twcooper

Buffett and his managers aren't concerned about the stock price "trend," they're looking at the stock price in relation to the intrinsic value of the equity. With that said, I'd bet Todd Combs made the investment and he does trade more frequently than Buffett and Ted Weschler.

Yes.

>The most recent worldwide travel alert was issued in December 2014, and prior to that in August 2013, September 2011, and May 2011.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/23/politics/state-worldwide-trave...

This article was read by someone [who] does not grasp even the basic foundation of humor.

Houston is more of a swamp than a desert, but it's a hot swamp.

They say you can measure a man by the size of his problems.

Gates-funded

Okay, but that's not what he said:

>An investment with risk so low to survive two millennia can safely yield 0%.

If risk-free assets garnered 0% interest rates, then the U.S. Treasury would not have to pay a real rate of return on its debt.

I think you missed the section in Algebra where they teach the time value of money. Nobody is going to give up money today for the same amount at a future date.

In the first case, it would be more clear to say "upon accident."

Or maybe everyone is trying to think different.

What do startups have against adverbs?

It doesn't take long to go through all of the permutations in your head and figure out that it's something really odd, but this line in the second paragraph should have let every reader know that the solution was gimmicky: "If I told you that the solution is a VERY unusual move that is no longer strictly within the bounds of the rules of the game then that might help you a little bit." From then on, I read the story instead of trying to solve the problem.

I think you're just disappointed because you wanted to solve a chess problem. I liked the article because I read it as a story to be enjoyed rather than a problem to be solved.

This stuff goes completely over my head.

wut

Am I the only one distracted by the blogger's blatant misuse of the semicolon?

But from a broader social standpoint, isn't it a good thing that people who can afford to take risks are the ones taking the risks? It sucks on an individual basis if you're living paycheck-to-paycheck and can't risk failure, but it's not such a bad thing that the affluent are taking larger economic risks than the poor.

Basically, the argument is to Drop Dropbox because Condi was a part of the Bush administration and is a Republican.

Go through a list of startups (e.g., http://www.austinstartuplist.com/emerging-startups), cold call/email/show up at every one of them to offer your services. If your sample is sufficiently large, you're bound to land a gig.

Hey HNers -- I run TrepBin and just wanted to get your feedback. Only a handful of people have purchased the deal; I'd like to know why YOU haven't bought it.

Some possibilities: -it's not a great deal -I'm not looking for web analytics apps -your website is too ghetto/I don't trust you -???

Thanks!

Ted

What do you guys think of this deal? Is it unremarkable? Is it cool, but you're not interested in analytics apps right now? Or is it awesome and you're going to buy it?

Austin, TX. No income tax, cheap housing even near the UT campus, and 6th Street/Lake Travis to keep you occupied.