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by thematt 15y ago
I find it extremely interesting that they'll be using natural gas as their primary energy source for the campus and using the electrical grid as their backup. Is this really cost effective? Are many businesses doing this?
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by thematt 15y ago
They also hired Palm's designer of the WebOS notification system last year, so perhaps they already have something in the works. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/09/designer_of_no...
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My biggest prediction at this point is a revamped notification system, given that they've hired Peter Hajas. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/03/apple_hires_ip...
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The authors argument was that it would be in the vein of Microsoft Research. The existing Microsoft Research works on very diversified research activities that don't necessarily integrate vertically in their existing product pipeline. Some
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by thematt 15y ago
Imagine how hard it would be to manage 8500 independent business. Why would they need to manage 8500 businesses? That's probably the last thing they or the startups want. Give the startup the resources and let them do the rest. So the qu
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Tennessee Making It Illegal to Share Netflix Password(timesherald.com)
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Amazon Tax Bill Passes CA State Assembly (nbclosangeles.com)
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by thematt 15y ago
For a free and open-source alternative to Hidden, try: http://preyproject.com/ It supports all the major OS's, including phones.
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I see it. I tried this: flights from nyc to seattle
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Reproduced
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What are the addresses for those sites?
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I wasn't intending for it to be a ruse. Rather if someone had enough money to float for a year and chose to dedicate their time to an open source project, that would be some great experience.
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Why? As an employer, I'm certainly going to give more preference to the kid that was hacking away at his side project trying to build something exciting than I am to the guy who was on vacation for the last two years.
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by thematt 15y ago
This is one great thing about the software engineering profession, there's really no excuse for not being "employed". Even if you are laid off from your job and can't find work...you can always start a side company or work on a project. Tho
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by thematt 15y ago
They can't. It's not available to short yet. The underwriters who own shares from the IPO are not allowed to lend them out for short selling for 30 days. The institutional/retail investors who own shares can lend them out, but it is too soo
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by thematt 15y ago
Not always. There are some companies that don't have enough liquidity to effectively make that trade or have no investors willing to lend the shares. Not to mention shorting (or options) aren't even allowed yet on this particular stock.
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by thematt 15y ago
I find these benchmarks slightly confusing. There are protocols/technologies mixed in with applications (or sites). Isn't there going to be huge overlap in these? Facebook vs. HTTP? Flash video vs. YouTube?
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McDonald's to Introduce Touch-Screen Ordering(ft.com)
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by thematt 15y ago
I'm concerned for the future of human work. I'm not. Afterall, somebody has to build the robots. It just means those welders will need to move on to more gainful employment. It will be painful in the short-term perhaps, but I liken it to
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by thematt 15y ago
Interesting choice of words on his part. The stock goes down for every company. Anytime a dividend is declared the stock price is adjusted down by that same amount.
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by thematt 15y ago
Awesome, thank you. Fixed.
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I agree with you then, particularly when you say for comparative purposes only . My contention was that somebody evaluating the stock for purchase today should not include past dividends in the current market capitalization.
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by thematt 15y ago
The market returns should be adjusted for dividends. The market capitalization is what it is, simply a reflection of price and shares outstanding.
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by thematt 15y ago
That's an overstatement to say the least. Microsoft still mints money at an incredible rate. They may be doing terrible in the mobile and web space, but Windows and Office will continue to live for a long time, particularly in corporate e
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by thematt 15y ago
Why should the market cap be adjusted to reflect dividends? Those have been paid out to shareholders and no longer represent assets of the company.
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by thematt 15y ago
It shouldn't change how you interpret the stock price growth, but it should change how you interpret the total return of the company. The graph that was shown is misleading because it only represents the share price growth over the last ten
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by thematt 15y ago
Regarding #2) The North Korean regime continues it's existence and behavior in large part because of the assistance they receive from China. So while we may not be able to sanction NK directly in the world economy, we can very much influenc
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Awesome, my fault for missing that.
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by thematt 15y ago
I'm surprised blogging wasn't mentioned. Regularly writing about the topic(s) your users are interested in has some great benefits: - Lends credibility to you and your site - Outbound links to your product's site can help SEO - Makes it pos
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by thematt 15y ago
That should tell you something: it's not profitable.

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