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Re:Redditors who are rich (net worth $1 million+) - how did you get rich? on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @02:40PM (#3799131)

You know the saying? Lottery is for people who are bad at math. Well, same for startups. The odds are so against you you might as well play the lottery.

Re:Yahoo announces 2,000 job cuts on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @02:25PM (#3799036)

Microsoft has almost 90k contractors, yes, really.

Re:Yahoo announces 2,000 job cuts on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @01:24PM (#3798653)

I think the news is personalized :)

Re:Abolish The Reference Check on Monday April 02, 2012 @07:50PM (#3790751)

Hire base on employee referrals have always worked the best.

How A Law That Could Have Been Amazing For Startups Got Killed In Washington

Posted by veguss on Monday April 02, 2012 @05:17PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-a-bill-that-could-have-been-amazing-for-startups-got-killed-in-washington-2012-4

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Re:Recruiter fee agreement? on Friday March 30, 2012 @02:01PM (#3777231)

No it is not standard

THQ lays off 118 people and downsizes ambitions for Warhammer 40K game

Posted by veguss on Thursday March 29, 2012 @06:28PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/29/thq-lays-off-118-people-and-downsizes-ambitions-for-warhammer-40k-game/

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Re:Turning down Zynga: Why I opted out of the $210M Omgpop buy on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @01:47PM (#3762743)

Any rational person would accept, and live to pass on his/her genes.

Re:Google I/O Sells Out in 30 Seconds on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @12:58PM (#3762556)

Why do people hate the free market when it doesn't suit them?

Re:A profitable, growing, useful, legal, well-loved... failure on Monday March 26, 2012 @07:40PM (#3759175)

Dude, just charge more. like 5x 10x more.

Re:MIT stacks solar panels like pancakes, increases their power output... on Monday March 26, 2012 @06:19PM (#3758926)

You'd be blocking the view of someone else.

Re:German Pirate Party Scores Second State Victory on Monday March 26, 2012 @05:00PM (#3758622)

And the alternative winner take all the small party has 0 say. Or I should say, the people have no say. No matter which party we vote for, they are all just different sides of the same coin.

Re:Salaries in Silicon Valley on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @05:31PM (#3736803)

Missing from the report is the salary range. From my limited data, it appears the range is 100%. 80-170

Wife: 'Kony 2012' director suffers from psychosis

Posted by veguss on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @05:27PM
from the news.yahoo.com dept.

http://news.yahoo.com/wife-kony-2012-director-suffers-psychosis-153859750.html

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Re:Pay your employees more on Monday March 19, 2012 @08:17PM (#3727112)

I'm referring to people who live on their wages and not investment income, eg: the 99%.

Re:Ask HN: Would you quit your six figure, promising career path to le... on Monday March 19, 2012 @08:00PM (#3727046)

No, you should hire them instead.

Re:Pay your employees more on Monday March 19, 2012 @07:40PM (#3726965)

You get what you paid for applies to everything including salaries.

Re:Study of 160k men finds no all-cause mortality benefit from prostat... on Monday March 19, 2012 @05:45PM (#3726417)

Put another way, prostate screening does not improve outcome at all. In fact, given the horrible treatment involved, it degrades life quality while not improving outcome.

Re:Study of 160k men finds no all-cause mortality benefit from prostat... on Monday March 19, 2012 @05:43PM (#3726410)

Majority of "drugs" do not improve outcome. They "improve" condition.

Re:Google flushes heat from data center with toilet water on Friday March 16, 2012 @01:10PM (#3714172)

Wouldn't the dirty water clog the pipe? Via mineral deposits etc?

Re:Yammer Giving 25k Signing Bonus to Yahoo Employees on Thursday March 15, 2012 @06:29PM (#3710935)

I am loving this.

Re:Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD on Thursday March 15, 2012 @05:12PM (#3710632)

Unabomber was also a victim of MK-ULTRA

Re:Apple Shares Hit $600 Ahead of iPad Release on Thursday March 15, 2012 @04:49PM (#3710524)

Buy low sell high and you'll end up buying low and selling lower.

Aim for buy high and sell higher instead.

Re:How to describe without loosing ownership of idea on Thursday March 15, 2012 @02:40PM (#3709895)

Patent it.

Re:Winning A Bidding War With Facebook, Google Picks Up The Entire Mil... on Thursday March 15, 2012 @02:36PM (#3709878)

Well, keep on hating the player and miss all the action then.

Do remember when the bubble collapses, you will be hurt far more than the players who already made their millions and can weather the collapse.

Re:Winning A Bidding War With Facebook, Google Picks Up The Entire Mil... on Thursday March 15, 2012 @02:21PM (#3709800)

Don't hate the player, hate the game my friend.

Re:Kevin Rose Will Join Google on Thursday March 15, 2012 @02:06PM (#3709718)

This is branding 101. Don't fight it, learn to play the game.

Re:Yammer CEO won't hire anyone from Yahoo who doesn't quit in next 60... on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @06:22PM (#3705723)

Isn't this illegal? Discrimination laws.

Re:Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @04:41PM (#3705249)

http://www.businessinsider.com/former-goldman-intern-this-is...

I hold him in very high regard - he took care of us junior guys, gave us great pieces of advice, and in general came across as one of the more personable, friendly, and genuine guys on the floor.

Re:Posterous acquired by Twitter on Monday March 12, 2012 @08:36PM (#3696413)

More like 600k-900k a month. Prabably will run out of cash in 3-5 months. I don't understand how these startup burn so much money so fast...