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by steveplace 11y ago
Using p/e to value growth companies doesn't work too well. The "E" in the ratio changes too fast.
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by steveplace 12y ago
People who think the labor movement was the creation of heroic union organizers have a problem to explain: why are unions shrinking now? The best they can do is fall back on the default explanation of people living in fallen civilizations.
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by steveplace 12y ago
Pick any emerging tech in history and you'll find plenty of hits about how it will only be available to the wealthy. Air travel, cell phones, computers, air conditioners, and so on.
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by steveplace 12y ago
Obligatory rebuttal whenever this video is posted http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-ab...
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by steveplace 12y ago
When an algo puts a bid in and pulls it quickly if the bids start getting hit. It makes the order book seem thick but if there is any decent order flow there is no liquidity to be found.
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by steveplace 12y ago
Simple fix to this. Charge a cancellation fee for any orders cancelled under 150ms. That way it's no longer advantageous to quote stuff or float out fake liquidity.
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by steveplace 12y ago
You don't have to transmit voice or data, just capture and release IMSI ID'S. The capacity is there.
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by steveplace 12y ago
> The vegetarian diet had nothing to do with poverty or animal rights. Gladiators, it seems, were fat. Consuming a lot of simple carbohydrates, such as barley, and legumes, like beans, was designed for survival in the arena. Packing in t
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by steveplace 12y ago
Since we're on a roll, here's a CIA manual on tradecraft https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intellig...
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by steveplace 12y ago
No.
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by steveplace 12y ago
If a bunch of people on HN scream "overvalued" it means the valuation is fair.
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by steveplace 12y ago
* ridester.com * zimride.com * erideshare.com
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by steveplace 12y ago
Yup. If you're young and fit, you don't need coverage for diabetes. A high deductible with a cancer/accident supplemental will be 30% the cost of a more normal plan.
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by steveplace 12y ago
Are these "good" from a design aspect, or "good" because they convert?
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by steveplace 12y ago
>How could you hack a replacement for a board meeting? Mastermind groups.
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by steveplace 12y ago
> He's pointed out that capitalism is flawed -- that inequality is not an unintended result, but rather an inherent feature of it. As I've not read his work nor critiques of his work, I'm curious to know if he puts any wei
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by steveplace 12y ago
You'd like "Cooking for Engineers"
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by steveplace 13y ago
nothackernews
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by steveplace 13y ago
A handful of people ended up with margin calls in the order of six figures because the broker hadn't yet adjusted the contracts. Not fun to wake up to.
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by steveplace 13y ago
If you're in GOOG options, it's going to get goofy. http://www.cboeoptionshub.com/2014/03/28/goog-get-ready-next...
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by steveplace 13y ago
Great timing with Mardi Gras-- the company made local news, and if you look at the world map, there's about a dozen openings in New Orleans (but a surprising few in the French Quarter). I'm convincing the inlaws to to a PPP model
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by steveplace 13y ago
Well on the extreme end of things you have ruby ridge and waco. Then you've got the addition of militia groups to Domestic terror lists. And then you have the IRS specifically targeting right wing non-profits.
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by steveplace 13y ago
Here's the thing. You like it when there's wide, sweeping cirriculum on the Federal level... when you agree with it. But what happens if there's enough political pressure (it is a midterm election cycle) to add ID into the ci
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by steveplace 13y ago
Teacher worship can only go so far. Because this post makes the claim that all teachers should be looked up to. My entire family consists of teachers. They know who the bad teachers are. You've got Paulina Pensioner who just shows ol
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by steveplace 13y ago
run a search at broadbandnow.com, see what you get
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by steveplace 13y ago
Growth investors don't invest off of current revenue or earnings. It's how they expect these numbers to grow in the next few quarters/years. So if you're going to be bearish on TWTR (which is fine) you probably want to g
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by steveplace 13y ago
>One in 10 Americans undergo a CT scan every year, and many of them get more than one. For what?
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by steveplace 13y ago
remember when we didn't have to check our privilege before reading HN? that was nice.
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by steveplace 13y ago
Remember when HN was about programming and startups, not class warfare and income inequality? That was nice.
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by steveplace 13y ago
>It will dwarf anything dreamed of by Bernard Madoff. Madoff's fraud was to the tune of >60 billion. Bitcoin's cap is at round 10 billion. So the author expects btc to rise in value by at least 600%

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