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by vsl2 15y ago
I'm all for giving people more liberties to do what they want with their money and I see nothing worse about letting people invest their money in whatever startups they want, though a reputable investment mechanism should be established so
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by vsl2 15y ago
I agree - Kiyosaki is full of hot-air generalizations that will just as easily put you into huge financial headaches (e.g. huge investment losses, tax penalties, shot credit) as build wealth. You can't underestimate the gullibility of the m
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by vsl2 15y ago
Conflict of interest where the CEO (or his friends on the board) decide how much to pay him? Say it isn't so.
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by vsl2 15y ago
The key here is the "accredited" investor restriction for funds that invest in anything other than the most vanilla of securities (i.e. stocks and bonds). This is also why most of us cannot invest in hedge funds or private equity funds. In
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by vsl2 15y ago
I DO think that it is inevitable that Microsoft won't become a threat so I stated my opinion and gave my reasons for it. Your reason that I shouldn't count them out was solely because they have cash to burn and have shown a past willingnes
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by vsl2 15y ago
You make it sound like its inevitable that Bing will be a huge success just because Microsoft can burn money. Its has made inroads, but my guess is that it has reached its peak. I'm not counting on Microsoft giving up on its products - I j
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by vsl2 15y ago
Don't see how a measly (relatively speaking for these giant companies) $250M should have been a major factor for Nokia to choose to focus on Windows Phones rather than Android. Apple and Google are dominating the smartphone OS market and I
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by vsl2 15y ago
Jury nullification has to do with returning a "Not Guilty" verdict in the face of evidence that would suggest otherwise. What you are talking about it a "hung jury" where the 5% person is able to prevent a unanimous "Guilty" verdict. Depen
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by vsl2 15y ago
Yeah, they dropped out because they knew Cornell was going to get it and they preferred to quit rather than lose. From multiple accounts, Stanford didn't have the same passion/funding/flexibility as Cornell in getting the deal done. Stanfo
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by vsl2 15y ago
Brick and mortar or online, still basically a loan with a very high interest rate (~36% in this case) while also putting up collateral worth more than the loan. Only use these services in the most dire of financial circumstances. If you're
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by vsl2 15y ago
From what I've heard from people who work at Google, the environment there is one where there are tons of projects ongoing but seemingly little long-term dedication/passion in making these products successful. Employees do what's in their j
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by vsl2 15y ago
As a former associate at a "white shoe" law firm and having been part of the recruiting/interviewing process, I can vouch for most of the observations the article makes. The Process: 1) HR (and the hiring partner + his helpers) looks throug
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by vsl2 15y ago
A big fall after releasing millions of shares to the market isn't surprising, particularly given the small initial float at IPO. I guess we'll see what LinkedIn's real market valuation is because though its definitely worth something, $10B
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by vsl2 15y ago
I wish him well on his endeavor because I'm not a fan of CC fees, but from a consumer standpoint, I don't see any benefits. CCs provide (i) a line of credit, (ii) fraud protection, and (iii) rewards/bonuses. All of these can be incredibly
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by vsl2 15y ago
I haven't felt this strongly about shorting a stock long-term in a long time. But I don't know how long the short-term irrational exuberance is going to last - will it wipe out my investment before the stock crashes down? I haven't seen on
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by vsl2 15y ago
My questions regarding Card Case: 1) How is it going to move away from being based on credit cards? Most savvy people I know use credit cards wherever possible because of the no-liability fraud protections that are not present in debit tran
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by vsl2 15y ago
I see Amazon trying to build itself, at high cost (I'm sure the Prime membership doesn't cover all of the videos/books licensing plus free 2 day shipping), as the major source of digital entertainment content delivered through the Internet.
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by vsl2 15y ago
Right, because you shouldn't strongly disincentivize behavior that tries to extort people by abusing the legal system and curtailing information freedom. While we're at it, let's stop looking at anything that stinks of a pattern of immoral
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by vsl2 15y ago
The shame of it all is that the Righthaven lawyers will probably find a way to avoid all personal financial liability (being protected by limited liability of the LLC) and then set up shop again under a different LLC entity to do it all ove
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by vsl2 15y ago
I agree that there needs to be a balance and furthermore, that finding that right balance is very difficult. Probably why marketing whizzes get paid the big bucks. In your example though, there is difference in that you're an actual person
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by vsl2 15y ago
My biggest question in response to your points is why the administrator (and not the users) is given the power to set these options. Maybe its much easier from a technical implementation sense? I can't imagine that administrators are more
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by vsl2 15y ago
I don't know about having "silver bullet" advertisements be your landing page and text ad. It looks suspiciously like spam or some kind of con (think about the majority of "Work From Home" ads). Every reasonably smart person I know wouldn
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by vsl2 15y ago
The underwhelming sales for the 3DS only reinforce for me that there will be no future market for handheld consoles. Pretty soon, everyone and his mother (literally, my 60+ mother who can barely use the internet got a smartphone because it
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by vsl2 15y ago
I think focusing only on programming skills and what will help you in your first jobs out of college is short-sighted. Being a college dropout entrepreneur may be some sort of badge of honor in your 20's, but unless you do something extrao
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by vsl2 15y ago
Why do most of the commenters seem to dislike college? Those were the best four years of my life, taught me real skills, programming and otherwise, that I use every day, and granted me that all-important degree which has come in handy for
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by vsl2 15y ago
Aaron, I applaud your principles and enjoy reading your somewhat condescending(because the bureaucratic idiots deserve it) yet still controlled responses. Incompetence drives me mad and I can't imagine how pissed off I'd be if I were in yo
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by vsl2 15y ago
Finding a business's wifi automatically - which allows you and the business to know when you're actually in the store (or really close enough) is a really good concept. Eventually, more and more businesses will have wifi and this type of r
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by vsl2 15y ago
It took me a while to understand the full benefit of people's criticism. My team's initial idea was a to build a mobile product that essentially focused on everything and added a ton of features, thinking that we'd get users from being so
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by vsl2 15y ago
If you like these types of puzzles, the biggest online collection I've found is at: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/hard.shtml
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by vsl2 15y ago
I agree that Facebook and other social networks have a right to make money through their business model. As the article puts it, if they didn't make money, they wouldn't exist and that would be a loss for many people. However, there's noth

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