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by mattm 13y ago
You can't get rid of the twitter popup on Android and it takes up half the reading space.
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by mattm 13y ago
In Japan, I believe the police can hold you for up to three weeks without charge. AMA from someone who was held in Japan - http://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1t09ud/did_time_in_a_...
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by mattm 13y ago
Thanks for that quote! I will use that. Yes, I'm aware of the "90% issue" which is why I estimated three more months. They were telling me it would be 2 or 3 weeks. But I was able to look at the system in depth. For your
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by mattm 13y ago
Thanks for the response. I don't feel I would deserve an equal share as they are also willing to use the resources of their company (staff) for selling the product. Researching more on HN, I feel 25% is reasonable vesting over 4 years.
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Ask HN: Reasonable Equity?
5 points by mattm 13y ago|5 comments
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The secrets to monetizing Western mobile games in Japan(venturebeat.com)
1 points by mattm 13y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 13y ago
Sales and marketing - those skills will never go out of style.
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by mattm 13y ago
Did you say anything?
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by mattm 13y ago
http://sivers.org/multiply
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Taxing Cross-border eCommerce – Japan to tax foreign digital products(japaninc.com)
1 points by mattm 13y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 13y ago
People will give different reasons but there is really only one true reason once you get to the heart of the matter: "You don't trust yourself" All the reasons you see listed in this thread are rationalisations your mind come
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by mattm 13y ago
Luck is required to achieve a certain level of mega-success. For example, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs just happened to be at the right point in time for a whole new industry to be born. If they were college-aged today, could they develop a
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by mattm 13y ago
> You can ask for (and receive) a hell of a lot more out of a new employer before your start date than you can after it. Yes. The most power an employee will almost ever have in the relationship is after they've offered you the job
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by mattm 13y ago
> I feel that when money in the form of paper bills was first introduced, there had bound to be people wondering the same thing. After all, taking a step back, who would consider putting such value to pieces of paper that we do in today&
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by mattm 13y ago
It all depends on how you look at it though. For Venezuelans, the US dollar is an investment.
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by mattm 13y ago
It doesn't matter if it should or not, it is. As is most other currencies. See how George Soros made his fortune.
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by mattm 13y ago
But at that time it was relatively rare. Moving to an 8 hour day and only 5 days a week was unheard of at companies as large as Ford.
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If a Story Is Viral, Truth May Be Taking a Beating(nytimes.com)
1 points by mattm 13y ago|0 comments
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by mattm 13y ago
Probably as close as you will get http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=bVEFCfjadN8C&pg=PT144&lpg...
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by mattm 13y ago
This was back in 2003. Probably the scammers eventually realized that there's no need to have the person come to Nigeria to give cash when they could just wire it.
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by mattm 13y ago
First it depends on who your audience is. A book for people wanting to buy Bitcoin for the first time will be much different than a book for developers who want to build applications that utilize the blockchain.
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by mattm 13y ago
Not entirely. Look at Oprah. But on a general level, yes.
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by mattm 13y ago
It's interesting that you call bitcoin a scheme and yet you're using the argument from someone who says he is putting all his savings into bitcoin - http://falkvinge.net/2011/05/29/why-im-putting-all
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by mattm 13y ago
It could be the S-curve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHUPPYzzZrI&feature=youtube_...
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by mattm 13y ago
The big one is obviously a critical flaw being found which makes it possible to counterfeit bitcoins or steal at will from (genuinely) protected wallets.
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by mattm 13y ago
I really think people will have the opposite view about it. Before making a purchase in bitcoin you could think "I could hold this bitcoin and it will be worth ? in the future." or "I paid X for this Bitcoin and now it is wo
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by mattm 13y ago
Anyone can declare bankruptcy and have their debts wiped away. What is the point of paying back any debt at all? Why not just run up as much debt as you possible can and then just declare bankruptcy?
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by mattm 13y ago
I recently read the book "Cashvertising". It's very good at breaking down how to sell in print. I recommend you read it. For example, your headline "Better task tracking on your Mac" offers no real benefit. What i
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by mattm 13y ago
The philosophy from the book "Getting Things Done" together with Evernote
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by mattm 13y ago
Read "Why Men Earn More" by Warren Farrell to understand the reasons why this is.

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