rohin

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Why aren't we all using Japanese toilets?(priceonomics.com)
402 points by rohin 14y ago|371 comments
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How much does it cost to be an audiophile?(priceonomics.com)
48 points by rohin 14y ago|65 comments
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by rohin 14y ago
We considered the "registry" angle but decided against it since it only works if everyone uses it. We wanted to build a tool that could be useful without needing any network effects to kick in.
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by rohin 14y ago
Not likely. This was a self-contained project to scratch our own itch.
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by rohin 14y ago
Primarily community driven to raise red flags about stolen bikes. That said, it's pretty easy to look at an advertisement for a bike and know if the seller actually knows anything about it.
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A Dragnet for Pee-Wee(blog.priceonomics.com)
168 points by rohin 14y ago|54 comments
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by rohin 14y ago
Author here. In the article I link to a 60 Minutes segment that follows around families in Florida that turn to living in their cars as a last resort. Worth checking out as it offers a very different perspective on the experience: http://w
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Living in a Van(blog.priceonomics.com)
210 points by rohin 14y ago|165 comments
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by rohin 14y ago
Make a list of the top 20 PE funds (KKR, Bain Capital, TPG, etc) and then check out their portfolio from their website or WSJ articles.
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We Need a Warby Parker for Mattresses (priceonomics.com)
193 points by rohin 14y ago|167 comments
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What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?(blog.priceonomics.com)
534 points by rohin 14y ago|347 comments
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by rohin 14y ago
Do you have any pictures of your setup? That frame looks fascinating.
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by rohin 14y ago
To hack that part, I've seen people mount the monitor on an adjustable stand and the keyboard on an adjustable tray.
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Hack a Standing Desk from IKEA(priceonomics.com)
73 points by rohin 14y ago|50 comments
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by rohin 14y ago
My bad:( Fixed:)
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by rohin 15y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. Fixed it!
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by rohin 15y ago
The data set is for the last 6 months so should include Summer and Winter in Chicago.
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by rohin 15y ago
We're just looking at a sample of the data so the actual per capital figures aren't meaningful. Would have loved to have showed that, but instead we just normalized the data to 100.
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by rohin 15y ago
Agree 100%. However we had to front $1500 in capital and we nearly lost it all when the check initially wouldn't clear.
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by rohin 15y ago
One additional point not mentioned in the post (written by me). If you buy a used Aeron chair, it's very likely you can sell it for the same price a couple of years later. Essentially you can lease the chair for free.
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by rohin 15y ago
We've been investigating arbitraging Aeron chairs. We're finding they're very hard to lug around. We'll keep you posted!
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by rohin 16y ago
I can't speak to the success rate of the engineering students, but I graduated from the business school in '07. In my class about 10 of us started companies. There have been two successful exits and one is probably doing over $100MM revenue
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by rohin 17y ago
Most college newspapers actually outsource the content management and hosting for their websites to a company called College Publisher (owned by Viacom). College Publisher takes 100% of the advertising revenue in exchange for hosting the si
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by rohin 17y ago
Right now it's free during the beta. (I setup a stackexchange for startup questions: www.ExplainBusiness.com). It took about 2 hours and you don't need to provide a credit card yet. It will be interesting to see what % of these trials conve