dbmk

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   by dbmk 8y ago

   The winters are still horrible, and Americans are somewhat less tolerant of that than they once were. It would take a small miracle to make Detroit into what it used to be in 1914-1960.
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   by dbmk 8y ago

   Google Fit is a good example of this. It was a simple app that worked extremely well in showing how many steps you took today. But they had to do a major redesign and emphasize newly invented, meaningless stats like 'Heart Points'
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   by dbmk 8y ago

   Yes. I worked for a company that has such a moat surrounding its line of products, it will a couple of decades to erode. 70% of the people there were doing very little on a day-to-day.
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   by dbmk 8y ago

   These days I use FB to follow events and participate in groups whose topic interests me. There is no other platform that comes close in terms of variety or critical mass for this.