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by dangero 13y ago
Interesting. I haven't really used Print Shop in more than 10 years and I see it hasn't changed much. I wonder how big that market is now and how print capabilities on tablets will affect its market size. Thinking of my corporate
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by dangero 13y ago
I'll go first on my own question: Microsoft Outlook. While products like Google Apps for your domain have somewhat penetrated, Microsoft Outlook still has a strong corporate foothold while having super clunky software. It's expens
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Ask HN: Name an established product that is begging to be disrupted
13 points by dangero 13y ago|21 comments
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by dangero 13y ago
Pick an app on the iPhone that is currently selling well and you feel you could build, then make a competing app. It's boring, but it works and it's a good confidence builder. A lot of the advice in this thread is to build some co
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by dangero 13y ago
"You'll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do." -David Foster Wallace
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by dangero 13y ago
I wonder if this incline coincides at all with the fact that one of the largest(Mobclix) isn't paying people and hasn't been for most of this year. Thread on Mobclix payment issues: http://iphonedevsdk.com/forum&#x
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by dangero 13y ago
Hey Raymond, I have a fairly specific question. My interest in T-shirts has become refined in recent years. I only like T-shirts that are super soft. Have you guys tested a niche of super soft T's at all? I might be interested in using
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by dangero 13y ago
Just want to point out that the title difference on this HN post vs the actual blog is offensive to me as an introvert. "How An Introvert Learned To Be A Leader" as it's written on the blog title is very different than "
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by dangero 13y ago
Interesting hypothesis on app sales. The apps that I've seen do well more long term are not necessarily apps that are ever seen as "hot", but more of a brand growth steady increase while providing lasting and growing value. Example would be
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by dangero 14y ago
These ideas all seem like bandaids to me if they aren't personal goals that you care about. I've seen studies that show that burnout is caused by sustained imbalance between your personal goals and how you're living your life. This can also
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by dangero 14y ago
Exactly. I'm in that boat. I had heard of Parse via Hacker News, but didn't ever pay attention to what they did. After the news of the purchase I looked at their offering and said, "This is exactly what I need for my next project."
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by dangero 14y ago
The video isn't made by the Summly founder. It's just a random person reviewing the app.
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by dangero 14y ago
Thank you.
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by dangero 14y ago
"Intermittent fasting is good." Can you provide a reference for that and define what you mean by "intermittent", "fasting", and "good"?
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by dangero 14y ago
Generally the employer pays for the cost of the HMO plan and then if you want a more expensive PPO plan, they take the difference from your paycheck pretax. The main difference between the 2 plans is that PPO allows you to see pretty much a
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by dangero 14y ago
I badly need something like this right now. As I understand it, brokers rule this segment. This would essentially be an online broker. My current broker sends me pdf brochures on request which I think is a pretty bad experience, so this wou
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by dangero 14y ago
Are you talking about me? I didn't change my post in any way.
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by dangero 14y ago
I'm going to look at this from their perspective. They have a ton of subscribers right now, but they have 2 problems on the near horizon: 1. They know that a lot of subscribers have abandoned the service and probably won't pay again, but th
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by dangero 14y ago
CVS gives me on my receipt "$5 off next purchase".
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by dangero 14y ago
CVS, El Pollo Loco to name 2 that I've interacted with lately. When you buy something there, they give you coupons at the register for next time that are pretty deep. I'm guessing this is a proven effective marketing technique judging by th
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by dangero 14y ago
This shouldn't be a deterrent for any incubator per se. The value of your idea will purely depend on the size of the market in dollars that you're planning to attack. YC is an investment business where they make bets for the maximum return,
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by dangero 14y ago
I wouldn't recommend applying with no idea even if they allow it again. My group got to the interview round with no idea last year. Here's in practice what happened: The entire interview was spent by the interviewers trying to see if we had
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by dangero 14y ago
Can someone change the title? This is written at the bottom of the article: Updated: Microsoft has emailed Promit Roy to say that the first email was in error, and that “DirectX is evolving and will continue to evolve.” Like Roy, though, we
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by dangero 14y ago
Maybe the goal isn't to monitor their people as much as gain admin access passwords to every major open source project? As talked about prior, backdoors in open source seem like a real concern. Even if source code is public for open source
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by dangero 14y ago
I don't think that would work although I'm only speculating as well. I think the reason that external consultants can work better is that they exist in a different political situation than most internal managers do. A lot of basic managemen
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by dangero 14y ago
This could be a little bit invalid because of things like Hangouts. My dev team has started using Google Hangouts as a free alternative to conference Skype. I bet I'm considered an "active" Google+ user because I have participated in a Hang
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by dangero 14y ago
Ignoring the biometric accuracy conversation for a second... I think the benefit of a gun like this would be that responsible people could own them for self defense. Statistics say that guns in the home increase the chance of violent death.
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by dangero 14y ago
What makes you say that? I'm looking at the two side by side right now and they are vastly different. What has svbtle created that is being copied?
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by dangero 14y ago
It would be interesting to know if older applications account for more or less than 50% of the downloads this year. In other words has the potential for a new app gone up or down as the number of apps in the store has grown?
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by dangero 14y ago
As someone who recently moved into consulting more seriously, I second this. I'm absolutely in love with consulting right now. It can be as challenging as you want it to be, and at the same time you get to live outside most of the rules and

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