Can anyone explain the ATVI sell-off?

real1g · 6 days

Now that Diablo has been released, the ATVI games pipeline doesn't have a ton of hits coming out (other than CoD). Sell off reflects that.

BruceCambridge · 6 days

E*Trade makes you fill out a customer profile (risk tolerance, goals, assets, etc) and they review your history (how long have you been a customer, how often do you trade, have you ever done an IPO before, etc). If you pass that profile check, then you're in the pool for potentially receiving shares and you just need to get lucky.

BruceCambridge · 6 days

Congrats! I got 50 shares as well. If it soars today, are you going to flip it? E*Trade allows that, but they'll basically bar you from future IPOs.

BruceCambridge · 6 days

I got an email alert at about 4:30am PDT. They're listed in my account now.

donkey_hater · 7 days

I understand your hesitation and your concern about Facebook cluttering the space and losing users. However, I think you said something smart that a lot of people are undervaluing:

|Facebook must find a way to please both parties

Right now, Google is the leader in online ads because of their information database. When you search for something, Google has got such a deep understanding of the "thing" you're searching for, that they can serve up relevant ads that don't feel ultra-intrusive. Though you personally don't click on them, enough people do that advertisers deem them "effective" and continue to funnel $$ their way.

However, the age of social advertising is quickly approaching and Facebook is going to be a leader in that area. Facebook's strength is their knowledge of "people" and "relationships". As they perfect the technology around that database, you'll start seeing ads that are so tailored to you and your life that they won't feel like ads at all. Imagine a scenario where you're a soccer player, both Google and Facebook serve up ads- Google serves up generic soccer gear, but because Facebook knows you're a goal keeper, they serve up position specific items. Suddenly, it's the Facebook ads that advertisers see as the most effective and that's when the $$ rolls in.

Ask yourself why Google is building Google+. It's not because they want to give you a new place to hang out with your friends, it's because they're woefully behind in the "people and relationships" information database.

If you're going to play FB in the short term, it's gonna be a bit of a bumpy ride. But, if you find a low entry point and are willing to go long, I don't think you'll see an opportunity like this again for awhile. Good luck!

fwambo42 · 17 days

I have participated in IPOs as an Etrade customer before. They have a certain amount of shares they're willing to distribute to their clients. All you need to do is be an etrade customer, fill out your customer profile info, and place a conditional offe (amount of shares you'd want to purchase). It's basically an application. Etrade will review your profile and the questionnaire you've answered for any red flags and then decide if youd be a suitable recipient. Once you clear that hurdle, you still need to get lucky and be allocated the shares you've asked for (more shares are requested than they have available). Assuming you are approved and lucky, then, bam you're an owner of those shares at the IPO price and can giggle all the way to the bank when they double on day one. Etrade doesn't forbid you from flipping your shares once they go public, but doing so will practically guarantee you won't get access to future IPO offerings from Etrade.

citizenpolitician · 17 days

Alright, I've been following this sub-reddit for far too long without saying anything, but your post finally made enough of an impact that I thought I'd contribute. "To bad we aren't farther along..." suddenly made me realize that we really haven't left the starting gate, despite being a sub-reddit for 2 years. And it seems like you, Citizenpolitician, have an active interest, so let's talk.

Here's what I see as the fundamental causes of our inertia. Feel free to disagree or add your own. Only by solving these does this project have a chance of moving forward.

If the project ever came to fruition, it would mean that a certain number of people would need to live there full time as executives/managers/caretakes. Until we have an active list of people willing to stand up and say "I will give up my life as I know it to move to an island and turn it into a community", this project is nothing more than a pipe-dream. It's going to be difficult to find people willing to give up their jobs and move to an island for an untested project. We need to identify those people.
What is the scope of this project? Above you talk about sustaining 35,000 to 50,000 people. That seems like a difficult proposition. We need to determine what the community goals are. Are we looking for a full time community of 10 people with the ability to accomodate another 50 guests / tourists? Are we looking at a 100 person community or a 1000 person community? Knowing the population requirements will help guide the reaction we need to my above question #1.
The island itself. If we can determine #1 and #2, we can significantly narrow down our island options. I think we'll have more luck organizing funding if we have a specific goal in mind, rather than 10-20 vague ideas about raising money for such-n-such island. It's far easier to say "we need to raise $2.3 million to buy X island" and get results.
True organizaiton. Once we determine #1-3, we'll need to organize in a legal sense. That will help with fund raising and further scoping of the project. Eventually, we need to determine the details of what will be built, the cost of running per year, tourism implications, etc. I'm not a lawyer and have no idea what the ideal organization would be. It's probably dependent upon what the answers to the first 3 questions are.

Now, I'm not personally ready to lead any project just yet, nor am I willing to give up my life and transport myself to an island and play hippie/tourguide. I just know that we'll continue to be a floundering community unless someone steps up and helps answer the fundamental questions. I'm ready to help, but not ready to lead. :-/ I wonder if that's the achilles heal of the whole thing.

ijustentinyourpool · 19 days

I was trying to give him an out so in case he wasn't actually an assbag and just didn't know how to ask what he wanted.

ijustentinyourpool · 19 days

I think you're conflating race with socioeconomic status. It's fine not to want to live in a neighborhood where your wealth and material possessions might set you a part from others (and perhaps make you a target for criminal activity), but to simply say "I don't want to live in a black neighborhood" with the implication that all the black people will react to you the same, negative way is pretty much the definition of racism.

What are you really worried about? Noisy neighborhoods? Ask to find a location that has more stringent noise ordinances. Crime? Ask to find a location that has a lower crime rate.

happy420toyou · 21 days

What is the novel you're asking about? The one he was writing while working in an industrial laundry?

AlexHeyNa · 24 days

You need to complete something to prove to yourself that you can do it. Start small- write a two minute script or a short story or a one act play. If you can finish that, do it again. Then do it bigger.

PenName · 26 days

More images here.

PenName · 27 days

Not racsist since I just ripped off the title that the Chinese guy who took the photo used. http://500px.com/photo/7022298?from=popular

wait_4_a_minute · 29 days

Only if you order them "wit wiz."

archiface · 1 month

To be clear, they didn't stop this program because of you specifically, correct? It was just the fact that people did it this way got it shot down. The guy who's most famous for this did something around a million dollars worth of transactions.

iqwutyhquk · 1 month

I know. But at the time that I posted my reply, architecht_son's comment was sitting at -9 with 31 up votes and 40 downvotes, which was a little ridiculous since his info was fine. Now he's at 261.

I think that makes me a big damn hero.

Backdoor_Jackson · 1 month

It's like Weekend at Bernie's meets Jaws...

HammeredHead.

Don't go in the water, unless you're drunk.

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Coming Summer 2014.

iqwutyhquk · 1 month

Wow. Sorry man, can't believe you're getting a 50-50 shakeout on the upvotes/downvotes. Everything you said is correct. If the guy on the left truly believes the guy on the right is going to "steal" he has only two choices- select "split" and hope the guy is honest about the post-show deal, or choose "steal" and guarantee they both get nothing.

Even a slim hope of walking away with money (but with the risk of looking like a sucker if you're wrong) is still a better option than a guarantee of getting nothing.

The alternate ending you propose is great and would have been interesting (but probably a let down as we wouldn't be privy to how the post-show goes down).

PenName · 1 month

Not sure why you're being downvoted. It's a valid opinion. Our dollars are the only real vote we have.

Of course while I disagree with a lot of Card's politics, I still appreciate the artwork. So I'll be seeing the movie. But if you're really against it, I hope I see you out there on opening night with a polite, yet informational protest sign letting people know about Card's views on the world. Maybe you'll open a few eyes.

PenName · 1 month

That's how you know it was from on-set and not a PR shot that's been retouched :-)

PenName · 1 month

Damn, Flippy. You read the books in the wrong order. You're supposed to read Ender's Game when you're little so you get all excited about it and think it's the best book ever. Then you read things like Foundation that broaden your horizon a little more about just what SciFi can be. And finally, when you're ready, you read that mind blowing book called Forever War.

If you read Ender's Game now, you might find it simplistic and predictable. You'll like the characters- good characters will always be good and you'll like the emotional conflict and tension. But the plot might fall flat for you. But, even though you've already had your mind blown by amazing SciFi, I still hope you'll appreciate the simple brilliance that is Ender's Game. Find a day where you don't have anything else going on and just read the book. It's easy to finish in a single sitting. Then, if you like it, read the next two (Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide). Those are where Orson starts to take your mind for a ride. Good luck and Enjoy!

PenName · 1 month

Cool, glad you liked it. Now, I hadn't planned on sharing this because I want to milk it for sweet, sweet karma, but since you seem like a good kid, I'll let you in on a little secret.

http://endersgameblog.tumblr.com/

Follow that tumblr. It's on-set info from the producers, and it's the only good marketing info that's coming out about the movie so far.

PenName · 1 month

Learn to see the humor in a sentence. "...shouldn't be allowed to have money" is so full of hyperbole that the sentence can't be read as anything other than a joke. I'm not the guy saying not to make good movies because the public doesn't deserve them. Go harass the right person.

PenName · 1 month

People who encouraged multiple Transformers and/or Twilight movies to happen by buying tickets probably shouldn't be allowed to have money.

l1vewire · 1 month

Thats because 3D is something like 10x darker. Of course he couldn't see the iceberg coming in 3D. Now if only he'd had smell-o-vision.

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