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Malcom Gladwell Dissing Steve Jobs(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
1 points by dlitwak 14y ago|1 comments
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UK Ignoring EU Cookie Law(gigaom.com)
2 points by dlitwak 14y ago|1 comments
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by dlitwak 14y ago
He's worth about 26 billion, I'm pretty sure that even if he cashes out 5 billion that is still plenty of incentive to deliver. He's waited 8 years, I don't consider that a "rush" to cash out.
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by dlitwak 14y ago
Totally agree. However, I grew up with a family in the film business, and my parents always said you could tell who was in charge because they were usually wearing jeans. The pages/errand boys were the ones in suits. I also wish their websi
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Plastic Eating Fungi May Solve the Worlds Waste Problem(mashable.com)
1 points by dlitwak 14y ago|0 comments
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by dlitwak 14y ago
surprised this didn't get more attention, would have assumed it would rocket to the front page. Nice to see someone putting a damper on the idea that everyone in Silicon valley goes from rags to riches. In actuality most people go from rela
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by dlitwak 14y ago
I think it's hard for anyone to tell the reason why he was fired. But 11 months is just suspicious. They didn't realize he wasn't a good fit sooner? Fire him sooner, or wait a month so he vests to do the right thing. Sounds like they used a
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by dlitwak 14y ago
For what it's worth, whenever our family has a conflict that's possibly legal with someone, it is resolved pretty quickly once something is sent on my father's legal stationary. Lawyers scare people, can't hurt.
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With Sarkozy out, French startups throw a tantrum(gigaom.com)
1 points by dlitwak 14y ago|0 comments
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by dlitwak 14y ago
I can understand the upside of this, with the better routine, health, everyone living in the same house etc. However, I think the isolation is VERY dangerous. Yes, silicon valley is a bit of an echo chamber, but at the same time, you are ar
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by dlitwak 14y ago
5% for one promotional opportunity that has no guarantee of working out, that you have no say about how you come off, isn't a good deal. There are other smarter ways to get exposure. and after the hoopla dies down, you are left with a large
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by dlitwak 14y ago
You have to prepare for how the worst user will abuse your system, and American didn't. They should have done the calculations based on a worst case scenario. I've heard of people refer to it as the "Penis Problem", referring to Chatroullet
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by dlitwak 14y ago
if you do enough research, the "unlimited" hosting isn't unlimited at all. There are certain restrictions in the fine print. which is exactly what American should have done.
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by dlitwak 14y ago
uhhh no, opposite. the university would have a greater incentive to foot the bill for your law degree because lawyers will probably make more money, therefore giving them more money.
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by dlitwak 14y ago
too extreme. I like the concept: less students would be funneled into liberal arts majors that don't have a high return if the schools realized that they could get a percentage of every bill gates they spit out. some cs and engineering prog
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by dlitwak 14y ago
Disagree, if a student wants to pursue computer science he/she should have a lower interest rate than a philosophy major. There is a much higher likelihood that the CS major will pay back the loan soon. There is a bit of a naivete among col
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by dlitwak 14y ago
1) as many have mentioned, submitting to a news site like this does not a launch strategy make. Look into strategic partnerships, try to get some legit press, figure out how to incentivize people to share it etc., virality etc., all the typ
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by dlitwak 15y ago
By the articles own admission, the problem of the storage being persistent can just be solved by doing sessionStorage instead of localStorage. I was just analyzing websites recently to figure out how they were not sending any data back to t
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by dlitwak 15y ago
1) true 2)also true, but flight commissions are at ~.1% according to my credible sources. And they are vanishing quick. My personal opinion is that it is a failed business model and as travel companies shift away from making money off of tr
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Travel Startups: Why the Obsession with Flights?(blog.mozio.com)
12 points by dlitwak 15y ago|7 comments
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Is The Best Travel Search Engine Around The Corner(frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com)
5 points by dlitwak 15y ago|0 comments
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Jury Decides Against U. of California over the Interactive Web(chronicle.com)
5 points by dlitwak 15y ago|0 comments
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by dlitwak 15y ago
Please point out where in the post I said that these other travel aggregator sites are "essentially worthless". I'd really like to know. If I recall I merely pointed out that I don't see it as noticeably better than kayak. I'm pretty sure t
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by dlitwak 15y ago
and my argument silverstorm is that I didn't insult them: "Hipmunk. Don't get me wrong, the interface is beautiful. However, I don't use it. This is pretty cool, I won't deny, and it looks gorgeous." Apparently not being completely 100% hea
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by dlitwak 15y ago
Apparently Hipmunk is a soft spot here . . . it is definitely curious that no one has vehemently defended any of the other startups. I wonder if it would have elicited the same response if I had criticized Expedia or some company that wasn'
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by dlitwak 15y ago
I think they are cool enough that they will get enough funding to be able to compete with the big players. But that is precisely my point, they aren't different enough that they will attract organic traffic from people saying 'wow, my kayak
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by dlitwak 15y ago
Thansk dkrich. What I find pretty funny is that I definitely complimented hipmunk. Pretty sure I said it was useful and had a wonderful interface haha. I never insulted them but merely stated the reason why I don't use it. But for some reas
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by dlitwak 15y ago
We aren't social travel martey. Never said we were. The post was about the entire travel industry. We barely mention our own project in the post exactly because we thought it would take away from the argument: we aren't making a sales pitch
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by dlitwak 15y ago
I agree, but the title of the blog post is why I don't use them. I don't use Hipmunk. I don't use many of these new services, all for different reasons. I don't use Hipmunk not because its useless, far from it, but because my habit is to us
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by dlitwak 15y ago
not trying to trash anyone brd, and this is a statement from my perspective on why I don't use them. I never said any service was awful, it is merely my perspective on why I, as an avid traveler, feel no impetus to become an avid user.

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