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yaacovtp··on Tesla fired an employee after he posted driverless tech reviews on YouTube
http://factoryfive.com
yaacovtp··on ARK’s Price Target for Tesla in 2025
yup, watch all the big guys go full on amazon and price their EVs low enough to wipe out tesla. Just sat in a Mach-E and ready to buy one but can't decide because there are so many other options coming to market now.
yaacovtp··on ARK’s Price Target for Tesla in 2025
Funny, when I change the numbers to my assumptions I get a 2025 suggested share price of $61.00
yaacovtp··on 2-Acre Vertical Farm Run by AI and Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm
Big difference in growing baby greens which are harvested early in a plants life vs growing for the fruit or seeds.
yaacovtp··on Nikola: How to Parlay an Ocean of Lies into a Partnership with GM
Why were tweets deleted all the way back to June?
yaacovtp··on How I legally got scammed for $250 by an upscale apartment complex
I've used Corelogic as a landlord as well. Any applicant with a reported history of non payment is a big red flag and would likely be denied. I'd compare it to very late credit card payments or a charge off. Not a scam. The employee doing the review would get in trouble for approving this application!
yaacovtp··on The State Of Railway e-Ticketing In India
I survived backpacking in India using http://www.cleartrip.com/trains for all train reservations.
yaacovtp··on [dead]
There's a good premium priced in there for volatility. Safer to sell puts right now and buy calls later.
yaacovtp··on JavaScript zip code to state conversion
Unless you only want to get a users home location make sure to allow them to search by city/state since most people don't know zipcodes for places they're researching for travel/work.
yaacovtp··on Please Rob Me
This is the ultimate free source of leads for home security and alarm businesses.

Edit: They could drive around the neighborhood dropping off flyers saying, "While you were out at "place homeowner checked into" someone could have been robbing you blind.

yaacovtp··on Show HN: My 2-Hour Twilio App
You should add an example url and specify users not include "http:// because http://example.com doesn't work.
yaacovtp··on [dead]
Or find an awesome partner who shares the belief that Hallmark holidays are on the very bottom of the list of important days to celebrate.

We do special things from each other when we feel like it.

yaacovtp··on A wedding gift for our co-founder became our startup's newest product.
Adding an iMac to my registry right now...
yaacovtp··on Ask HN: How would you make public transit profitable / create more value?
I'm pretty sure every tax payer has a reason to improve them and lower costs.
yaacovtp··on Ask HN: How would you make public transit profitable / create more value?
Get rid of the unions and lower revenue/fares at the same time.
yaacovtp··on PHP Must Die
Go to his home page, this link is from 2004!

Sep 1 2004 PHP Must Die A comparison of how different scripting languages treat their users.

yaacovtp··on Amazon will be the Largest Company in the World and 1st Trillion Dollar Company
I hope you're selling puts while waiting.
yaacovtp··on YC was nominated for a Crunchie, but please vote for Ron Conway instead.
Why is the Nook on the list and not the Kindle2/DX both of which went on sale in 2009?
yaacovtp··on I hired 50 people today. This is what they look like
There is a request up now looking for someone to take a picture of themselves dressed as a terrorist. Many others ask people to fill out a quick survey or enter in an email for lead generation/reward websites.
yaacovtp··on I hired 50 people today. This is what they look like
It helps to be very specific in what your HIT is and reject submissions that don't complete the job.
yaacovtp··on Looking for single hackers to review my site
No interest in registering for something i can't see. are there even people in my area?
yaacovtp··on Long lasting house for under $1000
Too bad the date the article was written is missing. You definitely can't rent an excavator with an operator at those rates this decade.
yaacovtp··on I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programming knowledge. What should i do?
I did too! Found a partner who can program and we're well on our way.
yaacovtp··on Startup idea list
go play on cambrianhouse.com
yaacovtp··on Suggestion: YC should provide its founders with W2 benefits for one year. Healthcare, Life insurance...
Anyone who can't spare $100 and change a month for a bare minimum plan shouldn't be going into business. Many full time jobs these days don't even come with health benefits during the first 1-12 months.

I second going the ehealhinsurance path.

yaacovtp··on Can't get enough Justin? You can watch Justine
Is Justine more intelligent than Justin?

Justin Kan, the star of Justin.tv, burst onto the Internet scene two months ago when he strapped a camera to his head to broadcast his existence live on the Web. He says he has been searching for someone more intelligent and charismatic to become the network's next Web celeb. Ezarik is his perfect match, name and all, he said.

yaacovtp··on Crazy way to get free PR from nuts
Cambrian house google pizza delivery is one of my all time favorites. http://www.cambrianhouse.com/google/
yaacovtp··on What is Twitter's source of income??
VC
yaacovtp··on Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone seed a startup with wikipedia content? How did that work out?
As long as the content you're seeding your site with is valuable to your users go ahead and get whatever you can. We got a ton of great content for a gardening application from usda.gov and are able to manipulate it in ways that makes it useful to our users.
yaacovtp··on Why Europe! (yeurope blog)
You beat me to it! I don't know what goes on in Europe with investing in startups, but if you're not an accredited investor doesn't that cause problems with future rounds of financing? Somewhere I remember reading that this guy is getting his seed investing money from a conference he's throwing.
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