yueq | 7 years ago | on: Google shifted $23B to tax haven Bermuda in 2017
My tax haven is RothIRA.
yueq's comments
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Putting the I back in IDE
this is a HCI problem. I dont think text is better than IDE or web-based code review or branch management. I'm a vim user and i have to say making everything in one terminal looks cool but really not that intuitive..
yueq | 8 years ago | on: The Dropbox Comp
it is a dying business in all means. The brand name might worth something though.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Google is buying Chelsea Market building for over $2B
Economic Moat -> Global Monopoly -> Positive Cashflow -> Higher Pay -> More Talents -> Create more value -> Higher Moat
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Dfinitiy raises $61M for blockchain cloud
Same team from Konify. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/koinify
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Googlebot’s JavaScript random() function is deterministic
def roll():
return 4
yueq | 8 years ago | on: WrkRiot CEO Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Employees
If they ever used misleading statements to bind a legal contract including employment, yes it is a crime.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Google experiments in local news with an app called Bulletin
We will probably see less acquisitions of product-oriented startups (e.g. Nextdoor) from Google unless the startup has some core tech/market Google needs.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash taxes
but Trump is going after Bezos..?
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Buy, sell, send and receive Bitcoin Cash on Coinbase
IRS has real motivation to trace Satoshi now.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Coinbase Wants Wall Street to Resolve Its Bitcoin Trust Issues
I have similar experience recently. Tx on T+3 day got cleared but a T-day tx is still pending.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Coinbase down for maintenance
why would they cancel the stop orders when the sole purpose for stop order is to protect profit?
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are some interesting papers in CS for a beginner?
Google's classic papers on PageRank, MapReduce, BigTable and GFS.
Amazon's Dynamo.
Twitter's Cassandra.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Square announces the Register, a $999 point-of-sale device for larger businesses
Device is $999.
But cost of training personnels is probably thousands more than that..
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Jeff Bezos Passes Bill Gates to Become the World’s Richest Person
This kind of 'news' is garbage because it doesn't consider market depth... Bezos can't liquidate all his shares at that peak price.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton to leave company
I guess Jam Koum has been autoselling his vested stocks for a while since I often see his name on FB's insider activity list.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Jawbone is being liquidated as its CEO launches a related health startup
Smart hardware belongs to big players only. A hardware company needs to deal with, Design, Engineering, Marketing, Production, Sales, Customer services, etc... If any of those step is messed up, the product is over. This is why I don't recommend anyone to get involved in this kind of business.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Instacart Tries to Hang on to Whole Foods as Amazon Swoops In
WFM invested in InstaCart so AMZN is going to be InstaCart's investor's parent company.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Bitcoin is tumbling – Off almost 40% from its high
Usually -20% from highest price is considered as a bear market.
yueq | 8 years ago | on: Oscar Is Disrupting Health Care in a Hurricane
Just FYI. Oscar's founder Joshua Kushner is Jared Kushner's brother. Yes, President Trump is its founder's in-law.
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