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   by askafriend 9y ago

   I'm sure you had a valuable point to make but the blatant inaccuracy in your comment distracts from any effectiveness your point may have had. * It was a game killing random robots, not people. * It wasn't an NRA event, it was CPA
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   by askafriend 9y ago

   I believe the ASPs being stated in the various comments in this thread are the global numbers being reported by IDC.
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   by askafriend 9y ago

   The only point I made is about optionality at a price point and how that can be one factor that's important to keep in mind when looking at the data presented in the article. That's literally all I pointed out. You can either agre
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   by askafriend 9y ago

   I'll look past your unwarranted snark - even with everything you said, my point is simple and nothing you say contradicts it: if you can only afford a phone for $300 or you only want to spend $300 on a phone, you are going to pick Andr
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   by askafriend 9y ago

   Thank you, this is exactly what I wanted people to notice. Perhaps your version is stated more clearly than mine. Though I thought it was pretty clear when I initially wrote my version.
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   by askafriend 9y ago

   I'm not making a value judgement about the devices or them being "budget". You're imposing that on my comment because for some reason you feel attacked by my statements. I am simply pointing out the realities of the mark
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   by askafriend 9y ago

   In the US, iMessage is a cultural sticking point. That's one thing that contributes to an "us" vs "them" mentality.
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   by askafriend 9y ago

   Like someone pointed out, there is significant data around this. I am not exaggerating in the slightest.
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   by askafriend 9y ago

   If you have the money to buy a new iPhone and are considering a new smartphone, your range of options is effectively any smartphone device in the market. If you're buying an Android device, you're statistically likely trying to sa
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    He's been a regular contributor here on HN for nearly 10 years - here's his profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Matt_Cutts He's also been an active blogger, sharing his insights from all the work he
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    Snapchat and Nextdoor are great examples. The former runs most infra on Google App Engine, and the latter runs primarily on AWS.
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    Let's not forget designers, illustrators, accounting, onsite-building security, benefits people, account managers, mid level managers, execs, advisors...
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    That's fine, but what's your actual point? That it's broadly possible to make money in the world with less headcount than 1800? I'm sure there are hedge funds out there with only 100 employees and $30 billion under manag
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    They got far but less than you think. They had 30mm users mostly in the US (versus nearly 1 billion today all over the world), no monetization operations in place, no biz dev deals, no data deals, not truly international, iPhone only, a far
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    Sales people, biz dev, PR, recruiting, legal, content creation, headcount from acquisitions like Bitmoji, support team, data team to make sense of the massive amount of data coming in, marketing team, etc etc etc. You need these things to r
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    I don't think they have much to gain by advocating for this kind of stuff so publicly. They're already incredibly well known for Basecamp, Ruby on Rails, and various other things. That's why I'm inclined to give them the
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    What's interesting is that on their front page, they have a far more reasonable proposition which should actually be their mission: > "Asana is the easiest way for teams to track their work—and get results." Whoever wrote
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    I think their main goal is to serve as a counterbalance to the prevailing voices in the industry and to show people that there are various definitions of success - not just the definition that TechCrunch and the VC circles elevate. I welcom
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    And likewise - I appreciate your edit and I think your point is stronger for it (regardless of whether I agree or disagree with it)
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    I think you were right to call him/her out. Comments like that have no place here. Level headed conversation with references and sources if possible are what I come here for and I think what the community expects. The other stuff can s
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    Some feedback: the way you present your arguments is not useful or productive to discussion. This has nothing to do with whether I agree or disagree with your premise. It's the delivery of the message that you need to improve if you wa
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    I didn't finish graduating. I left school with 8 or so credits remaining (I already had a job lined up) and something like a 3.0 GPA. Hasn't affected me in the slightest. To be fair, I also had multiple top tier internships throug
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    I think the point was that it's not a phenomenon exclusive to San Francisco.
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    I think part of the problem probably starts way before college.
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    You swipe down from the right of the notch at the top to get control center. Swiping down from the left of the notch at the top (or from the notch itself directly - yes it recognizes touch) you get your notifications/lock screen.
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    Swipe up from the bottom of the screen (similar to how you used to activate control center to toggle wifi). The iPhone X's interface is more gesture based than ever before.
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    Any opinion of the iPhone's design decision should be reserved until you have had a chance to use the device for at least an hour. It has become increasingly clear that the experience of the phone in-person and the experience of lookin
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    This post right here is a classic: https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    Stop doing this. It is a factor - no one denies that, but it is only one of many factors. You're trying to elevate one factor above others and derailing the higher conversation people are trying to have here. It's just not product
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    by askafriend 9y ago

    With CS, it's not twice as much, it's more like 4x-5x as much if it's something like ML/AI, Security, etc. $1mm-$5mm+ compensation packages are not rare by any means.