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by turar 14y ago
> Linode is great, EC2 is great, and there are several other providers. What are some of the others?
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by turar 14y ago
> Since 9/11 the USA has shown that it does not follow the civil rules of law for non-citizens. Citizens too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Derwish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Aulaqi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdu
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by turar 14y ago
With paper money, mostly. Canadian real estate prices are hitting new highs, which is arguably unsustainable.
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Yes, and the US is in there too. But before Europeans came, there were Native Americans who lived in North America's varied climates, similar to Europe's, yet they were severely lagging in development.
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by turar 14y ago
I think climate may play some role, but it's nowhere near as important as the OP stated. You've got Canada vs Russia, Singapore vs Madagascar, South Korea vs North Korea, Australia vs Papua New Guinea, etc. Basically, there are lots of othe
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by turar 14y ago
"Because India is close to the equator, the environment has a greater carrying capacity than the kinds of first-world, northern nations that the author is used to." By that logic, Russia would have been the most advanced nation in the world
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by turar 14y ago
Barry Eastbrook has a book "Tomatoland" [1], about the taste of tomatoes in America, which is based on his earlier article [2]. Also there was a good interview with him on NPR [3]. Tomatoes are grown for easy transportation, and appearance,
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by turar 14y ago
Can anybody list any truly significant scientific or technological advances in the past 40 years? Say, starting from late 60-s, the time when ARPANET was developed?
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"Finally... Lesson learnt? Don’t respond while emotions are running high" Wow, after all the drama you still don't get it. Lesson learned should have been: do not copy/paste, especially to such a degree where a majority of your "content" is
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by turar 15y ago
Not totally worthless, but most likely not worth the full $700M. They have $2.2B in Plant/Property/Equipment on their balance sheet. Then they have $500M+ of goodwill and intangibles. And only $500M of equity, which is constantly declining
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by turar 15y ago
Well, it could decline in value after you buy it. The point is that having debt of $N doesn't always mean the value of the house is automatically adjusted by $N. Value is in the eye of beholder, or buyer in this case.
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by turar 15y ago
Further sticking with houses, if the officially appraised value of that house drops 40% since the said mortgage was issued, and comp sales in that neighborhood are 50% lower, the house's real value is nowhere near $500K, no matter what the
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by turar 15y ago
Look, I totally get the debt part of the valuation, and what enterprise value is. I also completely understand that enterprise value is an important measure of valuation. All I'm saying is that using market cap to indicate the value of the
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by turar 15y ago
So you paid $300K for the house, effectively establishing the last trade value, i.e. the market cap, a.k.a. what "market is willing to pay for the property", at $300K. Not $60K.
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by turar 15y ago
Totally incorrect? The value of the equity is simply "assets minus liabilities", a.k.a book value, which can be completely different from the market cap in dollar terms. And thanks for the downvote.
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by turar 15y ago
Market cap is a commonly used method to measure the company's worth, as determined by the market. If everyone agreed that NYT was in fact worth 1.5B, its market cap would have been 1.5B. Also, there are many companies that have negative EV
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by turar 15y ago
I wonder if anyone with a child born in December can simply delay the enrollment until next year? Do schools have issues with that?
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by turar 15y ago
That was actually a reason why it took me a long time to adopt Reddit. I used to stumble upon it for years, browse around for several minutes, get overwhelmed by sheer number of comments, and leave. This happened again recently, only this t
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by turar 15y ago
That are "primarily designed or operated" for pirating, and have "only limited purpose or use other than" pirating? What are some examples of such sites?
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by turar 15y ago
I could never understand why there's such a huge financial difference in the way emergencies that threaten human lives are dealt with in the US. You never expect a huge bill from the fire department or the police department should you requi
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by turar 15y ago
Yes. Gates Foundation works on various philanthropic causes, notably global health issues.
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by turar 15y ago
Buffett is working for his shareholders to increase the value of their investment in Berkshire Hathaway in the best possible way. Personally though, he already gave away most of his wealth to philanthropy via Gates Foundation.
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by turar 15y ago
+1. A lot of his examples have nothing to do with financial services.
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by turar 15y ago
The identity theft aspect brings up a whole new concern. If a renter steals a host's identity without trashing their place, there's no way to know that something went wrong until it's too late. And if the host subsequently rents her place t
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by turar 15y ago
Mad Men style: a bar, couple of couches and a good looking admin assistant outside. :) Seriously though, just a couch and an adjustable-height desk will do.
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Sometimes daemons can turn into zombies too. The magical world of Unix. :)
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You don't need a $2.5M to spend all day on HN.
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by turar 15y ago
Agree. I found that working as a programmer with a bunch of biologists, you're somehow become the "support staff", the "computer guy". Sometimes, a "cost center". When you're working as a programmer in a technology company, you're creating
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by turar 15y ago
Cool, but what are the total expenses? You said unusual expenses are 16% of revenues, but how much are "usual" expenses?

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