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by lmg643 14y ago
I find it interesting that the tech titans, who seem to overwhelmingly support high-tax politicians and policies, are also engaged in the most aggressive tax avoidance in the world. We only need to look at Europe to see how widespread tax a
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Show HN: Kubi - low-cost iPad remote telepresence(indiegogo.com)
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I have always found it interesting that the tech titans, whose employees seem to overwhelmingly support high-tax blue-state politicians and policies, are also engaged in the most aggressive tax avoidance in the world, and given their wild s
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I used to be impressed by Taleb (when I was younger and more clueless) but having read two of his books and many articles I find the negativity tiresome and petulant, and his finance theories questionable. Eric Falkenstein: "Another key to
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by lmg643 14y ago
i am only inspired to mention this because nate silver mentioned oddsmakers as evidence supporting his prediction. https://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/status/26394803410527846... i'm mixing examples here. intrade is a betting market, no
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by lmg643 14y ago
i like to keep in mind that intrade had 80% odds on the supreme court ruling obamacare unconstitutional, right before it was declared constitutional: http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=74535... the idea that bookies an
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Equinix datacenter in NY metro had a water leak that impacted a customer(blog.equinix.com)
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another reason not to fly on the 787 until it's been in use for several years...
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I would second comments elsewhere that balsamiq is a good model for this site. I am a paying balsamiq customer. Jetstrap seems like balsamiq but you are building a functional prototype instead of a wireframe mockup. As is, this could be wor
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by lmg643 14y ago
Somehow this link got renamed (not by me). The cover of Barron's says "Facebook is Worth $15". See for yourself: http://barrons.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ON-AY643_cove...
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Still Too Pricey(online.barrons.com)
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This is great news for startups because it supports asset prices generally, and means that high valuations will continue.
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If you consider yahoo answers as their competition, Quora seems like it has a great chance for success as a vehicle to serve ads on link-bait topics.
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For a job seeker, there are a decent number of superstars out there who do great work, know all the job openings at all the companies you care about, are in contact with decision makers and help fill big jobs. (If you want a big corporate j
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by lmg643 14y ago
Perhaps this is an attempt to get back in good graces with the hacker community after trying to destroy sergey aleynikov.
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I think the short answer to this question is "...almost anything, just do it significantly better than anyone has ever done it before." the "almost anything" can be something no one has ever done before, or perhaps easier, something that is
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I think the logic behind this response is valid, but in my experience with recruiters 9 / 10 of them would not go for this. (Would love to hear how it works for you!) Recruiters are not the same as dealing with a company directly, they are
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Referral fees would be an easy explanation. Another reason is that SaaS companies, particularly in the enterprise space, need to reassure their customers about the quality of their infrastructure, reliability and redundancy. So if the serve
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This is what regulatory capture looks like(bloomberg.com)
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Facebook moves up lock-up expiration for employees(cbsnews.com)
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