Gargoyle

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by Gargoyle 9y ago
But how much of the company's limited energy are they going to waste correcting public perception when they'd be much better served by a better name anyway?
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I'm on the edge of Sacramento, and retail especially is still dead across the board in this city. Commercial has picked up, but it's the seat of one of the largest governments in the world. Drive around from downtown to way out he
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
This was circulating on Twitter this week: https://twitter.com/JonErlichman/status/947909247836319744 Here's how old these companies will be turning in 2018: Snapchat: 7 years Uber: 9 years Twitter: 12 years
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
His net is similar to a San Francisco programmer, but he only really works one day a week. But as I said, he's been doing it for more than 20 years and his locations are prime.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I have a relative who runs a set of independent ATMs, which obviously requires a lot of physical cash. He's been doing it for over 20 years now, but it's gotten harder and harder to find banks that will provide him with the cash.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
Paying for a subscription also works.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I didn't flag it, but I'm not bothered that others did. It's producing some very low-quality discussion from people who very clearly did not read the article.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
A better summary of the information in the article would be: "Market to your audience."
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
HN has spent the better part of a decade repeatedly telling me these things are both worthless, so I'm sure this is fine.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
It doesn't indicate how many people knew, only that those who did know were warned.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
If I don't enjoy my experience, I use it less and their customers get less.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
Pump'n'Dump of that sort for small coins has been going on since literally the beginning of altcoins. I'm not in the altcoin arena now, but I assume it's the same as it was. Really, there wasn't much different betwe
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I wouldn't mind if the link was replaced with one that didn't include "buy now" links, but the topic of "What is Cardano?" is perfectly fine for this board.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
It's a shame, quality conversation can help a coin project in the long run. But it's clear that right now IOTA is in the pump-or-you're-a-fud-shill phase and communication is impossible.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
There's a dead reply here that mentions a very, very good point. There's a HUGE sum of money out there that people made as early bitcoin investors. For various reasons, large portions of it are being gambled in other cryptos. The
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I've been ignoring bitcoin for a while. Do the devs still maintain the official implementation is the only implementation possible since it contains quirks the spec doesn't specify?
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I've only tried some small things with it, but ever understanding what it was trying to do two years ago was a major challenge. Not Urbit-level esoteric, but in the same realm. At least now it's more or less coherent with some goo
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I understand taking leadership to change a culture is a difficult task. But when you have the actual means and influence to do it and choose not to do so, you do hold some responsibility for the results. HN does in fact reflect on YC and
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
That the paid moderator of this site would respond like this is unsurprising. And yet the position of moderator is one that could do wonders for setting a better culture.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
Republicans won the house popular vote 63.1 million to 61.8 million.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I'm far more positive-minded about cryptocurrency than the average HN'er, and I have been since 2011. And I think this is a terrible idea. If you don't have a sense of what ideas you personally believe matter in the field, th
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
I do think this is one place he could put his money where his mouth is. Completely revamp the culture here, on this board that represents his company.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
The right control experiment here would be to do more business in other areas. Open a YC branch in another city. Sam and other partners can spend more time there and find out if it really is more conducive to new ideas. If the other locatio
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
While I don't think it's completely relevant to this particular topic, here's a cleaner link to the original: http://www.newsweek.com/clifford-stoll-why-web-wont-be-nirva...
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
There have been a few incidents of penny stocks "pivoting" to blockchain this year, just to see their prices soar. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/27/want-to-make-your-companys-s... I can't find a
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
People with a million dollars are no better at detecting bad investments than people without. If anything, they're worse because they imagine themselves to be far more sophisticated than they actually are. I've witnessed this time
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
>Fowler's post created ripples, at least in tech. Has it, though? I see giant names in Hollywood go down. Senators in DC. I'm not seeing tech figures, though. I saw Uber do the very definition of a classic ass-covering report.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
My guess is that when people look back on this era, Macron will by far be the most influential of that list. But it's hard to explain why now, and Fowler is very much the start of this year's zeitgeist.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
>So now I have to pay for every news site that have interesting articles coming my way? Those interesting articles cost money to produce. So yes, paying for them is very reasonable.
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by Gargoyle 9y ago
There are laws about child performers, their parents, and the money they make. I wonder if they apply here? I'm sure the relevant state regulators have looked into it with this kind of money at stake. https://en.wikipedia.or

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