hnsmurf

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by hnsmurf 16y ago
This is why video game companies hire more artists than programmers. Counting frames is often not productive though, cut-out animations (which PvZ appears to be using) allow artists to render many frames from one base illustration and some
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by hnsmurf 16y ago
"Apple has not “lost sales” to Android as it has been selling all it can produce. " I'm not sure that's a useful way of looking at it. If Android were never born Apple may have doubled production capacity and still be selling out for lack o
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by hnsmurf 16y ago
He made a minor mistake. In his high estimate, he used the high end of the range for de-duplication savings (20%) when he should have used the low end (5%). Not a big error (something like $4.5m/mo instead of $4m).
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by hnsmurf 16y ago
I wouldn't use this honestly. I don't get anything from it that I can't from manufacturers' sites. Every manufacturer has a "build your own car" link that has colors you can choose. Theirs often even let you choose interior colors too. Manu
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by hnsmurf 16y ago
I'd rather the latter though. 100x return on $.5m is $50m. I only need to hit three of those to equal the larger return and I've got 100 shots to do it with the same amount of capital.
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by hnsmurf 16y ago
In general the big investments are "safer" since they're in later stage companies. For instance I'm pretty sure Zynga will IPO, Listia's a long shot right now. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure they won't make 1000x on Zynga. If Listia IPO
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by hnsmurf 16y ago
I love it when startups at least attempt to drag businesses stuck in the old way of doing things kicking and screaming into the new reality.
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by hnsmurf 16y ago
Especially not when your company has a solid plan for making money. Digg never did, Dropbox does.