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by mtr 16y ago
All the people I know who work in M&A say that 90-hour work weeks are common.
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by mtr 16y ago
I have a feeling that Xmarks is getting more press by saying that they will shut things down in 3 months versus them making an annoucement that they're shifting to a fremium model. While it could backfire, the additional press coverage coul
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by mtr 16y ago
So assuming that these customers didn't buy anything over $13, her COGS should have been $13 * 0.3 = $3.90. This also ignores the fact that there are people who paid $6 for the coupon and never redeemed it. Now lets assume that some people
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by mtr 16y ago
For me it's more an example of poor management from the fact that he allowed development to become so fragmented that the end result was a convoluted mess. I know if the the richest man in the world said he was disappointed with something I
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by mtr 16y ago
I would tend to agree but I have no idea what it may be. My system has been super stable since I got it 18 months ago. When I started having the problem I did a clean install of SL and as soon as I reinstalled Google Voice and navigated t
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by mtr 16y ago
Installing the Google Voice extension caused kernel panics on my machine every time I loaded Gmail. What a pain as it took several hours to figure out the root cause.
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by mtr 16y ago
My site is going to have specific tags, somewhat like Stack Overflow. I see Trafficspaces has the ability to support contextual ads but there's not a lot of info. Ideally I'd like advertisers to be able to bid on a set of tags--is this po
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by mtr 16y ago
I've been looking for something similar but for non SaaS websites. My site will rely on targeted advertising and the sale of classified ads. Is there something similar that suits my use, taking into account viral coefficients etc. And alo
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by mtr 16y ago
Buying isn't always better than renting especially when you take into account interest payments, maintenance, closing and selling costs, taxes etc. So basically if the house doesn't increase in value enough to cover these costs than you ar
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by mtr 16y ago
And I find all of the copper-coloured coins (1, 2, 5) a hassle. Switzerland seems to have this figured out as the smallest coin is 5 centimes. To the average American who doesn't like dollar coins, imagine their reaction when they find out
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by mtr 16y ago
I apologize in advance for another short comment, but your reply leads to another interesting point: should entities (individual, companies) be using payback period as a criteria for investments? Everything I learned in b-school pointed us
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by mtr 16y ago
I've done some consulting in the area but don't have any hard numbers at hand right now. But basically, it's lots of money. If the subsidies are taken away then the market collapses. Germany isn't the sunniest country in the world yet wa
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by mtr 16y ago
From an SEO perspective, doing a "site:leaf.ly marijuana" search in Google resulted in only 6 results. "Cannibis" only shows 7. Adding more of these references and/or putting them in the URL may help.
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by mtr 16y ago
Try watching familiar movies that are dubbed into French _and_ have French subtitles. "Children's" movies may be best for this. One caveat is often the audio and subtitles will vary (e.g. tu vs vous); I'm not sure why they do this. Anyway
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Pinax 0.9a1 released(groups.google.com)
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Ask HN: Useful tools for picking SEO friendly URL's, and Google discrepancies
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by mtr 16y ago
This was featured on This Week in Startups which may fit the bill: http://tonido.com/
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by mtr 16y ago
Would this work for sites (such as Facebook) that compress photos when uploaded? Wouldn't the compression affect the embedded code?
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by mtr 16y ago
He also gave a TED talk on this very subject: http://blog.ted.com/2009/07/psychopathic_ki.php
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by mtr 16y ago
From Wikipedia: "It accommodates only 8,000 diners a season, but gets more than two million requests." It's also claimed that the restaurant loses money, so why not raise prices??
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by mtr 16y ago
I don't know what your level is, but I recently used this book to get started on the basics: Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional by Clare Churcher http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Database-Design-Novice-Profe...
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by mtr 16y ago
Very cool, especially as I'm busy planning a trip (BCN-ROM-STR-BCN). There are ~4 possible airports for STR but most search engines don't let you choose them (aside from 'nearby' airports, which can be a bit moot with Europe's typically aw