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by slykat 12y ago
Another thing to remember is that US salaries are also quoted before taxes while I've noticed European usually quote income after taxes
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by slykat 12y ago
Google is just as well poised for getting brand advertising dollars. Specifically consider this point from the article itself: "To date this type of brand advertising has strongly favored television; targeting is certainly nice, but ch
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by slykat 12y ago
Agreed - you have been able to grab Lyft & Uber from SFO airport easily for a long time. I guess the difference here is they have a license from the airport.
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by slykat 12y ago
FYI the x axis labels for the chart "Percent of Rides With Dynamic Pricing - Weekdays" is incorrect. You've accidentally labeled all the AM hours as PM.
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by slykat 12y ago
Last year Ebay's marketplace accounted for 30% of Paypal's revenue. Ebay mentioned that this number is declining and is forecast to hit 15% in the future. So significant but declining. "That’s no surprise since about 30 perce
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by slykat 12y ago
I'm not sure why Ally was not included but in my opinion Ally is one of the best online options out there. They have every feature you'd want in an online bank, their interest rate is one of the best out there, they reimburse all
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by slykat 12y ago
See the comment by chollida1 in another part of the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8358217 "They get paid to sell your orders to Knight Capital, Lava and Credit Suisse.."
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by slykat 12y ago
The headlines in this product make no sense. Seriously the main page's headline is: "Pay it friendly. Treat your friends" [imagery of two friends eating popsicles] Compare this to Square "Start selling today. Take care o
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by slykat 12y ago
While I applaud them for reducing fees, I don't think key problem facing retail investors in America is $7-$10 trading commissions from brokerages. If you think that a $7-$10 trade commission is significant barrier to investing, you ar
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by slykat 12y ago
Wow, I just typed out something similar, referenced the "Industrial Revolution", and was thinking along the exact same lines as you.
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by slykat 12y ago
I have to agree. I think the "independent contractor" model has massive risk to the future of the US. Some of the biggest startups (Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Homejoy, etc.) are building huge business models built on huge workforces of &
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Yelp can manipulate ratings, court rules(sfgate.com)
3 points by slykat 12y ago|0 comments
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by slykat 12y ago
I don't understand this perspective that much. Have you seen how road traffic works internationally, specifically Europe? There are many examples where significant bike traffic can safely share the road with cars. The Netherlands is on
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Usertesting.com offering 3 free usertests a month(peek.usertesting.com)
4 points by slykat 12y ago|0 comments
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by slykat 12y ago
With the pivot of UberX yes. Previously Uber had a luxury brand position, all of their products (UberX, Black Car, SUV) were priced higher than a taxi, and the bulk of their revenue was coming from black car services. I remember the old adv
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A more realistic Uber vs. Car Ownership(saikatbhadra.tumblr.com)
1 points by slykat 12y ago|0 comments
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by slykat 13y ago
"does every new web business need to be Facebook-scale these days to be worthwhile?" To a VC yes. That's the business model of their fund. I think if Everpix had attracted a different class of investors they might have been m
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by slykat 13y ago
Can't you just used Indeed.com? I thought every major ATS allows you to submit your job listings to Indeed.com and similar sites.
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by slykat 13y ago
I personally would not want #2-#4. One of the reason I like Hacker News is that it's system is not customized to my personal behavior. I like that front page looks the same to me when I'm logged in and when I'm not (as far as
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by slykat 13y ago
The truth is we don't know at what point index funds will disturb the efficiency of the market. Malkiel makes a guess at 50% although I think he has an overtly optimistic view of how much rational professionals drive the market. Regard
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by slykat 13y ago
I still think it's incredibly dangerous for anyone to follow "default advice". If you have had the luck of having investable savings (most of the world doesn't so consider yourself very lucky), please do yourself a favor
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by slykat 13y ago
Great counter-point. Just to be clear, I'm not knocking that index funds are a good investment option - I'm knocking the often repeated mantra that if you are going to be lazy, invest in index funds. The the truth is, you can&#x27
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by slykat 13y ago
For a good summary of the value investing philosophy checkout these books: Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham Margin of Safety by Seth Klarman If you want to know this group of high performing value investors, c2 is referring to Bu
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by slykat 13y ago
"Naturally the disservice done students and gullible investment professionals who have swallowed EMT has been an extraordinary service to us and other followers of Graham. In any sort of a contest - financial, mental, or physical - it&
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by slykat 13y ago
Yes but they have $3.7 billion in liabilities that this article conveniently ignores.
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by slykat 13y ago
Glad to see someone actually looked into the balance sheet before discussing valuation! To be fair I didn't do a detailed analysis into their books - I just skimmed over their balance sheet. Nevertheless here's where I think we di
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by slykat 13y ago
I'd like to caution that this analysis is incredibly flawed. Specifically it magically ignores the entire liabilities side of the balance sheet (when you buy a company you don't just inherit their cash balances but also their debt
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by slykat 13y ago
I'm a value investor myself and was seriously considering buying into this stock if it dipped any further. The thesis for investment is pretty darn clear at this point: Blackberry is trading at levels significantly below asset value a
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Using mechanize to get an early appointment to the DMV(saikatbhadra.tumblr.com)
3 points by slykat 13y ago|0 comments
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by slykat 13y ago
I always thought bump would be a compelling technology if it was baked into an OS liked Android. The main issue was getting past the hurdle of convincing others to download it - no one wanted to download an app just to exchange contact info

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