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The Pitchforks Are Coming… for Us Plutocrats(politico.com)
8 points by ziszis 11y ago|1 comments
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How a 55-year-old manufacturer convinced people to wear $800 arctic parkas(businessinsider.com)
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by ziszis 11y ago
This tweet by Jeremy (Yelp CEO) speaks to the broader issue: "5/5 entry level jobs migrate to where costs of living are lower. Have already announced we are growing EAT24 support in AZ for this reason." https://mob
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The Spectacular Failure of $1B Startup That Was Going to Change the World(fastcompany.com)
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by ziszis 11y ago
As an example - imagine a company with a billion $ in cash. If investors believe that the company will be wasteful with that money (for example by making poor acquisitions as is sometimes the case with companies with an excess of cash) then
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by ziszis 11y ago
I don't know which sites you use specifically - but i would guess many people on hn use at least one of the following: Google Search, Gmail, Facebook, Chrome/Firefox.
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by ziszis 11y ago
What depends on ads? Top sites and apps: Facebook, Google, New York Times, Gmail, Podcasts (that are increasingly ad supported), Google Maps, etc. Most of the content that trends on hn. Long tail of content that lets you get an answer to j
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by ziszis 11y ago
Right now there is a free rider problem with internet content. If this becomes more prevalent the market will have to adjust to deal with free riders. If you believe that content creators have a right to earn money there are two ways that c
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Health VR Startup MindMaze Claims Unicorn Status with $100M(xconomy.com)
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Uber losing $1B a year to compete in China(mobile.reuters.com)
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by ziszis 11y ago
Not sure Scandinavia is a good example of effective housing policy. Sweden and Stockholm in particular has one of the most severe current housing bubbles in the world. Housing prices have far outpaced GDP growth for several years. http:&#x
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Break Up the Banks – Says Minneapolis Fed(ft.com)
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by ziszis 11y ago
There is a risk. It needs to be weighed against the benefit. Assume that Netflix has done the analysis and prefers AWS over other provides. The benefit can be framed like this - if Netflix does not use AWS, then Amazon Video has a strategic
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French data privacy regulator cracks down on Facebook(reuters.com)
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by ziszis 11y ago
It's not that strange. Google does the same more or less. Search for "insurance" on Google. Google ranks a bunch of insurance companies: Geico, Statefarm, etc. They also show ratings for some specific agents. Google also sell
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by ziszis 11y ago
We used Tableau for about a year and then decided to drop them. The reason was a sudden change in licensing terms where: 1. The minimum step increase in server cores changed. 2. The cost to run ha increased. 3. The cost per core increased.
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Apple Confidential. Steve Jobs “Think Different” Internal Meeting Sept. 23, 1997(youtube.com)
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by ziszis 11y ago
With diamonds, unless you are a professional and are looking through a magnifying device, you cannot tell the difference. If anything, the synthetic looks clearer and better. I have done the test myself. If you can't tell the differenc
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by ziszis 11y ago
Maybe. However, You can see the same debate being played out around genetically modified foods. Fear is being created about the products. As opposed to diamonds that are worn on the outside, these are things being put in your body. I think
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by ziszis 11y ago
I am excited to see start-ups tackle new forms of food production. However, I am worried that it is going to be similar to how the diamond industry has been able to defend themselves from manufactured/synthetic diamonds. You can see th
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by ziszis 11y ago
If you are competing with Microsoft Office network effects, "Compatibility with Microsoft Office file formats" is the #1 feature. Everything else is a distant #2. By definition, Microsoft Office scores 100%. What % less than 100%
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U.S. And Europe Fail to Meet Deadline for Data Transfer Deal(mobile.nytimes.com)
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by ziszis 11y ago
I love this idea. Alongside factual_error_bot it would completely transform political discourse. Imagine if presidential debates had real-time scoring of what was being said. Politifact is great, but 24h delay makes it substantially less im
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by ziszis 11y ago
Every new product needs to overcome the formula "product value >> adoption cost". You can simplify and call OpenTable shitty, but they met this threshold with their customers. Their customer looked at their product and said,
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Why Startups Fail After Product-Market Fit(medium.com)
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Meet the Fastest Growing Company Ever (2010)(forbes.com)
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Why Startups Fail After Product-Market Fit: Algorithms for Hire(medium.com)
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Marion Tinsley. Checker's World Champion(en.wikipedia.org)
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Apple Music streaming tops 10M suscribers(ft.com)
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by ziszis 11y ago
The trade-off is going to be different for different people. If being able to take movies with you on your commute or on the plane is important, it doesn't matter if Netflix's UI is better since it isn't even accessible. If o

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