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solsenNet

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About solsenNet

People, Ideas and Capital. http://solsen.Net

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    Comment #5203395

    I think we've proven that we don't need the East Coast for: the PC revolution, the Internet revolution and the Mobile revolution. They can sit out the electric car revolution as we…

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    Comment #5166919

    > I could teach myself more in an afternoon than I would learn in a 10-week class. >The culmination of my second year was a 0.33 GPA.

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    Comment #4987414

    it was painful to watch. i had to press pause on the dvr several times (and check twitter) just to get through a few of the episodes. what hit me hardest was: if you are going to d…

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    Comment #4666017

    Advice straight from the movie "Disclosure" (1994)

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    Comment #4660880

    and don't forget, Stephanie Kwolek invented Kevlar!!

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    Comment #4618235

    yeah this is a pretty classic example of what startups have to deal with: irrational customers. the guy is getting $3k from a transaction that breaks all kind of rules, and is upse…

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    Comment #4481916

    my guess about the car industry is it had to do with the interaction between diverse customer preferences (car colors, options) and the realities of car production (large batches, …

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    Comment #4351450

    Still don't want to read it.

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    Comment #4164224

    > It's this years school MIS that claims not to be an MIS. it seems like you are claiming not to be an MIS!?!

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    Comment #4163607

    I use Stitcher. and they've put a lot of work into it...

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    Comment #3924377

    Microsoft has learned a trick about recruiting straight from college developers. Microsoft quotes the new higher a large number (120k per year) but it is all back end weighted to a…

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    Comment #3924356

    maybe you should start your own company? seems to me you chaff quite a bit about being a "wage slave"

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    Comment #3884819

    "Let the bodies hit the Flooooooor!"

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    Comment #3870316

    i will say: i am glad i don't have to wake up everyday and think about ride sharing.

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    Comment #3869598

    Data! ... but, not really sure what meaning i am supposed to take away from this. "Zip codes contain heterogeneous housing units that have a spread of prices" ??

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    Comment #3781171

    This looks... erm ... neat. A "sophomore OpenGL term project" kind of neat. Baidu on the other hand does the maps right [0], which hardly surprising given their 20 years of head st…

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    Comment #3726134

    what's the asp on ipad2s? $750 per? $2.25B in revenue in a weekend. not bad.

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    Comment #3665058

    i agree that Foresquare may be on the wane. i am starting to see that some of these social websites might just have a normal lifespan like the run of a TV show. Signing up to somet…

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    Comment #3630559

    quote "spreading a rumor" turns out in this case the rumor is true... well the first automobiles needed to be started with a crank on the front grill. sometimes the crank would cat…

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    Comment #3156385

    hmmm, "almost" 2.5m round and $10m in revenue "booked for next year" is not that credible of a company. you are taking a lot of risk that the money does not come through. if you si…

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    Comment #2703211

    most companies this size pay the 3 individuals on 1099, ie independent consultants. no payroll tax on 1099 (at the company level)

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    Comment #2420054

    Unix Power Tools is a great reference for data analysis. The author does not mention the chapter on: "You Can't Quite Call this Editing" which I used extensively for some pretty in…

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    Comment #2338629

    happy st. patty's day! with a little Irish pessimism!

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    Comment #2338318

    disclaimer: i am not a lawyer (i just put their kids though college ;) You said you wanted to address the legality of it, but then you started throwing around this "logic" thing...…

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