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blakdawg
15y ago
Dude gets a book for free, vendor pays out-of-pocket to ship merchandise he oesn't get paid for, and vendor's reward is snarky comments on social media because he had the temerity to complain about the situation. And the book ends up on the
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15y ago
Looking at the responses & screenshots, it seems more likely the account was suspended for spamming.
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Have you tried guerilla marketing? Perhaps a post to a popular discussion site, emphasizing the edgy, rebellious angle. Who doesn't want to spend money buying a product to demonstrate their contempt for our consumption/money-oriented cultur
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15y ago
yuck. MLM spam.
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15y ago
Yes, it would be legal. You should be very clear with purchasers about the value-add so that there's no trademark issue, where people think they're buying a generic "Foo Brand Router" but they're actually getting Foo hardware with Bar firmw
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15y ago
By way of background, I'm older than a lot of people here (42) and have been programming since the 1980's. Programming is a hobby for me after I got my law degree. I still use print statements for debugging because they work - by now, I've
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Some other plausible explanations: Gun control is often motivated by racism; as our society has become more tolerant, racism has lessened, and so has gun control. It's become obvious that gun control doesn't work. The cities and states with
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Move on with your life. You gave up on this years ago. Trying to extract a 20% stake for some flailing around in the early years is ridiculous. You were happy to let others do the hard work building a company, now you want to cash in.
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It's also on Kindle, and Apple iOS products. Why is the headline written as if the availability was Android-specific?
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I find it hard to believe that a startup has the funds to engage in protracted litigation or that you've found a competent attorney/firm who's willing to undertake that on a contingency basis. Even if you do have the funds to pay for ongoin