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by larrys 12y ago
It's not uncommon, in business dealings or in legal contracts, to put things in that you know the other side will remove just in order to make them feel as if "money hasn't been left on the table" or that they have done
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by larrys 12y ago
Not to mention that obviously Johnson was aware of how the knob worked. And I find that it's funny that people think that a Vice President can't get temperature adjusted to his liking and should or would play games with him. &quo
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by larrys 12y ago
Inveterate Thunderbird user here. Would like an extension to be able to execute actions in 1 click (such as creating a pdf rather than multi menu clicks) and I'm willing to pay for that. Anyone who can write thunderbird extensions cont
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by larrys 12y ago
"most all you find are squatters." Everyone likes to think that of course. However you are assuming that if what you call a "squatter" as a pejorative didn't have the name it would be available and wouldn't hav
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by larrys 12y ago
"How does a single company go about buying an entire TLD? Doesn't seem very "forward looking" for ICANN." Was part of the process from the start actually. Been discussed for years and years.
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by larrys 12y ago
For example I wonder if that algorithm (which I don't understand) takes into account (or has changed to take into account) the source link of the story (in this case wsj.com). Either positive or negative. (Maybe it says that already?)
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A different spin on the (domain) appraisal scam(thedomains.com)
1 points by larrys 12y ago|0 comments
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by larrys 12y ago
"Imagine how terrible it must feel to have your work responded to with such a harshly critical eye - what you're doing is making the opinions of HN more generally negative and more easily ignored, just as directors now ignore the
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by larrys 12y ago
"But it's probably a submarine article planted by the architecture firm anyway." Agree, and to those who don't know that means see this[1]: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html [1] It's PG'
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by larrys 12y ago
"I'm baffled that users continue to trust it. " Baffled? And exactly how would "everyone" know that "evernote software cannot be trusted". Is there a central repository of information that is obvious to
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by larrys 12y ago
The other thing about "bad" ideas is this: 1) The public, reading about the idea doesn't know the full idea or the future plans. 2) The bad idea can allow a pivot into a good idea, once you have money and resources. 3) Imposs
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by larrys 12y ago
"I suspect that a lawsuit-happy society is a good part of it." In this particular case and specifically with respect to google (and their resources and profitability and for lack of a better way to put it "power") as wel
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by larrys 12y ago
""The worst startup ideas are the ones that seem like bad ideas and really are." Based on the original thought "The best startup ideas are the ones that seem like bad ideas but are good ideas." That one for sure is
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by larrys 12y ago
I think without the detail some of this type of general advice can also be viewed as harmful. Because like with any advice it totally depends on specifics and circumstances. Maybe it applies may it doesn't. How would someone starting o
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by larrys 12y ago
"pass the discount" You can say "if you are dressed like a clown today we will give you a 10% discount". Point being that there is nothing to prevent you from giving someone a discount as long as it doesn't break an
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by larrys 12y ago
I've clarified my "single function hypothesis" to say that they would tend to not find "everything and anything" of interest which is what I thought I was saying in my original comment. My point isn't that a No
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by larrys 12y ago
I've read a few counter comments here which indicate I may be off in my thinking. That said I don't think your one example proves my theory wrong simply because I didn't say that someone couldn't have other interests wha
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by larrys 12y ago
I think of Nobel Prize winners as what I will call "single function machines". That is, and this is purely speculative, they are focused on only typically one goal or area of interest maniacally. The typical HN reader, by contrast
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by larrys 12y ago
"Changes in manufacturing took away RadioShack's raison d'être" Being around in the hey day of Radio Shack I will also add that there are many more things that you can do for "fun and learning" today than you c
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Arduino vs. Raspberry Pi: Which Is the Right DIY Platform for You? (2014) (readwrite.com)
5 points by larrys 12y ago|0 comments
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by larrys 12y ago
So the question then is why not name names? Or better yet why not confront the person (in writing) to see what there reaction is to what they did?
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by larrys 12y ago
"I just read an interesting article on addictive behavior." My take on this is that the OP is simplistically addicted to learning because it's easy and requires little effort and prolongs not having to actually do somethin
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by larrys 12y ago
And enough money to buy an existing car company and/or joint venture.
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by larrys 12y ago
Good point and one of the reasons for using standard "forms" in many businesses. They telegraph "this is the way it's done" even to the extent by having fill in the blank sections. (Rental lease is an example of thi
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by larrys 12y ago
"industry standard for contract negotiation" First the industry standard for contract negotiation is to determine if you even need a contract like this that has to be "signed" and/or negotiated. Missing is the doll
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by larrys 12y ago
Thanks glad you said that I was kicking myself for thinking that I actually made a comment and missed that.
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by larrys 12y ago
For the life of me I can't understand why so many people take the time to write some helpful advice but fail to indicate who they are so you can put the advice into context. There shouldn't be a need to google, guess or make assu
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by larrys 12y ago
Please explain to me exactly the upside of taking the chance that you seem to be suggesting by giving more realistic feedback. I can see very little upside but can definitely see risk and downside.
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by larrys 12y ago
To get behind paywall google "RadioShack Suffered as Free Time Evaporated" This should also work: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...
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RadioShack Suffered as Free Time Evaporated(wsj.com)
37 points by larrys 12y ago|78 comments

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