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by puzzle-out 16y ago
Soros has been betting against the Euro since March, shorting it for US dollars. Again, the central bankers are fighting a losing battle. Sooner or later there will be a similar attack on sterling and eventually the greenback. The transfer
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Sacca is a mega impressive guy, when presenting on Google based material. I've seen him present his own lowercase capital stuff since he left and it lacked the wit and insight which he is famed for; infact one presentation was damnright lam
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
If experience is the name we give to our mistakes, McNamara had lots of experience.
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Agree that you need a little overconfidence sometimes. But perhaps the fact that there are more support systems around (move back in with parents, social benefit), means that we as a generation never grow comfortable with risk in the first
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
http://clearlyso.com
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
It may be soon.
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2008/12/29/why-front-end-perf...
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Variable costs versus fixed costs - yes please.
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Major problem with the business plan competitions I've been to is the IP. One Conversation went: presenter: its a great idea. judge: so what is it. presenter: i can't really say, just trust me. On the flip side, when a friend of mine won a
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
I'm wondering how many HN users have phds. Poll time anyone? (or has it already been done).
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Also, Google trends ( http://www.google.com/trends ) can give a more impressionistic idea of whether a market, as judged by search requests, is growing.
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
"Gradually, I was descending into the strange social isolation of my colleagues. I spent less and less time with normal people and more time with people from the bank." I enjoyed this article, because it suggests that, for all their occupat
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To defend humanities, call on scientists and engineers too(news-service.stanford.edu)
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
I have found it difficult to entirely forgive The Economist for some woefully incorrect predictions (they were big on Goldman Sac's prediction for $200 oil, and did not see the credit crunch in any shape or form or give space to those who d
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
This may sound odd, but in a way everything you have said suggests you are on the right path. Yes, you may have to ditch this particular project, but the fact that a) you are open and real about it and b) you have a respectful attitude towa
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Santa's finished, then. "Dear Barack Obama, for Christmas this year I want..." From over here in Europe, these Obama-pleading articles do come across as unamerican - we always thought that if the Yanks wanted to change things, they just did
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
In my experience, there is no point doing anything unless you spend at least twenty minutes just getting into it first. This is how long it takes me to get into a 'concentration/focus' zone.
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Yep, in the past I would go through a month of exercise addiction at the gym or pool, then do nothing for the next four months. I've been off-road cycling (mountain biking would be a hyperbole for south-east england) for four years now, non
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Interesting that the article mentions Michael Birch, UK born but as they point out made it in SV - then again, Birch has invested in some uk based web startups. SV has it all, really, except one thing, which America lacks in general: a cul
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Inside Facebook's Data Center for two seconds. The rest promo.
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
I always understand YC as an iconoclastic force (being disruptive etc), but its own success means inevitably it will become something of an idol.
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
The lottery nature of the academic job market has been publicised for a while now; there is no longer any excuse for phds to grumble that they were lied to about a paradisial ivory tower. Although I think the US phd system too much of a co
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
I'm not a hacker, but work with a at times very awkward programmer, who often sends out emails which are a monument to pedantry. Reading this article makes me more understanding. On the flip side, should one be worried if they are working
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
I ran an E-commerce company, and we had to fly in some of our products (jewellery). UPS were extortionate - they misquoted me on the phone, and my mistake was not getting it confirmed over email. DHL are fine, in my experience. In the long
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
The problem is that the april fool's web jokes/hoaxes have been overtaken by media w nkers (see the guardian newspaper's attempt). It used to be original in the early google days, but now its just another example of the redundant, thoughtl
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Ok, well if its an old post why is it being uploaded here? That's misleading.
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by puzzle-out 17y ago
Two April Fool's in one day. No wonder they're making job cuts, they've obviously got no real work to do.
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by puzzle-out 18y ago
They could have decided to produce something completely different, like nokia, that old world-leading manufacturer of rubber galoshes.
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by puzzle-out 18y ago
I've been in the hubs at Kings X and Angel - Kings X is new, and has everything you would expect; Angel is at the top of a long flight of stairs, not refurbished to such a high standard but I get the feeling there's more of a community ther
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by puzzle-out 18y ago
Too true. Then again, should teachers try to be the students friend? When I was teaching I saw way too many young teachers more concerned with being popular, whereas actually the kids seemed to respect the teachers that kept a firm dividing

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