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by thisisit 8y ago
This is the 2nd data localisation law in past one year. The last one was for finance related data. And this one seems to be for eCommerce related data. So, I am confused on how do Google/Facebook figure in that discussion? One of thing
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Most of these charts rely only on quantitative measure of value like P/E and that has certainly under performed by a lot. But value investing goes beyond such quantitative measures.
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>If they work That is a big "if". Stability is a principle which has been tried time and again in fiat money and failed. Too many times to count. See GBP peg etc. for examples. If something is unstable, it is because the market
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by thisisit 8y ago
There was also a MNC which did not leave the country and divested its share. That company was the Indian branch of Unilever called Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL). It actually debuted on Indian stock market in 1977 at the price of Rs. 17 Toda
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by thisisit 8y ago
Sure it is possible in Bitcoin. But Monero is frequently used as prime example of an untraceable cryptocurrency. The reason is because of Monero's technology. But in the same vein any stolen Monero cannot be traced.
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This sounds like the "Compounding Knowledge" post from FarnamStreet last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19094502
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I was in the same place sometime ago. There are still days,like today, when I regress but slowly taking that into stride. Here's what has helped: 1. Cut down on the habit of "knowing" more. Nothing happens if I skip news and
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A viable one at that. Many NGOs in India are actually sketchy business operations. I am no expert but Indian laws are very strict when it comes to foreign money transactions. The law behind is called the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Ac
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by thisisit 8y ago
> I think the author himself has a one page blog post summarizing it as well. Link please.
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Single brand retail chain ownership was restricted in India. A foreign entity could only own up to 51% in a single brand retail chain. That has changed last year in Jan 2018. So, the article claiming the issue was 30% locally made products
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The investment in Indian unit has been long time coming. India has a strict policy on imported phones. Xiaomi, which is nearly the market leader in India has been doing it for a long time: https://www.indiatoday.in/technolog
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by thisisit 8y ago
Two things really. One, usability over existing systems. It is a difficult one to actually answer but I find people talking about new technologies all the time and when you ask them - Okay, what can we do with it which older technology coul
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by thisisit 8y ago
At the YC Bangalore event last year, we had a guy who was developing a disposable and water soluble pad. The pricing was too high for these things to be mass market, though. Unfortunately I don't remember the name. But it would have an
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I am wonder if good fraud detection is one of things routinely ignored by unicorns trying to get explosive growth. First, we had ridersharing companies where drivers could start rides without their customers. Then were digital wallets getti
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You could open a service on a darknet forum - £100+ worth of food for £20. And people on these forums are well aware on how to receive the order without getting into trouble.
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> It appears that there is a conflict of vision within Google. So what you saying is that two departments in a big company can have their own attorneys and/or publicists and approach government agencies on their own without a higher
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by thisisit 8y ago
Can we please add 2013 to this? Additionally it was discussed at that time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6980058
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One of the aha moments I had was - Thinking of good productive habits as light and unproductive habits as darkness. While you can dim the lights by doing good habits more and more but you cannot dim the dark by doing bad habits less and les
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by thisisit 8y ago
Currently the problem arises if the reviews are owned and hosted by the company in question. You can find tons of complains about the quality of Amazon products. And now there is a need for external tools like fakespot.com to find fake revi
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by thisisit 8y ago
> "Tech" here is actually just infrastructure; it's table stakes and not interesting at all. Agreed. Especially when tech becomes commoditized enough that anyone can pick and run with it. And that is what has happened with
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> Edit: Platforms don't kill dogs; people do. Stop trusting people. I disagree with that notion. Trust has always been a big problem. But when a two way market is built on a platform you trust the platform to carry out it's due
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> The trick is to write your resume so it gets past HR's filter Any tips on how to do that?
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This article seems to be just a marketing push before the IPO. As an investor it doesn't tell me anything. Profit can mean many things, especially when the non-GAAP measure is used. Tech IPOs tend to have lot of stock options cost asso
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by thisisit 8y ago
The whole safe but meaningless job is just romanticization. The same job can be meaningful if you are working on a good project. It can also be unsafe if the workplace is toxic. It is about finding what you really want in life. Sometimes sa
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> At the time this was my first deal, but I had read a TON on this issue and it was clear that this was a hard predatory ask for a deal like ours. I am curious if you can recommend some materials to read up on this?
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I am curious. I live in a place where ecom is just taking off. While there are lot of brand dependency I see a chance to actually to do private/white label stuff. So curious if you know some tips on how to get started on Amazon FBA.
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> What is this new trend of belittling accomplishments down to luck? I don't think OP meant as black and white as you see it. There is some luck factor involved in many of the successful projects. What people should be wary of is th
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by thisisit 8y ago
> whether to invest in Walmart: https://www.getguesstimate.com/models/10935 That is one heavy model. My computer comes to a standstill trying to open this one. I am curious though what was the result of the analysis
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I think many of the habit creating methods tend to forget that habit creation should be easy and not test your willpower. For example, I spent years trying to reduce my weight and in spite of balanced diets, group motivation etc I failed a
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> Companies who are serious about this stuff What about companies who are not serious about this stuff? There are tons of companies who are not actually trying to solve a hard ML problem. They just want their own recommendation or predic

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