numair

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by numair 18y ago
Or maybe some of us just hate it when people whine about their comment scores, instead of providing commentary relevant to the discussion?
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by numair 18y ago
If this is anything like every other corporate venture arm that has ever existed, this will be a political (interally) and financial mess. This may also mean that the acquire-to-hire era is coming to an end at Google, which would be a nega
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by numair 18y ago
I don't think your conviction is based on the data. MySpace is only profitable because Google blinked. I would love to hear about these "much more convincing revenue streams" of which you speak. Mark Zuckerberg practically lives at the of
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by numair 18y ago
Human nature is not subject to Moore's Law.
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by numair 18y ago
Dude, he's getting a PhD in Sociology. For the sake of his research, I hope he's spent some time getting over his wealth anxiety and gaining a few social skills. This is a prime example of why Peter Thiel and David Sacks wrote The Diversit
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by numair 18y ago
No way. Really rich people LOVE hard-working poor people -- it plays into the whole theory that smart, hard-working Americans will always come out ahead. Also, really rich people often understand that they are simply not as focused or mot
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by numair 18y ago
I don't really understand this article. He was living in his Jeep? Didn't he bother making friends? I thought the whole point of college was to engage in Lord-of-the-Flies-style social hacking? That "one red paperclip" guy needs to teac
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by numair 18y ago
That's because last.fm gets paid for spins: http://musicmanager.last.fm/help/faq?category=Promotion
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by numair 18y ago
First, I'll note that what you wrote here somewhat contradicts your original post. Also, HN is comprised of a very small subset of early adopters - namely, the sort who create their own services. This is an absurdly small and misleading s
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by numair 18y ago
I had discussed this with a reporter from Bloomberg a while back, who challenged me to buy one of these houses and see what happened; if I didn't live in an amazing place, I would definitely be doing this right now, for the exact reason tha
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by numair 18y ago
The selection bias present in this data makes it pointless for the purposes of a profitable entertainment project. You are better off going to your local middle school and having the 8th grade math class run the survey for you.
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by numair 18y ago
Or here's something that works on a ton of machines, with no major rocket science necsessary: 1. ssh -D1080 username@host 2. change proxy settings to have http traffic go through a proxy running on port 1080 3. enjoy.
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by numair 18y ago
How about NO... He ruined Hank Greenberg, one of the greatest businessmen in this country, and put AIG in the very position it is in today -- all for what, a shot at becoming the next Giuliani? It's utterly retarded. He is the classic "ba
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by numair 18y ago
Chris is a brilliant, down-to-earth guy. If you have a great deal and want VC backing and a great guy to join your team, definitely consider going to him. And to the guy who posted something about how hiring a Facebook co-founder is a stupi
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by numair 18y ago
A very good, and important, point. Several VCs have told me that they hate the pain the comes with dealing with many seed/angel investors out there; YCombinator has sort of established itself as the premier seed brand, and one that elimina
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by numair 18y ago
Did your instances suffer as a result of this downtime? I've been playing around with Scalr, haven't really seen any problems as of late... Would love more input from others who have used / are using the service.
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by numair 18y ago
Point taken; thanks. As I replied to your reply further up in the thread, I could definitely see how a future Sequoia-YC combination would be beneficial to both parties. I hope this works out well for you, as you're doing a great job of h
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by numair 18y ago
Thanks for the guidance, Paul. In thinking more about this, I came to the conclusion that this is probably a "taster" for what may become a closer relationship between YC and Sequoia. For example... Could you see a future where YC was par
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by numair 18y ago
Yes, but if it's working, why let Sequoia in the deal? YC has an existing brand and deal pipeline... This just doesn't make sense to me. You're also inevitably leaving other potential follow-on investors, such as Founders Fund, at a disadva
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by numair 18y ago
In order to make sense of this from a financial perspective, I'd have to know more about the performance of YC's existing fund(s). Is that published anywhere? The size of this deal is much smaller than the average Series A funding round of
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by numair 18y ago
Complex partnerships require corporate/tax lawyers and billable hours. Sorry, but there's no way that you'll get a credible answer on HN.
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by numair 18y ago
You obviously didn't get the memo last week.
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by numair 18y ago
Americans and their obsession with drugs is so strange. We're 5% of the population, yet we consume over 50% of all illegal drugs. Something tells me that this cultural inclination for drug usage makes it much more difficult to justify leg
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by numair 18y ago
Well, the whole point of a farmer's market is to build a strong social relationship with the people who grow your food... So why not ask them while you're buying from them?
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by numair 18y ago
This is so utterly irrelevant. Once again, with an ominous title and tons of upvotes, I am baited into checking out what turns out to be nothing more than a pundit war. Thanks, guys!
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by numair 18y ago
That was really cool of you. Thanks!
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by numair 18y ago
Can someone create a nifty JavaScript calculator for this?
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by numair 18y ago
This doesn't work. You still have to report your holdings in the company to the IRS as a CFC, regardless of whether the company generates a profit / pays you income / etc. This, of course, puts a red flag on you, which leads to a higher c
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by numair 18y ago
Agreed, and I feel the exact same way. Hopefully some of what has been outlined here will help those who come across this thread and start thinking of strategies to "get out of it." You really can't, and I agree that you really shouldn't
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by numair 18y ago
There is a standard expat deduction -- I want to say it's something like $72,000 per year. If you make less than that, you don't have to pay anything. "Quite a few expats and international businesspeople" who make more money, and hide it,

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