demo picture from the article [1] and it feels awkward. [1] http://evoluen
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by josu 12y ago
>Some glasses are expensive because it's what people are willing to pay. That's a truism. The question is why are people willing to pay that much? Why hasn't cheaper competition gained a bigger market share?
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by josu 12y ago
I think that it has more to do with "which ones they look best in". Luxotica, somehow, seems to decide which ones look best.
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by josu 12y ago
While I agree with your advice to not take it personally, I disagree with your reasoning. For a company you are just a small gear that can be replaced, relatively easily most of the time (even Steve Jobs was successfully replaced). But for
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by josu 12y ago
I've seen the Wayback Machine used in court cases, I was pretty amazed the first time I saw it mentioned in a court case.
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by josu 12y ago
Yeah, but as far as I know, they are usually repo agreements, buying MBS is something new.
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by josu 12y ago
You are right, however, the Fed did buy almost 2 trillion worth of mortgage-backed securities which trade on the open market.
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by josu 12y ago
To expand on that, QE means Quantitative Easing: >An unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases government securities or other securities from the market in order to lower interest rates and increase the money suppl
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by josu 12y ago
Someone? Didn't Randall do it? I believe that it's part of the joke.
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by josu 12y ago
Well, then we both know what we are talking about. Do governments manage currency? Yes and no. On paper they don't, in reality they have a lot to say about a country's monetary policy. However, if you look at the world's sec
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by josu 12y ago
I know what a Central Bank is and how they are supposed to work. Check this out: Who owns the Federal Reserve? [1] >As the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve derives its authority from the Congress of the United States. It i

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