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by code4tee 10y ago
Clicked on the link to read the post and it said the page was blocked by my ad blocker... oh the irony! More seriously, sad to see them go but this does reflect the reality of a market shift in this space.
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by code4tee 10y ago
...but could you have just done this with some basic free open source tools (e.g. a few lines of Python). With too many of these "look what I did with IBM/Watson" the answer is usually very much yes and thus the challenge wit
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by code4tee 10y ago
The NYTimes has some of the world's best journalists writing fantastic original content that can't be found anywhere else. People will, and do, subscribe to that. Medium is just another place for people too lazy to setup a blog to
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by code4tee 10y ago
If Medium was 5 people in a basement I'd forgive them for not quite having a business model sorted out yet. What I fail to understand is how something like Medium turns into a bloated ~150 person company that's burning VC cash lik
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by code4tee 10y ago
People are "tainted" to an extent that future employers/recruiters can be worried that you'll bring Uber culture with you. People can debate how much that happens and if it's valid/fair etc but it does happen.
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by code4tee 11y ago
Sort of plays right into the whole argument being made over on another thread ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11105198 ) that companies shouldn't rely too heavily on proprietary tools to solve their data challenge
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by code4tee 11y ago
That's fair. I would agree the bar on data analytics is quite low in many companies. However I've also seen such companies fall exactly into the trap highlighted by the article by thinking some new system will fix all that.
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by code4tee 11y ago
I read it as saying skills trumps software. That's very true. Certainly in the "big data" space everyone was looking for the product they could buy to do everything. That doesn't exist. You need good data scientists or y
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by code4tee 11y ago
Well I would assume the point is to build up expertise more broadly... not just one person that knows everything and screws you when he/she leaves.
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by code4tee 11y ago
Broadly speaking I'd say the premise of the article is spot on so far as most large non-tech companies are concerned. Data in the enterprise is a mess. A fancy tool won't fix that, only skilled people can.
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by code4tee 11y ago
Interesting read. The few times I've seen the FDNY I always wondered what that strange modified crowbar thing they carry around was (since I didn't see other Fire Departments using it). Now I know!
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by code4tee 11y ago
Excited might not be the right word, but there's no question a lot of people are encouraged to see this happening. That's not schadenfreude but rather for the tech sector to have long term health and innovation built around solid
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by code4tee 11y ago
The worst kept secret in Silicon Valley is that 90+% of the so called 'unicorns' are just donkeys with a plastic cone on their head. It long since stopped being about innovation and disrupting markets and became mostly about shuff
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by code4tee 11y ago
People are still willing to invest, but the issue is really that valuations got out of control and that's really hurting a lot of companies. For too many companies these days yesterday's glowing press release about being a 'u
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by code4tee 11y ago
When the tide goes out you get to see who's been swimming naked. The tide is starting to go out..
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Foursquare raises new round, valuation cut in half(nytimes.com)
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by code4tee 11y ago
"This is the only asset class with significantly above average gains for decades." One can't just look at the increase in value of Real Estate over time, one must also consider the cost of holding that asset. Unlike many othe
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by code4tee 11y ago
I don't think we will see a .com bubble style 'crash' but it seems increasingly certain that the screws are going to get turned on startups that can't sustain themselves without constant injections of cash from investors
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by code4tee 11y ago
Perhaps, but that seems unlikely given their current play. The CEO previously managed to be a pain in the side of Amazon in a niche space and started a pricing war around that area (diapers for one). In the end, Amazon basically bled them d
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by code4tee 11y ago
What a load of BS. So the message is what? If you blow through giant piles of VC cash spending money like crazy you can make some employees happy? One gets to put out such puff PR pieces and be taken seriously if you're profitable, or
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by code4tee 11y ago
Most people get 'rich' slow and steady rather than overnight ...and by 'rich' those that are financially the best off typically don't look like it. They drive a modest car, live in a modest home, have nice but not f
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by code4tee 11y ago
:-)
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by code4tee 11y ago
Fair point. I was going to say Clinkle, but they were no where near this valuation.
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by code4tee 11y ago
The company seems to be grasping at straws in desperate attempts at damage control now that everyone seems to be catching on that the company is perhaps more hype than substance. Certainly not the first time in business history that a produ
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by code4tee 11y ago
Article makes some good points. The cash-out value of "equity" one gets in a startup can, if you are lucky, result in some nice lump sum at some point down the line. However, many often miss the point that this big lump sum is qui
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by code4tee 11y ago
Because, honestly, HR at most of these "tech companies" is rather clueless. Also as an investor if I see a tech companies looking to pack the halls with MBAs that tells me a lot about its soon to be bloated future. If someone is r
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by code4tee 11y ago
Model airplanes have been around for ages and are generally used by very responsible operators. Local airports and the FAA often have a good working relationship with the local model aircraft club. The issue with "drones" (which a
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by code4tee 11y ago
Birds aren't packed full of lithium ion batteries...
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by code4tee 11y ago
Aircraft regularly operate below 1,000 feet in urban areas when taking off or landing. Not all airports are in the middle of nowhere! Most of these "drone sightings" being reported are near airports since that's when aircraf
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by code4tee 11y ago
Theres no such thing as "plagiarized" interior design. Certain elements (like a painting) could be plagiarized or reproductions of photos or wall artwork could be a copyright violation, but the overall design and "look and fe

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