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   by veyron 15y ago

   Is there anyone trying a new type of social (not just aol++ or myspace++ or facebook++)?
2. 692.▲
   by veyron 15y ago

   Are they taking a loss under the new prices?
3. 693.▲
   by veyron 15y ago

   increased police presence during normal trading hours. Have you tried to enter wall street on the weekdays? It's a mess
4. 694.▲
   by veyron 15y ago

   Is Dice still relevant? What are the best job forums for finding Linux talent (that is, besides HN :)
5. 695.▲
   by veyron 15y ago

   There's lots of talk about customers leaving now. That's known, and that's occurring now. Rising costs are in the horizon, and it's not known if Netflix can leverage its position to strongarm a better content licensing deal.
6. 696.▲
   by veyron 15y ago

   I feel ashamed for having to ask, but what's TNG?
7. 697.▲
   by veyron 15y ago

   We've all seen rumored revenue numbers, but is there any indication that facebook is actually turning a profit? If facebook really wanted to boost public image, a whiff of real profit would be the trick.
8. 698.▲
   by veyron 15y ago

   Are there any real empirical estimates for retention rate? No offense, but the 10% itself seems high.
9. 699.▲
   by veyron 15y ago

   How did you find this?
10. 700.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    Example: there are algorithmic strategies designed to make large trades. Let's say an institution wants to buy 10K shares of a thinly traded stock (lets say, 100K shares per day). Placing a single order for 10K shares will send a signal to
11. 701.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    One potential analogy: If drunk driving were legal, drunk drivers wouldn't drive as quickly because there is less risk of being pulled over. Driving more slowly with the impaired reaction time is theoretically comparable to driving quickly
12. 702.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    I should have guessed that it would be RIAA that would point me to the article :P
13. 703.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    I remember reading something similar in the music industry, written by courtney love. Anyone have a link?
14. 704.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    What exactly does dropbox offer that apple's iCloud won't bring to the table? (not to criticize dropbox, but it would seem relatively easy for apple to replicate)
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    by veyron 15y ago

    For longer projects, you should be asking for some sort of upfront payment (to avoid being screwed over -- i learned that the hard way). In that circumstance, companies may demand some sort of clawback if benchmarks aren't met.
16. 706.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    Nowadays a lot of companies try to add clauses that pierce the corporate veil (for example, having personal guarantees)
17. 707.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    Who stands to gain from an attack on linuxfoundation.org and kernel.org?
18. 708.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    Cheatsheet for emacs mode (which is what the article presumes): http://www.catonmat.net/download/readline-emacs-editing-mode...
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    by veyron 15y ago

    Is there a public repo we can peek at / contribute to?
20. 710.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    What alternatives exist in the server side JavaScript space (that are actively maintained and used by HN readers)?
21. 711.▲
    by veyron 15y ago

    I dont think that would have made for a good blog post.
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    by veyron 15y ago

    To answer these questions for the US futures market: The options clearing corporation [OCC] is the organization that performs clearing and alleviates most of the counterparty risk. They demand deposits from various member companies to ensu
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    by veyron 15y ago

    What percentage of movies actually turn a profit (real profit, not paper profit) after all of the costs are taken into account?
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    by veyron 15y ago

    Does Bing still pay for access to the data?
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    by veyron 15y ago

    What do twitter's revenue / profit numbers look like? Are they profitable at this point?
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    by veyron 15y ago

    " .xxx doesn't solve that problem unless you forbid porn on every other domain" That is a perfectly plausible solution now that the .xxx TLD exists.
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    by veyron 15y ago

    how about whitehouse.com? Quite a few kids stumbled into the world of porn through that domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.com
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    by veyron 15y ago

    Is there a market nowadays for a new low-cost registrar / hosting provider?
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    by veyron 15y ago

    I'm surprised you didn't mention the great gretzky quote: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
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    by veyron 15y ago

    We haven't even tried capitalism, and Taleb is railing about that particular point. In a capitalist system, banks should be allowed to fail.