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by wilfra 14y ago
No it does not unfold like you predict. The show is completely unpredictable. That's why it's so awesome. It doesn't follow convention, cliche or typical character arcs at all.
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by wilfra 14y ago
I wouldn't say The Wire is 'much better' but they are definitely 1,2 all time TV shows. Debatable which is first. The best part about Breaking Bad is that each season just gets better and better. Season 4 was hands down the best single seas
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by wilfra 14y ago
Seems pretty clear there were (are) some pretty big problems under the hood, even though they did a World class job of gaming the metrics TechCrunch, investors etc care about.
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by wilfra 14y ago
This is what I assumed the headline meant. Like he was telling us all to brace for the inevitable crash and try to be Amazon instead of Pets.com. That would be more accurate advice in the present climate. imo.
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by wilfra 14y ago
Apple derives more than 80% of their revenue (and probably 90%+ of their market cap) from product categories that didn't even exist in 1999. Yahoo needs to reinvent itself. They have a $19 billion market cap, billions in revenue, a brand wi
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by wilfra 14y ago
When Thompson got pushed out new people took control of the Board, including the hedge fund that outed him for lying about his CS degree. In the same way you can't attribute past failures to Mayer, you can't attribute them to the current Bo
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by wilfra 14y ago
A lot of people are assholes. That doesn't mean they are like Steve Jobs. That description of her didn't include a single word saying anything positive about how she did her job. No description of Jobs of similar length, regardless of how m
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by wilfra 14y ago
I just did a post on it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4253071
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If your blog doesn’t link to your site, you’re doing it wrong(franceschine.com)
2 points by wilfra 14y ago|0 comments
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by wilfra 14y ago
That is very common on startup blogs. I still haven't been able to figure out why. Given how prevalent and obvious it is, it has to be intentional. Or maybe they are all just blindly copying each other and not realizing the person who start
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by wilfra 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator
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by wilfra 14y ago
You have to start small to get traction and to get funded. Facebook is overthrowing governments. Google is making self driving cars and elevators to the moon. Neither of these companies stated this as their mission or probably even dreamed
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by wilfra 14y ago
Seriously, who writes this stuff?
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by wilfra 14y ago
Where China is harmed by their overregulation they are helped by their practice of creating laws and then selectively enforcing them. In Zhuhai (near Guangzhou) there are far less taxis on the street than demand would dictate, however plent
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by wilfra 14y ago
That is part of the Yatahay network. They are operating illegally, as PokerStars, FullTilt etc were for years.
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by wilfra 14y ago
Society.
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by wilfra 14y ago
So they are saying its $6 + labor + profit = $60 for a 15 minute ride. The system is broken.
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by wilfra 14y ago
I made $500 playing craps. I spent $200 on my hotel and another $200 on food and drinks. The trip to Vegas was a net positive. I made $100. In this instance it would mean that the sum total of the economic benefits to NYC that come from ren
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by wilfra 14y ago
You read a study that said that artificially reducing prices leads to an inefficient market? What was the next paper written by that economist, that the sun coming out decreases the amount of clothes per inch people use to cover their bodie
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by wilfra 14y ago
"The single worst part of driving in the city is dealing with agressive or incompetent taxi drivers." That method of driving is not unique to taxi drivers - and those issues exist in several other Asian countries, regardless of the number o
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by wilfra 14y ago
An argument could be made for rent controlled apartments being a net positive. Not just for the people renting them but also for the businesses hiring those people and by extension their customers.
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by wilfra 14y ago
"The price of taxis is held artificially high and really it is a loss for the consumer." Absolutely. In Bangkok there are more taxis on the streets than all other cars combined. You can find one anywhere, anytime and a ten minute ride costs
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by wilfra 14y ago
"is it a definite that what the U.S. government viewed as criminal money laundering was not that Americans were taking income from running online casinos but rather that those three casinos were allowing Americans to gamble?" It is definite
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by wilfra 14y ago
These are the three criteria, all of which must be met to be considered gambling: -prize (they have to get paid money or something of value) -consideration (they have to pay to participate) -chance (so skill games are exempted i.e. chess) I
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by wilfra 14y ago
Was surprised not to see this on the front page. This is pretty big news: "Today, the company has received an undisclosed amount of money from 25 investors including Greylock Discovery Fund, FF Angel LLC, True Ventures, Dave Morin (ex-Faceb
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by wilfra 14y ago
Don't understand why they are running this today, this news is at least several months old.
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Betable: Bringing real gambling to social casino games(venturebeat.com)
62 points by wilfra 14y ago|26 comments
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by wilfra 14y ago
Remember that YC backs founders much more than ideas. Also remember that they've already vetted both the founders and the idea, with the help of YC alumni, prior to the meeting. I would also imagine they have a strong aversion to BS and a w
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by wilfra 14y ago
Wow. Well done. Android developers take note of this answer. Particularly the part about targeting search results in non-English languages!
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by wilfra 14y ago
What about marketing? How did you get your users? I mean I got that you have a great product and keep improving it and people will stay - but you have to get your users from somewhere. Was it all just people who found the app organically i

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