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by jeremymims 3y ago
This was how the BMW i3 worked. It was a rather novel design that included an optional small electric scooter motor in the rear that had a 2.5 gallon gas tank. When the battery was low, it would be charged by running the small generator. Th
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by jeremymims 4y ago
Not a board game… but highly recommend Magic Puzzle Company puzzles as gifts for family and friends who aren’t quite ready for intense games. A bonus is that Susan Kare (of Apple/Next fame) designed the logo and branding. https:/
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by jeremymims 4y ago
Congratulations, Garry! YC couldn't have picked a better leader.
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by jeremymims 4y ago
Steve Jobs famously said that he saw the computer as a "bicycle of the mind." He saw technology as a tool to amplify humanity's abilities. Mark Zuckerberg has chosen to build a "casino of the mind." Facebook and Ins
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by jeremymims 5y ago
Congratulations, Zach! It's been very cool watching Codecademy go from electrifying prototype to media darling to quiet giant.
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by jeremymims 9y ago
I know it's hard to imagine, but there are many sides to these stories. Things really aren't so black and white. You really have no idea just how hard these guys worked or the struggles they had to go through. I'd recommend y
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by jeremymims 10y ago
My e-mail is in my profile and I'd be happy to help you get in touch with them if you meet their parameters. Most of them are looking to do just a few deals a year.
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by jeremymims 10y ago
There are actually a number of VCs showing up right now to address this pain point. They're tending to fund profitable B2B companies with $5-40m in annual revenue and explicitly state that they're content with the option of 3-5X r
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by jeremymims 11y ago
At OwnLocal, we like people who understand the news business and have some programming skills. I'd encourage you to look at our jobs page: http://ownlocal.com/jobs
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by jeremymims 12y ago
When I was in high school (quite a long time ago now), I'd try to buy 2-4 albums a month. That was an average cost of $25-$50 to listen to 20-50 new songs... some of which I enjoyed, some of which I didn't. $10 per month to listen
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by jeremymims 13y ago
Newspapers were largely ad driven since their "modern day" inception in the early 1700's. I'm going to need to write a blog post about this since I'm seeing so much confusion about how we got where we are and why we
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by jeremymims 13y ago
There absolutely is a reason why it's expensive. In fact, I could easily make a case that as a society we'd be better off if more money was invested in creating quality content. Believe it or not, the subscription costs usually on
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by jeremymims 13y ago
Ok, education time. You may not like ads but they heavily subsidize great content. In fact, the price of a New York Times subscription would be close to $1,500 per year if it weren't for advertisers keeping it closer to $300 (and that&
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by jeremymims 13y ago
Today, Groupon's market cap is $6.88 billion. So, maybe it would have been smart to sell, but as of today, they're ahead. I have a feeling that company wasn't quite the disaster you think it was.
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by jeremymims 13y ago
YC already has the ability to accept more startups from the thousands of applications it gets. Most high-quality startups are applying to YC even if they apply to other incubator/accelerator programs and the number of high-quality star
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by jeremymims 13y ago
There is a ton of legitimate content being regularly sent through e-mail. Most of it isn't targeted it at you and much of it is local in nature. If it's difficult for Google to ascertain who's promotional and who's not,
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by jeremymims 13y ago
The biggest problem with these tabs is that there is a very clear tab missing: Content/Editorial/News/ These are newsletters I've subscribed to that aren't promotional. Some are educational, some are local news and
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by jeremymims 13y ago
This analysis is tragically incorrect. The Times legal department in no way represents the Times newsroom or the developers who made Snow Fall. Reporters and developers love tools that let them tell stories like Snow Fall more quickly and i
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The New York Times told me to take this down(medium.com)
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by jeremymims 14y ago
I know this phenomenon may sound like a bug, but it's probably a feature. It means that many smart kids go to schools close to home and are able to enrich their own communities by staying nearby. It means that those rural towns get great la
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by jeremymims 14y ago
One bit missing from this story is that Foursquare and Gowalla didn't actually launch on the same day at SxSW. Foursquare had previously launched at the New York Tech Meetup a week or two earlier to an audience with a surprising amount of c
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by jeremymims 14y ago
There's certainly innovation taking place in enterprise sales, but don't discard the "old school" just because it isn't new. Many of the largest companies you can think of are "old school". Traditional enterprise sales is high touch relatio
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Looks like Steve Heymann has a history of this: "The case was picked up by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Heymann in Boston, the cybercrime prosecutor who won a record 20-year prison stretch for TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez. Heymann indicted A
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by jeremymims 14y ago
New York has a solution for this. It's called a livery car (they're usually Lincoln Town Cars). This is especially prudent when you have a flight to catch. You call and they send someone at the appointed time. It's cheaper than Uber and the
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by jeremymims 14y ago
I'm one of those people that enjoys a certain level of noise... usually music without lyrics. I can work without it but I find that I can more quickly get into "the zone" when I have a beat. I'm also not a huge fan of sitting in especially
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by jeremymims 14y ago
FiveThirtyEight is actually leased by The New York Times. Nate, brand, and all can leave the New York Times in the middle of 2013 once his contract is up. Depending on the election results, I wouldn't be surprised to see him ask for a whole
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by jeremymims 14y ago
These guys are from Columbia, MO which actually has many of the things necessary to start a tech scene: A good university, cheap housing, and initial angel investment from folks like Brent Beshore who know how to build a strong successful b
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by jeremymims 14y ago
None of these are the reasons that online news is broken. Online news is broken for one fundamental reason: It's currently hard to generate enough revenue from online ads to pay for the creation of high quality content. This is the only pro
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by jeremymims 14y ago
This personal blog post is referring to one of the top 100 local newspapers in the country. You may not like advertising, but this paper is 130 years old and has won a Pulitzer prize. It's the paper of record for the Riverside community.
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Meanwhile, searching for a Broadway address a few blocks away from the Manhattan Apple Store in SoHo led to directions to Broadway in Brooklyn, NY. I've used Apple products since 1993 (Centris 610) and even owned a Powerbook G3 trapped on A

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