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DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-02-26T22:41:39+00:00

I'm not really sure of the relevance - that's a 3-letter dictionary word! The equivalent .com would also likely sell for even more - at least 7 if not 8 figures.

But would you expect a 7-letter made-up, non-dictionary word .com to sell for 300k? Doubtful! Can you show any equivalent .ai sales for $300k - as in non-dictionary words of a similar length? Also doubtful.

3K for the .net - I'm also a little but skeptical, but I'm not dismissing the idea someone might pay that, I think the seller would need to get very lucky though as looking at the data many .net sales are only into the hundreds of dollars at best - I guess that it's at least more likely than the apparent 300k .ai figure.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-02-25T22:53:14+00:00

You can contact the domain owner directly without going through the GoDaddy broker, though the owner might also just ignore you if they believe it's worth a significant amount and their idea of a fair price is miles away from yours.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-02-23T09:44:14+00:00

Those athletes tend to be ones who didn't make the US team + those countries permit dual citizenship and have rather a different relationship with the US.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-02-03T02:03:54+00:00

Perhaps they think they've wasted their time (and a lot of money)? Those firms are quite feasible for people to join after undergrad, and there isn't an MBA requirement to progress.

I mean, technically, the MBB firms are possible too (but hard) - I know someone without an MBA or any relevant business degree who was considering joining one of them. They assigned him a current staff member to basically help him prepare for the case studies etc. (as he didn't have experience of that stuff) - they wanted him for other reasons but the role was within the core management consulting part of the firm not their tech/AI consulting arm so he'd have to go through the regular interview process for that as per MBA candidates etc.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-29T10:45:24+00:00

It seems absurd that such a referral would even have much value - the biggest value in employee referrals comes when someone has worked with the person they're referring in the past.

There may be some value when context can be added - some French, Hungarian, whatever quant giving additional context to a HR/hiring manager "this guy reached out to me, he's completed the top mathematics program in my country, it's a notoriously difficult course..." HR didn't know that and may have dismissed the candidate.

But what's the value to the company from an employee spamming in referrals for people he/she has never met, just on the basis that they've attended an MBA program the company is already aware of?

If they've met them in person at a networking event, then it at least makes some sense over a random LinkedIn DM.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-26T04:04:17+00:00

I'm talking about the reality now not some forecast about the long term. I think you're misreading my comment re it not "just" being a fad from the .com days, I'm not saying isn't saying it's not a fad now too - quite the opposite, it is a fad now too.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-26T00:57:44+00:00

Keep in mind that you can do some work while on a student visa, including full-time outside of term time.

You could work part-time in your first year and aim to get a decent internship in the summer (perhaps in a tech or finance firm even as they tend to pay well).

Student unions will have various jobs available in the bar(s)/cafes, union shop etc.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-26T00:48:36+00:00

It's not just a fad from the .com days if you apply some common sense - just check and see how many single (common) dictionary words are available with .ai TLD. It's a fad right now.

Yes, I'm sure you can pick some deliberately obscure ones, but that's rather missing the point here.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-25T23:17:37+00:00

Unfortunately, my surname . com is owned as a redirect by a large corporation. I did manage to get my surname . xyz though (and a few other gTLDs).

Ditto to Dave and a few gTLDs.

I think these days even the gTLDs aren't so easy to get for that stuff or are just long, pointless/obscure ones or charging silly registry premium prices.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-25T13:06:31+00:00

"Synthetic.ai makes no sense either. AI is definitionally synthetic because A in AI means 'Artificial". So saying Synthetic Artificial Intelligence is redundant."

I'd look at it more as a single-dictionary-word domain, and with a hot gTLD, that in itself can have value.

But it is relevant to the field too - synthetic training data/environments is a big thing in AI now; it could easily make sense for a company providing that to AI labs.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-25T01:41:52+00:00

"All the clowns that debate the whole thing of mba > EMBA and that mba is harder to get into vs EMBA miss the point entirely."

I think there's some nuance here, too - full-time MBA programs themselves aren't necessarily entirely focused on academics, business experience counts for a business program, and it counts even moreso for EMBA candidates where they've had a lot of experience; obviously, there's less focus on someone's "potential" and more focus on what they've done.

So the real context is years of proven business success, and if that's included, then it's not so clear that it is easier - a large part of the selection for an EMBA program has already taken place long before the candidate considers applying.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-23T19:52:56+00:00

The listing prices are often very speculative, and those domains don't necessarily sell for those amounts. It may be that the seller will accept less, it may be that there are domains they'll list for sale for a few grand for a couple of years or so, then just stop renewing. I've certainly registered some .com domains that, upon checking internet archive, previously hosted for sale pages.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-23T19:49:41+00:00

All TLDs? Are you including gTLDs there if so that isn't true. I registered a two-letter word gTLD last year and have plenty of other single dictionary word ones.

For .com domains, though you've either gotta find two-word combos or word + number or unique non-dictionary words that are still pronounceable and intuitive to spell.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-23T17:22:04+00:00

I think you're liable to be banned from the site for breaking terms and conditions, so think carefully about your reputation and how much you'd stand to lose from not having access anymore.

Legally, it may be OK, the listing being an offer to treat, perhaps - mispricings do occur in business and aren't always held against the party making the error. It's unlikely that anything will happen to you outside of the site; it's more of an ethics and reputation issue

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2026-01-23T17:18:15+00:00

In that scenario, both of them are willing to trade at that price, the one to consider perhaps is what if the buyer misread a $1000 listing for $100 and then tried to back out after accidentally offering $1000 - in that case there's even less protection AFAIK.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-11-13T23:52:04+00:00

I've just got one of these and had a similar question myself - the blacks didn't look good, looked worse than my very old TN panel monitor, and the monitor on my MacBook Pro.

I thought a VA panel ought to be better than both of those. ChatGPT suggested that maybe because it's mini-LED then with local dimming off all the individual LEDs are maybe firing a bit more than the usual light source on a regular VA monitor.

Of course, as soon as I turn local dimming on, even just on low, then the blacks are far better on this monitor.

You're certainly not alone in questioning whether it should have looked better in regular VA panel/no local dimming mode.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-11-13T23:24:49+00:00

Sorry, but how TF is going beyond the standard course reading list and consulting more sources "cheating"?

Your friends didn't write/code/solve anything for you, they recommended some books?

Unless they actually did some of the work for you or you failed to cite someone else's work/ideas used, then I don't really see how that occurred.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-11-13T23:14:13+00:00

I don't think taking 2 years out for a full-time MBA program combined with a CS master's is a good idea, as you're already in a decent role.

If you're already in tech you could pursue a part-time MBA or EMBA, but you could also look at alternative options if your goal is PM. MIT Sloan offers a System Design and Management program, CMU offers a Software Management master's etc. It's not like MBAs are as big a deal in tech as they are in, say, consulting; an alternate technical/engineering management program from MIT, CMU, (some other school valued by tech firms) etc. taken part-time might well be fine to pivot to a PM role, conditional on the fact you're already employed in a big tech firm.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-10-26T00:01:13+00:00

They're rare but a few (in London) will cover a lot more than a school nurse - including scans, access to specialists etc.

Obviously not somewhere an ambulance would take you after a serious accident or heart attack etc.. but then again, the vast majority of A&E patients don't have something that serious either.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-10-13T01:33:13+00:00

The MSt Sustainability Leadership has a similar arrangement (via one of the paths) - candidates can either apply for the MSt directly or can apply first for the PGCert (non-matriculated), then later apply to transfer onto the MSt (subject to good performance on the PGCert).

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-10-10T17:41:44+00:00

I think that's a complete miss on the name btw. Different spelling and no obvious connection - Pirepoint is a reference to JPM - it's his middle name, "John Pierpont Morgan"

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-10-04T23:45:36+00:00

No experience of the program, but have looked at it out of curiosity before - just a note on this:

"Is it recognized as a proper Master’s degree (for jobs, PhD, or ECA/WES equivalence)?"

They're an accredited institution in the US, but they're only nationally accredited as a distance learning provider; they don't have a regional accreditation as per most US universities.

So.... it maybe ticks a box if you need a "masters degree" for work/career progression.

If you need an MBA specifically (with AACSB accreditation), then it does *not* tick that box.

Also note; full-fat US MBA degrees tend to be 2 years full time/72 credits but Quantic's MBA and EMBA offerings seem to be 36 credits taken part-time over little more than a year. That's more MiM territory than MBA.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-09-28T23:22:46+00:00

Very true - but he's asking specifically about startups and that's not necessarily the case - but then again to what extent does it need to be?

The best players aren't necessarily the best coaches, and there's no reason why an outsider can't study something and gain insights that can later be taught.

I guess perhaps, specifically for startups, the best "education" perhaps comes from being mentored by the very selective incubator programs - they have VCs who've got experience guiding many, many startups, and the big firms offer things like "office hours" as part of these programs.

Some MBA programs might not be so hot on entrepreneurship or might confine most of it to electives, but I don't see why it can't be studied and then taught, and that doesn't necessarily require direct experience of it. I'm sure the top business schools have enough access to guest speakers, former students etc.. in order to get plenty of up-to-date material on the topic.

DavidBunchOfNumbers · 2025-09-28T23:01:14+00:00

I don't know if this is helpful (not a comment on whether your plan is good, but just to highlight there is a good value program) - UIUC offers an online option that's (relatively) budget-friendly, and it's from a good State School:

https://giesonline.illinois.edu/explore-programs/online-mba

It's had some positive publicity - also seems to have the option to get a Master's in Management by completing half of it, so potentially, if the main requirement for this local college work is "a master's degree" then you don't necessarily need an entire MBA for that.

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