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by galuggus 10y ago
One of the worst things about cancer is hearing stories like this all the time. It's really unhelpful and very draining to have your body undergo hell and your mind besieged by well=intentioned idiots telling you to expel toxins/
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by galuggus 12y ago
There is an interesting/funny documentary about this. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2048877/ The story of a guy trying to buy a diplomatic passport
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by galuggus 12y ago
Xiaomis biggest innovation wasn't hardware it was their distribution/sales model. They were also the first mobile company to really listen to their fans and do incredibly fast iteration of software and hardware. Their customer ser
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by galuggus 12y ago
Apart from Xcode? Given the reruns from a set up like this I wonder how many farms like this exist.
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by galuggus 12y ago
Isn't it possible to emulate iOS in a PC/mac?
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by galuggus 12y ago
Picture from here (originally posted on the freebuf weibo account) http://www.newmobilelife.com/2015/02/03/apple-store-ranking-... Thought there would be a bot that could do this. Just shows that automation
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Gaming the AppStore by bruteforce(imgur.com)
2 points by galuggus 12y ago|4 comments
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by galuggus 12y ago
Who do you use for your ad network?
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by galuggus 12y ago
dual sim is popular in China Most android/feature phones will automatically choose which sim card to make a call with depending on what network you are on.
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by galuggus 12y ago
No retailer good relationships with the factory bulk buying No marketing costs
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by galuggus 12y ago
xiaomi creates hype through scarcity. Last year I wanted a xiaomi box (a bit like apple tv but optimized for China) They only release x amount of units on a certain day at a certain time on a monthly basis. These will be sold out in seconds
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by galuggus 12y ago
It is true that you are losing money by having it tied up in an interest free account(+Inflation). However I think the real interest rate for your loan is much lower in this type of bank. There is no profit. Could anyone work out the exact
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by galuggus 12y ago
these are huge in China
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by galuggus 12y ago
The question is did he succeed in spite or because of this side of his personality.
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by galuggus 12y ago
The 400m people who can't speak mandarin statistic is a bit misleading. Most of these people are likely to be old and out of the workforce. it's rare to meet someone under 40 who can't speak ok Mandarin. Also a lot more peopl
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by galuggus 12y ago
I wonder if he was jamming or doing something else There has recently been a crackdown in China on people driving around with a device that can hack and spam cellphones. I think the way it works is by spoofing a basestation. It's range
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by galuggus 13y ago
Maybe it's to do with Brazilian labor laws. They are very pro-employee. It's very difficult to sack somebody etc. Perhaps someone from Brazil could enlighten us further?
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by galuggus 13y ago
Have you read the book Allen Carr's easy way to quit smoking? It really works.
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by galuggus 13y ago
Why bother eating at home when you can have an idiot conveniently cook your food in a restaurant at twice the price?
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by galuggus 13y ago
E-bikes are great. One of the reasons they have taken off is the low price and cheap running cost. This article says they can be bought for $1000. The price in China is more like $300-$400. Most apartment building will charge 1 yuan a day t
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by galuggus 14y ago
This already exists in big Chinese cities. It's really cheap and convenient. Eccomerce is eating main street alive partly because of same day delivery. The seller/courier also usually offers free returns- you can= inspect the goods while th
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by galuggus 15y ago
thanks
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by galuggus 15y ago
I've been using bing quite a lot recently as google is sporadically blocked in China. Coincidentally I was remarking to myself this morning how incredibly poor the results are compared to google Time for duckduckgo
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by galuggus 15y ago
Alibaba group douban Sina qq BYD innovative games payment systems group buying
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by galuggus 15y ago
There's a lot of money in haircare products and a lot of advertising cash.
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by galuggus 15y ago
very true. Tumblr isn't blocked recently two clones launched (diandian and one from sina) I'm sure it will be blocked soon
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by galuggus 15y ago
4chan doesn't make money. No one on the mainland has copied it and then paid to have it blocked
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by galuggus 15y ago
Yes he is a mouthy blogger publishing some numbered lists. He also has a lot of experience: has sold some companies; raised vc; made and lost millions tittered on the edge of bankruptcy and come back again. Have a read of his blog. its a m
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The Story of W&L: China’s Great Internet Divide (techrice.com)
6 points by galuggus 15y ago|0 comments
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by galuggus 15y ago
"Behind every great fortune there is a great crime" replace fortune with b2c startup and crime with spam Apologies to Balzac

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