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by pdq 13y ago
How is this different than Glassdoor.com?
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by pdq 13y ago
Note to the designer of this page: white background with light gray foreground text is a bad UI decision. Users need more contrast, as this page looks faded.
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by pdq 13y ago
It's at least above 300, because I can't endorse.
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by pdq 13y ago
Here's a simple solution to this whole moderation hammer: add a downvote for poor comments (ala Reddit). The spam and garble comments will automatically be moderated by the community as a whole. Turning HN into Wikipedia Moderation P
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by pdq 13y ago
You should call this CoffeeGo, because it's basically what CoffeeScript did to JavaScript.
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by pdq 13y ago
HomeAway is public and worth $4 billion today. I'm pretty skeptical AirBNB is worth more than twice that.
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by pdq 13y ago
Hooray, a new batch of insanely rich lawyers.
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by pdq 13y ago
Here, have a karma.
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by pdq 13y ago
Thanks, I never knew this existed.
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Implementing a web server in a single printf() call(tinyhack.com)
181 points by pdq 13y ago|39 comments
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by pdq 13y ago
This is basically a clone of: http://color.hailpixel.com/
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by pdq 13y ago
Most VC's want 20%-25% ownership. And DigitalOcean is a very capital intensive tech company, needing to buy/build machines, pay for electricity, rent rack space, and pay for bandwidth. Virtually all tech startups on the other ha
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by pdq 13y ago
One advantage I see is if you are away from New York and SF, and want low latency. They have locations in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, and Seattle.
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by pdq 13y ago
Gamble it. Stock futures, state lotteries, or casino table games.
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by pdq 13y ago
Drug dealers have tons of cash they can't put in a bank, per government regulations on disclosure. People with tons of bitcoins may want to cash out a part of their nest egg. They get together and trade cash for BTC. Now the dealers
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by pdq 13y ago
I thought the "ABC" of selling is "Always Be Closing", from Glengarry Glen Ross.
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Assertions Are Pessimistic, Assumptions Are Optimistic(blog.regehr.org)
1 points by pdq 13y ago|0 comments
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by pdq 13y ago
Kudos to the coders who built this interactive Infographic. Very impressive.
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by pdq 13y ago
Tons of employees + tons of machines + tons of bandwidth - very little advertising revenue = big loss Have you purchased anything or viewed many ads on Twitter?
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by pdq 13y ago
Agreed, Twitter at least reported them in the correct order. Non-GAAP is still a sham in this case, because ignoring employee stock compensation to boost your earnings is like ignoring employee salaries to boost your earnings. It does not
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by pdq 13y ago
This is the so-called "Greater Fool Theory": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory Many of the VCs get in on the A-round, pump it up to the next VCs for the B-round, pump it up get it to IPO, and
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Short Pointers(hbfs.wordpress.com)
1 points by pdq 13y ago|0 comments
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High Tech Injection Heals Gunshot Wounds – in 15 Seconds(betabeat.com)
4 points by pdq 13y ago|0 comments
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Don’t Ask Your Startup Lawyer for Investor Intros(siliconhillslawyer.com)
1 points by pdq 13y ago|0 comments
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by pdq 13y ago
This reminds me of the "My Startup has 30 Days to Live Blog": http://mystartuphas30daystolive.tumblr.com/
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by pdq 13y ago
Another Bitcoin crypto-clone. Why does this need crowdfunding? Is the traditional mining and conversion to other cryptocurrencies not enough of a financial reward?
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Bixi owes $50M, files for bankruptcy protection(cbc.ca)
2 points by pdq 13y ago|1 comments
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by pdq 13y ago
Coinbase (and others) provide merchant services, whereby they accept a small (1% if I recall) fee to convert BTC into USD, at the current spot price. So users can pay for a product in BTC, and the merchant receives USD at the spot price of
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Wingtip of the new Airbus A350(i.imgur.com)
6 points by pdq 13y ago|2 comments
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by pdq 13y ago
Call now and save money! simplyinsured.com! This reads too much as a blatant advertisement, with little actual content.

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