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by andygcook 5y ago
Here’s a link to the original makers own account of running the site: https://notfunatparties.substack.com/p/inside-a-viral-websit...
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Garry Tan: I funded Coinbase in 2012. 6000x on my best startup investment yet(twitter.com)
4 points by andygcook 5y ago|0 comments
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by andygcook 6y ago
As someone who grew up with the advent of the world wide web and got my start coding on Geocities, I very much appreciate the choice to add a scrolling marquee and visit counter towards the bottom of the site.
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Annie of Annie's Mac and Cheese(sfgate.com)
280 points by andygcook 6y ago|211 comments
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WhatsApp for work: Slack is turning into a full-on messaging app(protocol.com)
3 points by andygcook 6y ago|0 comments
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Spark Capital Cuts Ties with Dispo One Month After $20M Investment(twitter.com)
1 points by andygcook 6y ago|0 comments
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by andygcook 6y ago
The investment is being done on a SAFE with a $100M valuation cap, not a $100M valuation with equity grants. That means theoretically Gumroad could never have a qualifying event by selling, going public, or raising a properly priced round b
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Airtable is now valued at $5.77B with a fresh $270M(techcrunch.com)
5 points by andygcook 6y ago|0 comments
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Professor Scott Galloway raises $30M for an online school(techcrunch.com)
2 points by andygcook 6y ago|0 comments
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by andygcook 6y ago
Most standard bank loans won't give money to SaaS companies because they don't have physical assets to back up the loan and the founders won't make personal guarantees. SVBs venture debt is really only available to venture-fu
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by andygcook 6y ago
Twitch received quite a lot of backlash two days ago for using the term womxn. The sentiment was that it isn't inclusive and is instead transphobic, because it separates trans/non-binary women from other women. https://
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Pandemic Loneliness Is Hitting Young Adults Especially Hard(wsj.com)
3 points by andygcook 6y ago|1 comments
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by andygcook 6y ago
As a viewer, I'd like to see the original datasource linked. It's not clear if this is a milestone that may be outdated or if it's a current MRR number. I'd also like to know if this is self reported vs. verified by the
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by andygcook 6y ago
For anyone missing the sounds of their local coffee shop, checkout Coffitivity: https://coffitivity.com Not affiliated. Just like to put it on sometimes with a good indie playlist while I'm drinking coffee and doing work.
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by andygcook 6y ago
Right. Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant that the book doesn't cover that scandal (which it couldn't have, as you mentioned) and that the Pixar story isn't all roses.
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by andygcook 6y ago
For anyone looking for a deeper dive into how Pixar iterates on their movies and how highly-functioning creative teams can work in general, Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull is a really interesting book. It goes into the history of Pixar and s
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by andygcook 6y ago
Nice job by the way. Would also be interesting to be able to click on a bar and see a spark line chart over time to show trends.
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by andygcook 6y ago
Thanks for the clarification.
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by andygcook 6y ago
Would love to hear more on the methodology that drives the chart. Is it raw number of mentions of a stock, or does it use sentiment analysis for positive/negative mentions of a stock?
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by andygcook 6y ago
I'm happy for this founder's success and wish them the best. However, there are no "learnings" in this article at all. It's just a promotional piece from Google for this program. It even ends with a CTA to join the
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by andygcook 6y ago
Wouldn’t a better solution be for parents just to talk to their kids regularly about safety? An outsourced certification to me just seems like a way for parents to skirt around the hard topics and deflect responsibility.
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Microsoft patent: Creating a conversational chat bot of a specific person(independent.co.uk)
14 points by andygcook 6y ago|32 comments
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Sequoia Buys Shares in Zapier at $4B Valuation(theinformation.com)
7 points by andygcook 6y ago|2 comments
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by andygcook 6y ago
Agreed with you. When I read the article, the last parts of the quotes below stood out to me that he's basically acting as a stand-in for a licensed therapist: "At times he will participate in a gaming session to make up numbers,
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by andygcook 6y ago
Listening intently without injecting criticism, condemnation, or your own complaints/opinions is extremely difficult. In fact, that skill is one of the major tenants of the timeless classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People. Thi
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by andygcook 6y ago
I liked most of the content from AthleanX. Here’s a body weight highlight real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKNIYblazQg The host is informative without being too bro-y. He also talks about the physiology behind muscle m
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by andygcook 6y ago
Anectdata of one: Once Covid forced my startup to WFH, I started doing body weight exercise and using some cheap resistance bands I bought when I would have otherwise been commuting. Previously, I’d been a runner doing 3ish runs a week. I c
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Amazon, Berkshire, and JPMorgan Ending Joint Health Care Venture: Haven(nytimes.com)
1 points by andygcook 6y ago|0 comments
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by andygcook 6y ago
They poke fun that the name is tricky to pronounce at the end of the video.
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Twitter Acquires Breaker(blog.breaker.audio)
2 points by andygcook 6y ago|0 comments

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