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by DilipJ 15y ago
most of their ads show some woman exhibiting reluctance to undressing, and then the men around her coercing her to do so anyways. of course they're misogynist. But of course, you have to understand that it's part of the company's philosophy
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by DilipJ 15y ago
it's weird that it's because of SOPA that people want to transfer away from GoDaddy. Their incredibly misogynistic ads should have been enough...
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by DilipJ 15y ago
I'm really hopeful the kid will be a force for change. He was educated outside the country, and so was exposed to different cultures and ideas..he must have taken something positive away from that
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by DilipJ 15y ago
i wish this means the end to that regime, or at the very least some sort of Khrushchev type loosing of control will occur. I dont think there is any other group of people on the planet that have been suffering for such a continuous period
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by DilipJ 15y ago
A 385 feet wingspan! amazing. It's about time someone beat the Spruce Goose.
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by DilipJ 15y ago
an incredibly profound post. The rarity of life really is what makes it so precious
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by DilipJ 15y ago
do you consider the "mac vs. pc" ads effective? Apple made the PC guy look stuffy and naive (although I found him endearing).
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by DilipJ 15y ago
I guess we would no longer need passports or any government id. Just one look at us by the authorities and that's it.
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by DilipJ 15y ago
isn't that why most people leave small towns, to go to a big city and be anonymous. To be able to get away from their past?
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by DilipJ 15y ago
I know that was in jest (if not, you may be turning into a supervillian), but the actual implications of having facial recognition built into contacts is immense. It will be a Minority Report type world, where anonymity would be completely
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by DilipJ 15y ago
It will be interesting to see if an aggregator like Yipit can succeed. I have used their services and they do help reduce the clutter that subscribing to multiple daily-deal sites tends to produce.
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by DilipJ 15y ago
I thought it was great when I read it. For one, it shows that YC is a true meritocracy, where connections does not necessarily get you in. Second, it shows that this new round of YC startups is really going to be amazing, if someone with th
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by DilipJ 15y ago
that's interesting. But I guess it's missing that fun factor...there has to something else to it to attract the attention of kids
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by DilipJ 15y ago
That's a great point. It is certainly possible to teach history through interactive gaming. The question is, can we do this for science/engineering/math? Is there a way to make learning STEM material through interactive gaming? Perhaps a 3d
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by DilipJ 15y ago
that's true, but that's also why I love Fast Company. If you want harder-hitting business journalism, it's better to stick with Fortune or Businessweek. There you can read about the underbelly of business,the Madoffs/Goldmans/oligarchs etc.
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by DilipJ 15y ago
oh I see. For some reason I thought Jason Fried and pg were completely on the same wavelength when it comes to startup methodology
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by DilipJ 15y ago
that's very well put. there certainly are people who cause others to commit suicide (such as an abusive spouse or parent), but they are precisely the sort of people who wouldn't feel any guilt over the suicide anyway.
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by DilipJ 15y ago
You're making the mistake of thinking that wealth is correlated with suicides. In fact, the countries with the highest per-capita suicide rates tend to in Northern and Eastern Europe. I can't explain why. I think the people there are more m
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by DilipJ 15y ago
fascinating article. It looks like Color raised a lot of money, then launched and found out why customers didn't want it, and now they are trying to pivot. Basically the opposite of what YC and 37signals recommends.
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by DilipJ 15y ago
amazing! I can just imagine someone reading this a hundred years ago, not knowing all that was to transpire over the coming century. Who knows what the world will be like in 2111?
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by DilipJ 15y ago
pg has also gotten into bed with Yuri Milner and his DST firm. You will notice that both Zynga and Groupon are recipients of DST funds, so it's no surprise that pg is promoting Pincus and Mason. In fact, I have no doubt that if any of the
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by DilipJ 15y ago
maybe if YC were acquired by another VC firm, he might be able to get a large multiple off of his ownership stake. either way, that would be cool to see pg become a billionaire. I wonder how he would shake up philanthropy? He might be able
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by DilipJ 15y ago
I think YC has a very strong brand among first-time entrepreneurs, in that pg has removed a lot of the intimidation surrounding VC firms. There's a lot of goodwill out there in the startup community for YC. Plus YC may just be the most succ
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by DilipJ 15y ago
maybe some combination of an IQ or programming test plus a Myers-Briggs analysis. That would probably be a great way to screen. Or just recruit at MIT/CMU/Caltech...
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by DilipJ 15y ago
I hope so too! Thiel definitely seems like the most visionary of the billionaires in the world, he probably will end up having a greater positive impact than anyone else on the Forbes list.
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by DilipJ 15y ago
such as?
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by DilipJ 15y ago
You don't need to spend a lot for kids to learn the basics. Public school budgets in the US need to be gutted, they are way too bloated as it is. The issue today is that the federal government in the US has made it a priority that every kid
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by DilipJ 15y ago
No, a touchscreen tv would be horrible. That goes back to the RCA days where you had to get up and go to the tv to change the channels using the knob. There's nothing wrong with the remote, just that it is starting to get very confusing to
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by DilipJ 15y ago
sure, but the success of the ipad, to me, shows that Apple is now more of a luxury marketer than anything else. People would buy an Apple TV for the same reason people pay more for a BMW. If Apple were to come out with a stylish looking TV,
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by DilipJ 15y ago
"The reason VCs don't like Yuri is that he is disturbing the cosy world they formerly inhabited by offering more founder friendly terms." I greatly respect and admire you pg, and god knows you're far more intelligent than I am, but surely y

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