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by mdb333 8y ago
well to be fair arbitrage in traditional markets only really works at massive scale. Its also part of the invisible hand that brings equilibrium to markets. Unfortunately its not really accessible to the average investor.
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by mdb333 8y ago
great article but it kind of petered off at the end... why not highlight what folks have gone on to do post @stake? they got acquired by Symantec. Mudge went on to work with the DoD to development a cyber fasttrack program, Weld started an
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by mdb333 8y ago
I've visited around summer solstice few years back and didn't find it too bad really. Of course, we rented our own car and did the ring road so we were only around Reykjavik a day or two. Certainly, outside of the golden circle yo
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by mdb333 8y ago
...well don't go to China lol! can't read the article due to paywall but can grok the content based on the title. When you break it all down it's pretty much a supply/demand type issue where supply is constantly limited,
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by mdb333 8y ago
Shareholder/liquidity preference is very important... for example if you are VC backed and there are multiple classes of stock, eg. common vs preferred, you will probably find that preferred stock holders have payout preference. Even i
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by mdb333 8y ago
I traveled on the sister ship to this one couple years ealier on a similarly exotic trip to all sorts of far flung destinations. While it was a small crowd (~50 passengers) it was mostly all these types of hardcore dedicated travelers, most
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by mdb333 9y ago
anyway you slice it, this was and will always be the golden era of PC-gaming!
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by mdb333 9y ago
Its definitely sad to see in person where bordering on pristine primary rainforest are miles of palm plantations encroaching closer every day. Of course, don't forget all the problems caused by the farmers slash & burn tactics too.
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by mdb333 9y ago
bummer... I grew up watching ski movies and listening to my grandfathers stories about hanging out and filming with Warren and other pioneers of skiing way back in the day up at Cannon mtn and elsewhere. Definitely a legend who adapted righ
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by mdb333 9y ago
the real test comes when folks try to withdrawl their fiat...
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by mdb333 9y ago
Calling them a "Security firm" might be stretch. Took them longer to fix a simple bug than it took to file a lawsuit -- ridiculous!
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Security firm Keeper sues news reporter over vulnerability story(zdnet.com)
6 points by mdb333 9y ago|1 comments
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by mdb333 9y ago
A couple nice things about SF on this topic: 1. Davis Stirling (Housing related laws) mandates that building associations cannot prohibit owners from installing solar panels. Basically, they have to work with you to find a way and can'
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by mdb333 9y ago
This is just a teaser for the book obviously... as all this has already been written about multiple times over elsewhere. Perhaps the only additive here is the parallels they draw to SV starups in general and how business itself has become
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by mdb333 10y ago
Not true. This is often included the questions asked by background check companies when they confirm previous employers. Its up to the previous employers whether they provide that information. I have seen both (ie company refuses, company p
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by mdb333 10y ago
...yeah but imagine you're trying to hire a contractor to do some job. Of course you're going to ask, "how much does it cost?" Generally you will shop this job around to get an idea of the range of prices for similar wor
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by mdb333 10y ago
it has nothing to do with freedom of speech. This is fitting into the same category of not being able to ask candidates; what's your sexual preference? what's your religion? do you smoke? are you planning on having children? etc.
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by mdb333 10y ago
good to know, I was wondering if this would include information from previous employers on background checks... which it sounds like it does.
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by mdb333 10y ago
It will be interesting to see how this affects the hiring markets. Out in SF/etc it came up in just about every discussion I had last time I was looking for work usually as part of the first phase. No point interviewing candidates that
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by mdb333 10y ago
Having been an avid player at the time I can see how a specific well written narrative as opposed to procedural generated stories would have benefited the overall player experience, but in all honesty I don't think it would have made t
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by mdb333 10y ago
You can create "value" without needing to sell your data. By offering free services to small sites they can gather more data on browser profiles, attack patterns, attackers, etc. which they can use to improve their techniques, tun
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by mdb333 10y ago
Still, begs the question: what value do they get from their "Free" customers? Is it simply a freemium model based on getting conversions OR do they extract value from front-ending those smaller sites? Seems like the latter for sur
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by mdb333 10y ago
is this surprising news? at least living in SF its pretty clear we're at full saturation. Companies have been throwing all the money at fending off competition and expanding to new markets... As well, most all of these gigs are means
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by mdb333 10y ago
agree this reeks of ca 2000 burstage... so you have a bunch of eyeballs you sell ads to. Big f'in deal, that's not a $25B business unless you can continue to scale 10x (profitably). The rest is simply tech-fad novelty junk. I&#x27
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by mdb333 10y ago
it is, https://octopart.com/search?q=
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by mdb333 10y ago
folks are digging the kemper profiler too. Can't argue with the results but i guess im still addicted to analog.
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by mdb333 10y ago
I wouldn't say they're pointless but more of a convenience than a necessity in most modern designs. Probably more important in vintage amps with old tubes and such where folks generally want to be more gentle and preserve the life
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by mdb333 10y ago
I'm still resisting the AxeFx but being short on space and a growing stack of rack gear waiting to get fixed might push me over the edge soon :-] There's a pretty classic book called Electronic Projects for Musicians that might be
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by mdb333 10y ago
True but i think a lot of that is in adherence to the original design/specs they're emulating (or straight up ripping off). Folks went nuts over the XVive BBD revivals or even still pay ridiculous sums for original panasonics. Som
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by mdb333 10y ago
basically homomorphic encryption is being able to perform mathematical operations against encrypted values. So you can for example add two numbers and get an accurate result (also encrypted) with zero knowledge of the underlying values befo

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