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Nobody has any idea what one of these notes are worth, and if you have the notes for dresses, then you must have them for shoes, computers, cars, houses, etc... so I wind up paying…

...or the kind of person who would exploit those who would not notice that he was not heeding those warnings. $100,000 is a lot of money for an 18 year-old. Hell, I'm over 30 and $…

I'm reading bitcoinica.com: > Bitcoinica has been victim to the poor security practices of an irresponsible hosting provider How naive do you have to be to trust ANY hosting provid…

This is so messed up. It's just sick the way power was abused, and damages applied so randomly.

One thing you learn in the real world (outside of school I mean) is that there are some really stupid people out there. And I mean really incompetent people. You find them in stran…

I don't follow this whole "Android makes Google no money" line of reasoning. Presumably Google believes that the NPV of android is positive, otherwise why invest the capital? I gue…

Ah, the poor. More than one way to respond to them. One of my favorite parts of the bible, Jesus Christ being an enormous douche bag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesu…

I totally thought the essay was written by a woman before I realized the truth. I can't imagine why you wrote this. This whole notion that "women need men to defend them" is just s…

I would describe Alan Kay's attitude as arrogant and patronizing. I speculate that this contributed to Xerox's failure to take advantage of the great technologies it pioneered. I w…

Basic portfolio theory. There is no way to exceed the market in the long run given one of the many standard models for investing. Investors can go to the market or go to VCs. If re…

If you've been programming for over 30 years, then what did you make of Java? Prior to Java, business software was in a world of hurt. You really don't want code monkey consultant …

If you have an opinion, and you live in a free society, then you are entitled to freedom of speech, so you have the right to express your opinion. You also have a corresponding res…

I think "Stop. Listen the nature." is quite possibly the best adaptation of the "my hair is a bird, your argument is invalid" meme to tech arguments. Seriously, this is a gem.

I just think it is amazing that Kim Dotcom is making the FBI look like bigger assholes than he is. You would think this would be very difficult, but he is just completely controlli…

Damn good point. With deep thought (chess program) and now with Watson, IBM is really pushing hard AI projects that can capture the public's attention. The amazing part is that thi…

What a bunch of self-absorbed bullshit. When you're rich, you can obsess over this sort of nonsense. The rest of us have lives to lead, pg. Choose happiness? Did George Washington …

You have an awesome life, and although I'm not sure I'd enjoy the same things that you do or want your life, I suspect that many would love to have your life. I don't see how you a…

Unlikely. Hollywood has made the FBI its bitch because both 1) It contributes $billions to the economy 2) It contributes a few thousand dollars to congressional re-election campaig…

This is what great spin is all about. Drama queens are naturals at it, but anyone can learn. Basically, whatever the other guy says, you turn it around and make it about you. Or wh…

+1 Regarding the tagline, "Pingdom killer". I would first agree with this comment that you need to focus on users, not competitors. You're trying to communicate the experience the …

In my opinion, it would be more accurate to say fund-raising pawn. Here is one scenario. Obama administration sics the FBI on Dotcom, Obama super-pac gets sudden infusion of Hollyw…

I find it annoying that this whole "piracy is harm" thing gets accepted. Pirating content does not cause harm. We are locked into a mentality where we think content producers need …

Not really. 1) Facebook spent $300mil in cash on Instagram and traded $700mil worth of FB stock. You cannot pay for a space program with FB stock. 2) You need Elon Musk to turn 3) …

Did you read the article? The point is that the "information" sector needs far fewer low to medium skilled workers than other sectors. It is a statement about the distribution of w…

To anyone who sees the above comment: this is a classic troll comment. The user 'tptacek' can't think of any flaws in this idea, but because it isn't his own, and because his inabi…