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Re:5,104 BTC Later, the Bitcoin Pineapple Fund Announces It’s Time to ...
on Thursday May 10, 2018 @12:53PM (#17040611)
Hopefully the coins were originally obtained via legal means. Either way, it's very noble of the donor to give out large amounts of wealth like that.
Re:Examples of marketing tactics
on Monday May 07, 2018 @08:51PM (#17017872)
I'm really tired of the phrase growth hacking.
Re:A US millionaire who buried treasure in the Rockies has offered one...
on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:24PM (#16942002)
Might be better to offer several "easter eggs" instead of one jack pot. If people have been searching for it for decades to no avail then I'm not exactly inspired to go look for it either. A string of discoveries would get me more excited, even if the value was much less.
Re:An Update on Our Plans to Restrict Data Access on Facebook
on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:56PM (#16759598)
IMO Apple doesn't data mine like other large tech companies. Especially since they shut down iAds.
Re:Congrats Dropbox
on Friday March 23, 2018 @12:28PM (#16659752)
No most of those gains are still accruing with the management team, employees and early investors.
Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook?
on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:00PM (#16620099)
FB is in decline irrespective of the bad press. I hosted a party this weekend and used a FB event to invite everybody and many people never even saw the invite because they don't have FB on their phone anymore. I might start sending text message invites or emails going forward. Even though they own instagram, they monetize FB much better so a decline in FB is damaging to the business. Other properties like WhatsApp, Oculus and Messenger are still are in the early stages of monetization.
Re:Trump Issues Order to Block Broadcom’s Takeover of Qualcomm
on Monday March 12, 2018 @09:17PM (#16573176)
Not true. Moving your legal address to the US doesn't make it a US company. The headquarters is currently in Singapore.
Re:Show HN: Tinder Revenue Estimate
on Thursday March 08, 2018 @12:44PM (#16546058)
Not necessarily. Dating apps like Tinder that are focused on hookups have much lower paid subscriber numbers relative to apps focused on relationships.
Re:DoorDash raises $535M, now valued at $1.4B
on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:23PM (#16495870)
SpoonRocket (as noted) and Sprig were doing this and neither survived. Great concept, but extremely difficult to pull off.
Re:Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn
on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @01:45PM (#16485528)
The problem I have with this is that job applications are one of the only instances where I use real data for my personal information (besides when dealing with heavily regulated industries like banks). So now Facebook is collecting treasure troves of data on people via this job application tool.
Re:Home ownership is a lousy investment compared with stocks or bonds
on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @06:48PM (#16425454)
I didn't buy my place for the investment although I'm confident it's going to work out just fine from a financial stand point. I did it for the personal utility that comes with improved quality of life and satisfaction from having a place that I can customize and not have a landlord that I have to stress about kicking me out and / or raising rent. The after-tax all-in cost is about the same as what it would cost to rent out the place that I bought so I don't see how it is such a "lousy investment".
Re:Tesla Model S outsells German luxury flagships in Europe
on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:32AM (#16421551)
This is fake news. Comparing Tesla sales to the X6 doesn't make any sense since that's a very niche product that BMW sells. I understand it's the most similar BMW from a design standpoint, but it's probably their lowest volume model. The most comparable would be the 5 series.
Re:Stanford paper says rent control is driving up cost of housing in S...
on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:44PM (#16100327)
renters are less likely to vote though.
Re:Jack Dorsey Selling Square Stock
on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:29PM (#16016771)
This is not news.
Re:Blackbird: Bitcoin arbitrage
on Saturday December 23, 2017 @04:04PM (#15996251)
The issue is BTC trading costs are so high that arb'ing it doesn't work well. You need massive spreads and perfect trading execution for this to work.
Re:Bay Area hammered by loss of jobs: Lack of affordable housing stran...
on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:32PM (#15535673)
I'm under thirty and bought a place in San Francisco this year using my own savings from my paychecks. No, I'm not being crushed by my mortgage either. It's definitely achievable, just need to work hard and save your money. Costs are higher here but wages are almost much higher than anywhere else so it's not as terrible as it seems. The Mercury News publishes this same article every 5 years despite home prices continuing to push higher over the long-term.
Re:Things I wish someone had told me before I started angel investing
on Monday July 17, 2017 @12:31PM (#14790032)
Most obvious example is when an enterprise software / hardware startup will have superior product than bigco in their space. However, bigco sales & marketing budget and status quo stop the startup from gaining enough traction for success.