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by prs 16y ago
Although it seems not to be a direct play as the footnote states that Amazon.com is not a sponsor of this promotion .
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by prs 16y ago
"In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy."
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by prs 16y ago
Bono != Elevation Partners Many other persons are missing and probably classified as "Other". According to TechCrunch the Samwer Brothers from Germany also invested in Facebook. Would love to know how large their share is if they are still
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by prs 16y ago
The case you are referring to looks like a "cashback deal". The purchasing party receives something (money,extension of subscription,...) in return for finalizing the transaction through your affiliate link. As far as I know, this kind of d
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by prs 16y ago
As long as we are talking about legitimate sales originating from real people, the 24-hour duration of the affiliate cookie puts Amazon into a very favorable position. I cannot see why AMZN should accuse you of stealing money. https://affi
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by prs 16y ago
I enjoy reading about your struggles and experiences in earning a online income. Is it safe to assume that those earnings are for December 2010? If yes, I would have assumed that earnings for Android software would have increased quite a lo
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by prs 16y ago
All that trouble for ~$10M in paper profit. Compare this to the $400M he seems to have netted from his investment in the drinks company Glaceau a few years ago. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/may/29/news.50cent
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by prs 16y ago
CNBC does not directly benefit financially from price increases in stocks they cover. In this case, Mr Jackson (50 Cent) has a financial interest in the company and does participate in stock price gains - That is where I see a significant
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by prs 16y ago
"You can do so much in 10 minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity." Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA
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50 Cent: Facebook Is Worth $50 Billion, Maybe More(dealbook.nytimes.com)
13 points by prs 16y ago|13 comments
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by prs 16y ago
Having ~$50B in liquid assets and Steve Jobs owning ~7% of the target company are good arguments to finance a hypothetical deal of that scope.
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by prs 16y ago
Steve Jobs already owns 7.3% of Disney - I don't think Steve will go for Disney anytime soon but who knows.
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Ask HN: What did you get for Christmas?
11 points by prs 16y ago|30 comments
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by prs 16y ago
Is there anything Tim Ferriss cannot do? Sometimes I catch myself thinking that Tim Ferriss is the next Chuck Norris. Joking aside, he is a really good marketer. Congratulations on hitting the #1 on the NYT bestseller list yet another time.
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by prs 16y ago
For reference: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2003515
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by prs 16y ago
http://ompldr.org/vNnA4bA - Screen-Shot of the linked Homepage http://ompldr.org/vNnA4bw - Screenshot of HN
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by prs 16y ago
Scrolling to the bottom of the article gives you a list of similar implementations in other languages. Very interesting to see how other have tackled this programming problem.
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by prs 16y ago
Did a quick Google search and came across a site that features some Christmas Bingo Cards. http://www.bingocardcreator.com/bingo-cards/holidays/christm...
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by prs 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1215138
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by prs 16y ago
They received VC funding of $1mm. So that will buy those 3+ [1] developers some time. According to an Oct 2010 article by TechCrunch [2] "Orbitz pays Hipmunk the standard rate of $3 per flight sold". Hopefully they did some renegotiations r
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by prs 16y ago
See http://www.youtube.com/user/QuestVisual for QuestVisual YouTube channel and explanatory video. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-lens/id383463868 for direct iTunes link.
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by prs 16y ago
I agree with your points. The only thing that I would ask for is to date new submissions of old posts with a label such as [2004] so that readers can immediately grasp whether it is a new essay or an old one.
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by prs 16y ago
Not if you factor in that sales of electronics typically pick up in the fourth quarter due to the holidays.
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by prs 16y ago
There are always a few vulnerable points. Even Amazon can go down if you chose the right point of attack as the past has shown. http://mashable.com/2009/12/24/ddos-attack-amazon/
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by prs 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_per_capita... speaks a different language even if you factor in taxes. I am always a fan of a safety net but in the case of kreci the upside of continuing his path surely beats dedicating
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by prs 16y ago
Surely there has been lots of debate about his statements in the past. Rather than spending time on his polarizing way of gaining attention, the best solution is to let him do business his way and channel our energies into more productive d
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by prs 16y ago
Once you are in their site and play around with the navigation, do not click. Seriously. Their 'Hey, I told you not to click but you did anyway' screen is not only annoying and headache-inducing. In my opinion, it could also be dangerous. R
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by prs 16y ago
You might want to add a space between the year and 'Lottery Results' in your titles. Old: 2010Lottery Results New: 2010 Lottery Results
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by prs 16y ago
Do not forget about evaluating Developing Apps for iOS ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/developing-apps-for-ios-... ) for yourself.
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by prs 16y ago
As far as I remember there was no multi-button mouse by Apple in 2004.

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