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by jeremymims 14y ago
After Anonymous (or an individual in Anonymous) shut down millions of small business websites today, this legislation or executive order is now far more likely to happen. Enough people with clout will want to prevent "hackers" from messing
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Quite honestly, a lawsuit is a waste of time. All Craigslist ever had to do to beat Padmapper was to add a search results map feature to their own product.
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by jeremymims 14y ago
The reason I go with the simple analysis is because most people aren't aware that their newspaper costs quite a bit more than the subscription cost. I'd be really interested in hearing what's working for you and what isn't. Shoot me an e-ma
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by jeremymims 14y ago
What I mean to say is that as a newspaper subscriber, you've never really paid the full cost of what it cost to write, research, produce, package, and deliver a paper to your door. It's a loss leader with the assumption that print ads would
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Newspapers have historically earned about 80% of their revenue from advertisers and about 20% from subscriptions. However, newspapers typically lose money on these subscriptions since the cost of producing and delivering paper outstrips the
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Stanley I. Mason, who I met once later in his life before he passed away was what we might call a true inventor. He was kind enough to show me his shop and to give me some of his design notebooks (I returned them to his daughter after he pa
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by jeremymims 14y ago
It's very important to keep in mind that Spotify and Pandora keep very little of their revenue. Based on calculations I did back in April, Spotify has about 3 million paid users and 10 million unpaid users. Spotify said they were on track t
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not married and I don't have children. Truly having it all (defined as having a stimulating and powerful career while being fully present in your children's lives) is difficult for anyone: women and men. There's only so much
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by jeremymims 14y ago
That's possible. However, if that's the case, I'm surprised Craig hasn't engaged at all on this issue. It would seem an awful lot of lousy stuff is happening in his name.
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Keep in mind that I was explaining to a newspaper publisher why Craigslist would not work with them to help them make more money. Craig's focus is on building tools that help fact-check stories and help news organizations remain trustworthy
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by jeremymims 14y ago
This isn't a personal attack. It's an observation. I sincerely lack a better way to characterize Craig's behavior. Since Craigslist is as small as it is and is named after the founder, it's very difficult to explain these seemingly irration
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Actually, Craig has a history of speaking personally with founders using CL data, acting nice, and then mysteriously shutting down their mechanism for getting data without replying. Even if they weren't trying to make money. http://techcru
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Craigslist could: - kill Padmapper instantly by building a map function to view their listings. - elect not to build a map feature because they think it's trivial and they believe no one cares. So Padmapper should languish. - buy Padmapper
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by jeremymims 14y ago
There are some interesting things happening on the reporting side: data analysis, drone usage, citizen-sourced journalism, and more. However, I believe the most interesting things right now are happening on the news monetization side. News
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by jeremymims 14y ago
There's a company in New Haven, CT that makes furniture out of cardboard. It's surprisingly strong but I wouldn't jump on it: http://www.chairigami.com My concern with cardboard is that there is going to be some lower breaking point (espe
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by jeremymims 14y ago
Can we put this to rest once and for all? Craigslist is a for-profit company. From the fact sheet you've apparently cited without reading: Q: Is craigslist a nonprofit? A: No, craigslist was incorporated as a for-profit in 1999.
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Of course I'm not giving up open source software (we use it in our YC backed startup). But the attitude of this community has changed since four years ago... for the worse. In the past, when someone submitted something to the community, the
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by jeremymims 15y ago
I couldn't agree more. This is an utterly toxic set of circumstances. While YC is utterly brilliant, Hacker News is so full of haters that it's downright... uninspiring? What happened to being a supportive community that encouraged people t
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by jeremymims 15y ago
I honestly can't remember the last time a fellow HN user put together an unfinished project, wrote a blog post demonstrating the ideas behind the project, and then had his work so shamelessly ripped off on the very day it was created! To se
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by jeremymims 15y ago
In 2005, there was no other choice but to work directly with the carriers if you wanted your software widely distributed on mobile phones. At the time, Sam was acknowledged for having the chutzpa to go negotiate directly with the carriers a
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by jeremymims 15y ago
This issue comes up quite a bit. Since OwnLocal works with a number of small businesses, we've heard many so-called "horror" stories. What it boils down to is Yelp filters positive reviews for effusiveness (and ALL CAPS), personal connectio
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Roel, this path has already happened in the United States. In fact, we're in yet another round of consolidation where private equity groups are purchasing large stakes in the largest newspaper companies. What we're starting to see is the re
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by jeremymims 15y ago
This isn't all that surprising. Regional papers rely on wire services for national stories. Thus, it doesn't matter which newspaper you read, you'll probably be reading the AP's story. You might just as easily read the "really good" origina
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Interesting concept. At first glance a noble mission. Nevertheless, this is yet another rationalization for something horrible. When you think about sentient animals that enjoy entertainment, feel boredom, get aggressive when confined, and
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by jeremymims 15y ago
This is correct. One of the reasons that FedEx and UPS have lower costs is that they've been able to turn over many unprofitable "last mile" deliveries to the USPS. In many cases though, this has been mutually beneficial. FedEx and UPS are
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by jeremymims 15y ago
- Much of the reason for the secondary contact information is to ensure that if you are a match they have multiple ways to find you. - You may be a match for someone ten years down the line. Odds are that you won't be in exactly the same pl
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by jeremymims 15y ago
The relevance for newspapers is that they can take their current strengths and relationships and find a new source of revenue that's relevant to their current considerable customer base. Most journalistic enterprises are running short of ca
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by jeremymims 15y ago
I joined one of the drives a week ago in New York. Swabbing your cheek is easy, filling out the form is easy, and even though the odds are I'm not a match for Amit, I may one day be the match for someone else. From what I understand, the pr
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by jeremymims 15y ago
The key to remaining relevant to the business community in a small town is to provide the online services that they need to buy anyway. If the newspaper doesn't help local businesses make the transition online, someone else will.
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by jeremymims 15y ago
Amit Gupta is a big reason I moved to New York City and one of the reasons I wanted to be a startup founder. He is talented, giving, and above all, kind to everyone around him. Most people don't realize that the startup scene in New York Ci

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