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   by mathattack 11y ago

   You lost me - Amazon or KPCB? I assume the former. Current market cap of Amazon is ~200 billion. During the IPO they raised ~55 million for a market cap of ~440 million.
2. 3512.▲
   by mathattack 11y ago

   I think they refer to the company (or spending) size rather than profitability. It's worth noting that their seed fund is only $4 million, a rounding error for KPCB.
3. 3513.▲
   by mathattack 11y ago

   Yes - this applies to countries too. High morality doesn't always map 1 to 1 with interests, as much as people try to make it seem the case. :-)
4. 3514.▲
   by mathattack 11y ago

   If the code allows someone to generate positive returns, then there is a tremendous market for it if the person who writes it comes with. (I do believe the value of code drops dramatically if the person who write it is gone) In this case,
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   Kleiner Perkins: Blockchain Tech Will Spawn Amazon-Sized Successes(coindesk.com)

   3 points by mathattack 11y ago|4 comments
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   Forget Gold, Bitcoin Is Backed by Time(coindesk.com)

   2 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
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   by mathattack 11y ago

   The profit motive can also keep firms from blowing money and attention on stupid things. (Example: Team A and Team B have a 50% overlap in code they're writing. The profit motive will shut this down. An overfunded company will pres
8. 3518.▲
   by mathattack 11y ago

   All very good reasons. I'll add another - accounting. The monthly bills for small purchases of SaaS fits on what could be expensed on a corporate card. By the time IT gets wind, the product has already infiltrated the organization.
9. 3519.▲
   by mathattack 11y ago

   Two passages stood out. At first, we considered selling the whole company, enabling the Hagoromo brand to survive and helping overall chalk sales. But we could not find the right deal for the company. I'm sad that I have been forced
10. 3520.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    Slightly off-topic - can anyone explain the tool utilized for these graphics?
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    I'm a huge Benedict Evans fan, but is this news anymore?
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    Reforming Regressive Regulation to Boost U.S. Economic Growth(cato.org)

    1 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
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    Can wikipedia survive?(nytimes.com)

    2 points by mathattack 11y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    The article isn't complaining about CS majors not getting jobs, it's about soft liberal arts majors not getting jobs. When companies hired people for 30 year careers, they could afford to invest a tremendous amount in training. W
15. 3525.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    I agree. There are actually two 10x things that can happen - sometimes in one person. One is choosing the right things to do the first time around. The other is doing them very efficiently. When you get a developer who intuitively under
16. 3526.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    This has been my experience too. I've been involved cleaning up a half dozen or so projects that got out of control. In each case, technical complexity was blamed as the reason. After digging in, I found that following commonalities
17. 3527.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    Many gems are in here. - If you can’t fire friends, don’t hire them. - Finally, firing for bad performance is easier than having to fire good people because you’ve run out of money, so fire the bad people before you have to fire the good pe
18. 3528.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    In this case it looked like the lawyers just Google searched for IMAX. You can't threaten everyone who ever mentions your firm.
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    Yet another reason not to listen to the lawyers who like to make fights out of issues they don't understand. Companies need to protect their trademarks, and they need lawyers who know when their trademarks are legitimately under threa
20. 3530.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    Reminiscent of the famous Jack Daniels cease and desist. http://brokenpianoforpresident.com/2012/07/19/jack-daniels-l...
21. 3531.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    Great calculator! I like that they take into account the opportunity cost, or foregone investment income.
22. 3532.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    Once already. The big issue with ERs isn't the injury that sends them there, it's the stuff they catch while there!
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    I hear you! My son has so many scars and bruises on his knees that I'm afraid the school will call Child Protective Services. :-) I assume that as long as we can keep the kids out of the hospital, it'll serve them well later on
24. 3534.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    I agree 100%. Moving from "Proving theories of computation" and "Syntax to think about computing" to "Projects" is actually a big step. At my undergrad you could graduate with a BA in CS without making the le
25. 3535.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    There are many many problems with the current system: - It locks people into poor locations. Someone that is unemployed lives in a massively subsidized apartment in the Bronx. A job opens up in South Brooklyn. Would they move and take it
26. 3536.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    As a total outsider basing this on public press, I see this as Noto being the one organized and disciplined person in a madhouse. People who are organized, disciplined and willing to work a tremendous amount of hours tend to get assigned a
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    Run rate isn't an awful metric for a hypergrowth company. Billings or bookings isn't too bad for a SaaS company, to highlight which revenue was earned the most current year. The challenge is the terms aren't defined by GAAP
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    by mathattack 11y ago

    Congress will always have a significant amount of time to see the deal. Look at how hard it is to get a budget deal done in just our country, because everyone plays to the media and their most extreme constituents. Multiply that by every c
29. 3539.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    One thing to be aware of is we don't know what the final deal looks like. Many times things are put out in negotiations to be taken away later. This is why "people" say, "The two things you never want to see being made
30. 3540.▲
    by mathattack 11y ago

    Very good point. I believe (please correct me if I'm wrong!) that every trade deal in recent history required this type of authority. It basically doesn't allow folks to see the sausage as it's being made. I believe (again