gobbluth

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by gobbluth 13y ago
Of course they're unattached. It's just another instant messenger. Or are people still loyal to ICQ, AIM, MSN Messenger...? (Even worse, WhatsApp relies on teenagers. How many social circles endure beyond high school? Do you still
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by gobbluth 13y ago
How the HELL did Everpix die? No, seriously. Everpix DOMINATED WhatsApp on every possible metric: social networks/sharing, user commitment, revenue, advertising information, and long-term potential. Anyone can (and will) switch instant
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by gobbluth 13y ago
Not a Google employee, just a satisfied member. As far as I can tell, these are the following flaws with G+: 1) It's idiotic that my URL must be FirstnameLastname1234. 2) GDrive storage (which I use to upload 2000px G+ photos) is unfor
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by gobbluth 13y ago
Even so, Everpix is a tool that literally everyone needs -- organization, deduplication, backup, and daily refreshers of all your photos. I was contemplating buying a subscription for my elderly mother, since she has no idea where her pictu
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by gobbluth 13y ago
If the only problem was scale... how is it even possible that a VC didn't invest? You had a proven product, fanatically loyal customers (including myself), and unbelievable growth potential. Everpix is a textbook case for venture capit
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by gobbluth 13y ago
I'm a bit annoyed that you conflate racism with Islam. Muslims come from religious and cultural backgrounds which encourage and excuse violence, gang rape, and hysterical fervor over any potential insult. It's fucking terrifying t
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by gobbluth 13y ago
It's the same in Europe. As a visiting American, I'm in awe of the infrastructure they've built -- beautiful, clean, fast, charming -- but these were built with European society in mind, which generally raises kids to be resp
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by gobbluth 13y ago
Yeah... only optimists think they won't need those prisons as the Muslim immigrant population grows. Gang-rape is skyrocketing in Europe.
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by gobbluth 14y ago
Agreed on basically all counts. But you're critical because you're spoiled... just visit anywhere in the American Midwest for a week to truly understand how blessed Switzerland is.
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by gobbluth 14y ago
Fair enough, but that's not really more liberty. Presumably the police would also arrest a homeless guy screaming about prostitutes if he were in your front lawn in the suburbs. You'd just like to pay extra to be so far away from everyone t
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by gobbluth 14y ago
Is that really a good analogy? Do you really feel that sitting in your car on a freeway is so radically different (and liberating) than sitting in a subway car? If you're so certain that public transportation means giving something up, what
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by gobbluth 14y ago
You, sir, have never been to Brooklyn.
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by gobbluth 14y ago
Just because I don't want to spam with the same message, please see my response to Spullera. The argument you're using may be intuitive, but it's very incorrect.
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by gobbluth 14y ago
I'm sorry, but that's not how urban design works. We're not forced to develop proportionate to land mass. Your argument is seriously that the existence of the Dakotas prevents us from building decent cities? Are there so many people in Wyom
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by gobbluth 14y ago
I'm sorry, but you're associating liberty with cars, and that's just not true. If you live in Nowhere, Indiana, then you're completely dependent on your car to get ANYWHERE, including to buy food, get to work, or see your mother in the hosp
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by gobbluth 14y ago
I do live in an urban environment (NYC for a decade now), and you're... confused on some counts. Public transportation is radically faster than cars, at least in any city with a fraction of the same population. Have you ever tried to drive
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by gobbluth 14y ago
That's not actually true. The US is 3,794,101 sq mi. Europe is 3,930,520 sq miles However, Europe is almost entirely concentrated in walkable, urban areas -- even beyond the major cities, small towns are accessible by train, navigable by fo
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by gobbluth 14y ago
Agreed with you and MJN. The US is in desperate need of investment in public transportation. Europeans have absolutely mastered the art of urban design and public transportation, and I wish we'd learn from their example. But try telling 99%
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by gobbluth 14y ago
I also love San Francisco, but you have the wrong target in mind. Urban density is GOOD. What sucks is a car-centric culture that forces sprawl. You want a NYC or European-style transportation system, where it's completely unnecessary to ow