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by rudiger 14y ago
I've heard this figure cited before. Do you have a source? Also, is it true for online purchases, or just consumer spending in general?
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by rudiger 14y ago
You won't be able to short sell Facebook when it first goes public, but some time later you'll be able to when the stock is easier to borrow. Facebook options (specifically, put options) will be listed at the end of the month, but those are
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by rudiger 14y ago
Here's how he's avoiding taxes: He's making this move before Facebook is public. Once Facebook is public, the value of his stake is much more transparent (and harder to fool around with). In your first example, the valuation of a privately-
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by rudiger 14y ago
Not exactly. He's paying some tax now, while Facebook is still private. It's just that once it's public, the value of his stake will be much more transparent and so he'll have to pay more taxes.
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by rudiger 14y ago
> I got a great model for Facebook. No, you don't.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Is there a version of Instagram that's more open to the Web?
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by rudiger 14y ago
It's a conflict of interest since a more favorable review leads to more referrals.
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by rudiger 14y ago
> Granted that consciousness is not fully understood, can we not agree that it is entirely manifest in the brain? I don't think we can agree on that. There certainly are many claims of consciousness existing beyond the human body. For
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by rudiger 14y ago
Except for this app, it kind of makes sense. Strangers meeting for dinner can be vetted by their profiles.
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by rudiger 14y ago
This is a stupid statement. Hundreds of millions of people aren't reading OED every day.
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by rudiger 14y ago
What I mean to say is, if T is a type, then a pointer to T is certainly different from T, but a "pointer to T" isn't a new type. The C type system includes the single type "pointer."
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by rudiger 14y ago
I've always written it before the variable, as int *x. A pointer to something isn't really a new type, is it?
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by rudiger 14y ago
Mr. Goto's name seems aptly suited to his work, writing the instructions given to microprocessor chips. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
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by rudiger 14y ago
Suits don't have to be rarely worn, expensive, inconvenient or uncomfortable.
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by rudiger 14y ago
I have a question. Are companies required to hold certain information about their customers? Or can a company simply answer a subpoena with "We don't store that information."?
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by rudiger 14y ago
Shark Tank has a good track record. So does Y Combinator. What's your point?
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by rudiger 14y ago
Probably the talk accompanying these slides was more informative.
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by rudiger 14y ago
And for a given amount of time. (Which can be more valuable in dollar terms than the capital needed.)
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by rudiger 14y ago
> Suddenly email was back, and now it was our big hope. Email wasn't "back." It had never ceased to be important.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Instagram definitely did not raise tons of money before figuring out their market. They brought an amazing product to the iPhone first.
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by rudiger 14y ago
I don't think they're worried about summer vacation money.
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by rudiger 14y ago
This is one of the greatest things about the United States. People figure things out and make things happen.
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by rudiger 14y ago
They raised a $1.1 million seed round for Gumroad in just four days, though obviously the service and the people have been around longer. Three months later, Gumroad is announcing a $7 million Series A investment.
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by rudiger 14y ago
The imperfect product that ships. Shipping is a feature, too.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Dropbox and Instagram both have much stronger network effects.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Part of the acquisition's worth comes from cross-promoting other Zynga apps through Draw Something.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Obviously, the animation would have to assume the Earth were a rigid body.
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by rudiger 14y ago
> What do large companies gain by not being the first to disrupt their own markets? They can continue to extract massive profits from their existing market.
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by rudiger 14y ago
What would satisfy me is empirical evidence justifying the claims.
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by rudiger 14y ago
Can you recommend a good introduction to the theory of conciousness, especially one that relates it to physics and the Universe? I've seen the term "consciousness" in relation to these topics used before, but have a hard time getting inform

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