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by shawnee_ 16y ago
But he has learned that instead of arguing his case with Page, a better strategy is “giving him shiny objects to play with.” At the beginning of one Google Voice product review, for instance, he offered Page and Brin the opportunity to p
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NYTimes.com Pay Scheme Has A Great Big Hole (paidcontent.org)
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One of the more interesting tidbits I've stumbled across: http://books.google.com/books?id=vw7ZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA21&#3... Source: United States Income Tax Law Simplified for Businessmen | Ferdinand Adolphus Wyman | 1895 In other words,
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Super "Perigee Moon" to Rise Saturday(science.nasa.gov)
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Prosecutors Ask For Up to 10 Years For Ex-Goldman Programmer(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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Coaches are on the same spectrum as advisors and investors… but not on the end you want. Paul Graham once cautioned me about advisors: “Be careful about getting advisors. An advisor is just somebody who doesn’t believe in you or your idea
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
I doubt that being a graphics designer is the key to figuring out how to transmit video Film-making and HDSLR does not translate into "graphics design". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSLR
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Would the YC team mind sharing which of the "accepted" W11 bunch submitted a video in lieu of / in addition to their applications? I was a YC applicant once - 2007 as a single-person founder. Although I personally would never do a video, i
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David Brooks: The Modesty Manifesto(nytimes.com)
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Neat. "Shortlist" might not be the most apt title for the watched threads, though. . . calling it something like "Watchlist" or even just "Watch" might make it more clear at first glance.
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If you’re a real accountant reading this, please forgive my simplifications; if you spot any mistakes, please let me know. There is one pretty important section of the P&L / Balance Sheet that's missing . . . taxes. On that note, I am
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
As it is I think your passion gets in the way of seeing reality as it actually is This is my soapbox issue, yes. But there's no invective here, just a bit of "why!?" b/c I hoped to see a YC company in this industry on the side of the lit
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
You're right, my typo. I can't remember the exact verbatim text that my economics textbook cited, but one of the underlying assumptions of "market forces" economics is that information isn't unduly restricted; it's more or less accessible
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Market forces can't really work effectively on the problem when there is information asymmetry, can they? Market forces presume rational behavior, and perfect information. I will assume that the expected result of this startup (why YC in
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
There are so many sites and nothing centralized has really taken off. Even when you boil it down to one city. Wrong. There IS something centralized: it's called the Multiple Listing Service, and ONLY Brokers and Realtors have "access"
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Why Silicon Valley Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Returning Home(techcrunch.com)
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What is up with the erratic commas and spacing in this article?
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Q: "What is one epiphany/something that was said to you that made you realize 'I can maintain my fame and not be remembered as just the guy who once won big at Jeopardy!'?" A: Screw that, I don't want to be famous. I keep getting asked who
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
It turned out that Mr. Szekely, who is an ordained minister and does not drink, do drugs or curse in front of ladies, did indeed have a warrant — for not appearing in court to face a charge of “criminal trespassing” (for sleeping on a side
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
Palantir presented during a DevHouse they hosted a year or so ago, some of their statistical trend analysis that implicated a certain cohort of mortgage lenders in/around Chicago. The results of their findings were pretty much proof of cri
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
Powerless? Hardly. The problem is that current business models for rewarding writers (in the emerging distribution format) are either broken, or they have not yet had enough time to mature. Although it's a bit "dated" (2005), I think the
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
The crazy thing is that Watson is < 5 years in the making. On PBS last night - http://video.pbs.org/video/1786674622 The "Making Stuff" series on Nova that's been airing the last week or so is very interesting: Making Suff Smarter / S
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IBM's "Watson" finally ready for prime-time Jeopardy(hpcwire.com)
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SHDH was there a couple years ago, and it was a great venue. Maybe facebook will get brave enough to have a SHDH on its turf one of these days.
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Just when we thought the era of epilepsy-inducing website design was over. { background-color: ick; font-size: too big; margin-left: way too much; margin-right: way too much; padding: not quite enough; focus: none; }
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It is very well done. Somebody already posted this on your suggestion forum, but I do like the idea of allowing people an option to offer item suggestions. Expand that idea by also allowing people to alternately "buy" something like a gif
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Interesting to see the progression of these numbers over time. male:female (other) @30 minutes it is 200:10 (7) @15 minutes it was 42:2 (0) http://hackeress.com/hackeress/etc/genders.png
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Richard Branson on Intrapreneurs(entrepreneur.com)
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Although I agree, the MBA-dissing is really old. Every time I see yet another one of these articles, I heave a sigh and think "Again? Really? Slow news day?" That so many people make it out like a stigma to have one, is ridiculous conside
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by shawnee_ 16y ago
Phone books are like paper spam -- such a waste! Really makes me wonder what exactly goes into their cost:benefit calculation.

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