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Ask HN: Please review my startup. theBuzz.at
12 points by pmjoyce 17y ago|31 comments
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Financial institutions. While you could certainly argue that they already open up their data by way of regulatory reporting, I think there is certainly a case for standardizing output and possibly even increasing the scope.
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Dumping Startup Plan A is easy enough - but how to get to Plan B?(uk.techcrunch.com)
1 points by pmjoyce 17y ago|0 comments
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I think tesseract was right. Jack Straw's quote: "... I have recommended to Her Majesty the Queen that he should be granted a free pardon and she has graciously assented." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8245760.stm
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"I haven't devoted nearly enough time to figuring out the difference between four stars and five stars" I grappled with a similar issue a few months ago when I wrote about the 5 star rating system used by Yelp. If time and mood are factors
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Apologies if it wasn't clear. What I meant was UK users can get Vista HP (Upgrade) for £60.75, if you buy this now they'll give you Windows 7 for free when it comes out. As only complete versions (not upgrades) of Win 7 will be ship in th
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UK users can save another £5 if you buy Vista Home Premium from Amazon before Windows 7 comes out as you get a free upgrade and Vista is cheaper. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000321063
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What is dishonest about the current systems? The dishonesty (wilful or otherwise) arises from allowing the 5 star system to proxy for something that gives users something meaningful with which to base their decision making. And what makes i
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I disagree strongly with your statement that the 5 star system is "exactly the same as asking someone "would you use/watch/go/buy-from this product/place/movie/business again?". " In fact, I think this is exactly where the complication ari
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Good analysis, and it real get to the nub of the article: the difference between the perception of making a good decision based on the available data and how it's presented versus the reality of the decision making process. What I'm proposi
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I agree advanced statistical analysis is not suited to these types of sites as the requirement on the user is such that the response rate would be virtually nil. But the point is that while the 5-star system initially looks and feels like i
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I still think this lacks any degree of real clarity, although I admit that it looks like it does. At best I might use the trend graphs as an starting point from which to interrogate the qualitative data (comments). One major problem is the
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Right, but that's not the whole story. The 5 star system is probably a lot better suited to the sorts of things that Amazon sell (music, DVDs, electronics etc.). These ratings are not as time sensitive as a bar or restaurant ratings for e
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Why the 5 Star Rating System Isn't Suited to Local Reviews(thebuzz.at)
18 points by pmjoyce 17y ago|23 comments