Briel

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by Briel 6y ago
According to the thread about it on Reddit ( https://old.reddit.com/r/gme_meltdown/comments/lrp639/why_is... ), it's because: Some hedge fund bought a bunch of calls and then pumped the underlying. Op
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by Briel 6y ago
How you speak. It's something that almost all of us have to do everyday for work and our personal lives and how you speak has a huge effect on how your message is perceived, and each of these interactions over time shapes your relation
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by Briel 6y ago
I would actually say personal branding is not as important early on as niche specialization. For example, you're not just a Rails developer, you're a Rails developer who specializes in building MVPs for SaaS products. Also I would
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by Briel 7y ago
This was an interesting in-depth article about series of leaks and internal turmoil that Google experienced: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-google-three-years-misery... 1. Soon after, on the plane ride back from a
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by Briel 7y ago
These featured snippets are great for Google, because they keep you on their search pages longer. But they're bad for the websites because they can completely lose your visit, even though they're the ones who created the content.
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by Briel 7y ago
I took a peak at the OP's post history ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20945426 ), it seems this is their chatbot (for FB): https://mapletechno.com/landing.php Unless you have moved the chatbot to
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by Briel 7y ago
With Upwork, since they're an intermediary and marketplace and hirers are the ones who are paying and providing supply, it's in their interest to offer services that cater to them like time logging and charging connection fees, e
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by Briel 9y ago
1. Landing page that shows mockups of your product and how it benefits the audience - capture emails "get notified of launch!" You can drive traffic to the landing page by sharing it in relevant communities and by setting up some
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by Briel 9y ago
There's a lot of focus on how they failed: strayed from their non-label musician roots. But how would they have been able to monetize? * Let fans support their favorite musicians a la Patreon and take a % from the donations? * Partner
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by Briel 9y ago
Nitpick but the website preview images are not resized from the originals well so the text and edges in them are all jagged.
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by Briel 9y ago
I think one of the detrimental effects of the positivity movement is, it implies it's wrong and unnecessary to feel bad. Of course, if you feel bad for days on end, there's an ongoing clinical or situational issue. If certain exte
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by Briel 9y ago
Since our mental wellbeing plays a huge role in how we use our knowledge and skills, one of my favorite HN comments (which is actually a quote from another source): "Human life the Stoics appear to have considered as a game of great s
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by Briel 9y ago
The main takeaways: 1. Pitch journalists yourself as the founder - don't bother hiring a PR firm 2. Pitch journalists who previously covered related companies 3. Pitch what your company does from an interesting angle so it's easy
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The untold story of Napoleon Hill: a life of scamming people(paleofuture.gizmodo.com)
2 points by Briel 10y ago|0 comments
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by Briel 10y ago
I used to replay the same negative thoughts as well. Here's how I broke free: Reframe all your negative thoughts. I used to obsess about past mistakes. Thought: "I wish I didn't do that." Reframe: "If I didn't
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by Briel 10y ago
I listened to a lot of Youtube videos and songs in the language. The biggest impediment to language learning is that it can be extremely boring. If you're learning it through entertaining content, it gets easier. On http://l
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by Briel 10y ago
Here's a productivity tricks that works for me: Reason why I stop working on a project is because after a while (or 10 minutes...), it just gets boring. So I toggle between 3-4 similarly important projects a day. The excitement of doin
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by Briel 10y ago
Here's the process that works (with some persistence) even if you don't have a revolutionary product: 1. Go to Google, toggle to news and enter the name of similar startups 2. Go through each recent article and add the journalist
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by Briel 11y ago
>The order also imposes a $50 million judgment against Lumos Labs, which will be suspended due to its financial condition after the company pays $2 million to the Commission. So does that mean after paying this fine, Lumosity is in finan
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by Briel 11y ago
Except Elon only gets the kids for only half the time (shares custody with his ex-wife) and has a current wife and nannies taking care of the kids when he has them. He mentioned in videos that he doesn't get to spend that much time wit
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Disney is making a fortune and safeguarding its future by buying childhood(economist.com)
3 points by Briel 11y ago|0 comments
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by Briel 11y ago
Honestly, at this point online influencers with midsize followings should treat their creative content and the fanbase they've been able to build up as a portfolio of their skills to get their foot in the door of more lucrative opportu
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by Briel 11y ago
Relevant: On 27 October 2015, Holmes announced Theranos would publish data verifying the accuracy of its Edison testing device. They still haven't done so. Given the intense scrutiny they're under, if they had the data, you'd
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by Briel 11y ago
>> 100% security is only possible if we monitor every thought of every person on this planet No it isn't because no agency has enough manpower or resources to follow up on every lead a 'terrorist detection model' genera
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by Briel 11y ago
Federal agencies didn't flag the San Bernardino killers despite the fact they apparently considered an earlier attack, had connections with known radicalized persons, was radicalized for many years and other serious warning signs. Havi