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by ignostic 13y ago
Yes, and I wish we could. But given the size of companies and products available, we obviously have to do the best we can. It makes sense to start with the company itself and its top leader.
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by ignostic 13y ago
> "Talk about forcing your beliefs on others." What? How does OKC's use of free speech amount to "forcing" their beliefs on others? > "OkCupid is shamelessly exploiting this situation for attention.&qu
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by ignostic 13y ago
There's a big difference between discriminating against a person based on their beliefs and trying to prevent discrimination based on beliefs. This comment is shocking in that you not only miss that difference, but imply that someone a
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by ignostic 13y ago
I disagree with the comments saying the CEO's personal beliefs are irrelevant. I believe OKC's message is both relevant and appropriate. I'll grant that the "8% of relationships... would be illegal" argument is a li
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by ignostic 13y ago
I've actually faced a similar situation, and let me tell you it was hard . Companies like Yahoo exist to make money - or, at least, they must continue to make money in order to continue existing. Like Dustin said, > "This is
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by ignostic 13y ago
> "design being held back or distorted by numbers - which are often a false prophesy when it comes to UX improvements." > "the numbers will "tell you" to make the interface more complicated, to hide the sign-o
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by ignostic 13y ago
> "We're blind." ... "Everything must be tested." And your solution is to do LESS TESTING? We don't know what we're doing, so let's cut back on the amount of data we can use to inform our decisions
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by ignostic 13y ago
"Advertising" isn't that big of a secret. It seems like the default monetization strategy. If that is the strategy, it's all just in the tactics and targeting. Ads aren't the most innovative way to make money, but i
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by ignostic 13y ago
> abusing your own health does have a victim: the taxpayer. Both this and your gambling example lead us down a very scary path where the government is in charge of your health. I hate to use words republicans use when they don't
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by ignostic 13y ago
I can agree that the market is over-valuing coupons.com, but not with the overall emphasis on past profits in IPOs. "But they're losing money and hugely over-valued!" is a sentiment I hear a lot from traders and observers who
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by ignostic 13y ago
This case doesn't have anything to do with DRM as the title suggest. It's more clear in the article: "the java-bean equivalent of DRM". As far as I can tell it's actually just allegations of patent abuse and anti-co
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by ignostic 13y ago
I'm pretty sure "after" means, "after the deal is approved." The FCC and DOJ still have to weigh in.
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by ignostic 13y ago
Great to hear you're listening! Keep in mind that HN isn't the world - people here tend to be more skeptical and more careful with privacy. Still I hope you apply the feedback. I'll look forward to the next iteration, because
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by ignostic 13y ago
1. Are you sure people are more comfortable signing in on mobile? I'm not - I think twice as hard about letting people access a device that knows where I am. More important, have you done research into whether your target customer woul
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by ignostic 13y ago
Okay, so I thought I'd be able to use this as a web app and mobile app. Wrong, and I think that's a mistake. For large purchase decisions I generally use my computer rather than my phone. I was interested, though, so I downloaded
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by ignostic 13y ago
Thanks, interesting sources :)
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by ignostic 13y ago
Ah, well this is old now, but since you're the author I'll respond anyway because I think it might help you in the future. I think you got a little dramatic with a weak connection: > "If you turn out to be wrong, you wil
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by ignostic 13y ago
The connection to Enron is bizarre. The author seems not to know why Jeffrey Skilling went to jail. You don't go to jail for having a failed company. Very strange claims all around. Skilling was charged with fraud, conspiracy, insider
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by ignostic 13y ago
I thought the same thing - until I noticed the per capita button. This should be on by default. Unfortunately it then becomes clear that sample sizes are so small that we can't draw any real conclusions. You look at Garfield county in
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by ignostic 13y ago
I'm not surprised that the "get more likes" campaigns fail to generate positive ROI. If you goal is to get people to sign up on your site why not create ads that at least drive people to your site? This is maybe the third or
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by ignostic 13y ago
This is the sort of thing professionals do in person. More confusing to me, I don't even see the problem this app solves. If I wanted to quit without a face-to-face meeting I'd just send an email, text, chat, DM, PM, or letter. If
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by ignostic 13y ago
Yeah, almost as annoying as posts complaining about posts complaining about posts. Check timestamps. When I posted it was nothing but negative.
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by ignostic 13y ago
He's right that for most sites this would be undesirable, but PG has stated that they aren't looking for a lot of Google traffic. But then, just because it doesn't matter to PG doesn't mean it doesn't matter at all.
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by ignostic 13y ago
Whoa, let's tone down the negativity HN. The hate is already piling up, but I think there are some really good ideas here. Sure, many (probably most) of the ideas are already done, but he does give some thoughts on the angles of execut
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by ignostic 13y ago
That was your takeaway and most useful comment, huh?
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by ignostic 13y ago
I was happy to find this, because I've had a number of similar debates - some with very intelligent people! My appeals to the mechanism of action went over everyone's head and convinced no one. Citing studies got us lost in the we
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by ignostic 13y ago
We tend to think of Hawaii as sunny and warm all the time, but it's actually just an "above average" place for solar generation. Honolulu gets about 90 sunny days and 181 partially-cloudy days.[1] Phoenix on the other hand ge
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by ignostic 13y ago
> "You would only be upset because you currently work in a company with a culture that doesn't value transparency as a core value." You don't have anywhere near the information necessary to make that claim. Honestly t
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by ignostic 13y ago
> "Real science that is easy to understand" tends to be shallow and hard to distinguish from sales pitches, fantasy, and lies. Not to another scientific expert. This is why I mentioned proper vetting.
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by ignostic 13y ago
Okay, so basically TED should be another dry facts-only scientific conference? Guess what, we already have plenty of those. The speakers will present facts and be judged based on the facts rather than on their presentation skills or ability

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