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by nabraham 5y ago
What can I spend the coins on?
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by nabraham 7y ago
This all started in the US with Judge Easterbrook in ProCD. https://www.bitlaw.com/source/cases/copyright/procd.html The basic gist of Easterbrook's argument is that in everyday life it is common to buy
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by nabraham 7y ago
Sometimes not and yes. Online ticket purchases are routed through a protocol which has an earlier cut off time after which the ticket is in “airport control” and purchased or changes happen in-person. https://travel.stackexchange
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by nabraham 7y ago
We’ve gone from customer pays for shipping, to free shipping, to 25% of the US prepays for shipping. After free and faster free shipping, the next best thing feels like predicting what you want and sending it to you.
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by nabraham 7y ago
"You" would be the company, and the submitter would assign all the rights to it. Interestingly, I looked and couldn't find any terms of service or company name.
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by nabraham 7y ago
Eric, the author, says he won't accept any puzzle submissions because of attribution and legal issues. This seems like the wrong outcome for people who want to make the site better but don't want credit, compensation, or attributi
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by nabraham 7y ago
So far CA DMV publishes autonomous miles driven without incident etc. It would be interesting to see commercial numbers driven - ie someone paid for a ride.
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Tech layoffs are surprisingly frequent(medium.com)
7 points by nabraham 8y ago|0 comments
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Udacity opens flying car nanodegree program(techcrunch.com)
5 points by nabraham 9y ago|0 comments
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by nabraham 9y ago
A friend of mine was laid off ( https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/13/disqus-lays-off-11-as-it-p... ). He spent time interviewing for a new job and found that it sucked. Companies move super slowly because recruiti
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Accelerated interviews for fired employees(layoff-aid.com)
10 points by nabraham 9y ago|11 comments
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by nabraham 9y ago
It's a bigger deal than it appears. The indemnity means that if Anthony told Uber before the deal that he stole trade secrets from Google, then Uber indemnifies him - ie pays for lawyers and any penalties. But there's no protectio
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Uber Made an Unusual Legal Pledge to the Head of Its Driverless Car Project(bloomberg.com)
26 points by nabraham 9y ago|5 comments
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Why Uber's Anthony Levandowski has (almost) nothing to lose(medium.com)
15 points by nabraham 9y ago|0 comments
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Repl.it – React Native mobile apps in browser(repl.it)
319 points by nabraham 9y ago|61 comments
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by nabraham 9y ago
It's not easy to be first on google, especially on brands where you don't own the brand. If you can do this consistently please immediately set up a company, charge, and go eventually go public.
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Open sourcing self driving car data(medium.com)
6 points by nabraham 10y ago|0 comments
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Udacity launches VR nanodegree with Google, Unity(techcrunch.com)
3 points by nabraham 10y ago|0 comments
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5 Skills to Be a Machine Learning Engineer(blog.udacity.com)
3 points by nabraham 10y ago|0 comments
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by nabraham 11y ago
Seems like a good way to track lab supplies - is there a buy button when I run out of stuff or do I have to buy from somewhere else?
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by nabraham 11y ago
I'm not sure openly publishing salaries is collusion, which usually is a (secret) attempt by a few players to set prices for everyone. Like in the law firm example, all this affects only the top companies. Also, different structures ca
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by nabraham 11y ago
The story gets more interesting - the legal field is one of the few where salary information is totally transparent. If you know the law firm name and how long a person has worked there you can look up their salary. [1] Partner salary is al
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by nabraham 12y ago
Yes - you need the % that is reservation taking vs walk-in. That said, my 10% stat is from their 10Ks and relates only to the markets they are in.
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by nabraham 12y ago
Future growth must come from international. OT is in 50% of all reservation taking restaurants in the US but in only 10% of reservation taking restaurants in international markets. That said, it's not easy to go international - they&#x
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With 24M students Codecademy is bigger than you thought(forbes.com)
2 points by nabraham 12y ago|0 comments
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by nabraham 13y ago
Tangential to the story but the most obvious question is what company fired Alex - it was Somawater ... drinksoma.com
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‘Airbnb for tutoring’ startup Tutorspree (YC W11) shuts down(venturebeat.com)
2 points by nabraham 13y ago|0 comments
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by nabraham 13y ago
Streeteasy has a terrific brand in nyc. Given that they have 1.2m monthly uniques and 7M in revenue, I'm surprised that the acquisition will not have an impact on zillow revenue projections. Guess if you do $200m in yearly revenue, an
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by nabraham 14y ago
I should have been more clear: rent a secondary home for the sole purpose of generating revenue on Airbnb.
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by nabraham 14y ago
i) Write a scraper that compares electronic prices on Craigslist with what the fair value is on ebay/priceonomics. Auto send emails to craigslist sellers who are selling below market value, purchase, and then sell on ebay/craigslist. You ca

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