DanLar75

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   by DanLar75 16y ago

   I personally did this for over a year (Springfield, Missouri) in our kickass library downtown. Great coffee shop nearby, quiet, plenty of books (doh) and magazines to read as break entertainment and just fantastic.
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   by DanLar75 16y ago

   Next up: Windows XP vs. a toaster! Makes Bread? XP, NO. Toaster, YES!
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   by DanLar75 16y ago

   Well if that isn't a ray of sunshine in a turd-sea of announcements regarding the state of the Internet.
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   by DanLar75 16y ago

   I would say that Dropbox (being a really super company with a great product) has issues that are actually even larger than the storage cost. Dropbox is based on Amazon S3, which means that not only do they have storage costs to a 3rd party
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   by DanLar75 16y ago

   Costs of storage are of course declining rapidly, however so far the massive increase in available bandwidth and storage needs for customers is simply growing MUCH faster. Part of the catch-22 here is also that with decreased storage costs
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   WHAAAAT? Unlimited storage for $4.99 a month not a viable business model?(spideroak.com)

   52 points by DanLar75 16y ago|45 comments
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   by DanLar75 16y ago

   How in the world would they be? Scraping web-content is pretty much Google's entire business model. Is 'slightly' hypocritical for them to even speak out on this in my opinion.
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   by DanLar75 16y ago

   Email + Personal contact + communication and just have each others backs.
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   by DanLar75 16y ago

   Well in my opinion and how it was founded, the stock market should be a place for 'speculation' based on the success of a company, analysis of the market, micro and macro economics etc. Companies in need of capital and broader ownership 'go
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Interesting. Even though my personal opinion on HF trading is that it is a disease that is at the core of rotting out our financial system.
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    100% this. The little interest/dividend you might be able to squeeze out of $200k is by no means worth any of the hassle when you should be focusing 24/7 on your business.
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    I consider this to be a horrendous idea when it comes to funds with a 'burn rate'. Not to mention that I would personally be completely outraged as a VC/Angel if I invested in a start-up and they turned around and speculated on the stock ma
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Well also depending on what your business is, there is also the risk that tying up funds might end REALLY badly. For example if you happen to be hosting your own servers or tangible assets and suffer a major breakdown just a few days of not
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    I would recommend the Business banking for the full amount. Give that you can 'maximize' your interest/return in other forms of accounts BUT it is much more important to you as a start-up to be able to have cash at hand quickly if an opport
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    TLDR; Yep.
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    I would almost argue that the Marketing team is the ONE thing about Yahoo that is actually working. It's not the lack of smart marketing, it's the lack of smart functionality that is digging the grave for Yahoo!
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Am I the only one that read this headline like a resolution to a 'hostage situation'? Seriously, Yahoo.. what have you done right since 1999?
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Well in all fairness, I would assume that most API's and Services have some form of disclaimer. What TOTALLY 100% open service have you ever seen?
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Uh.. Yahoo runs on Bing? In related news. My brother is bigger and stronger than yours so SHUT UP!
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    50 Cent falls to $0.39 on rumors of Jail time :-)
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    So.. like IMGUR.COM before the owner had to cover hosting expenses with a few ads. Am I missing something?
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Wow, I think you may have inadvertently outed the next 'Maxi-iPad' :-)
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Well if you are a 'internet' start up aimed at the consumer market the correct answer would be "EVERYONE, is going to pay me on Friday"
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    I very much consider Dropbox one of the very best when it comes to communicating and solving issues. Wouldn't worry to much.
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    SpiderOak for Android available today(spideroak.com)

    1 points by DanLar75 16y ago|0 comments
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Don't forget about SpiderOak when looking at Backup, Sync and share for Windows, Mac and Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Slackware etc). https://spideroak.com - like Dropbox but with more feature and security focus. Also 2+GB free with r
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Oh of course, but I can see it being used fairly widely since it does have (esp on larger networks) the obvious advantage of being able to save a LOT on hardware if a lot of stored data is duplicates. I don't think a lot of backup providers
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Also; Backblaze backs up everything on your computer except your operating system, applications, temporary files, or those over 9GB.
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    Without technical details on how they actually manage this (Anyone can figure out that storage is an accumulative cost) I am pretty skeptic. At $5/month the break-even on even a VERY cheap solution is around $40GB/person.
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    by DanLar75 16y ago

    This is almost 'trollworthy'. Hey we 'almost' got bought out, so hey try our service (Profit)