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by veritas 18y ago
>The big 5 were previously under no regulation as to their leverage ratios. http://www.nysun.com/business/ex-sec-official-blames-agency-... That article suggests that the SEC enforced a 12:1 ratio for banks... or am I getting incorre
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by veritas 18y ago
>Bank holding companies are subject to risk-based capital requirements which prohibit them from operating with high leverage or purchasing large amounts of risky assets. I figured the capital requirements would indeed get stricter (I be
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by veritas 18y ago
I wasn't trying to be an ass :) I just see "Breaking" all over the place these days on Reddit and I don't want HN going down the same road.
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by veritas 18y ago
Disclaimer: not an economist. My understanding is that the Glass Steagall act in the 1930s was passed to separate holding banks (like WaMu etc) and investment banks (GS) because when they were combined certain risks popped up. One of the fi
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by veritas 18y ago
1. Please don't use 'Breaking' in the headline. 2. This, from what I know, seems like a terrible move.
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by veritas 18y ago
Curious, as always. My email is in my profile :)
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by veritas 18y ago
What are you talking about? DHH and 37signals provide a lot to the conversation, including differing points of view. If having a different opinion means "contributing nothing positive" then we've fallen a long, long way. Edit: fixed gramma
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by veritas 18y ago
I'm not complaining but is it 37signals week?
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by veritas 18y ago
Features aren't the only thing they're getting. The guys at Xobni are extremely talented and Microsoft always wants talented engineers.
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by veritas 18y ago
I think you're making a big deal out of what, at worst, was a poorly worded phrase. Relax a little :)
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by veritas 18y ago
I'm not sure of the checkout system, but I assume right now that the payments are left for the sellers and buyers to deal with and Etsy would instead like to establish their own system that makes it dead easy to buy and sell with Etsy as th
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10 brilliant office interiors(deputy-dog.com)
4 points by veritas 18y ago|1 comments
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by veritas 18y ago
"Sooner or later Valleywag will write something particularly informative or amusing and Hacker News readers will miss out." Because in the off chance that Valleywag writes this informative and insightful article, we won't have access to it
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by veritas 18y ago
I'm not your guy, friend!
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by veritas 18y ago
Good stuff. I would've liked to see data for: Nginx + Mongrels, Ngninx/Apache + Evented Mongrels, Swiftiply + Evented Mongrels. http://brainspl.at/articles/2007/05/12/event-driven-mongrel-...
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by veritas 19y ago
The base jQuery is very light, perhaps half the size of Prototype if I recall correctly. The added bloat comes from the effects and UI libraries. The UI library is probably superfluous so that should cut the size significantly.
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by veritas 19y ago
Dude... you're trying too hard on a trivial area. You only have to be close by 60 seconds give or take, so just hard code in the timestamp: http://www.unixtimestamp.com/ It's a pain in the ass to change every minute, but it works and you'
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by veritas 19y ago
Erm... this maybe a silly question, but how far are we supposed to take this?
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by veritas 19y ago
Apparently not...
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by veritas 19y ago
Wow... not one mention of the Indian Institutes of Technology which may just be the toughest engineering schools on the planet. Just have a look at their entrance exams... Bias anyone?
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Thoughts on Disqus and Intense Debate(stageleftstudios.com)
1 points by veritas 19y ago|0 comments
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TechStars: Intense Debate launches open beta.(techcrunch.com)
1 points by veritas 19y ago|0 comments
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by veritas 19y ago
Yep, the background color. It's a little dull, but that's just my personal preference. So I don't know what other feedback you've gotten, but take what I say with a grain of salt. EDIT: Also on pages like this one: http://disqus.com/peop
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by veritas 19y ago
Hmm interesting. I'm just used to it I suppose. Sometimes instead of refreshing to see if something has changed, I just click the logo by habit. But, I concede the point.
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by veritas 19y ago
Interesting... IntenseDebate also launched today. TechStars and YC are neck and neck in this space. To the Disqus guys: 1. On your home page, the logo should be clickable. 2. The logo should always take me back to the home page... some
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by veritas 19y ago
A vote for MooTools, although jQuery is very nice as well.
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by veritas 19y ago
Well true, but the same can be said about Apple, Google etc. They all have significant revenue streams outside the US. The reason most people try to explain away Microsoft's ridiculous profits is because they don't like the company. For M
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by veritas 19y ago
It's erm... nice looking. That's about it.
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The Information Revolution(youtube.com)
2 points by veritas 19y ago|0 comments
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by veritas 19y ago
Awesome :)

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