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by thematt 15y ago
I don't think that's true, given that Amazon is a US-based company -- so they can be compelled to turn over data as a result of the Patriot Act, etc. Microsoft admits this is the case with them and I suspect it's true for other cloud provid
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by thematt 15y ago
Yeah. Gotta watch him, if only for the skit about hot...pockets.
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by thematt 15y ago
In terms of the lecture content, if you go to any large university this is essentially how those 100 level courses are taught anyways. You're sitting in a huge auditorium with hundreds of other students just watching the lecture on a TV scr
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by thematt 15y ago
You can't get 5-to-1 leverage on stocks or other such passive investments. Not exactly true. Derivatives have significant leverage, often times way more than 5-to-1.
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by thematt 15y ago
I've never tried it, but www.vudu.com seems to have most new releases.
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by thematt 15y ago
It's definitely possible. I have a full time job, a girlfriend, work out everyday and after all that I still manage to run two startups on the side. It's mostly about cutting out non-value-added activities while at the same time optimizin
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by thematt 15y ago
I agree, I've never understood why that data point is relevant to the job I'm applying/being-recruited for.
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Making the World's Largest Airline Fly(businessweek.com)
2 points by thematt 15y ago|0 comments
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by thematt 15y ago
Congratulations on the launch! I think the concept is great, but your site is pretty bare. I would suggest adding more info to get people through the conversion funnel. How it works, case studies, who the influential people are, etc.
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by thematt 15y ago
That's ridiculous. How can they be punished for something you think they might do?
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by thematt 15y ago
Awesome, glad to hear it! Thanks for the disrupting the space, I know I'm not the only one who appreciates it.
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by thematt 15y ago
I love Stripe and it's been awesome to use, but must repeat a question I asked in another thread. I wonder if that level of simplicity is sustainable for them going forward. The reason other payment providers have paperwork and approval pro
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Startup ideas that I’m sick of hearing about(robbieabed.com)
69 points by thematt 15y ago|39 comments
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by thematt 15y ago
Interesting list with some good ideas. At the moment, I have time and talents but (surprisingly) no interesting ideas to work on. I was really hoping to see something on there involving machine learning or NLP. Anybody have any needs or ide
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by thematt 15y ago
I agree, from a customer's point of view Stripe is a godsend. However, I wonder if that level of simplicity is sustainable for them going forward. The reason other payment providers have paperwork and approval processes is because of liabil
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by thematt 15y ago
The US does a lot that I don't think is represented in that number. For instance, the military aid that we render to foreign nations in time of natural catastrophes is second to none, particularly in terms of expediency, logistics and suppl
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by thematt 15y ago
I won't defend Apple/Facebook, because I think it's nonsense, but here are a couple (technical) reasons why companies like that might justify keeping the account around: - Integration with other systems. It's easier to just mark the account
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by thematt 15y ago
It would be more accurate to say the hotel was assembled in 15 days. Most of the pieces were already built off-site.
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by thematt 15y ago
Here is the link to the actual project site: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/in...
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by thematt 15y ago
Not arguing with the importance of some of those techniques, but just a word of caution that the document hasn't been updated since 2008.
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SOPA Opponents May Go Nuclear(news.cnet.com)
221 points by thematt 15y ago|118 comments
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by thematt 15y ago
The article you refer to is this: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090101/and-the-money-comes-rol...
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by thematt 15y ago
Exactly. XBox's and iPhones are not the "world's infrastructure". The real infrastructure of the world runs on big iron mainframes, SCADA systems and whatever Cisco puts on their hardware.
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by thematt 15y ago
The frustrating part is that the internet and tech companies opposed to SOPA have plenty of gold . They're just not using it.
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by thematt 15y ago
Today, software from two American companies — Microsoft and Apple — run most of the world’s infrastructure, in terms of governments, authorities, social security, et cetera. It has come to be taken for so granted, you can barely buy a piec
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by thematt 15y ago
I agree completely. However, I also think that those shops that do choose to parse and interpret massive amounts of data in new ways will have decisive advantages over those that don't.
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by thematt 15y ago
Those others don't matter though because by going through the class you've signed on for an 18 month stint with LivingSocial.
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by thematt 15y ago
I've heard that suggested before, but it's probably in a warehouse on some military base being examined. It's unlikely we'd gain any valuable intelligence from the environment they bring it to. It's not like they're going to park it in thei
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Report: Iran Hacked, Hijacked U.S. Drone(csmonitor.com)
202 points by thematt 15y ago|126 comments
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by thematt 15y ago
Why would the previous listed experience as CTO have disqualified him?

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