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Ray Dalio Predicts More Doom(time.com)
4 points by imjk 3y ago|3 comments
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Boston vs. Bay Area Tech Companies(twitter.com)
2 points by imjk 3y ago|0 comments
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by imjk 4y ago
It may be counter intuitive, but in some ways the opposite may be true. Viruses that are more deadly, are much less likely to cause massive pandemics like we experienced with Covid. When a virus is so virulent that it kills its host quickl
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by imjk 4y ago
Call me cynical, but I think the likes of Kanye, the Kardashians, Trump, even Elon, etc. are much more calculated than they are deranged. They know how to work the media and manipulate the public better than anyone else. We're living
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1600 Year Old Mosaic Depicting Trojan War Found in Syria(dailymail.co.uk)
3 points by imjk 4y ago|1 comments
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by imjk 4y ago
I'm going to assume OP was being sarcastic.
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by imjk 4y ago
This is literally the policy aim of the Fed right now. Unemployment is at historical lows with inflation running rampant. The ostensible aim of interest rate hikes is slowing inflation, but the byproduct is a cooling in the broader market
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by imjk 5y ago
This is a bad take. Oracle today is worth $216B. Over the last 15 years Oracle, under the leadership of Ellison, has grown 5x in value, returning significant shareholder value. I personally very much dislike Oracle and its products, but
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by imjk 5y ago
"All staff members preparing to depart to the station had to undergo a PCR test in Belgium two hours before leaving for South Africa, take a PCR test five days after their arrival in Cape Town, where they also had to quarantine for ten
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Covid Outbreak in Antartica Despite Strict Measures(brusselstimes.com)
2 points by imjk 5y ago|2 comments
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New Study Positing an Inelastic Markets Hypothesis(poseidon01.ssrn.com)
3 points by imjk 6y ago|1 comments
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by imjk 6y ago
This is the first I’ve heard of this. Where have you heard this?
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Shopify API Release: October 2019(shopify.com)
1 points by imjk 7y ago|0 comments
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by imjk 7y ago
Summarized succinctly in this tweet from MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle: https://twitter.com/sruhle/status/1184628336066289664?s=21
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by imjk 7y ago
I read his biography over a decade ago in one night and it has stayed with me probably more than any other book I've read. It's such a gripping read. His talent and intellect were so clear that it makes his story all the more tr
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All Gloom and No Panic Yet (In the Public Markets)(realmoney.thestreet.com)
1 points by imjk 7y ago|0 comments
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The Pegasus Startup: Flying over VCS on the Wings of Profits(calacanis.com)
2 points by imjk 7y ago|0 comments
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by imjk 7y ago
Also similar (and a personal favorite): https://awards.visitcenter.org/awards2016/editors_choice/ind... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sweet-photo-series-reveals-wh... Photographer Melissa Ka
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by imjk 7y ago
While you're not wrong, I don't think all (maybe any?) of these are examples of specifically targeted markets taken over by the companies you mentioned. Apple probably didn't target the flashlight market and decide to take m
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by imjk 7y ago
Judging by the quality of his writing, I’m going assume he felt it like a calling, stronger than any other.
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by imjk 7y ago
I think you’re mostly right, but there’s more nuance to it. I think traditional dating sites like match.com started to plateau around then, in part due to lack of innovation, but also due to the rising popularity of social networking eating
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by imjk 7y ago
Sure, you have to work to target your own audience and build the trust with them yourself, but it's a tradeoff that benefits you in the long run. Your not beholden to the whims "the platform" as many media companies learned t
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Tesla Shares Surge as Model 3 Paces Record Deliveries(bloomberg.com)
4 points by imjk 7y ago|0 comments
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by imjk 7y ago
As a counterpoint, do you think Slack has a growth rate of zero?
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Slack's Revenue Up 67% as It Prepares for IPO(bloomberg.com)
4 points by imjk 7y ago|0 comments
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Gaming Entrepreneur Kevin Chou Honored as Cal’s Youngest Alumnus of the Year(alumni.berkeley.edu)
1 points by imjk 7y ago|0 comments
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Boom in Dodgy Wall Street Deals Points to Market Trouble Ahead(bloomberg.com)
106 points by imjk 7y ago|68 comments
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by imjk 7y ago
It's funny you're saying this about Benchmark. Didn't they have a bitter lawsuit with some founders they invested in? https://venturebeat.com/2005/01/25/epinions-founders-sue-ben...
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by imjk 7y ago
This is the most non-story story I’ve ever read. Instagram has nearly a billion users. So there’s a segment of those users that seems to like a certain aesthetic. Great. There are millions of other users who have other aesthetic preferences
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by imjk 7y ago
There's not much in the way of details in this article. Some other news sources are suggesting the company is being investigated for how they're billing insurance companies specifically: https://www.cnbc.com/2019&#

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