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14y ago
As far as I know, it's not even a prototype, just a model.
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Eyes on the Stars – the story of astronaut Ronald McNair [video]
(storycorps.org)
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14y ago
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Announcing the New York Perl Hackathon on 2 Mar 2013
(meetup.com)
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14y ago
While I don't think Facebook is all that great of a business model, its financial performance is FAR better than say Amazon. Over the last 12 months, FB has done $6B in revenues and $500mil in earnings (aka profits). That's a net of 9% or
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America on the Brink of Oligarchy
(newrepublic.com)
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14y ago
Alicia Keys is a wonderful singer.
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14y ago
And yet it's up +21.15 (+8.12%) in after hours trading. I don't understand AMZN stock at all.
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Explore Salaries and Equity at AngelList
(angel.co)
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Strippers Can Earn $350,000 A Year In This Oil Boomtown Club
(businessinsider.com)
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That time travel movie that started on Reddit is really getting made
(io9.com)
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14y ago
I did not post this article to incite another evolution over creationism debate. But rather, because it highlighted the journey of a young man who is trying to change the world for the better. A young man who is not trying to enact change
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How 19-year-old activist Zack Kopplin is making life hell for creationists
(io9.com)
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14y ago
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Startups Worth Risking Your Career For
(businessinsider.com)
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14y ago
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17 Ways To Use The New Psychology Of Sales
(businessinsider.com)
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14y ago
They mean residents of the USA. Note that there are two nations that are "United States of _____" in the western hemisphere.
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14y ago
America is NOT a continent. North America and South America are the two continents. Further, there are more than one United States. Ever consider how the people of the United States of Mexico feel when you ignore them like that?
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14y ago
In USA, how many hours by car do you need to find a local that doesn't speak your language? I don't have to drive. Last week, I walked to a local deli and heard the following languages on the street within a few minutes: english, spanish
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Amazon smartphone reportedly in production, set to go on sale in mid-2013
(9to5mac.com)
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14y ago
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Two Hobbit virgins take an unexpected journey
(slate.com)
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14y ago
print(($_%3?"":Fizz).($_%5?"":Buzz)||$_,"\n")for 1..100 No need to quote the strings in some cases :-)
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14y ago
Is this way of thinking common among students today?
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14y ago
No, it's not the standard world wide. For the simple reason that consuming that much water and energy (to heat the water) costs a lot of money. And most people in the world don't have that much money.
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14y ago
It's dangerous because it limits your options. Say you take money from an angel that is strongly associated with a single VC fund. Assuming you do well, when you need to raise your series A, if that VC fund declines, then it's less like
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14y ago
Google is not the only company doing this. Hundreds of other are as well. A few billion here, a few billion there and pretty soon it adds up to real money.
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14y ago
They're not spending that $2B. They're putting into "safe" investments like treasuries or just keeping as cash. Thus, you are effectively paying them to hold onto it via your taxes (for the bonds) and inflation (for the cash).
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14y ago
It would not initially. However, if there are a few big successes, the cost of living would rise. But even then, it would be concentrated in the areas considered attractive to the newly successful company employees and people in the secon
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14y ago
You may believe that, but the evidence from many surveys shows that it is not true. The vast majority of students and parents really do feel that the purpose of university is to "get a [better] job".
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Retail Frenzy: Prices on the Web Change Hourly
(nytimes.com)
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14y ago
The only thing worse than spouting off about how other people should do something is spouting off that other people doing something is useless. Actions always trump words.
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14y ago
That has been studied many times.
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