jyan
Re:Sold my dipshit company for $5m, where to invest?
on Tuesday March 01, 2011 @12:53PM (#2276400)
I am curious--is that $5m after or before taxes, because it really matters?
Re:Why I Don’t Buy the Quora Hype
on Sunday January 23, 2011 @01:42PM (#2133001)
It makes sense, until you realize that Facebook does "Talent acquisitions" basically, i.e. with drop.io, friendster, etc.
He thinks highly of Adam for sure, but Adam also left Facebook to found Quora. I don't think Adam would want to be bought back by Facebook and actually stay there for any significant period of time.
Plus, there's Facebook Questions... (Of course, the quality of the questions/answers is certainly debatable)
Re:Negative Option (Collecting a credit card at free-trial signup time)
on Friday January 07, 2011 @08:45PM (#2081879)
I agree completely.
I think one reason companies charge you the money immediately (for the "1 month trial") is to test out the credit card. I know some companies that charge a cent (or something) then refunds that to verify that the credit card is valid.