goatherders

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by goatherders 4y ago
Peak-cloud - full saturation with no Market left to penetrate Of course sizeable companies of all sectors are using hybrid. Always been the case. Both things can be and are true: owned is growing. Cloud is growing
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by goatherders 4y ago
Of course there is room for self hosted solutions, which will continue to grow as well. But if you think we are anywhere near peak-cloud then I would be eager to understand your logic. The global cloud market is in the midst of a ~25% CAGR
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by goatherders 4y ago
He's saying that cloud technology is only just beginning and the bazillion dollars that cloud and cloud related services are currently worth is just the start. I agree 100%
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by goatherders 4y ago
Downvotes....LOL. I forgot how much it upsets people on HN to take issue with Apple in any way, shape, or form.
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by goatherders 4y ago
One of Apple's more egregious contributions to technology. Almost every web client I've ever had asks for grey text and sends apple.com as an example of what they like.
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by goatherders 4y ago
Ted Cruz is well known for being 2 people. A Texas monthly pc a couple years ago caught both sides at once when a staffer kept letting an elevator door ding as it was being held open. Ted was doing his politics side with the reporter and lo
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by goatherders 5y ago
Well sure. But if one is looking to find "purpose" in life then neither a unicorn nor being ceo of Google does much relative to curing cancer or space exploration. I guess i found it interesting that the suggested "purposes
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by goatherders 5y ago
I recognize that this is largely a tech forum, but I find it interesting that you choose being a founder or CEO of Google as your benchmarks as opposed to walking on the moon, curing cancer, or something else. Not a critique, just an observ
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by goatherders 5y ago
Things cost money. The fact that they didn't used to cost money is not sufficient inertia for them to not cost money in the future. I too maintained a free WordPress blog which, I suppose, will be impacted by this. But my nostalgia fo
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by goatherders 5y ago
They make lots of investments that don't turn out. But they never make investments that aren't supported by a logical business model that makes sense for them. In this case, I am certain that tests show people will open doors less
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by goatherders 5y ago
Bingo. Companies of this size don't make these investments without a crystal clear business model. So while Joe consumer and most of HN decides this tech, I assure you that Walgreens has increased profits by a meaningful amount as a re
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by goatherders 5y ago
IBM, Oracle, Panatir....in a lot of cases these are pro services companies that custom build whatever is needed. LOTS of money in enterprise application development.
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by goatherders 5y ago
Simply not true. WP core is very secure.
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by goatherders 5y ago
I'm not an engineer outside of the occasional WP site, but that's enough. Cold email is my bag and I'm a good (and proficient) writer. In October I started cold emailing internet, marketing, and SW companies asking if they n
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by goatherders 5y ago
It still works. You don't need a lot of little old men buying knockoff Viagra or little old ladies looking for love to make a decent wage in a lot of countries. Also, you take for granted that everyone is benefiting from Google and M
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by goatherders 5y ago
The Boss's quarrel is with your manager, not with you. A pleasant and professional "I'm working at the direction of my manager" is warranted.
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by goatherders 5y ago
This x100000. There is no scenario - none - where thousands of engineers at Google working on search wake up in the morning and say "we sure have made it good enough wr2 SPAM. I think I'll have another Danish."
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by goatherders 5y ago
My experience as a professional sales consultant for SaaS startups is that it is not the this cohort is "not good" at selling, it's that it has very little idea of what to actually do. Being a bad salesperson is a different
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by goatherders 5y ago
I'm a big believer that you can make a lot of money starting a business and only ever selling to "friendlies" (your known network) That said, business value goes up exponentially when it earns the First Dollar, a sale to some
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by goatherders 5y ago
I didn't say to ask if someone would buy it. I said to actually sell it to someone. As in, collect the money or get a contract signed.
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by goatherders 5y ago
Sell one unit to someone. In fact, do it before you start coding. Coworkers, business contacts. "If I built X would you pay for it? Yes? Cool, what's a fair price?" Get one of those first, then open your terminal. Aside fro
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by goatherders 5y ago
My experience has been that you can tell them to pound sand. They are hoping the threat of legal action will cause you to panic out of fear. I suspect if you reply "no" you will never hear from them again.
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by goatherders 5y ago
"After six months of exhaustive siegecraft, Alexander was able to breach the walls of Tyre and storm the fortress island. 6,000 defenders were killed in the storm, 2,000 locals were crucified afterwards, and what was left of the popula
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by goatherders 5y ago
The correct way is the way that works, which this does.
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by goatherders 5y ago
This is a great example of understanding a market. An engineer might think that a document management platform should have a great UX/UI and lots of bells and whistles. But that stuff is secondary to "a court will accept it.&quot
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by goatherders 5y ago
This is really well written. Thanks for sharing.
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by goatherders 5y ago
Good to see the clown-car that is Texas state government embrace foreign investment from a company run by criminals when it suites them. I'm a Texan and my house if full of Samsung products, but the Gov and Lt Gov are, as always, hypo
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by goatherders 5y ago
NOt sure I understand how anyone could have a problem with that.
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by goatherders 5y ago
1200 to 2000 words each.
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by goatherders 5y ago
Work hard on the outline. Go as deep as you can for a while on the outline as it makes the piece itself simple. Tools like the Hemingway editor are quite valuable as well.

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