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This is how you tell the world your site no longer exists.(groupomatic.com)
2 points by gregcohn 14y ago|1 comments
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Yes, but "college" is still the generic form, as in, "Did you go to college?". In America, one would never answer that question, "No, I went to university."
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Adding to the other correct answers on this page, it allows the company in question to introduce a salesperson into the equation. Even if 100% of customers were charged the same price, salespeople will be more effective closers than web pa
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by gregcohn 14y ago
A more useful way to approach this might be to ask for examples of city sites that people think are good, and why. It would probably also help to be clearer in your objectives -- city sites can have vastly different goals, from helping citi
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Assuming you're applying the appropriate effort over a large enough sample, which it sounds like you are, then the logical possibilities are that people either don't want to make friends, generally, or that people don't want to make friends
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Funny, I am often curious from the opposite tack and wonder why some people want to do serial project or freelance work and never join a firm. Thinking up apps and launching prototypes is fun, sure -- but it's also the easy part if you're a
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Most comments that don't add substantively to the discussion seem to generate downvotes. Which is too bad, as I like the funny. That said, it seems like it would be hard to control for only occasional (and ideally funny) jokes in a communi
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Cloudpic ( http://www.cloudpicglobal.com/ ) is also attempting to address this problem. I can't vouch one way or the other and have no affiliation.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
This article makes it sound like it could have been an issue more with the human factors surrounding battery user than with the battery itself. http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020241385_7...
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by gregcohn 14y ago
I've had occasional issues with cookie-based login sites due to conflicts with Chrome browser plugins. (In my case, LastPass was the culprit.) There was also a known issue with safari and facebook login. YMMV.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
among other issues, it has poor handling of draft posts, private posts, and recently published posts in terms of editing and workflow.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
would you mind elaborating on what you like about it? We're currently using posterous, and very unhappy with it.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
very good point. it seems like it would hinge on whether the act was defensive (MIT asking for help) or in reaction to an FBI request.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
I thought the most interesting item in this story was not about the secret service, but rather the MIT counsel's decision to turn over evidence without a warrant or subpoena, in contravention of its policy. (Though it's possible they had a
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Class-action lawsuit over unredeemed Southwest drink coupons(southwestvouchersettlement.com)
1 points by gregcohn 14y ago|0 comments
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Can't I just throw gang signs at my keyboard?
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Show HN: URL schemes for Burner App(blog.burnerapp.com)
2 points by gregcohn 14y ago|0 comments
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by gregcohn 14y ago
This remains an interesting problem that attracts a lot of startup activity. A few players in this space worth checking out: - ConnectedHQ (acquired by LinkedIn) - Mingly - Xobni - Rexter - Contactually I'm sure there are others, but if
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Useful framework of all the disciplines related to and adjacent to product management. Will be overly comprehensive for a web startup PM, but it's a useful framework and may give you ideas on areas to read up on. If there are any aspects o
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Useful roundup from TC: http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/02/best-health-apps/
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by gregcohn 14y ago
OP not actually not actually asking a question here.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
See my reply to lukevdp
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by gregcohn 14y ago
>>The article isn't meant to be proof that it doesn't work. He is saying that there is no good evidence to believe it does. The article title is Why Brain Training Doesn't Work, not There's No Proof Brain Training Works
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Flawed article that ironically reproduces fallacies like those it attempts to point out. "The Which? report found, with the help of several neuroscientists, that there was no peer-reviewed evidence to back up any of the manufacturer’s claim
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by gregcohn 14y ago
"I am visiting Hacker News to make more money." Hmm.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
I found some interesting stuff happening in Atlanta last time I had occasion to visit -- Startup Riot, Startup Weekend, etc.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
this is the default setting, but i'm curious as to how you determine whether or not people are doing so.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
TL;DR: Spam is most effective when it doesn't look like spam.
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by gregcohn 14y ago
Those of you who are in flexible workplaces: how are you managed to this and/or do you manage teams to this?
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by gregcohn 14y ago
I'm surprised by the trend of comments here suggesting that the US government is going after some of these guys too hard. I thought the general perception is that they haven't gone after enough wall street swindlers. For example, I'm not a

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