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by numair 18y ago
As an American citizen, you are taxed globally. Now, you may think that you can simply renounce your US citizenship, burn your passport and call it a day, but as of 1986 the IRS is able to come after you for taxes for up to 10 years after
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by numair 18y ago
This ceases to be true if we enter a deflationary environment, as is reflected in the stock prices of annuity-issuing companies.
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by numair 18y ago
Hey, you get to meet with the guy who, out of paranoia to "protect his investment," hired a private investigator to stalk Sean Parker (as founder/CEO of Plaxo), and then spread nasty gossip about him throughout the Valley when Parker "cross
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by numair 18y ago
I know this is likely to be viewed as off-topic or whatever, but... there are some really cute girls in grad school, especially the European ones. And they are past that whole annoying where's-the-party phase. You also get to learn a lot
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by numair 18y ago
Why do we care? Why are people voting this up, as though it is as interesting and significant as one of our peers sharing technical knowledge? Seriously, when will the tech industry grow up? Why do we treat pundits and gossip hounds as th
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by numair 18y ago
A counter to #4: The point that I, and so many like me, keep coming back to is... Every man, woman, child and dog has a credit card now; a large percentage of people are carrying unbearable amounts of debt. In the past, America was a cred
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by numair 18y ago
This is really, really significant. The fact that you can go above quota, and pay for the privilege, makes me far more likely to consider using this product. I might even get around to learning Python...
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by numair 18y ago
If you knew anything about what happened to WebObjects, you would be hoping that such a scenario never occurred.
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by numair 18y ago
Well, the article has been killed, however it would make very little sense, given that Apple is not about to start putting Qualcomm CDMA chipsets in their phones. They are far more likely to use their recently-acquired chipmaking expertise
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by numair 18y ago
I don't get why this guy was voted down. The truth of the matter is, the old guard always remains, they just become irrelevant. Facebook won't die, but it also won't be cool and consume your life -- the same way AIM isn't dead, but it's n
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by numair 18y ago
You are ignoring rule #1 in the financial world: "Past performance may not be indicative of future results." Don't worry, the entire financial world ignored this rule as well (which is precisely why I think this is likely to be a long downt
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by numair 18y ago
This was a fun mental exercise, and a trip down memory lane... Salesforce.com had raised over $50M by 2000, and is very successful today. PayPal raised something like $225M (remember getting $5-10 free for signing up?) and is the shining st
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by numair 18y ago
YouTube is the poster child of "unprofitable success."
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by numair 18y ago
Just remember, if you boot one of the guys with whom you are tinkering, and end up with a massive success, and that guy sues you, a significant number of people will always assume you were a selfish asshole who screwed the guy over. Journa
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by numair 18y ago
Actually, you get to mix in circles with people who can make you miserable. But that's a whole 'nother story ;)
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by numair 18y ago
This analysis fails to take into account the amount of fake/scam/robo entries posted on Craigslist (their biggest problem today). Several of my friends and I have been studying this in detail for a number of years now... We still haven't fi
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by numair 18y ago
Your competition doesn't matter. What matters is if you have a quality product which is able to attract a large enough set of discriminating buyers to provide you with a decent profit. For example, if you are one guy living in a developin
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by numair 18y ago
Please stop associating this with Arrington. Arrington was likely the "victim" of someone disgusted with his anti-Europe rhetoric (which makes you wonder why he was back there in the first place). This, on the other hand, could be somethi
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by numair 18y ago
Two things: 1. You're in an industry which is obsessed, quite irrationally, with youth. Steve Jobs might have been a young entrepreneur, but he didn't create the iPhone at 29. Rupert Murdoch might be ancient, but he's still a player (in a
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by numair 18y ago
A lot of the commenters, and the writer of the article, seem to miss the major point here. We are talking about BLACKSTONE, whose founder paid millions of dollars to have Rod Stewart sing at his 60th birthday, among other ridiculous displa
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by numair 18y ago
Most angels are such a bunch of pompous amateurs. If I was put in a position where I was broke and had to raise a small amount of money to start my bold new venture, I would get a minimum wage job and burn through my nights and weekends.
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by numair 18y ago
Morten Lund has more info, in case you're wondering: http://lundxy.com/?p=3250
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by numair 18y ago
Oh yeah, and this is the most priceless tweet to have ever been tweeted. http://twitter.com/martin/status/1113180806
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Remembering Martin Schaedel
31 points by numair 18y ago|3 comments
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by numair 18y ago
I wish everyone on HN would quit debating Arrington's spit incident (breaking news: man gleefully disparages European society, returns to Europe and is spit upon, and then proceeds to declare himself a victim of cruel and unusual punishment
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by numair 18y ago
You are obviously new to this whole world domination thing. Might want to look in the mirror. ;)
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by numair 18y ago
You have to love the great American tradition of poor fashion sense; I can imagine what my European friends would be thinking if they saw the crowd in this photo...
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by numair 18y ago
Sorry, but this is nothing more than a cheap attempt at stirring up class hatred. The jet is one of the most useful, efficient tools in the corporate arsenal, especially when you have to run around and meet people 24/7 (as tends to be the
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by numair 18y ago
Silicon Valley is its own culture. If it were to actually die, it would be gone forever - there would be no replacement. There are enough people dedicated to the preservation of this culture to ensure that it will survive, even in the fac
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by numair 18y ago
You make the classic mistake of arguing against the record industry as a means for arguing against payment for intellectual property... While the record industry is involved in this, and they are the chief whiners, the overall situation is

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