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by willyg123 6y ago
> You should visit a dark site if you have the opportunity Me, my wife, and our 25lbs dog set up folding chairs in Arches National Park on a moonless night and destroyed our necks for a few days by staring in awe at the Milky Way. For th
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by willyg123 6y ago
Is the product similar to what Option Alpha is launching? [1] [1] https://beta.optionalpha.com
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by willyg123 6y ago
Matt Stoller has published dozens of whiny posts about supposed monopolies. Yet, he has yet to once mention the "consumer welfare standard" [1] because it would blow the thesis apart in every single post. [1] https://ww
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by willyg123 6y ago
> then you either raise prices or hold prices constant but reduce quality (eg Amazon selling counterfeit books) I can't think of one example of a company killing a competitor via free products and then raising prices. And let's
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by willyg123 6y ago
I wasn't making an analogy to VC. Perhaps an inartful attempt to point out the previous comment's non sequitur.
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by willyg123 6y ago
> Most startups fail, though. So do most batters in Major League Baseball.
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by willyg123 6y ago
In 2016, when Google implemented the Page Speed Update[1] 70% of global cellular network connections were at 3G speeds or slower[2]. In this context, I don't believe it was antithetical an an input for the best search results for searc
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by willyg123 6y ago
Assuming the success rate never improves, which is unlikely.
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by willyg123 6y ago
For a good laugh, visit the Hemingway homepage with the Grammarly chrome extension installed.
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by willyg123 6y ago
>Some drivers only drive Thursday-Sunday. Some only drive Monday-Friday. I lived in NYC prior to Uber and when Uber was first making inroads (for 9 years until 2016, so this totally could have changed since). Often, I'd chat with th
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by willyg123 6y ago
Also interested
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by willyg123 6y ago
And here was about to opine about the benefits of a 1031 exchange you can't get from real estate crowdfunding.
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by willyg123 6y ago
Keeping the lightning cable is a massive fail.
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The iPhone 12 won’t fix the worst thing about iPhones(tomsguide.com)
1 points by willyg123 6y ago|3 comments
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by willyg123 6y ago
That might be the case now but it certainly was not back when I worked in the industry 2005-2009 PS if you are Anand, I love my Kurt leather whites :)
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by willyg123 6y ago
Out of college I worked on the finance side of a self storage investment company (thank god I left after 4 years), so I know the ins and outs of the business. The number one deciding factor for customers is location. Coming in a close secon
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by willyg123 6y ago
I ran into the same thing. Until now I thought I was just a noob and couldn't figure out a way to exclude each country by painstakingly excluding each country manually. These exclusions did work for me though. Note: I am not ruling out
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by willyg123 6y ago
Bad timing. Option Alpha is coming out with a product that will let you do this AND automate your trades [1] [1] https://beta.optionalpha.com
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Ask HN: Does this AI-marketplace startup have a viable business model?
2 points by willyg123 6y ago|2 comments
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by willyg123 6y ago
> Sure enough, on the trade show floor we had a union member watching us to make sure we didn’t get up on a ladder or use tools when installing certain pieces of equipment. Presumably they were getting paid to monitor us and ensure we di
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by willyg123 6y ago
You can optimize for opportunities and that can get you pretty far.
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by willyg123 6y ago
Back when I was flying at least 3x per month, my iPad was perfect for staying on top of emails and Slack messages while in the air. Cramped seats and poor wifi are not conducive to laptops, even my 13" MBP. It also helped me focus bc i
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by willyg123 7y ago
This video of stars orbiting Sagittarius A* taken over 20 years never ceases to blow my mind. https://youtu.be/DRCD-zx5QFA
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by willyg123 7y ago
There is a startup yet to be founded to sell inexpensive, high-quality original photos for exclusive use. Unique photos, i.e. photos not considered "duplicate content", are critical if you want to rank organically on Google [0] Ge
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by willyg123 7y ago
Not mentioned in the article: Basketball players have an obvious incentive to argue their opponent touched the ball last.
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by willyg123 7y ago
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Edit: A closer reading seems to indicate these groups may not be enemies.
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by willyg123 7y ago
Here's the Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines document the article is referencing [0] "Expertise" is mentioned 99 times, "authoritative" 55 times, and "trust" 69 times. Of course, tweaks to generate searc
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by willyg123 7y ago
> So my goal is mostly to be able to work on an interesting project that I chose while being "relatively free" in how I work, and maybe if I'm lucky reach "financial freedom" in a few years, but I don't thin
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by willyg123 7y ago
Is this PCI compliant?
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by willyg123 7y ago
Civil asset forfeiture was severely limited last year in a unanimous Supreme Court decision. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/17-1091_5536.pdf

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