Don't let the signal-to-noise ratio of Hacker News fall into the tragedy of the commons that befell the reddit front page. As a hacker news reader, I'm interested in cool technology and startup information.
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Why Facebook went west and Boston lost out
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Please, please, please...
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If you think you're too old, then you probably are.
Age is a state of mind. Actually, at 41 myself (and 3 months into my own startup), I find that as the kids get older (7 and 11), I'm getting more time again to pursue my passions. |
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Actually, as Nintendo DS enthusiasts, they form part of my application test department already! ;-)
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While all the predictions were somewhat negative, but realistic about the economy, to use the term "scary" is media sensationalism at its finest.
Objectively, we all need to prepare ourselves to weather this economic storm. Whether or not that's "scary" is a personal opinion. Personally, I'm not scared. However, I'd like to believe that I will continue to react to the situation in rational ways (unlike the political classes, unfortunately, who seem to be in full panic mode). |
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What is your name? Bill Gates
What is your quest? To conquer the world with Visual Basic. At what index shall arrays start? One... no, zero... (arghhhhhhh.....) |
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I was in a software startup in Texas almost 15 years ago, which underwent a conversion from S to C, for the purpose of seeking external financing. Fortunately, I was not a shareholder at the time.
As I remember (and this is second hand knowledge, so take it as a cautionary tale): The company's assets (software products and training materials) were assigned a market value by an independent accountant. The market value increased each shareholder's basis in the company, for which they were ultimately liable tax-wise by their percentage ownership in the corporation in the year of conversion to C corporation. It was very ugly, as the current shareholders' basis went from almost nothing to a significant number, on which they had to pay taxes, but with little options to liquidate their shares to pay the gain in value. It caused much consternation, gnashing of teeth, and bad feelings among the owners of the corporation--to the point of causing some founders to leave. I don't know all of the details, or whether the approach they took for the conversion was a good one, but I did learn that you have to be very careful about how this is done. You absolutely must seek competent professional accounting/legal advice. And, you must communicate to the shareholders every detailed step of the process. |
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And this article has been posted to Hacker News for what reasons?
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/ appears to be a better place. Don't upmod me. Please downmod TFA. |
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A diesel-electric submarine based on 50+ year old technology (i.e., small and quiet) sneaks up on America's high tech fleet in the middle of a war game.
Serious geopolitical change? I'm sorry, no. (Please don't sensationalize such headlines ala reddit.) Problems in the high tech detection systems of the American military? Yes, that's the ticket. |