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Happy Valentine's Day(google.com)
191 points by valuegram 14y ago|24 comments
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by valuegram 14y ago
"Local businesses recirculate dollars in their communities. An analysis of bookstores in Austin showed that, of every $100 spent in a locally-owned store (Book People), $45 were circulated back into the community, whereas only $13 made its
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by valuegram 14y ago
Yeah, I saw that too. I think you're referring to: Lego tracks down rare train set for Asperger's boy, 11, who saved up for it for two years only to discover it was no longer made http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241454/Now-thats-
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by valuegram 14y ago
Amazing example of customer service. The last line says it all: "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how companies score lifelong customers."
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Boy writes letter to Lego after losing minifigure, gets awesome response(games.yahoo.com)
7 points by valuegram 14y ago|5 comments
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Giant squid filmed in Pacific depths, Japan scientists report(phys.org)
113 points by valuegram 14y ago|41 comments
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by valuegram 14y ago
This report contains a lot of information, so for those looking for the executive summary of one of the more interesting and controversial findings (in the "Conclusions and Relevance") section: "Relative to normal weight... Grade 1 obesity
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CDC: Overweight BMI associated with lower mortality(jama.jamanetwork.com)
2 points by valuegram 14y ago|1 comments
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by valuegram 14y ago
I had the same feeling about 3D until I saw "Life of Pi" in 3D. They managed to provide imagery that wouldn't have been possible in a two-dimensional format. As with all other "tools" 3D can be used poorly, and it can be used well. As th
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Netflix CEO in Hot Water With SEC Over Facebook Post(pcmag.com)
1 points by valuegram 14y ago|0 comments
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by valuegram 14y ago
I use godaddy, but I'm not impressed. Just haven't got around to transferring. I would recommend you go with someone else.
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by valuegram 14y ago
To be fair "researchers" have also stated the converse: http://people.stern.nyu.edu/jhasbrou/Research/Working%20Pape... http://www.automatedtrader.net/headlines/127545/hft-helps-ma... http://home.uchicago.edu/~bweller/files/Liquidity_a
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by valuegram 14y ago
Agreed on the diminishing returns front. Defining necessary/useful liquidity would be impossible. Markets would absolutely function just fine (as they have previously) without HFT, but by definition HFT is increasing liquidity.
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by valuegram 14y ago
What is the point of this article? HFT provides liquidity, and some would argue, more accurate equity pricing. I have never heard anyone say high-frequency trading leads to a more even distribution of wealth. Since the birth of stock exch
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by valuegram 14y ago
Couldn't this be seen as a "benefit" - not having to rewrite code after every major release?
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Ask HN: CrossFit or Not?
4 points by valuegram 14y ago|10 comments
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by valuegram 14y ago
Free too! Thanks so much.
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by valuegram 14y ago
Hyde: http://ringce.com/hyde
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by valuegram 14y ago
"We noticed early in the Stack Overflow beta that users desperately wanted to reply to each other, and were cluttering up the system with "answers" that were, well, not answers to the question. Rather than chastize them for doing it wrong –
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by valuegram 14y ago
"But rising fees and increasing student debt, combined with shrinking financial and educational returns, are undermining at least the perception that university is a good investment." Of course it's not ALWAYS a good investment. It depends
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by valuegram 14y ago
Yeah, I should have left out the market capitalization delta. There were definitely other factors involved besides the acquisition. The quarterly loss by Merrill was pretty astounding though. Definitely large enough to be involved in any
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by valuegram 14y ago
Reminds me of the "3 envelopes" story.
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by valuegram 14y ago
Of course they are "different cases" - there are always separate macroeconomic conditions, and there was government intervention in the acquisition, but the fact still remains on the "worst corporate deal ever" front, BAC acquired a company
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by valuegram 14y ago
"From H.P., a Blunder That Seems to Beat All" "The dubious title of worst corporate deal ever had seemed to be held in perpetuity by AOL’s acquisition of Time Warner in 2000" No mention of Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch? Wi
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by valuegram 14y ago
I just ordered this based on your recommendation. Thank you!
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by valuegram 14y ago
This sounds perfect. I only saw 3 books listed - catered to pain management (not really an issue), but a lot of audio CDs. Any suggestion as to the best place to start?
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Ask HN: Meditation resources?
4 points by valuegram 14y ago|10 comments
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by valuegram 14y ago
Obviously a sensitive subject. Nutrition "beliefs" are right up their with religion and politics. Science has a long ways to go before proving anything conclusively, but I can say from my experience working with thousands of folks on their
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China's First successful landing of a jet fighter on an Aircraft Carrier(online.wsj.com)
2 points by valuegram 14y ago|0 comments
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Google may stop linking to French newspapers over payment law threat(wired.co.uk)
1 points by valuegram 14y ago|0 comments

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