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Please don't use indentation for quotes. The side-scrolling makes it completely impossible to read on mobile, and nearly impossible to read on desktop. >So wha
by 0xffff2 7y ago
Please don't use indentation for quotes. The side-scrolling makes it completely impossible to read on mobile, and nearly impossible to read on desktop.
>So what about companies like WeWork and Peloton that interact with the real world? Note the centrality of software in all of these characteristics:
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>- Software creates ecosystems.
>- Software has zero marginal costs.
>- Software improves over time.
>- Software offers infinite leverage.
>- Software enables zero transaction costs.
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>- WeWork claims it has a software-created ecosystem that connect companies and employees across locations, but it is difficult to find evidence that this is a driving factor for WeWork’s business.
>- WeWork pays a huge percentage of its revenue in rent.
>- WeWork’s offering certainly has the potential to improve over time.
>- WeWork is limited by the number of locations it builds out.
>- WeWork requires a consultation for even a one-person rental, and relies heavily on brokers for larger businesses.
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>Frankly, it is hard to see how WeWork is a tech company in any way.
- chinhodado 7y agoI can't believe HN doesn't have a solution for this after all this time. It's a tech forum ffs.
- 0xffff2 7y agoEh, HN does have a solution for quotes; the way I formatted it. There's no technical solution for humans applying the wrong tool to the job. The mono-spaced non-wrapping style works well for code. I find it inexplicable that so many people persist in using it for quotes.