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Landmark Steps to Liberate Open Data(whitehouse.gov)
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by scottkduncan 13y ago
From the same article, it says there were 16.5 million background checks during 2010. Perhaps the ratio between the number of new guns manufactured/imported into the U.S. is relatively stable with the number of background checks. If so, 1
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by scottkduncan 13y ago
"These statistics represent the number of firearm background checks initiated through the NICS. They do not represent the number of firearms sold. Based on varying state laws and purchase scenarios, a one-to-one correlation cannot be made
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by scottkduncan 13y ago
> But I have simply stopped looking to these business models to do anything for me financially as a musician. That's too bad, because there are opportunities. You could completely discount the revenue most artists get directly get from
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by scottkduncan 13y ago
Well, it's an online opt-in survey so you have to keep that in mind. Also, they didn't directly poll on the question of background checks, which is the subject that gets the 80 - 90% approval rating in other polls. Instead they asked abou
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by scottkduncan 13y ago
"As we have discussed, the most logical starting point to address gun violence is the expansion of the background check system. Incomplete or absent background checks create a gaping hole in the wall between firearms and criminals. Loophole
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
oDesk offers periodic screenshots of what your contractor is working on. To me this is enough - a sign that they are on task, but no possibility of catching them mid-nose pick.
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How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the Answer(theatlantic.com)
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What the Maker’s Mark dilution debacle says about corporate strategy(washingtonpost.com)
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The Public Spoke, Maker's Mark Listened - Returning To Original Formula(forbes.com)
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You Are Going to Die(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
I think the impact of this phenomenon is partially mitigated by globalized finance, i.e. I can save/invest my money in countries with different demographic profiles than my own. Capital won't stay in countries where everyone is trying to r
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
I think we're about to reach a point where internet humor and government and humor finally converge. Congress has basically been trolling the American people (minus anyone actually getting to laugh about it) for most of the last decade, an
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There's No Evidence Online Dating Is Threatening Commitment or Marriage(theatlantic.com)
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
> if you really cared about the hardest problems you could find why isn’t addressing civic and social problems on your list? Yes. As someone who also grapples with applying technology to public policy issues, I think part of the reason
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
I've had pretty good results with peer-to-peer lending. Prosper is the platform I use (Lending Club is the other big player in the U.S. but not available to investors where I live). It can be a bit high maintenance as an investor as you'l
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
I think this fits into the larger conversation around what terms to take in a funding round. The anecdote about all the YC companies bragging about valuation post-Demo Day rings true - but what else did they agree to in getting that high v
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
I pay about as much per month to insure my car as I do for smartphone service and personally feel that I get more value out of my smartphone than I do out of my car. In fact I frequently find myself weighing the pros and cons of eliminatin
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
...VC bubble. Ok, so I don't actually think it's a sector-wide bubble but I do think near-zero real interest rates and excess capital looking for a return can explain some of the excessive funding rounds and valuations that have at least te
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by scottkduncan 14y ago
To me this is an example of great marketing by Orrick. Making these basic resources available to startups raises awareness of their firm among new companies, some of which will grow and inevitably develop more complicated legal needs that
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Hillary’s Little Startup: How the U.S. Is Using Technology to Aid Syria’s Rebels(world.time.com)
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SpaceX Forced to Delay Launch to Space Station(wired.com)
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Tim O'Reilly's Reflections on Apple's Tax Avoidance Tactics(plus.google.com)
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On (Not) Learning to Code(theatlantic.com)
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by scottkduncan 15y ago
> "First, entrepreneurship is not riskier than working at a big bank or law firm, a fact vividly underscored by the de facto nationalization of the banking sector..." We might have to rewind the tape here - I think I must have slept thr
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A Post-PIPA Post(avc.com)
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by scottkduncan 15y ago
It's interesting to see a decline in the total value of deals in Q4, despite the fact that both Groupon and Zynga had their IPOs in that quarter. I wonder whether there's any seasonality that typically affects these transactions or whether
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Twitter Threatened With Lawsuit Over Alleged Hezbollah Aid(cnn.com)
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Social Media Fuels SoMa Rental Boom(huffingtonpost.com)
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by scottkduncan 15y ago
This might describe the U.S., but prices for smartphones in the developing world have a different starting point. They are forced to be cost competitive (both for the handset and voice/data) from the outset in order to get any initial trac

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