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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
Wow, this is kind of the beginning of the end of these platforms having essentially unlimited immunity from the content they host. I am of two minds on this - on one hand, do we really want Meta, a knowing producer of wildly attention-addic
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
Funnny, I am the other side of this coin. I am a founder specializing in product and marketing but I don’t write code. Having now scaled up from zero customers to 100+ I can tell you the main things I see people get wrong: -talking too much
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I watched the video, it was pretty clear he was trying to get arrested (or at least didn’t care). There are many YouTube channnels that are just completely immoral, trading anti-social behavior for views/ad revenue. The money from that
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
Does it handle multiple Google accounts well?
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I bought a car on vroom. The experience was pretty good. Also have used Carvana. It does seem like an enormously expensive, probably low margin business. Shift.com similarly went bankrupt late last year. My assumption is that market leader
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
True that you learn as you go. Also true that motives change - the world in 2024 looks very different to the world in 2020. Founders adapt, bring on new investors, find new ways to create value. In regards to intent, I am not suggesting tha
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I have no personal information on this matter, this is pure speculation. I agree that the original intent was to do as you say. But the recent actions suggest that new motives may be in play. Clearly Eric is a very intelligent person. I fin
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I did not have Pm fit. Not sure I do yet either, but that’s hasn’t stopped me from acquiring customers. It’s helped me narrow down who my audience actually is. Even if someone signs up and the cancels, that’s still valuable information. At
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
My take on this whole thing is that this is basically an elaborate plan to eventually use this in court against Apple to prove its anti-competitive practices. If not for court, then at the least this is a press strategy orchestrated by some
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I use Facebook ads. Before everyone goes “I tried that and it didn’t work” let me assure you that (done correctly) it’s highly effective. Current CAC of $80 which is paid back month 2. Went from 0-150 customers this way.
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
The article doesn’t actually do a very good job of explaining why the front end changes are “manipulated”, when the manufacturers can satisfy 4/5 requirements. From the article: To be classified an off-road vehicle, a car doesn’t actu
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
As a Santa Cruz homeowner, I wholly support building more and making Santa Cruz more affordable. It's incredible how expensive it is to live here - renting or buying. I'd love to see more young people and young families be able to
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
Have you/do you live in SF? I have had my fair share of horrifying experiences in SF that were a lot more serious than a panhandler. And I think others would agree.
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
People who are unable to increase their incomes enough to own assets will always be behind those who can. Is it fair? Not really. Is it a fact? Yes.
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
As a solopreneur myself for the last 3 years, I’ve tried every solution mentioned here. The best solution I have found and what I currently use is https://www.outseta.com/ It handles everything: from authentication to help
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
This is a personal choice, not economic policy. No one is forcing anyone to become owners of assets, but in practice anyone (even the poor) can become asset owners, as assets can be more than just a home. Putting $30/mo into financial
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
His estimates are based on “burning all fossil fuels on earth leading to a 16 degree rise in temperature.” By his reasoning, if all we do is figure out how to grow enough crops by 2050, this disaster will be mostly averted. This seems trivi
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I have a model Y lease that’s up in March. Can’t wait to get rid of the stupid thing. It’s amazingly fun to drive and very fast. Other than that, the car is a pile of garbage. The range is about half what’s rated, the charging speed is abou
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
Although I hate ads, the option to pay $3/mo to not have them seems entirely reasonable. The value I get from prime is far in excess of what I pay for it - even at a much higher price.
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
This article downplays the very real risks of allowing TikTok to operate in the US without significant congressional oversight. Chinese companies operate as effective extensions of the Chinese government, which is to say that Xi can at any
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I run a "one-person" saas that is profitable. I have an offshore contractor that helps me run the service, and one offshore support person to help with tickets. I do all of the marketing, product development, finances, sales &
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
This article fundamentally misunderstands what makes a great CEO actually really valuable. It’s not the simple optimizations fed to them by consultants that makes them necessary and not able to be replaced by AI. Great CEOs are leaders of p
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
Shortcuts I rely on every day: Command-space: shortcut to search Command-tab: Toggle between recent applications Command-~: Toggle between windows in same application Shift-Cmd-4: screenshot Productivity things: I uncheck natural scroll dir
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I am in a pretty similar situation to you: founder, but no big FU money exit. Debt + stress slowly killing me. Wondering if I can make it, how embarrassing to go back to getting a job, etc. Know that if i can stick it out, there's a fe
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
I am in a very similar situation. Been freelancing for 6 years, done my own saas thing which is profitable but needs more time to grow. Seriously burned out, like to the max. I just took on a full time w2 salary position at a mid stage star
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by clay_the_ripper 3y ago
There will never be enough. As an entrepreneur, 5 years runway sounds like a dream :) It all depends on your level of risk tolerance. In my personal experience, I have found that waiting for “enough to do x” never really pans out how I thou
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by clay_the_ripper 4y ago
More likely 10,000 per day per instance - so possibly a meaningful number.
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by clay_the_ripper 4y ago
I have been waiting what feels like 10 years for a toolkit like this. Just signed up and will dig in more, but initially this is solving a lot of problems for me as an entrepreneur. I manage the product and set the direction, but I don’t to
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by clay_the_ripper 5y ago
www.vestmap.com (I own it!)
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by clay_the_ripper 5y ago
I recommend www.vestmap.com - I use it daily to evaluate property locations. The site just gives you the raw accurate data you need - no hand waving “ai” nonsense.

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