alamaslah

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by alamaslah 7y ago
Why is this being downvoted? It is a interesting contribution and gives valuable insight into the article that has been posted.
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by alamaslah 7y ago
Incase you didn't see the other comment. They take 5% + $0.50 for each transaction. Seems pretty high to me, guessing that is why they're effectively hiding this information. Interesting conversion technique.
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by alamaslah 7y ago
Incase you didn't see the other comment. They take 5% + $0.50 for each transaction. Seems pretty high to me, guessing that is why they're effectively hiding this information. Interesting conversion technique.
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by alamaslah 7y ago
I like how on hacker news every personal problem can be solved by three activities; Therapy, Meditation, and...Salsa! It's probably good advice. Although, I like to combine all three by doing painting and poetry. These activities might
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by alamaslah 7y ago
I saw people express skepticism before this stuff, that is part of why this is effective. It partly depends upon there being low trust in "sources of truth". Want to know the funny thing? The people that eroded the trust are now t
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by alamaslah 7y ago
What happens if you give them both grapes?
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by alamaslah 7y ago
If you want to see an example of what you are yearning for, I'd suggest reading about the history of coffeehouses in England.
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by alamaslah 7y ago
"the land of opportunities where you can make it" The above is old propaganda. It was true. It is becoming less and less true. The things you listed are all connected.
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by alamaslah 7y ago
No, western people do not care about Iran and China, providing they are not actively making their lives worse. And vice versa. I think the attitude you are expecting people to have is insulting both ways. You are denying the Iranians and Ch
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by alamaslah 7y ago
Good. I've been thinking about something like this. You should make the title Qliiq-ible(clickable).
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by alamaslah 7y ago
Yes, it is now their asset. After they built a stake and gained control. Even the common takeover trope of relationship building between an insider and the acquirer happened here. All Vision Fund's dealings with WeWork seemed to go dir
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by alamaslah 7y ago
Apperantly, "Google builds many critical web apps using the Dart language, often with AngularDart." [1] I have never heard this from anyone else though. [1] https://dart.dev/web
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by alamaslah 7y ago
I know people say this a lot on Hacker news...but, that is not the model of Venture Capital. And the Vision Fund has not only invested in high risk ventures. https://visionfund.com/portfolio Vision Fund's "investme
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by alamaslah 7y ago
By the way...This publication is owned by Morningstar inc. Guess you invested in Morningstar inc. during the dotcom bubble? Softbank. $91million for 20%
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by alamaslah 7y ago
The unsuccessful ones. As soon as a startup becomes successful they have hired an attractive anthopology gradute to be "head of people ops" etc. After this it is mostly luxury ideals and gimmicks. At one time every startup claimed
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by alamaslah 7y ago
The Vision Fund is in London. Are they the ones writing the cheques? :)
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by alamaslah 7y ago
Cheques. Although, they should be writing checks into the operations of WeWork. Edit: Oh, Saudi Arabia and UAE sovereign wealth funds have checked out of the next fund.
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by alamaslah 7y ago
Where did they get that idea from? [1] Amusingly... it was likely their opposition. This is why you should hold yourself and those you align with to high standards. It only stengthens your position...even if you are completely wrong (althou
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by alamaslah 7y ago
10% index funds. 90% everything else (this includes ETFs).
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by alamaslah 7y ago
To be honest...I think this is a secondary concern. Your primary concern should be assigning the values correctly. For example: If i select work from home, it returns Intuit, if I click apply, it takes me to their ATS...This is good, but it