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borism··on Facebook trades under $30, down 7%+
I guess that's it for the "hyperinflation is coming!!!" gold-crazed Ron Paul-supporting crowd.
borism··on Bogus story: no Chinese backdoor in military chip
I generally liked the article but this drone part is totally off the hook.

Consider something like the drones shot down by Iran. The reason is that they are designed to be cheap, to be frequently lost while flying over the enemy. Thus, it's likely that one of these FPGAs was inside the drone shot down by Iran. While it's unlikely the FPGA had any secrets worthwhile, issues like this make it easier for Iran to reverse engineer the drone and manufacture their own.

What!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_RQ-170_Sentinel

The RQ-170 Sentinel was developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works as a stealth Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)... Few details of the UAV's characteristics have been released, but estimates of its wingspan range from approximately 65 feet (20 m)[6] to 90 feet (27 m).

Even US public doesn't know pretty much anything about it, not even wingspan, as it probably stems straight from some Black Project out of Area 51.

So it is not only VERY expensive, it also includes some of the most TOP SECRET technologies developed by USAF, like stealth and what not. In military jargon it's called high-value asset!

borism··on In Pictures: The World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant
Indeed. The geological effects of mining are much more serious than solar energy, which are not zero still (you need mining to produce solar panels/mirrors).

Most side effects are focused on local biosphere I'd guess.

borism··on Facebook’s stock should trade for $13.80
but that does not make their science any less refined

science? I wouldn't call it that...

borism··on Why airplane bathrooms have ashtrays
I like Sweden. But this has to be one of the most bureaucratic approaches to solving the problem. And it's ripe for abuse.
borism··on Why airplane bathrooms have ashtrays
wow, seriously? are you by chance a congressman or lawmaker of some sorts?
borism··on FB down 8% at opening
AMZN: P/E 178.42 as of now
borism··on I’m tired of the opportunists and their hackathons
ok, ok. but hacker mansion? I mean, seriously...
borism··on With Eye On Future, Billionaire Investor Bets On Paul
Rick Perry? oh boy...

anyway, criticism of Fed from GOP is nothing new http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Federal_Reserve_...

I'm skeptical Ron Paul had any particular role in reigniting it.

borism··on With Eye On Future, Billionaire Investor Bets On Paul
The point is that as long as Ron Paul is out there on the political flank of plausible candidates with a small committed support base, the more centrist candidates will tack towards his position to try and capture some of his support.

do you have any example to support this claim? Ron Paul isn't running for the first time. Which of his positions got anywhere close to mainstream candidate's agenda previously?

Witness how Santorum pulled Romney towards more socially conservative positions just by existing.

Santorum was Romney's runner-up if not outrunning him during several moments.

borism··on With Eye On Future, Billionaire Investor Bets On Paul
Clarium Capital

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarium_Capital

(directly related to his Ron Paul support)

borism··on NASDAQ:FB
yes, except we're our own extraterrestrials.

(feedback loops in markets are nothing short of amazing - nowhere else can you make something a reality to such a degree by just pretending it's real)

borism··on My Biggest Temptation
although I think he did that for society as a whole, not for individual members of it?

i.e. for him you're either happy or unhappy?

borism··on Number of job listings with the term “ninja” have increased 2,505% in past 6 yrs
didn't notice that. what a weird thing to hear form Calacanis :)
borism··on Number of job listings with the term “ninja” have increased 2,505% in past 6 yrs
So many ninjas but no samurais in sight?

A ninja (忍者?) or shinobi (忍び?) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations.[1] Their covert methods of waging war contrasted the ninja with the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja

borism··on Ask HN: Can I ask for a coding interview do-over?
why was the coding test timed?

this smells like a disaster from the outset.

borism··on Why Quit? Because the other company has bigger monitors.
yeah, spammers don't know how to make a DNS query
borism··on Buffett to buy 63 newspapers
he's on the Board of Berkshire and is often thought as future Buffett replacement as CEO.
borism··on TED and inequality: The real story
except it calls out both Republicans AND Democrats.
borism··on TED and inequality: The real story
If taxes on the rich go up, job creation will go down.

This idea is an article of faith for republicans and seldom challenged by democrats and has shaped much of today's economic landscape.

What's so f*cking partisan about it?

borism··on All the oxygen trapped in a bubble
It won't last a year with several parallel bubbles (one on the other side of Atlantic, another on the other side of Pacific) imploding.
borism··on Pinterest Raises $100 MM at $1.5Bn Valuation
twitter drives any e-commerce traffic!?
borism··on ZTE Backdoor
violence means very little in the context of corporations, since they're not people.
borism··on [dead]
I'm sure some of the earliest writings were not unlike today's Facebook walls...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_writing

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borism··on Microsoft has $60b in cash while Nokia's market cap is just $12b
Rule #1: never look at the current relative strength. Look at the trend.

(otherwise paraphrased as - never try to catch a falling knife)

borism··on Solar-powered catamaran goes around the world in 584 days
because centre hull isn't sitting in water, only glides over it. but you're right, it isn't a true catamaran either. can't remember what is professional jargon for such designs right now.
borism··on Show HN: Imagine a search engine that removed top million sites from its index
It isn't always simple for large organisations to copy/implement trivial/common sense things.

While Google has it's head up its' ass^H^H^H social stuff, there doesn't seem to be any effort to actually improve search.

borism··on How Billionaire Asteroid Miners Make Money -- Without Mining Asteroids
how does having contracts automatically amounts to "making money"?
borism··on Groupon Sliding
however, many pension funds do invest in VC funds.
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