fredex

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by fredex 16y ago
Sam Walton's autobiography mentions that his father-in-law provided the initial capital (that was about it), and his brother played an insignificant role (like buying things from suppliers). His brother, who was younger, was more of a helpe
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by fredex 16y ago
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2010/full_... and Wikipedia. I went through most of the list. It's right to me.
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by fredex 16y ago
"No, you won't get a single econ prof to say that the Chinese are more efficient at sewing buttons." Are you serious? A Chinese worker will produce more sewing buttons for $1 than an American can. I'm very sure every reputable economist agr
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by fredex 16y ago
"consensus means nothing but politics" Actually, why don't you do this if you think it's all about politics. Get your favorite politician, see who their economic advisers are, then understand their views. Mankiw stated economic points that
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by fredex 16y ago
"Except for some points of information, biomedical, and materials technology, it's not clear that our standard of living is as high now." This is probably the most uninformed, illogical, and inept points I've ever read on HN. Third-world ch
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by fredex 16y ago
Any lessons you can share after your 2nd or 3rd time? What would you have done differently?
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by fredex 16y ago
Sorry, but that's not true at all. iTunes alone makes Apple over $1 billion in revenue per quarter . That's a lot of money and alone could almost vie for a Fortune 500 listing.
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by fredex 16y ago
In your opinion, what are Joomla's greatest weaknesses?
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by fredex 16y ago
I'm sure she wants to remain anonymous judging by her email. It's a great offer, btw. I'd feel way too guilty for her like that though. Edited: Sorry!
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by fredex 16y ago
I think it depends on the type of application you're building. A Twitter like application probably doesn't need as much hardware as something more complex.