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by hans 11y ago
I would've spit my coffee up as an investor back when they told me they're ditching check-ins. That was such a terribly bad move, caused so many users to forget them, really Crowley should've moved all the way out. It was on
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by hans 11y ago
Another great book on this subject: The Nazi Rocketeers by dennis piszkeiwicz
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by hans 11y ago
Just love that Bezos quote: "that's not the amazon that i know" ... hmm gee uthink? billionaire founder has a different experience, wow who'd a thought? glassdoor has spelled this out for a long time but its amusing that
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by hans 11y ago
yep and the issue of real estate + housing costs in SF pretty much ensure that you have to be mercenary or you don't live there ..
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by hans 11y ago
our culture is so tone deaf to aging, you turn 30 and think life is behind you, old man before death's door .. (anyone know the W.Blake drawing?) in another decade 19yr olds will be drafting up long blog posts about recipes for success
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by hans 12y ago
when i interviewed, at the end of the day, the dude went out of his way to tell me they'd let me know, no matter what, either way, in a few days. Then crickets .. i still resent how he was so insistent that i would hear from them. Just
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by hans 12y ago
I see it as zon just beefing up their mobile abilities: build know in android and top level mobile software, lay the groundwork for future dev, as mobile grows just like pc grew but way more, your ability to take advantage of mobile growth
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by hans 13y ago
i guess "mozillans" sounds too much like "villain"
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by hans 13y ago
never heard of "mozillians" ..
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by hans 13y ago
cool thing is, we can start watching them back ;/ and critique whether they're joy riding or actually working etc
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by hans 13y ago
why is the tech industry obsessed with 'entrepreneurship' ?
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by hans 13y ago
we really thought fB was going to become the user auth + data persistence layer for the entire web as they were pumping this platform idea: like noone would need to build user account storage ever again, and all the world would base their u
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by hans 14y ago
this can't be good, that hedge funds are currently buying up housing in a huge way, moving into rentals especially, going long housing, expect a rent grip like no other in the next 3-5yrs : http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/hedge-f
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by hans 14y ago
Also when you get to early 40s doing web dev or web apps, especially if you dont have a GooG or stanford degree, your competition for work is essentially early 30 somethings, and age discrimination really becomes apparent. I have no idea w
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by hans 14y ago
Good thing Romney keeps wanting to throw Tesla under the bus, way to support innovation, way to cheer for jobs n0t.
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by hans 14y ago
I sat in on a MS presentation the other day, and it was a disaster. The terminology is off the chart confusing, the presenter constantly dropping terms then backing off with "oh but we aren't supposed to call it that" and then "oh but if m
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by hans 14y ago
ok I admit, got that quote from the calacanis + sacca interview, awesome interview btw
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by hans 14y ago
twitter is where you find people you want to know, facebook is where you find people you used to know ...
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by hans 14y ago
ah good to hear, just joking love the Git! these articles usually remind me of exercise mags where a 20 something person brags about their abundance of health + energy level, oblivious to how hard it is to retain that after late 30s, ok i'm
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by hans 14y ago
So long as you're younger than 35 har har ...
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by hans 15y ago
yes E A is up there and seems to recruit a bunch ...
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by hans 15y ago
as if we know what Foop is, lol
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by hans 15y ago
same here! I've been mulling over a mac book as this unity desktop is killing me, just have the mac as the desktop, and keep it headless linux.
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by hans 15y ago
I know he's going, we all do, but man it feels like a kick in the gut for tech. Yes we know tech is actually bullshit, in the grand scheme of things, to keep us occupied, but somehow no Jobs means something less ... like the suits will kil
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by hans 15y ago
yup, and this time it's mostly about unwinding desktop/workstation motifs, as well as single app as moat, apps are now fluid points of integrated services. we're going to learn how to unwind our boxes into all kinds of things. it feels lik
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by hans 16y ago
Isn't that a bootloader, that loads VCs on startup, and leverages equity resources as the company shell starts up?
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by hans 16y ago
still down
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by hans 16y ago
Another "you suck for being poor" story ... [update] really? 4 neg points, nice.
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by hans 16y ago
Pretty sad to see such ridiculous cliches, even photographed like some cheap sitcom.
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by hans 16y ago
Apple can't do social, nor any kind of web service? This is a blind spot for them, sure iTunes vod/commerce is a web service but as far an API or integration outside of their ownership must be impossible like a nerd attempting to dance ...

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