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by dkrich 14y ago
"My recollection is that people considered the search engine market pretty much stable when Google was seeking funding. Your list certainly does nothing to prove otherwise." Just because those sites didn't gain the popularity that Google di
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by dkrich 14y ago
"Also, the law of supply and demand is not the kind of law you are obliged to follow under penalty of jail time. When Google got started, nobody was demanding a better search engine. But it turns out that the world really needed one, so now
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by dkrich 14y ago
“You see people graduating from top tech schools… and they’re starting companies in internet and mobile,” said Corey Reese, CEO and co-founder at Ness Computing. “They’re not starting companies to enhance the life expectancy, by and large.”
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by dkrich 14y ago
You forgot the obligatory "9 reasons why your time is worth nothing." link-bait headline.
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by dkrich 14y ago
Right, because employees are unaware of any tech trends besides those bestowed upon them by their office IT departments.
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by dkrich 14y ago
Well the ZNGA IPO wasn't all that long ago. Just prior to that was the move to the huge amusement park-style office complex in downtown SF. I have friends who work there and are constantly posting pics of the awesome food and all-expense pa
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by dkrich 14y ago
I'm not sure why Yahoo gets beat up so much either. They are profitable and get lambasted while Zynga and Groupon are tech darlings while their stock price plummets and they lose hundreds of millions of dollars. Yahoo gets insulted and aske
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by dkrich 14y ago
I'm talking about the hours of service, not the hours of prep and cleanup. Prep and cleanup hours don't bring you revenue. In fact they cost you money in fuel and employee expenses. Food trucks may do a dinner service but there is no compar
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by dkrich 14y ago
Eh, I think I'll save my sympathy for somebody else. I don't really care if his fund implodes. He's worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Frankly I don't really think his predictions have much historic validity. Obviously I give him all th
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by dkrich 14y ago
I live in DC where these things are abundant because of the very strict building codes in downtown. Almost without exception they have at least two people working inside and the lunch rush only lasts for about 2 hours, tops, so that's reall
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by dkrich 14y ago
One thing I'm wondering as I read this is whether there has ever been a successful turnaround at a dot com company before. I can't think of any. If anybody can think of one, I'd be interested to hear it. I think Yahoo is still going to shri
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by dkrich 14y ago
"There is an inflexible law of physics — energy taken in must exactly equal the number of calories leaving the system when fat storage is unchanged." Really? That's an inflexible law of physics? Only if fat is the only source of energy the
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by dkrich 14y ago
"I’d gotten next-day Saturday service for free. I have no idea how Amazon made any money on my order (the whole bill was less than $30) but several people on Twitter told me that they’ve experienced similarly delightful service." I've got n
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by dkrich 14y ago
There's not a whole lot can be done about fragmentation in search results for airlines that don't want to participate in comparison sites. The only way to fix that is for the airlines themselves to make the decision to change, and Southwest
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by dkrich 14y ago
I don't doubt the sincerity of his own fondness of the site, but I still don't see why people continue to pretend that travel search is a pain point. Am I the only one who has no problem understanding travel search on Kayak and Bing? Travel
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by dkrich 14y ago
You insure a vehicle. If the vehicle is insured, then that insurer is the primary, so in the event of a claim, that is the insurance company on the hook. Now it is true that when you sign an insurance policy, part of the contract makes the
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by dkrich 14y ago
Incorrect. Car insurance generally "follows the car." If you lend your car to your buddy and he gets into an accident, your insurer is the primary. If you don't have insurance on the car, then if he has insurance it may cover some of the as
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by dkrich 14y ago
This is interesting but I don't think it would work for student debt because it is guaranteed by the Federal Government, thus giving the lender no incentive to sell the debt at a discount.
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by dkrich 14y ago
Because that's not how car insurance works. You purchase a policy to insure your car (and in most cases other drivers in your family). Car insurance doesn't insure the individual against whatever vehicle he may be operating on any given day
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by dkrich 14y ago
You can only set your profile to not appear publicly in searches, and even that is non-trivial. If you want your profile permanently deleted, you have to email them with a form that I could only find through a Google search that led to thei
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by dkrich 14y ago
Yeah, I can guarantee you the billion dollar steel magnate is getting laid plenty. The only difference is you don't know his name or that he is on a yacht in St. Barthe's. Personally I'd prefer wealth without the fame.
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by dkrich 14y ago
You think that is unique to AOL or MBA's? Try deleting your Facebook account sometime if you'd like a real good mindfucking. Then tell me MBA's are the one's behind it.
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by dkrich 14y ago
This is just fraught with assumptions, generalizations, and misinformation. I have an MBA and degrees in Computer Science and have worked as a programmer so I know both sides, and this is what it boils down to: how much an MBA can help you
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by dkrich 14y ago
You're way out past the point that Google became Google. Two PhD CS students worked on a research project that became a multibillion dollar company. The project was not dumb luck, but the outcome was. It is not dumb luck when a hedge fund m
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by dkrich 14y ago
I don't think there is any one rule that applies to everybody. Some people are just very skilled at making money. Warren Buffett has said that he always wanted to be rich. Others came into extreme wealth out of dumb luck and great timing (t
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by dkrich 14y ago
You might as well ignore Facebook and Instagram. If you want to be a billionaire, creating a social media company is probably the worst way to do it. Reading and obsessing over this kind of news is toxic for your brain. If that kind of stuf
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by dkrich 14y ago
Not sure what your point is. Are they or are they not a substantially weaker company than Ford? When comparing financials between the two one would be very hard-pressed to make a case as to why he believes that it is. And btw, just because
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Sources: GM pulled its ads after a failed pitch by Facebook.(reuters.com)
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You sure about that? Have you compared their financials lately?
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by dkrich 14y ago
I think this is somewhat over-simplified. A lot of people have great design sense and love vintage stuff. Creating good products is necessary but not sufficient to make a business. Not too many people have a forum like Coudal to sell from.

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