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Putting finance in its place(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by tpatke 15y ago|0 comments
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by tpatke 15y ago
First of all - I wasn't making a value judgement. Personally, I agree with you - it is reprehensible and disgusting. That is part of the reason I don't work at Goldman's anymore. I always found it a bit embarrassing to be associated with
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by tpatke 15y ago
I used to work at Goldman's. This story doesn't surprise me at all. This is what all good bankers do. I think the story hasn't gotten attention because it is not a story. It is just how things work.
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by tpatke 15y ago
First thing I noticed is that the links at the top of the page don't work (in IE9). ...so, basically, they are looking for developers who "think in algorithms, dream in code, and eat control structures" so they can fix those pesky main nav
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The cult of Steve Jobs(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by tpatke 15y ago|0 comments
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by tpatke 15y ago
For those of you who haven't heard about this, CNN has a bit more facts in it's coverage: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/06/politics/occupy-wall-stree... The full impact of the greek default hasn't hit yet and it is not unreasonable to ex
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by tpatke 15y ago
Microsoft still has the better P/E ratio. 9.4 for MSFT vs 14.5 for IBM. I can't say I understand why investors would value IBM's growth potential higher then Microsoft's. The next big milestone is when Apple is worth two Microsofts. Heh.
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by tpatke 15y ago
Aside from raising the price issue they have also (apparently) caught the Autonomy CEO in a lie. ...which would make me a bit uncomfortable if I was about to write a 10 billion dollar check. Makes me wonder why he lied and what else he li
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by tpatke 15y ago
You should read The Economics of Innocent Fraud. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Economics-Innocent-Fraud-Pocket-Peng... >Whatever they don't consume is reinvested in the economy. This is true of all financial transactions. The question is,
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by tpatke 15y ago
>Going to college doesn't mean you deserve a job I think the point was that this is affecting a wide range of people including the educated and hard working. I didn't see the entitlement slant. >America is still a country where one
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by tpatke 15y ago
I wonder how many patents were transferred to the new company. Motorola certainly has a lot and MSFT and Apple have been overpaying lately...
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Apple prevents Galaxy sales in EU(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by tpatke 15y ago|1 comments
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Double amputee to compete in mens 400m(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by tpatke 15y ago|0 comments
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by tpatke 15y ago
I was going to comment that Google, Facebook and Twitter are platforms for search, connections and communicating respectively. Ads are simply a revenue model. If Facebook charged $20 per month, would you work for them then? However, after
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by tpatke 15y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't realize.
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by tpatke 15y ago
Not sure why YC should be getting blamed here? I give them a lot of credit as it appears that hacker news broke this story. If there was anything sinister going on I think they could have just deleted the story. Airbnb is another matter.
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Google Antitrust Probe(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by tpatke 15y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft's TV ad platform - XBox Connect NUads(nytimes.com)
1 points by tpatke 15y ago|0 comments
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The Bitcoin Crash(bbc.co.uk)
64 points by tpatke 15y ago|58 comments
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by tpatke 15y ago
From the link above - the products were not part of the acquisition.
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Why iCloud won't send the competition to the ground(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
3 points by tpatke 15y ago|1 comments
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by tpatke 15y ago
A big part of the problem is differing degrees of technical sophistication. Both in the design of applications and the understanding of where problems exist. One person sees the need for photo sharing, and the other doesn't even understan
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by tpatke 15y ago
The author hints at good point - is the browser going to be around in 10 years? The trend definitely seems to be cloud + rich client. In that case, is the browser needed?
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Groupon Business Model Deteriorating in Oldest Markets(businessinsider.com)
6 points by tpatke 15y ago|1 comments
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Nokia shares recover after Microsoft sale rumours(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by tpatke 15y ago|0 comments
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by tpatke 15y ago
I bet the guys behind CouchSurfing are kicking themselves about now. http://techcrunch.com/2006/06/29/couchsurfing-deletes-itself... Always keep a backup of your database! :-) In this case, I think it is pretty clear the execution is wo
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by tpatke 15y ago
Bitcoin is a market which has buyers and sellers. Just because one more idiot is willing to buy $10, or $1000 for a coin does not mean there is a market to SELL $50M worth. This market sounds easy to get into and hard to get out of - espec
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Microsoft to boost employee compensation(geekwire.com)
2 points by tpatke 15y ago|0 comments
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by tpatke 15y ago
To summarize: Berlin has a lot of weird people and it is cheap to live there. Therefore, it will the next startup capital of Europe. Hmmm... Sounds like the author had a good time in Berlin and wanted to say something nice. Don't think I
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by tpatke 15y ago
This is a good point. Of course - for a banker it is not an opinion it is a full time job and at 7% they are very well compensated for it.

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