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themichael··on Network Neutrality
It is not a good idea to compare 2 unrelated industries directly. In the ISP Industry, the customer pays for X Mbit of Bandwidth. In the payment industry, the customer pays for the transaction fees indirectly. Hence, if you were to get your internet connection for "free" and pay for it indirectly, then the comparison could be made.
themichael··on EU Net neutrality: Industry MEPs want stricter rules against blocking services
Here is the full Proposal: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7682/RegulationoftheEuro...
themichael··on HTMLy: Databaseless Blogging Platform (Flat-File Blog)
We use BitNami and Wordpress to generate static files. Works great. Paired with cloudflare, the site is faster than 99 % of the web (according to http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/).
themichael··on European server provider Hetzner now offers a 64GB RAM box for 109€/mon
Hello,

we have several servers at hetzner since 2009. The performance has been stunning. Biggest upside is probably the ability to buy 1 TB of bandwith for 6.90 €. What amazes me is the fact that they can provide such great service and still be highly profitable. Turnover in the fiscal year 2010 was 29.68 Million € with post tax profit being 8.925 Million €.

themichael··on Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Program
This is a strategic shift to turn the apple shareholder basis from a hedgefund hotel to a dividend fund stock. Very smart as in a deflationary shock hedge fund liquidate profitable assets first. With the recent AAPL performance the stock is probably on top of the list. Most interesting fact of the call: "Apple had a record weekend" Tim Cook (referring to sales start of the new ipad.)
themichael··on The Euro falling into a recession?
Then the FED would not have to purchase bonds.
themichael··on Show HN: tool for commodity traders, brokers and analysts.
Why would this be valuable to traders? Silver is down more than 1 $ today and is still shown as bullish. Am I missing something?The biggest factor this week was option expiry and the fact that there is a massive liquidity squeeze in europe. No one cares what yahoo finance writes. By the time the info is shown on your site is has already been processed by hft algos and been priced in. Sorry for the negative feedback.
themichael··on Trader: I dream of another recession (and Goldman Sachs rules the world)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/...
themichael··on Facebook Lawyer `Unsure' Whether Founder Mark Zuckerberg Signed Contract
The traditional Harvard freshman register is known as "The Facebook".

"Harvard Yearbook Publications is responsible for the creation and production of the Senior Yearbook as well as the Freshman Register (also known as the Facebook). The Freshman Register is an extremely useful hardbound reference book for freshmen that contains photographs, addresses, and secondary schools of class members."

(http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~yearbook/purchase/). Login: http://facebook.college.harvard.edu

themichael··on A "Zynga for real men": troubling blend of FX trading and social gaming
etoro is simply a nice frontend. It is built on top of www.retailfx.com/.
themichael··on Paul Graham, Michael Moritz in discussion with Guy Kawasaki [video]
Here is the audio version as an Mp3: http://blip.tv/file/get/Building43-FiresideChat738.mp3
themichael··on Ask HN: Issue with Startup Valuation
Thanks for your comments.

@jacquesm Average sale varies from 1k per month to 15.Time:8 months. The potential market is in the trillions. "Make sure that you do not end up paying Mr. X his own investment back as a salary, otherwise he's just an equity-for-work employee, not an investor per-se." -Good point.

@michael_dorfman True. The issue is that Mr.X is willing to work on the project for one year without any cash compensation.

themichael··on Personal site (URL flux) Feedback appreciated
Thanks for the comments.
themichael··on Personal site (URL flux) Feedback appreciated
Thanks.

-Columns: The titles of the columns are on the bottom (Needs to be changed). -Scrollbars: Did not see that, because I use safari. :)

themichael··on Ask HN: What do you think of my Typepad/Feedburner hack ? (Would you use it ?)
Hi. Thanks. Sure I will work on a solution for you.