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by dkrich 13y ago
I don't understand why this is a problem. A job is something you have to do to complete a task. Somebody pays you for it because it brings them some value. If they can get that task completed for a lower rate, why is that a bad thing?
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by dkrich 13y ago
I think the main problem with this argument that software is eating everything and automation is replacing jobs is that it imagines the world as it is today, with the current set of jobs as fixed. Lest we forget a time when all goods were p
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by dkrich 13y ago
Fairly simple solution- try selling Gogo-style wifi to customers? That way people who are using the wifi the most will be paying their share. Counterargument: "I'd just go to a place that has free wifi." Exactly.
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by dkrich 13y ago
Exactly. Treating every interaction as a business transaction is off-putting and can have negative effects with the only positive being that you might make a bit more cash for some small changes. The bonuses to agreeing to make smallish cha
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by dkrich 13y ago
Maybe, but I've never experienced it myself, which is why I still do it. It's worth pointing out that the work isn't really free. I still include the changes in future quotes and mark them as no charge to remind him what I di
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by dkrich 13y ago
Also, I've found that there is very little similarity between what a client thinks is a large change and what actually is. That is, when a large client I work with called me with one-off requests, I usually just fulfilled them. It made
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by dkrich 13y ago
He was at the University of Alabama, not Arkansas. George Wallace, the segregationist governor of Alabama is blocking the entrance in a famous scene in American history known as "The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door." [1] My dad was
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by dkrich 13y ago
Sorry that you feel that way, but since you made a comment which called into question the validity of the article and the character of the author without any evidence or apparent research to prove its validity, I think calling into question
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by dkrich 13y ago
People who write these types of comments do more to set back gender equality than anything written about the subjects themselves. If the subject of the story were a guy would the thought of sexism even cross your mind or would you just, y
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by dkrich 13y ago
These prices are why people don't use texting/sms anymore. Huh? I honestly don't know a single person (other than my parents) who don't use texting as their primary medium of communication between phones. It's eas
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by dkrich 13y ago
Completely agree. I read through it all and it seems like a great idea but really bad copy. I think services like this that have real but somewhat complex use cases can compress a large amount of info into a short, interesting message by us
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by dkrich 13y ago
What he's talking about is cost-based pricing and it is usually a bad idea. For those who don't know, it essentially involves taking the costs associated with producing a product (in his case, his time) and marking up the cost to
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by dkrich 13y ago
And why isn't a barber shop a startup? Great Clips and Super Cuts were once new, fledgling businesses. Not charging money, taking VC investment, joining an incubator, and creating a stupid name that ends in "fy" or "ly&q
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by dkrich 13y ago
You'll also know who your true friends are once you get out on the other side. Spot on.
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by dkrich 13y ago
That's your definition of a startup. Most people (myself included) think of a startup simply as a new, fledgling business. Every business starts with nothing. Your aspirations, whether they are to become billion-dollar or just side i
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by dkrich 13y ago
This would in many ways seem to suggest a less urgent need to upgrade from 3 to 4 than there was from 2 to 3 though. It seems like a major focus of 4 was speeding up client/server interactions. If that's not a major concern, I don
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by dkrich 13y ago
- Fall of global markets: incalculable. Really? If you look at the DJIA over the period from mid-September of 2001 on, you will see that the fall lasted all of about one month. Within weeks it rebounded right back where it had been.
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by dkrich 13y ago
A lot. But first they have to go through extremely invasive and intense background checks that in some cases take years to complete. It all depends on the agency and the role. Some are "Public Trust" which is the barely-above civi
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by dkrich 13y ago
I'm a bit confused about this as well. Was the expectation that they'd launch a paid version of an email distro, send a few tweets, and BOOM! they'd have a multimillion-dollar business? I understand that at their scale a few users paying a
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by dkrich 13y ago
If you want to raise a family and work for the state, don't take on the debt, your life will be easier. If you have Federal Loans and hold a public service job for ten years (and make your payments of I believe 10% of your gross income),
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by dkrich 13y ago
I see so from 1997 - 2008 things were awesome, then they sucked, but now they're great again! Do you honestly think web development technologies have hit some inflection point after which everyone can build their own web applications? Peopl
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by dkrich 13y ago
I think this is a lot of perception and to be perfectly blunt, complete bullshit. People who think that just because tasks have become easier for experts in that field that they are easier for everyone are just plain wrong. I know this thro
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by dkrich 13y ago
The stock price is up, I'll give you that, but in terms of actual user/profit/revenue growth what are the numbers to suggest that she is turning the company around? Flashy product acquisitions and page redesigns a turnaround o not make. I'm
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by dkrich 13y ago
This is great for the so-called "photo-enthusiasts." I'll probably sign up on that basis. But I'm not sure I understand the mobile play. Most of my mobile photos are horrid quality and when I take a photo with my phone 100% of the time it i
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by dkrich 13y ago
So I take it you don't pay for the service? No offense but if I'm in management at Heroku I say to you "I'm very sorry to hear about that. We'll take your concerns into consideration [as soon as you have something to offer us in return]."
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by dkrich 13y ago
28. That's the number of times you used the word "I" in that diatribe. I think your biggest problem is that you are clearly focused on your troubles, your finances, your work on the product. To succeed you're going to have to focus on the n
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by dkrich 13y ago
If every single application everywhere rolls it's own auth every time, you're going to have 10 auths (which according to security advice should be seperate) to remember. You're confusing with what is [perhaps] technically the most reasona
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by dkrich 13y ago
Add to that the inability to sort playlists. Finding songs in your "Starred Tracks" is an epic pain in the ass.
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by dkrich 13y ago
I think he nailed the issue right here: Facebook Home isn’t an iPhone idea. It’s just a bad idea. Facebook is an app, not a platform. A good home screen interface is one that accommodates any app or service, not just one. Facebook is a se
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by dkrich 13y ago
I don't think this really speaks to his point though. It's not as if the Tesla is less expensive or disruptive in any way. It's a superior product in almost every way. I don't think the innovator's dilemma applies here. I think the OP gloss

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