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Re:Robinhood: At a Play Store Near You on Thursday August 13, 2015 @01:23PM (#10055777)
I'm on their early signup list. It's being made at my uni (Uni of Sydney) at their accelerator. I just love the app, It can't be wrong to share this.
Re:Robinhood: At a Play Store Near You on Thursday August 13, 2015 @10:59AM (#10054670)
Robin Hood is dangerous for the young millennial. Short term trading is really risky and if you have some cash saved up it can make a big difference in the longer term if you don't blow it up or lose it. Being young matters.

If you're in Australia and looking for something longer term access to Berkshire Hathaway shares or ETFs https://getfirststep.com is another service too [no individual shares] its more like wealthfront/betterment/acorns.

They fractionalise the investment so you don't need huge amounts which is quite nice.

Re:Real World Data: Wealthfront Tax-Loss Harvesting on Sunday August 09, 2015 @05:40PM (#10031686)
Is there a particular reason most US investing startups require an SSN? A lot of foreign ones seem to only need the address/id (it's usually okay if the investor is foreign).

If you're in Australia and want to try investing in a similar way check out http://getfirststep.com.

I wish Lambda would allow listening to a socket [it helps binaries communicate with node]. This would move our team to use this without any further doubt.
Re:TTIP talks: Food fights block EU–US trade deal on Thursday July 09, 2015 @02:15AM (#9856408)
The Common Agricultural Policy has its upsides too. It's nice to know a lot of the produce is based of a certain baseline. Particularly when it comes to pesticides and GMO & allowing this to work in market through the use CAP
Re:What's coming in Meteor 1.2, and beyond on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @11:05AM (#9812286)
There's nothing it can do more than downloading a binary and running it and it asking you to run it as root.

Except piping to shell is more convenient.

Re:How mosquitos deal with getting hit by raindrops on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:07AM (#9778412)
Compared with where its mosquito haven like by the Equator?

I suppose raindrop vs hailstone is a reason is one of the reason's the density issues are so different.

Re:How mosquitos deal with getting hit by raindrops on Thursday June 25, 2015 @09:35AM (#9777731)
I'd like to see you compare the density of mosquitoes in colder climates to those close to the equator.
Re:How mosquitos deal with getting hit by raindrops on Thursday June 25, 2015 @09:34AM (#9777724)
You find them in these areas. When it gets cold there tends to be far fewer of them.

And compared to the equators its nearly incomparible.

Re:How mosquitos deal with getting hit by raindrops on Thursday June 25, 2015 @04:50AM (#9776672)
You don't really find mosquitoes where you're likely to find hailstorms.
Re:Visa Systems Issues on Monday June 22, 2015 @02:41PM (#9760324)
On a technical level, it's possible, on a practical level it's not. You can't get 100% uptime due to the unforeseen problems that will hit once in a while.

If the downtime was anticipated it can always be averted. Even a Fortune 500 can expect some downtime over a period large enough.

Take Sony earlier this year. The US government itself the year before.

Re:Visa Systems Issues on Monday June 22, 2015 @02:10AM (#9756472)
It must fun be waiting in the non-RFID queue at immigration.
Re:Visa Systems Issues on Monday June 22, 2015 @02:08AM (#9756463)
It is natural for issues for happen like this time to time. If it's not technology, something else. Australia's visa offices (DIBP) are on industrial action at the moment.
Re:To Apple, Love Taylor on Sunday June 21, 2015 @08:11AM (#9753107)
What would you tell Youtube or Soundcloud? They also foot the bill.

Apple is placing the value of artists work at $0 in a bid gain market share. It should be them who incurs the full cost not the artist.

When the music is offered on free, the prime beneficiary is Apple.

Re:Why we kept our startup in Australia on Sunday June 21, 2015 @07:26AM (#9752983)
You mentioned in the other comment predatory angels. Did you have an experience too?
Re:Why we kept our startup in Australia on Sunday June 21, 2015 @07:04AM (#9752940)
Once 'angel' with quite a big reputation 'brainraped' us a few weeks ago.

The environment isn't very conducive to success.