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by rudiger 14y ago
If you're working 130 hours a week (18+ hours a day, 7 days a week), there's no way you're sleeping 8 hours a night. You're probably getting no more than 4-5 hours of sleep a night, if that. And you're probably pulling an all-nighter or two
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by rudiger 14y ago
What about the founders? They don't have the liberty of hedging their bets, so for them it can be a raw deal.
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by rudiger 14y ago
If you look at all the people making 6 million dollar paydays, is this really how it works? I suspect not, but I don't have the data to back that assertion.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Except this isn't how people are making 5+ million dollars in practice.
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by rudiger 14y ago
The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of US$666.66. Given that this was 36 years ago, that implies roughly a 19% rate of return. Assuming you could invest $666.66 in Apple in 1976 at a generous $10 million valuation, it would be
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by rudiger 14y ago
The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of US$666.66. Given that this was 36 years ago, that implies roughly a 19% rate of return.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Interesting. Is this implemented similarly to "hellban"? Which is to say, does it appear that the votes are valid to the voting rings, or are they shown something else entirely?
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by rudiger 14y ago
Is it really surprising that C can get in the spotlight even on Hacker News? It's the quintessential hacker programming language!
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by rudiger 14y ago
Here's what Paul Graham has to say in How to Make Wealth: Millions, Not Billions ( http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html ): > If $3 million a year seems high to some people, it will seem low to others. Three million? How do I get to be a
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by rudiger 14y ago
Mary Gates, Bill Gates' mother, was on the same board as John Opel, the president, chairman and CEO of I.B.M. They discussed her son's company and Mr. Opel mentioned Mrs. Gates to other I.B.M. executives. A few weeks later, I.B.M. took a ch
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by rudiger 14y ago
Some businessmen feel obligated to "give back." Who says they've taken anything? Paul Graham responds, "They've taken something from chance."
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by rudiger 14y ago
My browser is Safari 5.0.2 on the iPad 2 (iOS 4.3.5).
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by rudiger 14y ago
Is the right-hand side of the text cut off on the iPad for anyone else?
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by rudiger 14y ago
Point 20 isn't totally wrong. You shouldn't try to “fix” anyone.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Every successful person I know has made their 8+ hours of work a part of their Life.
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by rudiger 14y ago
What do these actually look like on the iPhone at icon size?
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by rudiger 14y ago
In case you're not trying to be facetious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)
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by rudiger 14y ago
I can't wait until next week, when these daily articles about Facebook's market capitalization and Mr. Zuckerberg's net worth go away.
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by rudiger 14y ago
It's cool that we're seeing companies reach 1 billion USD valuations with 12 employees.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Who's the long-haired dude in that picture?
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by rudiger 14y ago
What's wrong with name of Bing?
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by rudiger 14y ago
He's an artist and a vandal.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Money isn't the best way to judge intelligence either.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Wouldn't he lose the 50+% majority of voting shares?
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by rudiger 14y ago
On the day of Facebook's IPO, I don't think that anyone was worried about getting press coverage.
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by rudiger 14y ago
I don't think it's healthy for anyone to want to be a billionaire. You can want to make money, maybe even a lot of it, but why the arbitrary huge value of a billion?
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by rudiger 14y ago
Travel can be as expensive as you want it to be, will greatly improve your life, and your friends will only know what you tell/show them.
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by rudiger 14y ago
I feel like your landing page is too "corporate". Candy Japan is about the emotional experience. The design should reflect that!
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by rudiger 14y ago
The chance that granny is going to lose her pension fund is much more related to the actions of the banking and financial industries. Granny is already losing her savings with near-zero interest rates.
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by rudiger 14y ago
It's the same story with Lebanon and Iraq. We can take the opportunities of modern society for granted, but so much can be destroyed by war.

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