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by jwb119 15y ago
Congratulations, you've also just described the U.S. dollar. Not backed by real life assets and scarcity not guaranteed by the federal reserve.
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by jwb119 16y ago
do you have a citation or any evidence for this?
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by jwb119 16y ago
> People are upvoting things not because they are valuable, but because they are entertaining. That's the biggest change I've noticed as well, and I would expand your observation to cover comments too. it seems like jokes get upvoted s
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by jwb119 16y ago
I initially thought this was going to let me sell my textbooks and have beer delivered to my door. Sadly, it looks like it just calculates the beer value of your books (unless I am missing something here).
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by jwb119 16y ago
>As it turns out, the information about Morgan Stanley’s $3.5 billion discount-window loan has been sitting on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s website since last month. The panel didn’t mention it in its final report. And nob
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by jwb119 16y ago
Not really. Speech is far from free, period. The law recognizes a wide variety of restrictions. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_in_the_United... for a few. For a view that "There is no such thing as free speech" see S
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Anthropomorphic Talking Robot at Takanishi Lab(takanishi.mech.waseda.ac.jp)
1 points by jwb119 16y ago|0 comments
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by jwb119 16y ago
>Why oh why have you guys built and application that I can’t leave easily? I feel your pain, but isn't it obvious though? Increase the pain of leaving and you increase the likelihood of staying. Annoying, but effective.
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by jwb119 16y ago
thanks for sharing. out of curiosity, since you mention you are at HBS, are you a programmer as well? if not, what strategies did you use for building out the site?
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by jwb119 16y ago
as the posterous spokesperson alludes to in the comments, he is probably better off elsewhere. i totally get the gripe, and i do sympathize, but it's a free service and at the end of the day it's not something that shows up on the radar scr
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by jwb119 16y ago
More accurately, it's going to set someone up to be hit in a libel suit. The site is no more liable that tumblr is when someone starts a libelous blog using their system.
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by jwb119 16y ago
another question to ask: do I own the IP rights to the freelancers creation, and if so, can I enforce that contract? IP doesn't automatically confer..
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by jwb119 16y ago
arguably, we actually have a more efficient market if the code is in the open or if M&A deals are revealed..
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by jwb119 16y ago
This is some sort of bizarro Erlang Day, right??
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by jwb119 16y ago
1,600 is way low
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by jwb119 16y ago
unfortunately, some of the suggestions are coming dangerously close to what US securities laws were initially built for. the kickstarter route, where fillion owns the property seems fine, but once you're talking about offering shares of a c
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The Roman Army Knife: Or Swiss beaten by 1,800 years(dailymail.co.uk)
3 points by jwb119 17y ago|0 comments
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by jwb119 17y ago
why is everyone hating on this kid? this is a freshman design student that put something on the web he thought was interesting. nobody should be seriously taking this as an effort to replace your beloved coke bottle!
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Arduino based platform for handheld pixel games - Meggy Jr RGB(evilmadscientist.com)
1 points by jwb119 17y ago|0 comments
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by jwb119 17y ago
penny stocks, for a similar risk/reward profile
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by jwb119 17y ago
i'm not sure mother jones qualifies as a neutral source either (despite the quotes from krugman and friedman about biz cycle theory)
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by jwb119 17y ago
sounds like an interesting decision. best of luck. one thing to keep in mind is that 200k probably means more like 100k after taxes. that only leaves you about 20k overhead after you pay your student loans. just something to think about
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by jwb119 17y ago
thats pretty much dead on, including the fact that i'm not in law school for the money. the only thing you are overestimating is how much of that bonus is take home. NYC taxes and even a modest % into your 401k means you are looking at som
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Tell HN: I'll work for you for free this summer
33 points by jwb119 17y ago|21 comments
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by jwb119 17y ago
by this definition most elections could be classified as insurgencies as well
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by jwb119 17y ago
shouldn't there be two massive bubbles for bear sterns and lehman brothers? the only reason i can think of for not seeing them is that maybe they weren't counted as full "failures" since some of their assets were bought, but it would make s
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by jwb119 17y ago
this entire article is just conclusory. why will these things happen? he doesn't give any evidence..
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by jwb119 17y ago
that's a pretty narrow definition of inefficient. i would say efficient practices are the ones that add the most value, but i suppose that wouldn't make as interesting a title for an article..
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by jwb119 17y ago
i might be able to help you out.. would be coming in from cranberry as well. still trying to figure out if i can make it though. feel free to hit me up at [my HN username]@gmail.com
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by jwb119 17y ago
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