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by lmg643 11y ago
I agree. The next generation of spreadsheets, will be a more powerful spreadsheet. The ease of use and widespread familiarity with spreadsheets are going to make them very difficult to ever displace. That said, airtable does look pretty coo
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by lmg643 11y ago
it's easy to forget that zappos was acquired by amazon. i am interested to what extent sales growth or lack thereof, would be a driver of radical restructuring.
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by lmg643 11y ago
I agree. A large business that uses software for a core revenue-producing source, is capable of doing fantastic work on that source. A software company providing that same product as a vendor, would be unlikely to have the motivation and fo
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by lmg643 11y ago
too much wine. having a job is not a prison. being in prison, is a prison. you're just biding your time until you figure out what works. you also need to find some happiness in life away from your work. People are good for that.
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Measure Human Reaction Time(humanbenchmark.com)
13 points by lmg643 11y ago|3 comments
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by lmg643 11y ago
The criminal complaint states that the trader was using an excel spreadsheet trading product, from a vendor, that was specifically augmented with order types that would automatically place orders for him at price points away from the market
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by lmg643 11y ago
Federal Reserve policies to ease interest rates and purchasing securities (via QE) have the effect of inflating asset prices. Wealthy people are often paid with assets (executive stock/option grants), work in asset-managing businesses
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by lmg643 11y ago
In my experience, it has always worked like the old proverb: when you are ready, the right mentor will appear. Actions you might take, whether at work, with friends or counselors, may turn into a mentor you didn't expect.
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by lmg643 11y ago
The outage affected Europe and Asia during their trading day, which is a very big deal, wouldn't have expected Canada to see anything since they are 5-6 hours behind. Bloomberg runs some of the most reliable technology in the world, an
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by lmg643 11y ago
New York Public library (business/finance library) on Madison Ave between 33-34th (NYC) has 2-3 terminals for open public use. Usually a short wait but you can use them.
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Ask HN: Coinbase email lists hacked?
4 points by lmg643 12y ago|2 comments
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by lmg643 12y ago
somewhat off topic - it seems like there is a bubble in biotech. Something like 70% of the companies in the nasdaq biotech index have no earnings (losing money!) yet the index is up ~5x in the past few years. echoes of 2001 tech bubble and
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by lmg643 12y ago
life would be awesome with a 3-day weekend, every weekend. time to make it happen.
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Kleiner Perkins Portrays Ellen Pao as Combative and Resentful in Sex Bias Trial(nytimes.com)
2 points by lmg643 12y ago|0 comments
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by lmg643 12y ago
I'm still waiting for the explanation of why this was OK. "Every secretary of state has done this." or, "appropriate and very common among high elected officials." When i think about the email requirements of any co
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by lmg643 12y ago
If the 17-20k price point is accurate - wow. I guess Apple really wants to test the limits of how much cash they can extract for their top of the line products. Apple is definitely a luxury brand, but it feels like an affordable luxury bran
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by lmg643 12y ago
Tom Wheeler was a career lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries. I assume those firms are getting what they want, sort of like how Obamacare is good for insurance companies (they are only "allowed" to sell expensive plans,
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by lmg643 12y ago
Interesting that Goldman doesn't have good enough background checks (or any background check?) to catch fake SS numbers. The securities industry is supposed to fingerprint and check any candidate who would be licensed, which a securiti
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by lmg643 12y ago
I stopped using Authy a few weeks ago after I upgraded phones and lost access to all the tokens I had on my own phone. Perhaps I should have read the instructions more carefully, perhaps I am an idiot. But I thought the purpose of an app li
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by lmg643 12y ago
I'm not a fan of the saying "do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life" - too easy to take that literally. A similar sentiment, but more precise, that fits for me is "know your temperament and streng
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by lmg643 12y ago
It's amazing how easy Twilio's APIs are to use. I've used them in C# several times, just add them to the project, add a line, and you are up and running. Nice work.
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Yahoo, IBM, IEEE and me(cringely.com)
2 points by lmg643 12y ago|0 comments
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Mint (Intuit) does not have Two-Factor Authentication(mint.lc.intuit.com)
2 points by lmg643 12y ago|0 comments
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by lmg643 12y ago
I have no doubt stuff like this happens but it's kept pretty well under wraps. The other day, a female salesperson was moved across the office, some kind of conflict with a male salesperson. No one who knows will say why, but the guy h
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by lmg643 12y ago
I spent a few hours with a firm active in this space the other week. I think this is going to be a difficult battle. There are already over a dozen electronic venues for bond trading, some of which are pretty successful and allied with majo
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by lmg643 12y ago
Very cool. I'm an existing twilio customer, wondering how cheaply I can implement something like this. What are some recommended GSM modems to use?
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by lmg643 12y ago
I like this call out quote: "“When you're all working in one big room, everybody can see each other come and go. It becomes obvious who the outliers are.” Doesn't make it sound like we are pretending that the open office plan
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by lmg643 12y ago
Agreed - Radio Shack completely lost sight of what the hobbyist was doing and how they were evolving. The stores became a mix of Best Buy and Radio Shack from the 80s. However, it is also important to note that the evolution of consumer ele
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by lmg643 12y ago
Stratasys has a $3bn market cap, and this post basically says their flagship product isn't much better than something that costs about 3% of the price. Probably not good for Stratasys long term outlook - SSYS. https://www.go
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by lmg643 12y ago
I wonder if IBM would change their plan based on this leaking. If he really had this totally and completely wrong, then of course that is very irresponsible of him to say. I don't see how you can stop listening to Cringely altogether t

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