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by ekanes 12y ago
Whoever's downvoting this, TuringTest is explaining a point of view and a different value system. If you don't relate to or like that value system, (me too!) no problem, but downvoting a helpful/informative comment drives do
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by ekanes 13y ago
Thanks! In a nutshell, the higher the dollar amount, the more care we put into transactions and relationships.
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by ekanes 13y ago
patio11 is right, you're about to have a major problem with gift cards going bad, which were bought with stolen credit cards. Happy to give more advice, you can reach me via my HN profile. Source: In a similar business for 16 months.
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by ekanes 13y ago
Totally valid points, but the post is about work-life balance, and not really anything to do with women in tech. While women absolutely do have it harder in tech, and different work-life balance challenges, making it an Open Letter! is a b
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by ekanes 13y ago
To be blunt, people who've done consistently well in the startup world run circles around "professors of business".
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by ekanes 13y ago
Underdog is all context. There are scenarios where Microsoft is the underdog.
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by ekanes 13y ago
Full-Time (Flagstaff, AZ) --- GiftcardZen.com We buy and sell gift cards online. Company is growing like a weed. We're a RoR shop. Rather than posting all details here, the full posting is at: http://phoenix.craigslist.or
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by ekanes 13y ago
If you're 23, PLEASE go with the startup route. Even if it fails, you're so early in life you'll never regret it. Going the other way, it's easy to become trapped by the financial requirements that (usually) come with
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by ekanes 13y ago
Often yes, but "To me it should only be enough money to cover... for just long enough to where you can afford those things without outside money after" assumes you know what is long enough. If you raise money, raise enough that y
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by ekanes 13y ago
Value is created when both sides want what the other side is offering more than what they have. There is a case to be made that your wealth is a reflection of the value you have created in the world. Do Big Things in the world, and you may
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by ekanes 13y ago
Love your attitude. If you can position yourself as the best alternative to Google's product it's not a bad place to be - they may expand the market. Good luck.
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by ekanes 13y ago
Everyone in the community reads these essays. I would hazard that pg's goal in them is to coach both startups AND investors in how to behave toward each other. In this case, such bold language is him saying, "don't be this g
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by ekanes 13y ago
Thanks for the call, for listening, and keep up the great work!
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by ekanes 13y ago
I think they're actually quite sophisticated about it - they look at the time zone according to the shopper's browser. So they're looking at local-to-the-shopper.
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by ekanes 13y ago
This is awesome stuff. Theoretically. But Sift doesn't actually make these functional/actionable right away through their service (even though they could). We signed up, love (LOVE!) the idea, but they keep asking for more data
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by ekanes 13y ago
Jobs was famous for eliminating SKUs and simplifying.
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by ekanes 13y ago
Now with fingerprint sensor, so when the NSA politely asks Apple for it, they'll be able to send them your fingerprints, a log of all activity and voice print (siri). Such a cool technology (harder to steal phones), just wish it didn&
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by ekanes 13y ago
ACH funds land next-day, (usually early morning) if they're sent by the cutoff time, which is usually 8pm EST. Source: My business is built on timely sending of ACH funds.
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by ekanes 13y ago
It's an interesting point, what you're saying is that theoretically "be more white" is something that would make logical sense (while being repulsive). A big difference though is you can't change what you look like
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by ekanes 13y ago
Great promotion. We just signed up. 1% of $1M is $10k, and compared to the alternatives (CC, Paypal) it's pretty huge savings. I do agree their support/responsiveness needs to be better or they'll cement a poor reputatio
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by ekanes 13y ago
If you feel confident you'd be happy as a developer or an entrepreneur, and given how you feel I think you should drop out. The real world will teach you much more than school. Developers can and are judged on what they've DONE
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by ekanes 13y ago
Grip strength is similar predictor of longevity. Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21541735
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by ekanes 13y ago
One way Google could mitigate this would be if webmasters could tell Google about new/expected links. Obviously some links are unexpected (great!) but if Google new you weren't trying to add 50 links, and 50 links showed up, perhaps they c
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by ekanes 14y ago
The question is whether or not the games were changing the participants' nature/personality (long-term). It seems self-obvious that playing violent games would inspire a short-term effect.
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by ekanes 14y ago
The Apple mapping debacle frustrated lots of Apple fanbois as well.
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by ekanes 14y ago
Some great points in the comments about how helmets are less expensive, but I'm surprised how quickly a revolutionary new tech is being dismissed because of its high initial price point. If this can find scale, the price will fall and they
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by ekanes 14y ago
One point of data, this has happened to me personally with GoDaddy.
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by ekanes 14y ago
> if you've been in VC-istan for 2 decades and haven't made fuck-you money, you haven't won Dave has only been a VC for a few years, in a game that takes a few rounds to go either way. In terms of "late bloomer" my guess is he's talkin
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by ekanes 14y ago
Bad: We're sorry, but we have to let XX,XXX of you go. Here's your severance packages, etc etc. Really Really Bad: We're sorry, but some of you will be let go, sometime in the next years. Try not to think about it. Ok let's be produ
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by ekanes 14y ago
Yes, but there's a critical difference. In this case there's a clear recipient - someone asked to do something/reply. In the case of the Genovese effect, no-one is specifically asked to do anything, and no-one does.

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