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by larrys 11y ago
This is my business basically (and have been doing it for about 20 years). Suggestions: ------------- 1) Choose the domain first and then brand with it. Not a good idea to brand first and then to buy the domain name 2) Go with .com unless i
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Ask HN: Saw a USB stick didn't pick it up
6 points by larrys 11y ago|9 comments
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Comcast Founder Ralph Roberts, 95, Has Died(philly.com)
1 points by larrys 11y ago|0 comments
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by larrys 11y ago
Likewise with this statement: "CloudFlare makes websites faster and more secure, but can’t suspend a site’s domain name or render it unreachable." Obviously it can render a site unreachable (at least as long as the site is using c
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by larrys 11y ago
Nice SAT word (I didn't learn that at the school that I attended). You find being called a top flight attorney offensive?
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by larrys 11y ago
A denial worthy of a top flight attorney. He implied that by this paragraph: "You're a mortal lock on raising a round subsequent to Demo Day at a valuation which will make angels weep while happily investing. You have preferential
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by larrys 11y ago
Competition to get "the next YC" deal is much greater now than it was back when "nobody has heard of us but we're still a club" but did provide value. [1] If you don't get into the club and haven't passed
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Magazine publisher loses $1.5M in cyberfraud(nypost.com)
1 points by larrys 11y ago|0 comments
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by larrys 11y ago
"News outlets keep picking up the story" If a story is in syndication and "evergreen" in nature it could run on it's own for quite some time. [1] Doing a google search for this particular article it's clear wha
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by larrys 11y ago
Then you end up with the "postal service".
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by larrys 11y ago
Quick and dirty would be to manually update and append "Thread Closed [n]" to the header with a message like this: ADP Begins to Roll Out a Zenefits Competitor; Thread Closed [n] Where "n" is simply a number that is list
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by larrys 11y ago
Agree and even better would be that type of information under the story header so anyone who was following the thread knows that it has been closed and the reason as well.
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by larrys 11y ago
"Reading the complaint, ADP is not likely come close to winning." Maybe it's not about winning the lawsuit though. Could be about a PR play to show that ADP is serious enough about what they said prior to the lawsuit to follo
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by larrys 11y ago
"it's likely the author brought it on themselves by pushing too hard." Or being in a job or a situation that didn't fit them and they exceeded their capabilities or their ability to deal with stress. Yelp, or for that ma
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by larrys 11y ago
Sure they should have told him but that said the package insert does detail dependence and withdrawl and it's pretty obvious that it's a good idea to always review that (I do for any medicine that I take): http://labeli
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by larrys 11y ago
Well in order to use password alert (for example) you need to use Chrome browser: https://www.google.com/ideas/products/password-alert/ It protects by computing something from the way you type your password a
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by larrys 11y ago
An interesting discussion could revolve around what happens if you (Patrick) give up your lucrative consulting practice to start a company? If the company doesn't work out for some reason and if that process takes many years then how e
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by larrys 11y ago
Further summing up: It's a great career "statisfice".
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by larrys 11y ago
But with Apple there is the "aunt and your friends and family factor". Everybody has heard of Apple and a large swath of people would tend to be impressed by the fact that you worked there. It would also tend to be the type of pla
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by larrys 11y ago
A tough question. So I would ask indirect questions that all revolved around "what do you like about your job?". And listen carefully to the answers. If the answer sounds like some standard BS such as "well I really like help
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by larrys 11y ago
"My parents were civil servants" My dad was in small business. I picked this type of thing up when I was old enough to understand what he was saying. He used to play guessing games of "why did I do this" that could last
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by larrys 11y ago
A very well know VC asked me to write a blog post a few years ago on the subject. I compiled 7 pages of notes. And could have done on forever. These were just bullet points. I then started to strategize that I would negotiate with the VC w
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by larrys 11y ago
"than the broker could have sold it for if he shopped around" In reality most brokers simply take any calls that come in from commercial MLS types (say loopnet.com) and may call a few people and put in a nominal amount of effort.
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by larrys 11y ago
Note that I said: "After a real estate deal last year I bought the broker a gift and delivered it." So importantly this was "after" not before. And it was "a small gift". Not a large gift. (Don't recall ex
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by larrys 11y ago
Generally you are right. However I am paid to negotiate and buy things for people (not real estate). I have even had people tell me that they will pay me more if I can get them a better deal. I tell them that they don't have to do that
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by larrys 11y ago
Oh wow I could write a book in response to that type of question. "if you were the seller in that transaction, is the opportunity cost of waiting a bigger worry than getting the best price?" If I understand what you are asking abo
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by larrys 11y ago
"Steve Cohen at SAC was famous for overpaying on commissions " After a real estate deal last year I bought the broker a gift and delivered it. He said "wow shouldn't I be buying you the gift?". No problem because t
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by larrys 11y ago
Forgetting the exact cost, Apple has enough cash to give retailers an incentive and may have already done that with those that are already onboard. Note I said "incentive" not "paid for everything". This wouldn't be
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by larrys 11y ago
> The "800%" claim seems totally bogus. Maybe "bogus" is to strong but I would say "suspect". The "proof" in the article could be summed up as: 1) A demo to the writer which (and I'm not sugge
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by larrys 11y ago
"None of this is meant to be negative about patio11." I always find it unfortunate that it is necessary to walk on eggshells around a person in any online community for fear of some kind of retribution by other members. It doesn&#

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