supahfly_remix

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by supahfly_remix 18y ago
In principle, you're right. However, hedge funds typically use a lot of leverage to make their returns, even as high as 20x. Given the credit contraction, I can see how this can kill their returns. I don't understand why someone would len
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by supahfly_remix 18y ago
I Farted and Would Like Everyone to Sniff It (by Jeremy Zawodny)
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by supahfly_remix 18y ago
Is a bar-member lawyer responsible for supervising the outsourced work? Can he be disbarred if something is done improperly? As an example, for outsourcing of public works projects, a professional engineer (PE) must supervise the project a
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by supahfly_remix 18y ago
That's an interesting point. Are there legal impediments in place that prevent such outsourcing? I don't know the law on this. The American Bar Association is a very power organization, with the added detail that their members also happe
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
Chips are expensive to develop. It doesn't make sense to me that Apple is willing to spend the R&D for new generations. It would make more sense that that R&D cost is amortized over multiple chips from multiple vendors. That was
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
Thanks, that's good advice. I'll give that a try. I am pretty curious, although I try to limit it intentionally. With the internet, it's unfortunately very easy to get sidetracked...
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Ask YC: Hobbies as a Source of Frustration?
1 points by supahfly_remix 19y ago|2 comments
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
Glad to hear that such opportunities are open to the CS-knowledgeable. Where do you find such jobs? (Not on Dice -- they seem to just be about buzzwords).
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Ask YC: do you use what you learned in school?
14 points by supahfly_remix 19y ago|37 comments
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
what kind of background do you have? I'm an EE doing chip design but am looking to get into something more business-oriented.
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
People are complaining about the format (hundreds of pages of PDF). Surely one of you talented programmers can create a webapp based on this, and it might even be the genesis of a startup (e.g., traveler's hub for aircraft safety, etc.) I
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Ask YC: can one of you create a webapp to browse the recent NASA flight data?(nasa.gov)
2 points by supahfly_remix 19y ago|1 comments
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
Wow what a conclusion, companies cluster. It's not as if this hasn't been happening since at least the Industrial Revolution. Also, they picked some of the lamest companies to put in the map: e.g., Fujitsu data systems, National Semicondu
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
Is anyone aware of a hacker studio in Austin, TX?
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
I agree that Americans are too consumed with stuff. More importantly, though, we don't even make our own stuff any more -- the Chinese do. While stuff might not seem important, if that supply line ever gets cut, we'll see how important it
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
Don't tell me that meeting chicks was not a side goal of this endeavor!
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
For a typical transaction Ebay takes about ~3% of the sale, Paypal takes ~4%, and auctomatic would like another 1%? Good luck to them.
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Amp'd Mobile in Bankruptcy b/c kids haven't paid their bills!(tgdaily.com)
1 points by supahfly_remix 19y ago|0 comments
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by supahfly_remix 19y ago
It's naive to think people will be sharing their financial models over the internet. While cool to play with, I really don't see a business case for Instacalc. Please fill me in on what I'm missing.
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by supahfly_remix 20y ago
I like this part: "Co-Founder: Within a few weeks of being out in SV we were introduced to the guys behind, YouOS. As fate would have it, one of the founders (Srini) was actually living in the building next to us and we started having infor
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by supahfly_remix 20y ago
Potential customers are very qualified to comment on startups.
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by supahfly_remix 20y ago
Ycombinator and its progeny are getting an amazing amount of PR these days. It's certainly part of the Web2.0 zeitgeist now. Did you see the list of startups at the end of the article in the "Yscraper"? pg had an essay on this PR placeme
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by supahfly_remix 20y ago
For one of my MSEE classes at Stanford, I took a business for engineers class taught by a local successful and retired software entrepreneur. I forgot his name. He was paralyzed in one arm b/c of a plane crash when piloting one of his own
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by supahfly_remix 20y ago
No doubt, hacking is a way of life. What I wonder is if Bell Labs were still in its heyday, would you have been an entrepreneur? When AT&T was a monopoly, they provided exactly the kind of unprofitable environment that geeks love (and they
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by supahfly_remix 20y ago
I'm cool with consulting. As you point out, it's relationship-based, which means that it probably doesn't obsolete as quickly as a business based solely on technology. In your business, have you been able to take the IP you developed and
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by supahfly_remix 20y ago
I prefer the lawfirm model of business: steady growth, repeat business over the years. Of course, no one becomes a billionaire this way but one can do pretty well. Would this qualify as a startup, as defined by startup school?
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by supahfly_remix 20y ago
With all the startup school buzz, everyone seems to want to be an entrepreneur. The idea is: make a bunch of money, retire and become a VC. What's the plan 'B' if a startup fails (or multiple ones do)? Does anyone here view engineering as
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Engineering as a profession?
9 points by supahfly_remix 20y ago|11 comments