TWAndrews

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by TWAndrews 14y ago
If you've ever read the 10-K for any corporation, they sound like there is no possibility that company will make any money whatsoever and that you'd be better off burning your cash than investing it. They're not reasoned documents, they'r
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Likewise. It's not something I'd wish on anyone, though seeing how bad it was for my parents put my own pain in perspective.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
I lost my brother almost 3 years ago now. I still think about him every day.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
There's no sense in burning bridges. If there are problematic colleagues, work situations, etc., it's worth giving feedback on those, but framed in a constructive way.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
If you were the least bit familiar with Penny Arcade, you'd know how ridiculous that sounds.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Does the math in the post seem plausible to anyone who uses affiliate links? A .001 click-through rate to Amazon seems plausible, but unless I'm mistaken the author of the post is using that a conversion percentage (i.e. a click-through +
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
My suspicion is that this model will prevent you from attracting the very best reps, but that you'll be able to get a disproportionately high share of above average reps, and that your turn over will be a lot lower. In any case, it's much e
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
I don't disagree with any of that, but I've never met a rep who could go from lead to close on a deal of significant size without an SE. In contrast, I have seen very significant deals closed by executives without a direct rep on the accoun
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
I bet if he were talking about fantasy sports on a forum full of fantasy players, he'd neither be surprised nor upset at someone in the forum dividing the world into groups of fantasy players/normal people.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
I've never met a sales person who could close a deal without help from some or all of: sales engineers, product management, sales management, engineering, support/services.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
I would love to see this become the norm for companies who sell enterprise software.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
The problem is that by the time they've modified the spreadsheet app to solve issues with process design, workflow, edge cases, it's an unholy mess that nobody wants to touch.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Definitely don't agree with his politics, but I appreciate the transparency.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Typically models like that are a way to get small groups using the software which then functions as lead generation for an enterprise salesforce.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
That's certainly possible, but given that Massachusetts has a pretty deep bench of ambitious democrats, it's hard not to see how this is anything but a handicap. There's something to the law-and-order point, but that would be more true in a
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Our political system was built such that the venal interests of politicians would motivate them to check a) over-reaches of the other branches of government and b) the excesses of the other party. It would be nice if progressives were up-in
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Regardless of eventual outcome, I think it's probably safe to say that Ortiz's post-Justice department political career is probably done. I don't see how she could win a democratic primary in Massachusetts anymore--too many other ambitious
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
I'll be very interested to see if the premise of topological data analysis holds. That is, does it actually point you to the most salient features of a given data set.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Yeah, if I were looking for an internship, I'd hate to have my cover letter and resume circulated on personal emails where it's sure to be read closely.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
She and her family didn't want to pursue rape charges against Polanski, but the prosecutor brought them anyway.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
She may have been, but driving an sdmirable young man to suicide doesn't play well with voters.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Yes, he's the original founder of Maples Investments, which became Floodgate. Appreciate the information!
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Ask HN: Floodgate Capital reputation and exits?
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Not a lot of 30m birch trees around.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
In that case it would just be Mr. Acosta being insensitive/inconsiderate. Twitter is understood to be public. Facebook is (wrongly) believed to be private to some degree.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
I'm much more restrictive about who I spend my face time with than who I'll accept a FB invite from.
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Yes, and it's pretty surprising that the same mechanism isn't used for group affiliation. The default behavior should be that other people can't release information about you without your approval, whether it's photos, location, group membe
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
The point is that the users who were outed didn't "put secrets in the hands of facebook's whims" [sic], they were outed, when someone else assigned them to a group that the other person had created. Simply put, you when someone assigns you
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Yes. I've got two young daughters I can spend time with firming the work day precisely because I can answer emails and take calls from the park or zoo. Does that mean they don't have my undivided attention every minute that I'm with them? Y
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by TWAndrews 14y ago
Holy crap yes. My wife works in the wedding industry, and being able to manage the music for your entire wedding is worth way more than $5. A DJ will cost something like 50 - 100x that.

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