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by andrewcross 15y ago
The whole concept reminds me a bit of the "bagel guy" in Freakonomics. If I remember correctly, he had an ~85% payment rate when it was strictly on the honour system. I'd be curious to know their payment rate. On one hand you'd expect it to
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by andrewcross 15y ago
It's not illegal, but I assume it would be in violation of the terms of service...yet people still do it.
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by andrewcross 15y ago
Probably not too much, but my guess is VPN is too much work for the average user.
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by andrewcross 15y ago
Makes sense. A lot of us already break the T&C's and licensing restrictions though. There has to be an easier/simpler way than Tor or Hotspot Shield.
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[Ask HN]: Would you pay to easily access Hulu, Pandora, etc. outside the US?(localock.splashcurve.com)
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Mass-Scale Cold Fusion a Success?(wired.co.uk)
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I'm Confused. Is Team Important or Not?(andrewcross.ca)
1 points by andrewcross 15y ago|0 comments
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by andrewcross 15y ago
I was actually having a conversation about this recently. A few of us were talking about how startups are almost "normal" here (Waterloo), so it doesn't seem odd to work 9am-10pm. But when you go home, people think you're crazy. It's that s
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by andrewcross 15y ago
Yes, you are paying a premium. Yes, they are making a profit on this. But hey, they are solving a pain point, why not charge? I just paid $1650 for a domain. That was a ton of money for me, but when someone already has it, you don't have a
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by andrewcross 15y ago
My company (GooseChase Adventures) was selected for this round and we are pretty stoked, but the 6 month commitment is a concern for me on a sales front. Any companies that have already participated have any experiences about selling to Nor
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Wondering What Could Have Been After an Acquisition(sprouter.com)
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by andrewcross 15y ago
I don't get this. I have absolutely no desire to read/see ads, why would I ever want to +1 it?
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by andrewcross 15y ago
My aunt is a teacher and these examples are bang on. However the one thing the article doesn't touch on are how terrified teachers are to make any physical contact with students, regardless of the situation. All it takes is one parent to ac
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by andrewcross 15y ago
I like this move for Google, but I'm concerned it will just become a me-too move. When I want to find something to eat close-by, Yelp is perfect. Yes, Zagat integration takes away the need to switch from Yelp to Google Maps to get direction
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by andrewcross 15y ago
When done effectively, I'm still impressed by a product that screams simplicity.
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by andrewcross 15y ago
I'm actually pretty excited for this. I was in a co-op program during university and I moved every 4 months. Finding sublets each time was an absolute pain in the ass. Let's hope they get the traction they need to pull this off.
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by andrewcross 15y ago
A pretty bold headline/article for not having any pics to back it up.
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Airbnb launches new service offering monthly rentals, sublets(mashable.com)
12 points by andrewcross 15y ago|1 comments
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by andrewcross 15y ago
I haven't experienced a lot of the issues he mentioned, but the amount of times that Mail has crashed on me during an auto-save is probably approaching triple digits now.
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by andrewcross 15y ago
What do you say to people who have this "world changing app" and want you to make it for free? Keep in mind these are usually friends and an "eff off" isn't really viable.
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So you have an app idea...(andrewcross.ca)
1 points by andrewcross 15y ago|1 comments
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by andrewcross 15y ago
How would this work for the investors of Justin.tv? I know that Justin.tv has a stake in Socialcam, but to go from owning 100% of the value to something less seems like a lousy deal for the investors. I suppose you could make the argument t
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20 fun, tweetable facts about the Inc. 500(blog.hubspot.com)
1 points by andrewcross 15y ago|0 comments
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by andrewcross 15y ago
This has to be the most transparent article I've ever read. Very refreshing.
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by andrewcross 15y ago
Well a very entertaining read, I question it's validity. I've never been a big HP fan, but I find it hard to believe this is even close to being the whole situation at HP.
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by andrewcross 15y ago
Do you have any uses of it so far that are really cool? (other than your lighting/thunder example)
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Burning car explodes right in firefighters face. He shrugs, keeps going.(gizmodo.com)
5 points by andrewcross 15y ago|0 comments
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by andrewcross 15y ago
I actually started working on an idea like this back in January but never went anywhere with it. These guys have made something very tough look incredibly easy. Honestly, very well done!
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by andrewcross 15y ago
For me, most of my "lack of response" issues come from thinking I will respond and then forgetting. If I'm not careful about making notes/reminders to go back and respond to people it's very easy to just forget. I would suspect that this is
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IPhone 5 Leak is Just a Very Time Consuming Fake(tuaw.com)
2 points by andrewcross 15y ago|0 comments

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