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811.
by axod 16y ago
Still useful. For example if you're driving so can't type safely.
812.
by axod 16y ago
"One of the big flaws with Android is the music player" Huh? Why? What's wrong with it? Seems great to me :/
813.
by axod 16y ago
Why do they need to be in a language? You could represent everything as images/video sequences.
814.
by axod 16y ago
"people" use skype all the time. I'm not sure video calling from mobiles will really take off. It's been available on other phones for quite a while now if you look for them. I really only want to video-call when I'm at home. For which skyp
815.
by axod 16y ago
The commercial is well done (It pulls lots of heart strings for some people), but it's ridiculous to assume those are the main use cases. 90% use will be for remote sex. But knowing Apple they'll probably detect nude flesh and censor it ;)
816.
by axod 16y ago
Does it notify their friends? eg "XXXXX has regrettably died" :/
817.
by axod 16y ago
So Apple have made a skype clone for their iPhone :/ Call me unmoved, and unexcited. Why is this important? We've been doing video conferencing for decades now. You can also just download 'fring' for free on Android to get skype video calls
818.
by axod 16y ago
>> "And chocolate? Hershey's is your standard??? No wonder" All the times I have visited the US, I have not been able to find any chocolate sold in convenience stores, supermarkets etc that doesn't taste like crap. The best I've fou
819.
by axod 16y ago
I can only say that of the cheese I've eaten in restaurants, Frys, Safeway, etc it's been universally horrible. Yes, perhaps if you go to a niche speciality cheese corner shop, you can find good cheese in the US. But that's not much use.
820.
by axod 16y ago
>> "Some people choose to eat artificially-produced cheese substitute," It's the same in restaurants, burger joints, etc etc. I've only been over to the bay area, but I know what I taste :) OTOH, Things that are better there include
821.
by axod 16y ago
Turning adblock off doesn't necessarily mean anything. The fact you install adblock at all, means you're not a good demographic in terms of advertising - even if you turn adblock off.
822.
by axod 16y ago
>> "Also, bandwidth is by far our lowest cost. It is less than 5% of our total bill." I can't see why Reddit should be a particularly high CPU usage website. So perhaps time to optimize and swap out some things...
823.
by axod 16y ago
Coke has a horrible aftertaste IMHO. I can't drink much of it at all. Pepsi is far sweeter. Pepsi Max is the best though.
824.
by axod 16y ago
This is also why all cheese in the US tastes to Europeans like plastic. It's extremely surprising that people actually buy cheese in the US, and they seem to have it with everything as well :/ To anyone who has tasted real cheese, it's just
825.
by axod 16y ago
Because the Reddit userbase they have cultivated is (IMHO) not a good one to advertise to. The userbase is anti-consumerist. They HATE things like Coca-Cola. They hate TV. They detest adverts etc etc etc
826.
by axod 16y ago
Surely the traffic/load isn't that variable? Seems like even a VPS provider (linode/slicehost/etc) would offer far more bang for the buck. The pricing for bandwidth alone on EC2 is simply insane.
827.
by axod 16y ago
If you put traditional (well paying) ads on Reddit, I think the userbase would revolt scream etc etc.
828.
by axod 16y ago
Sure, I think their demographic has shifted away from techie. Now it's anti-consumerist adblock loving pot smokin' gay marriage loving liberals.
829.
by axod 16y ago
Paying users aren't the only way. Reddit could have started at the outset with adverts. They could have made that decision early on that they were going to generate revenue. But they didn't - which is why Reddit has attracted the sort of de
830.
by axod 16y ago
It's trivial to get past adblock, but the fact that users use adblock means they're not the type of user you can monetize easily. Getting past adblock doesn't really help. Changing the userbase does, but it's a bit late for that :/
831.
by axod 16y ago
lipstick.com was always going to be far easier to monetize. (The site Reddit made for Conde Naste before they bought Reddit). Celebs? Gossip? Woman demographics? non techie? Jeez you'd have been able to make millions... http://web.archive.
832.
by axod 16y ago
I thought it was even more than that at one point. But I think Digg went the "perpetual investment" route as a business model didn't they?
833.
by axod 16y ago
WTH are they using EC2 (One of the most expensive hosts around)?
834.
by axod 16y ago
They have a userbase which is ridiculously hard to monetize (IMHO). I'd bet the % of adblock users on Reddit is way higher than the average. The Reddit crowd aren't your average mainstream user. It's a particular crowd (liberal anti-capital
835.
by axod 16y ago
It seems likely they aren't actually making a profit yet. 4 engineers, servers, etc seem like they could be costing way more than a few ads bring in.
836.
by axod 16y ago
Sure, but targeting 'privacy freakouts' isn't very monetizable IMHO.
837.
by axod 16y ago
BS. We need better reporters and way less 'opinion'/preachers/etc in the US. I have absolutely no interest in what a journalist thinks. Their job is to communicate news and facts to me in ways that are useful. Watch Newsnight on BBC for a
838.
by axod 16y ago
Please awaken me... I've read the page, and have no idea why I would care if a website knows what search terms I used to find it.
839.
by axod 16y ago
I don't think it's true that only technical people concern themselves with these things. Only a small but overly vocal subset of technical people do... I'm technical, and I couldn't care less about search security/privacy. The page screams
840.
by axod 16y ago
Definitely interesting stuff. To a certain extent though we get to 'brute-force' a solution. After the 20th tantrum, and the 20th different thing we try, we'll probably find something that works for that particular child. Of course it'll li

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