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by interesting_att 11y ago
I can sympathize with the point you are making. No one can really predict the future, so your opinion may be vindicated. Google beat out every search engine, so who knows. However, a few counter-points: 1) Brand value is critical. Look at C
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Such sad news. Iwata's influence has been enormous on my childhood as well as many others. Gaming is becoming a legitimate hobby, in no small part to people like him. He truly cared about the company, the products, and the consumer. RI
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Everyone here seems to be criticizing Piketty for weird reasons. He is not saying post-war Germany's debt is the exact same thing as the current Greek crisis. Pointing out parallels isn't same thing as saying two situations are eq
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Most people would agree living today would be better than the 1950s. We have 60 years of social progress and 60 years of technological advancement. Economic inequality isn't inherently bad, per se. But in America, it is usually a signi
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by interesting_att 11y ago
One of the best answers I have seen in a long time. Start ups are brutal.
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Ha, I am a TinyCo alum who started his own gaming company. Let me know if you want to get coffee one of these days. Would highly recommend you have a finished game + some revenue before you hit up institutional investors. In the mean time,
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by interesting_att 11y ago
These terms seem absurd to me. 1k/month retainer for a startup alone seems awfully high. 5% equity is absurd. Get a new lawyer. If in SF, there are some great tech lawyers who won't rip you off.
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Actual F2P developer here. I've spent countless hours interviewing payers. Vast majority of people are normal, hardworking people who just genuinely enjoy games. You're focused on a problem that doesn't affect 99.964% of peop
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by interesting_att 11y ago
This is such a weak argument. It's misleading to include white people in the discussion of affirmative action, because, almost paradoxically, the program only strengthens the white-power hierarchy. There are millions of things we can d
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Of course I avoid these articles. First, most material behind paywalls aren't that great. The NY Times hardly has the monopoly on quality reporting. In fact, most money-driven publications tend to be low quality in many respects, espec
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by interesting_att 11y ago
At a $120/year for 6 years, you've basically spent $720. That is amazing. I, on the other, have spent $0 on all music in my entire life (excluding concerts).
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Am I the only one here who is impressed with Evan Spiegel + optimistic for Snapchat? Everyone keeps citing the fact that the company is pre-revenue and pre-profits, but FB was too for a while. Snapchat can easily turn on the revenue and pro
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by interesting_att 11y ago
If your goals are to make a good bit of money and retire by solely doing your consulting business, then you definitely aren't missing out on much. Save that dough up for when the bubble bursts. That said, if you are interested in a new
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by interesting_att 11y ago
A lot of people in this thread have moral qualms with slot machines. I know I did. However, I have since been heavily involved in the industry (not of my choosing), and have been able to better understand it. The slot industry is not the ep
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by interesting_att 11y ago
I see some strength in your analogy, but two main differences: 1) Tax money spent on sending kids to college helps everyone, even the non-parents, since more educated people = better world. Affirmative action doesn't help Asians in any
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by interesting_att 11y ago
If we posted stipulations on all the grant money we give universities, every elite university would quickly follow through with it. It's too much money to throw away, even for Harvard.
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by interesting_att 11y ago
A private school can use whatever criteria it wants if it believes it enhances the experience. But why should Asian American tax dollars go to a university that clearly discriminates against them? Harvard shouldn't be able to get publi
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Anyone else blown away by Zenefits' valuation? It is 45x the company's projected 2015 revenue. Even more surprising, the company is no where near profitable, has a number of regulatory challenges ahead, and is only 2 years old.
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by interesting_att 11y ago
There has been a recent trend in tech discussions to have greater transparency in compensation, and more importantly, removing negotiation from employment procedure (see recent changes at Reddit). I fear that this move would dramatically hu
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Did anyone expect any different from Twitter? Their main platform needs significant improvement. Biggest disadvantages for Twitter: 1) People are flocking to other social messaging apps, especially the mobile variants (Snapchat, Instagram,
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by interesting_att 11y ago
Thanks for posting the article here. Some of McHugh's stats/arguments are misleading: 1) "Most of the surgically treated patients described themselves as "satisfied" by the results, but their subsequent psycho-socia
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by interesting_att 11y ago
The research cited controls for economic status.
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by interesting_att 11y ago
You make a great point. A lot of this "ticket to the middle class" sounds like delaying the issue of wealth inequality. One of the biggest predictor of financial success is who you are born to, something you have no control over.
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by interesting_att 11y ago
One quote really struck out to me: "College graduates are also healthier, happier, more likely to remain married, more likely to be engaged parents and more likely to vote, research has found." Much of discourse surrounding colleg
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by interesting_att 11y ago
1) "Did the founders' risk --and their contributions-- equal the total of everyone else in the company, combined?" It depends on how you define the founders' risk as well as their contributions. Both are highly subjectiv
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by interesting_att 12y ago
People forget that Mayer acquired 56 companies (57 if Foursquare deal goes through). That is, 41% of all of Yahoo's acquisitions over the past 20 years happened in the last 3 years. Think it is important to analyze this Foursquare deal
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by interesting_att 12y ago
Exactly. If I were Pincus and was a rational self-interested agent, I would've gotten rid of Mattrick at this time, and then reap the benefits of Mattrick's game end of the year. If they succeed? Pincus is a genius. If they fail?
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by interesting_att 12y ago
I am surprised Don Mattrick would be let go, especially since most of the projects he oversaw have not been released yet. But given that we're dealing with Mark Pincus, the founder famous for wanting control, I guess this was expected.
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by interesting_att 12y ago
EA survive off of Madden and FIFA licenses. They don't have to spend that much money on improving the game year after year, but millions of people purchase them almost religiously.
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by interesting_att 12y ago
It is very difficult to get financing for a AAA game company since the industry is so hit-driven. Moreover, it'd be rather difficult to find investors just after the studio you worked for just shut down due to poor performance.

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