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Soros has been betting against the Euro since March, shorting it for US dollars. Again, the central bankers are fighting a losing battle. Sooner or later there will be a similar at…

Sacca is a mega impressive guy, when presenting on Google based material. I've seen him present his own lowercase capital stuff since he left and it lacked the wit and insight whic…

If experience is the name we give to our mistakes, McNamara had lots of experience.

Agree that you need a little overconfidence sometimes. But perhaps the fact that there are more support systems around (move back in with parents, social benefit), means that we as…

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It may be soon.

http://www.drunkenfist.com/304/2008/12/29/why-front-end-perf...

Variable costs versus fixed costs - yes please.

Major problem with the business plan competitions I've been to is the IP. One Conversation went: presenter: its a great idea. judge: so what is it. presenter: i can't really say, j…

I'm wondering how many HN users have phds. Poll time anyone? (or has it already been done).

Also, Google trends ( http://www.google.com/trends ) can give a more impressionistic idea of whether a market, as judged by search requests, is growing.

"Gradually, I was descending into the strange social isolation of my colleagues. I spent less and less time with normal people and more time with people from the bank." I enjoyed t…

I have found it difficult to entirely forgive The Economist for some woefully incorrect predictions (they were big on Goldman Sac's prediction for $200 oil, and did not see the cre…

This may sound odd, but in a way everything you have said suggests you are on the right path. Yes, you may have to ditch this particular project, but the fact that a) you are open …

Santa's finished, then. "Dear Barack Obama, for Christmas this year I want..." From over here in Europe, these Obama-pleading articles do come across as unamerican - we always thou…

In my experience, there is no point doing anything unless you spend at least twenty minutes just getting into it first. This is how long it takes me to get into a 'concentration/fo…

Yep, in the past I would go through a month of exercise addiction at the gym or pool, then do nothing for the next four months. I've been off-road cycling (mountain biking would be…

Interesting that the article mentions Michael Birch, UK born but as they point out made it in SV - then again, Birch has invested in some uk based web startups. SV has it all, real…

Inside Facebook's Data Center for two seconds. The rest promo.

I always understand YC as an iconoclastic force (being disruptive etc), but its own success means inevitably it will become something of an idol.

The lottery nature of the academic job market has been publicised for a while now; there is no longer any excuse for phds to grumble that they were lied to about a paradisial ivory…

I'm not a hacker, but work with a at times very awkward programmer, who often sends out emails which are a monument to pedantry. Reading this article makes me more understanding. O…

I ran an E-commerce company, and we had to fly in some of our products (jewellery). UPS were extortionate - they misquoted me on the phone, and my mistake was not getting it confir…