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by aresant 10y ago
I think the HN crowd underestimates how valuable target users consider their time. I probably average 2 trips to the gas station a month and I have a below average commute. Each trip takes me 10 mins out of my way + 10 mins of fueling depen
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Tesla is the only carmaker beta testing 'autopilot' tech, and that's a problem(mashable.com)
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Another Tesla driver is blaming autopilot for a serious crash(kansascity.com)
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by aresant 10y ago
Very good point on the "got product free" reviews - seems bizarrely misguided.
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by aresant 10y ago
"Much of PBS Kids programming . . . will be REMOVED from rival streaming sites like Netflix and Hulu, and will be available only on Amazon Prime." Oh goody. So now instead of being able to use Netflix via Apple TV to watch her fav
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by aresant 10y ago
Naming their system "autopilot" was risky, I bet Tesla's attorneys pushed back hard on that. Why? To me "autopilot" means "automatic". Wikipedia suggests the "average" definition is similar to my
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Tesla collision avoidance system fails 2 out of 3 homebrew tests(autoweek.com)
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by aresant 10y ago
I appreciate your response because I probably needed to qualify that. I am resolutely apolitical, but very much ADMIRE Trump's ability to state & capture - in a tweet - the underlying fears / motivations of voters. And, to get
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by aresant 10y ago
"It might also shift the norm whether to work. Work = being part of society " - Markus Brunnermeier(1) I love how simply Markus arrived at the fundamental political issue with Basic Income in the USA: American culture and society
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by aresant 10y ago
I like the response of the job titles. I think it's a cool way to draw attention to an issue in a subtle and playful way. But something feels a little contrived about the hoopla around this. In my experience with shareholder meetings y
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by aresant 10y ago
Twitter's base DNA was building a "broadcast" platform with a simplistic I/O of communication between two parties. (keyword TWO) This makes sense in the context of Twitter's underpinnings in emergency vehicle /
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by aresant 10y ago
"In recent weeks, Walgreens also was named as a co-defendant in one of three civil lawsuits filed by consumers against Theranos. The suits, which seek class-action status, allege that Theranos misled the public about the nature and acc
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by aresant 10y ago
Clearly it's not an analog comparison, I never said it was. I wrote my comment because online advertising is a murky and often slimy place. Facebook & Google are the world's two largest online advertising companies - they sell
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by aresant 10y ago
So what else is new. If you work at Facebook or Google you're benefiting directly from the similarly shady practices they used to grow on their way to being "pillars of tech" today. Do you remember when at LEAST 20% of Facebo
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by aresant 10y ago
"Magic Leap filed late Thursday in federal court after the two workers, Gary Bradski and Adrian Kaehler, sued the company for wrongful termination earlier this week." Both of these guys are listed as Vice President's - Kaehle
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Tesla Model S adaptive cruise control crashes into van(youtube.com)
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Google announces significant changes to AdWords bidding and text ads(marketingland.com)
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by aresant 10y ago
This is one of Atlassian's go to PR pieces - here's one example a year, you can find multiple: - April 2014 "Australian tech company Atlassian valued at $3.5 billion despite having no sales staff" (1) - August 2015 &quot
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by aresant 10y ago
"One family practitioner in a suburb of Phoenix said a Theranos representative dropped off a stack of 20 corrected test reports a few weeks ago. Many of the voided results were for calcium, estrogen and testosterone tests. The doctor s
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Google Art Camera(google.com)
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by aresant 10y ago
I would suggest that you attach these to your top comment with an "EDIT" flag since primary source info substantiates your comment.
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by aresant 10y ago
In my experience with marketing two-sided marketplaces you need to focus your messaging / outreach around the more scarce asset, the "catalyst asset", let's call it. The catalyst asset in this case is developers. If Star
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by aresant 10y ago
Are they investing in Didi the ride sharing company or investing in Didi, Uber's arch rival in China? The chess game afoot in the autonomous vehicle battle is attracting some strange bedfellows between Apple, Google, tesla, ford, Merce
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Diablo: A Classic Game Postmortem(youtube.com)
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by aresant 10y ago
The "parked trailer" description is confusing. A picture is worth a thousand words - check out the crash here: https://www.ksl.com/?sid=39727592&nid=148&title=utah-man-say... This is not a sensor failure,
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by aresant 10y ago
I understand the negative sentiment around these experiments from YC at some level. But YC lives & dies by the quality of their "funnel", so to speak. If they miss the next Airbnb because they overlook them or don't have
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by aresant 10y ago
If I was a PM at instagram, vine, twitter, youtube, etc I would be circulating this article / Revlo to every person in my org - you guys just hit the nail on the head. Perfectly timed to capitalize on the brewing discontent of content
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by aresant 10y ago
In a past life I founded/operated a conversion rate optimization company. One of our all time most successful tests was related to this story and happened almost by accident. The client had just rolled out new packaging and wanted help
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by aresant 10y ago
“If you look at most tech publications, they have major conferences as their revenue,” Jason Calacanis, the blogger and founder of Weblogs, told me. “If you hit too hard, you lose keynotes, ticket buyers, and support in the tech space.” I f
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by aresant 11y ago
Top comment on the article is probably partially correct, if snarky: "Well, at the very least, it’s the most elaborate iteration of “Daddy needs a tax deduction” that I’ve ever seen." That the pocket-square emblazoned founder of a

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