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On Tumblr acquisition: "the Biggest Game of Chicken I’ve Ever Seen"(nymag.com)
3 points by kitcar 13y ago|0 comments
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by kitcar 13y ago
Few different alternative reasons: Capital gains are generally taxed at a lower rate than bonuses/salary - therefore in after-tax cash terms a $500,000 signing bonus is not the same as selling shares for $500,000. Potentially different
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Say Hello to Rick Ross(esquire.com)
127 points by kitcar 13y ago|69 comments
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News organizations respond to Fed lockup questions(cnbc.com)
49 points by kitcar 13y ago|30 comments
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Demo of LucasFilm's real-time motion capture + rendering video system(youtube.com)
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by kitcar 13y ago
CanCon stands for Canadian Content. High level, in order to maintain a broadcast licence in Canada, you need to have a certain percentage of your content be defined as "Canadian". The way you get a piece of content certified as Ca
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Vertical Farms being used to produce vegetables in Singapore(skygreens.appsfly.com)
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by kitcar 13y ago
I assume the drop was in search referral traffic - did specific keywords get hit more so than others? If you're whole site has been penalized, you should see the affect across all your keywords. Also check out webmaster tools for more
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by kitcar 13y ago
One reason why Blackberry holds leadership positions in a few markets is they work directly with the government to ensure their products don't get hit by the same import tariffs their competitors do, giving them a very significant pric
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by kitcar 13y ago
I've worked on a few loyalty programs of Forbes-500 type companies, and the short answer is yes, definitely. I clearly remember one company actively monitoring points collection to identify outliers (i.e. people who went through the tr
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Digital Gastronomy (wired.com)
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The Sun’s Magnetic Field Is About to Reverse(blogs.smithsonianmag.com)
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Live stream of Apple launch event by the New York Times(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by kitcar 13y ago
Similarly, I believe her assessment of the job creation associated with new businesses is deceiving. Her comment, "GM employed hundreds of thousands, Facebook fewer than 10,000", while may be factually correct, is a function of h
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by kitcar 13y ago
Reading up a little on it beforehand may make you appreciate it more, the movie is really an pivotal moment in the development of sound design as a core aspect of film making. I know the first time I saw it I found it boring as well, but th
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by kitcar 13y ago
BTW, there is a dedicated site which caters to that need - http://founderdating.com/ (I believe they may have a fee for new members now though)
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by kitcar 13y ago
Title is inaccurate; the trials just showed the vaccine was safe for humans, it did not have anything to do with the success of the vaccine in combating HIV infections, that comes in the following testing phases.
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by kitcar 13y ago
Great question re: "Blackberry V.S. Mozilla work environments" - Related: one thing I've noticed some people don't place enough emphasis on when choosing initial internships/jobs out of school is the business models
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The NYPD Division of Un-American Activities(nymag.com)
78 points by kitcar 13y ago|16 comments
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by kitcar 13y ago
Totally different technology - motion sensing does not = high resolution object capturing
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by kitcar 13y ago
More accurately: "desktop-based US website visitors who have the comscore panel software installed" (Yes, comscore does have their website tagging program ( http://direct.comscore.com/ ) , but last time I checked t
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by kitcar 13y ago
Also see Abbott Ensure ( http://ensure.com/products/ensure-powder ) and Nestle's Boost - ( http://www.boost.com/healthcare-professionals )
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by kitcar 13y ago
I honestly don't know why this is even on the front page... It shouldn't surprise anyone that companies with thousands of low-paid roles are bound to sometimes end up with people which act unethically - we should be judging these
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by kitcar 13y ago
Soylent is not a new concept - in hospitals it is a quite common need to provide patients with most / all their nutritional needs in liquid form. Off the top of my head, famous brands in the field of "meal replacements in liquid
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by kitcar 13y ago
Anyone else getting "Please sign in to view this" ?
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by kitcar 13y ago
back of napkin, $2 CPM, CPM = 1000 banner impressions. 3 Banners per page, mean $6 Page CPM. $3000 / $6 = 500, therefore you will need to generate 500,000 page impressions per month. 3 page impressions per visitor means ~166,666 visito
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by kitcar 13y ago
In some cases Yes. Specifically, for government regulated products such as Credit and Insurance it may be illegal to price discriminate based on Geo-IP, as the factors allowed for use in determining the pricing of the product are set by the
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by kitcar 13y ago
More information about the food in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglena
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by kitcar 13y ago
It's tough to generalize across all VCs and Angels in the country, but a few high level items to consider: - Canada is somewhat unique in that there are federal and provincial subsidies for specific sectors related to technology (I.e.
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by kitcar 13y ago
If anyone is seriously considering applying and needs assistance meeting the Canadian angel / VC requirement, feel free to reach out to me, I am based in Canada and active in the angel/VC community. Contact info is in my profile.

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