12xo

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by 12xo 6y ago
I am not religious. Never mentioned religion. Only faith and the deep pool of human experiences shared by all people. The fact that you cannot separate the two, is a problem for you and you alone to resolve. Think outside your parameters an
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by 12xo 6y ago
The issue isnt the lack of clicks perse, its the fact that LI and others digital ad providers charge so much for something that is neither market driven nor validated by independent auditors. $45 per click? People need to know that LI just
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by 12xo 6y ago
This is where faith steps in... There is wisdom in the ages that will help you and your daughter. Try and find a pathway of peace and guidance from the universe's deep pool of human experiences.
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by 12xo 6y ago
As a AZ resident, this is insane. Calling my state Senator and Rep today to ask why this is allowed. Will update if they actually respond (not likely).
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by 12xo 6y ago
Fire vs firestorms. A slow moving, low fuel burn is very good for the forest. A fast moving, extremely hot firestorm will burn everything to bits and destroy the ecosystem for decades. Redwoods, and other plants and trees cannot survive a f
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by 12xo 6y ago
People are lazy. Our entire economy if based on this fact.
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by 12xo 6y ago
Most taxi's are 1099 as well... Almost 100% outside of the major cities. So no. This is going to backfire hard on the legislature. They should have done their jobs and created a new class. But nope. They went for the headlines.
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by 12xo 6y ago
This. So many founders are enamored with their titles and their ideas more than actually building a real company. IMHO its the most obvious way to spot a future failure along with the amount of fluff PR and "thought leading" blogg
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by 12xo 6y ago
"By far the most common reason for shutdown was lack of product-market-fit which constituted more than half of the marketing mistakes" During the dotcom boom of the late 90's the issues in the Valley were often attributed to
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by 12xo 6y ago
Taxi drivers are almost always 1099 as well... So have they basically killed on call transportation for CA?
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by 12xo 6y ago
The ad network game is a market. There are many competitors and of course, inventory options. Search keywords are not.
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by 12xo 6y ago
The floor is set by Google or FB or whomever, so there is no real auction. Especially considering the buyer has no other choice if they want to buy that inventory. Its not like you are purchasing a product at market. You're buying from
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by 12xo 6y ago
No there is not. There is no competition for Google ad words, just like there is no competition for Facebook. They set the market prices, the middle-men add to that cost and sell their services based on value add...
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by 12xo 6y ago
On top of search, one of the real issues is that they set their ad prices with no market forces at play. $50 per click? Why yes, but only because they say so... Fake click? We say its real, pay us...
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by 12xo 6y ago
The Right is dominated in media silos. AM radio is almost exclusively right wing talk these days. FoxNews is 100% propaganda and almost all fiction. Avg people who support the GOP are encrusted inside this silo. They do not listen, watch, r
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by 12xo 6y ago
If its good for the masses, Trump will almost certainly do the polar opposite. He has proven to be one of the worst people in our country's history and yet somehow, 100million American's support the guy and his actions. Odd since
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by 12xo 6y ago
Everything about this is nuts. What a contrast. Opulent mansions even for Los Angeles, right in the middle of old school, hard working rural communities. All to escape the taxman...
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by 12xo 6y ago
It was inevitable that the internet would birth a new religion or two...
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by 12xo 6y ago
Music is a commodity, a very easy to produce and distribute commodity. The facts are that the market was artificially controlled for the later half of the 20th century. Musicians, throughout history, have seldom made money. The later half o
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by 12xo 6y ago
They have such a perverted sense of purpose.
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by 12xo 6y ago
There was a time you could... Now? no way, at least not without some Flappy Golf type of viral hit.
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by 12xo 6y ago
To me LI is a tower of Jenga. Years of growth, mutliple acquisitions, M&A and almost no downward market pressure put them into this position of bloat. But your points are good, very very good. It take a lot of people to run a large org.
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by 12xo 6y ago
CL has approx 50 employees, operate around the globe and are on track to do in excess of 1b in revenue this year... So I disagree with your assessment. There are many businesses that operate in the 10figure range that dont require 10's
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by 12xo 6y ago
I am not surprise, just amazed that a site which is mostly self service and runs on UGC needs anywhere near this many people to operate. But then again, most of the people are probably hold-overs from acquisitions. As an ex VP of Ad Sales,
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by 12xo 6y ago
Its mostly self-service and partner driven (programmatic). As an ex VP of Ad Sales, I just dont see the need... My guess is that they have several thousand offshore devs and a lot of fat from acquisitions.
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by 12xo 6y ago
Yes you can. Look at Craigslist or POF.com for examples. But I also forgot that LI owns Lynda.com, so there are a lot of redundancies over there.
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by 12xo 6y ago
What the heck do close to 10k people do at LinkedIn? Serious question. Why does this site/company require 10k people?
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by 12xo 6y ago
I dont think you know who / what a Pollyanna is...
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by 12xo 6y ago
Pollyanna's are the most annoying and fake people around. I'd rather be with Grumpy people who are factual, realistic and capable, than the "its always a beautiful day" Pollyanna crowd...
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by 12xo 6y ago
Electrical tape...

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