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2drew3
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Comment #22480875
For those who watched the movie, I found the ending interesting. I won't spoil it for everyone else, but Bong Joon-ho made his perspective unambiguous: he's not a believer in socia…
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Comment #21829160
Given the bulk of a median American household's wealth is tied to the equity of their primary residence, it would be interesting to see how these returns stack an investment in a s…
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Comment #13082164
that haterade tho http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/minimaxir.com
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Comment #13082061
>relatively small community Lmk when you create a website with this much traffic. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/producthunt.com
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Comment #12053455
>...deal point has been a new and unwelcome surprise to potential buyers of the company, many said. The remaining bidders only recently got details of search deals that Yahoo has s…
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Comment #10827373
>I believe that Ethiopia was the only other place we could adopt from due to our age/income/etc. Can you clarify? Are there different age/income standards to adopt children from di…
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Comment #10666986
Having worked at LG for 3 yrs, I'm skeptical this change will come easy. But 'cultural change' is almost always mandated from the top even at US tech startups. From Amazon to Zappo…
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Comment #10653307
My father in law has a bunch of these walnuts. It's crazy how expensive they are: $5-15k per pair depending on hue, number of lines, etc. Somewhere in China, a walnut farmer is get…
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Comment #10210590
Restrictions on buyers (unverified users are limited, 6 levels), social verification, behavior analytics (sift science), among others. User was made whole, police dropped the case,…
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Comment #10210569
So the UI allows users to set a discount rate, similar to the way you set a limit order on etrade or Name Your Price on Priceline. I can place an order to buy AAPL for $100 or bid …
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Comment #10210546
Like most disruptive technologies, it's not quite clear why Bitcoin / blockchain are better than incumbents, namely credit cards / centralized databases. At Purse, we use blockchai…
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Comment #10210511
More like once out of 30k+ transactions. PayPal, AirBnB, and Raise all faced similar challenges.
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Comment #9312382
OP needs to check out https://purse.io Use case for consumers: discounts on Amazon. Use case for earners (mostly unbanked): earn Amazon gift cards as payment and convert to fiat th…
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Comment #9077757
Purse.io provides 25% discounts to shop on Amazon with bitcoin. Pretty incredible - discount comes from liquidating Amazon gift cards ($15b in circulation).
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Comment #7705259
Great point. Hopefully, IRS will reconsider and treat BTC as a currency.
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Comment #7704951
"Merchant adoption is not THE barrier to Bitcoin commerce - it’s the lack of incentive to spend." Merchants accepting Bitcoin is a brain dead decision. "How would you like to save …
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Why would anyone spend bitcoins?
"Merchant adoption is not THE barrier to Bitcoin commerce - it’s the lack of incentive to spend." Accepting Bitcoin from a merchant perspective is a brain dead decision. "Save over…
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Comment #7228217
Possible. However, I recommended AirBnB to several Asian and Caucasian friends who never heard of it before (I'm from GA). Few just showed up in SF and booked same day with no prob…
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Comment #7227603
I should have done this. But I didn't have this experience to prove a point. Truthfully, I was mostly embarrassed that my suggestion wasn't working and immediately kicked into "fin…
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Comment #7227232
Perhaps you're right. Still, the title isn't accusing either company as racist. AirBnB created artificial trust between strangers to allow them to share homes. That's a HUGE accomp…