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On Buying Silicon Valleyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=500785Silicon Valley 2If one wishes to replicate the Valley's success and status as a startup hub one needs to mimic the ecosystem and support structures that have grown up around it, the angels, VC funds, (money) legal expertise, financial infrastructure (enabling infrastructure) and entrepreneurial culture (residual). The money and enabling infrastructure will accrete around the residual if it exists, quickly or slowly. Paul Graham has proposed that for US$30m-$100m this could probably be achieved in any US city fulfilling certain criteria, with greater or lesser likelihood of success dependent on the degree to which it fulfils them.The money can realistically come from three types of sources, governments of whatever level, private individuals, or corporate bodies, profit-oriented or not, or some combination of the three, acting in concert. Given the electoral dynamics they labour under it is unlikely that any politician or party in serious danger of being out of power 10 years after the fMar 2, 2009 11:29 PM
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Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFC headquartershttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a538406404e04a171b03dc38455c0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idahopress.com%2Fnews%2Fcolonels-secret-recipe-in-new-safer-vault-at-kfc-headquarters%2Farticle_b5dba1f7-2324-5119-a075-d157458c4a11.html&c=15337511493762327006&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back in its Kentucky home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate ...Feb 10, 2009 11:00 PM
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Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFC headquartershttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a539c126448f2b6aac6a83b7bba27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idahopress.com%2Fnews%2Fcolonels-secret-recipe-in-new-safer-vault-at-kfc-headquarters%2Farticle_b5dba1f7-2324-5119-a075-d157458c4a11.html&c=15337511493762327006&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back in its Kentucky home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate ...Feb 10, 2009 11:00 PM
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Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer KFC vaulthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a538406404e04a171b03dc38455c0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semissourian.com%2Fnews%2Fcolonels-secret-recipe-in-new-safer-kfc-vault-1500886%2F&c=16794387578384271195&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate secret. Nothing went ...Feb 10, 2009 4:00 PM
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Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer KFC vaulthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a539c126448f2b6aac6a83b7bba27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semissourian.com%2Fnews%2Fcolonels-secret-recipe-in-new-safer-kfc-vault-1500886%2F&c=16794387578384271195&mkt=en-usLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate secret. Nothing went ...Feb 10, 2009 4:00 PM
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From books, Obama found his voicehttp://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/19/arts/19read.php?page=1Obama has said that he wrote "very bad poetry" in college and his biographer David Mendell suggests that he once "harbored some thoughts of writing fiction as an avocation." For that matter, "Dreams From My Father" evinces an instinctive storytelling talent (which would later serve the author well on the campaign trail) and that odd combination of empathy and detachment gifted novelists possess. In that memoir, Obama seamlessly managed to convey points of view different from his own (a harbinger, perhaps, of his promises to bridge partisan divides and his ability to channel voters' hopes and dreams) while conjuring the many places he lived during his peripatetic childhood. He is at once the solitary outsider who learns to stop pressing his nose to the glass and the coolly omniscient observer providing us with a choral view of his past.Jan 20, 2009 9:04 AM
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Ask YC: Auction-based pricing?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=402131We are organizing a coworking office space in Sofia, Bulgaria. One of our biggest problems is finding the right price to ask for rent, as the difference in income for freelancers here can be as big as 15 times.Therefore, we are leaning towards auctioning off the 30 office spaces one by one. (Technically, the 30 best bids will win, with the minimal bid being the cost of electricity and water for the person.)Pros:- Maximal usage of office space. We better have 1 person pay $5/mo instead of leaving the workspace empty.- If this is a blind auction, the best bid could be as much as twice the average.- We can accommodate people from different levels of income (e.g., underpaid artists).Cons:- Confusion on behalf of people wanting to sign up.- If the auction is open (everyone can see the bids) we won't get such a good price, because we don't think there will be more than 100 people bidding for the 30 places.- Winner's curse. People may feel tricked if they pay more than their peers.- We won't Dec 18, 2008 2:37 PM
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Carbon Dioxide Detected on Exoplanet HD 189733bhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNRlhsTng0VDE2bHdTMEc4LXoxQ0ZmN3NteEtiaE5YQV9USlZNTmxHdUl1QS1wUmhsU1IzVWxPNWZCWkxiYzlyTF9uM3VveU14YUtadDlFUkNlODNHMEVZcUdYRWh1R3RlUmxsZGVjMlF1VVM4eWgyV2lCUUlLZi1mNFpkRmNnNWNEZUN1VnRsRQ?oc=5Carbon Dioxide Detected on Exoplanet HD 189733b Universe TodayDec 9, 2008 8:00 AM
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Trader Joe's Is Not Your Average Business (2002)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=340188One day a few years ago, a guy at a Boston financial firm called up Trader Joe's headquarters and said he'd like to tour a store with a group of visiting Japanese investors. The brass at Trader Joe's was blunt: "You can't come." Not "We'd rather you didn't," or "Please don't." The visit was officially forbidden.This led to a predictable go-round about it being a free country and all, and Trader Joe's finally said okay, okay, you can come, but you don't get a tour. And as the investment company guy tells it, the tension in the air during the visit was thick enough to cut with a machete.Well, you probably can't blame the folk at Trader Joe's. They've got a phenomenal thing going, and don't want to give it all away. Some observers think that sales per square foot at Trader Joe's are hovering at about $1,000 -- twice the level of typical supermarkets. And with between about 70% to 85% of its products being private label (depending on who you ask), Trader Joe's has reached a benchmark otherOct 22, 2008 4:19 PM
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What's the Weather Like on Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b?https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNS2FJaXB2UlVadTE2MTgxOXptVlZ4a09lQ1I4VkZaQUR6ZmtINURCNzBJSDRMVVZ4SjBRSFUxZFI5WHV6WDBlT1l6YjNPdHg5RDV6U1VyQldnNEJhSnd1NmtUczhKSnNDRWxmUUI5RVgzWWE4UzYyODIxbDBORnBjMUlEYm1HN1o2NVJGS1ZvX3VlNlZjTG1rYg?oc=5What's the Weather Like on Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b? Universe TodayJul 15, 2008 7:00 AM
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Skybus becomes third airline this week to closehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8974bd3c44472498d6b18535888b61&url=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2008%2FTRAVEL%2F04%2F04%2Fairlines.bankruptcy%2Findex.html&c=15120049373437369695&mkt=en-us(CNN)-- Skybus Airlines announced Friday it is shutting down its passenger flights -- becoming the third airline this week to cease operations. The low-cost carrier couldn't overcome "the combination ...Apr 4, 2008 5:00 AM
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For Skybus, High Load Factor Doesn't Mean Successhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8974bd3c44472498d6b18535888b61&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Ffor-skybus-high-load-factor-doesnt-mean-success%2F&c=12739700572773140322&mkt=en-usThe December DOT data is now in, and though I haven't had a lot of time to poke through the data yet, I have found a couple interesting things. For today, let's focus on Columbus-based Skybus. Even ...Mar 18, 2008 3:04 PM
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Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, and Docetaxel in Unresectable Head and Neck Cancerhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a420d188441ceaa002ce24cd58ffc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nejm.org%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1056%2FNEJMoa071028&c=13783557533913444970&mkt=en-usPhase 2 studies suggest that the standard regimen of cisplatin and fluorouracil (PF) plus docetaxel (TPF) improves outcomes in squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck. We compared TPF with PF as ...Oct 24, 2007 5:00 PM
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Skybus: The trade-offs of no-frills, low-cost flightshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8974bd3c44472498d6b18535888b61&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Ftravel%2Fla-trw-skybus-sandiego-flight-20aug07-story.html&c=11407112256609561755&mkt=en-usMidway between San Diego and Columbus, Ohio, on Skybus Flight 241, attendant Olivia Champ had had enough of “the $10 question.” Yes, there were people who had paid only $10 for a seat on the July 16 ...Aug 20, 2007 12:00 AM
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Wescliffe woman publishes second novelhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a1b61f6714a858153ade1a3286d89&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chieftain.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2004%2F09%2F26%2Fwescliffe-woman-publishes-second-novel%2F8482831007%2F&c=1618400991795887754&mkt=en-usWESTCLIFFE - Jackie Bubis has ice in her veins. Her second romance novel, \"Thin Ice,\" continues the story she began in 2003 with \"Black Ice.\" Bubis, who writes under the pen name Jaxine Daniels, ...Sep 25, 2004 11:01 PM
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Bond intl software acquires EZaccesshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89698de47a43a0a9987198d30fcf60&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.onrec.com%2Fnews%2Fnews-archive%2Fbond-intl-software-acquires-ezaccess&c=16325094385688733036&mkt=en-usBond International Software Plc, the specialist provider of fully configurable software for the international recruitment and human resources industries has today announced the acquisition of the ...Mar 1, 2004 4:00 PM
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How Working Capital Workshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a1d422cd14c888271da260262e792&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investopedia.com%2Farticles%2Ffundamental%2F03%2F061803.asp&c=258948220602168479&mkt=en-usDr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...Dec 29, 2003 9:00 AM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ebd5892641dc858428921f3a20eb&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cc6693454321a86fe9f86a36fbda&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
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XIII Reviewhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d046ef83427584f12b971d979392&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2freviews%2fxiii-review%2f1900-6084270%2f&c=10789421050012307120&mkt=en-usXIII is a cel-shaded first-person shooter based on a long-running French comic book of the same name. The game definitely plays up its comic book roots, complete with readable sound effects and ...Nov 21, 2003 5:55 PM
