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by _imba_ 2y ago
Interesting, I'm in the industry and secured lines of credit, and insurance is definitely viable alternative revenue generators for a userbase like this and actually dovetail nicely. Wishing you all the best.
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by _imba_ 2y ago
Interesting. I haven't gone to recruiters but I would assume going as a group makes their jobs easier. We've done some moderately successful startups (small non-US market, though) in the past, but I don't think anyone has the
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Are Group Opportunities a Thing in Tech Hiring?
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by _imba_ 2y ago
I was in Tokyo on a short business trip once. I had a interpreter and back to back meetings with Japanese businesses for a few days. At one stage I realised that people are reacting slightly to what I am saying before the content was transl
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by _imba_ 4y ago
Not the same person, but this sounds very similar to an experience I had. Payments fail all the time for various reasons, that isn't really the issue. It's what happens after that. In our case our bank blocked transactions to AWS
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by _imba_ 6y ago
Most newest gen premium headphones can do that, Sony MX4 included.
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by _imba_ 6y ago
I'm not sure if I've ever found a worst piece on HN. There may be valid criticisms of Hyperloop tech, but they are not in this article. It's just low effort sarcasm and strange arguments based on a very silly strawman.
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by _imba_ 6y ago
No nothing dodgy at all. Whatever we did wrong it isn't obvious.
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by _imba_ 6y ago
Yes, we're doing all obvious advertising channels, and have some cash to put behind it. Dominating SERPS with very little effort since we're doing long tail. Our particular long tail means people are searching for very particular
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by _imba_ 6y ago
I don't think this is quite fair. I'm from South Africa, hardly a backwater. It's a problem anywhere where people mostly search to buy on Google. In the western world it is anywhere Amazon has local 3rd party sellers and rele
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by _imba_ 6y ago
Not completely related to personal accounts being banned, but something that happened to me recently: I started a side business with some friends during lockdown. We created an online store selling some hard-to-get long tail items, and almo
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by _imba_ 6y ago
I am confused by the criticisms "a superimposed set of abstractions. Nothing more." and "nothing to do with its processes". Surely that is exactly what this kind of framework attempts to achieve? ie ways of abstracting
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by _imba_ 7y ago
> Progress in physics was much faster in the early 20th century when it wasn't so fascinated with deep space. I don't think measuring progress is tivial enough to make that assumption. It's also unfair to blame a fascinati
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by _imba_ 8y ago
He gets predictions more than most. You should go read that book. There are many chapters on the incorrect weight people add to the outcome of correct predictions (or incorrect predictions, if that is what suits their agenda).