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by rexf 16y ago
While it's plausible that a government could come to depend on such revenue from undesirable acts, the act of collecting a tax from undesirable acts will decrease the level of activity. In short, the tax is effective. It kills two birds wit
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by rexf 16y ago
Too much fear of failure is also unhealthy. See this TC piece ( http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/17/japan-to-fix-your-economy-h... ) about Japan: > But most Japanese don’t want to take the risk of starting a business. Indeed, the social
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by rexf 16y ago
Good question. Some subset of the population is willing (wants?) to share such personal information (credit card transactions, etc). Even then, users want to curate the info to present their best foot forward. Think of checking in to a nice
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by rexf 16y ago
It helps to have multiple printed copies of your resume, references, and the position you're applying for. The printed resume is the most essential because you may interview with several people in succession and go through 3+ copies of your
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by rexf 16y ago
This is yet another TC post without substance. Pulse is using APIs to pull content from popular sites (which is a smart move). This is not "moving beyond RSS" as the post claims since Pulse still uses RSS for news and content. RSS is not ve
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by rexf 16y ago
I signed up. I've gotten countless StartupDigest e-mails that I've learned to ignore every Monday. If this LinkedList has relevant events, I'll actually read the e-mail.
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by rexf 16y ago
From the landing page, view.io sounds like an useful product. As someone new to NYC, I'm always looking for relevant upcoming events. In a city like NYC, there has to be events of interest, but they are hard to find. This sounds like what
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by rexf 16y ago
Valve is also in the business of selling virtual hats. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/21/user-created-tf2-items-bri... Judging by how much they pay out, TF2 virtual goods are a profitable side business for Valve.
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by rexf 16y ago
> I registered with a completely fake name, though it sounds like a real name rather than a handle. This is why their real name policy is flawed. A real name that sounds fake gets flagged as fake. A fake name that sounds real does not g
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by rexf 16y ago
> * Not starting early and having to pull all-nighters as deadlines approached. It is easy to beat yourself over this point, but procrastination is extremely common. I'm highly guilty of it. In school, work, and life, without hard deadl
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by rexf 16y ago
Nokia has shown over time that #1 & #3 aren't realistic. As for Android (#2) vs Windows 7 Phone (W7P), you can make a strong argument for either's adoption. W7P is currently not a market hit. As you mention, Microsoft has cash in the ba
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by rexf 16y ago
Symbian has not been doing well, and their fans won't support it forever. Prominent Symbian enthusiasts (Symbian-Guru) on giving up the platform: (engadget summary) http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/symbian-guru-shuts-down-s... (same sto
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by rexf 16y ago
According to this Engadget comparison ( http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/09/hp-touchpad-vs-ipad-vs-xo... ), competing tablets (TouchPad, Xoom, PlayBook) all have 1GB of RAM. It wouldn't be surprising for the 2nd iPad to have 1GB or more RAM.
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by rexf 16y ago
Wow, that is incredibly dishonest - to lie about a UPS package. That kind of false pretense would ruin any setting for a job offer conversation.
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by rexf 16y ago
Agreed, I only bought the $20 Amazon deal at Living Social since it's a guaranteed $10 savings at a company I frequent. Even then, I was hesitant to pull the trigger because I had to go through the registration process and opt-in to spam. W
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by rexf 16y ago
Google Maps works great as a default without having to install a new application. Further, the free NYC Mate official app is great for offline (underground) access. Both include time schedules.