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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…