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by jordank 15y ago
Legal folks, can a non-profit be acquired for more than $0? It's a great deal for Good as they get the fruits of $3.5 Million in charity for free, but I'm not sure how they would pay unless the IP was locked up in a for-profit licensing-cen
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by jordank 15y ago
We put all of our query numbers up at http://ddg.gg/traffic.html .
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by jordank 15y ago
Another choice comment: On each planet is something ice on one, sand, lava, on another, etc., This is where we get our weather from in some ways. Our Earth is in the solar system of these other planets revolving around them. I'm just not su
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Ask HN: U.S. based development firms
1 points by jordank 15y ago|1 comments
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by jordank 15y ago
I'd love to hear the experiences of people who've used Munch On Me. I've never bought a coupon for a specific food item before, and am wondering if that feels normal.
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by jordank 15y ago
I wonder if there is a reporting bias for people who have had bad AirBnb experiences, given that renting out your apartment is not always legal.
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by jordank 15y ago
Two-sided marketplaces are perfect when all actors are reasonable, but upon mainstream adoption many services invite whole range of unreasonable actors. Services that exist in a known niche probably can't scale the way that mass-market serv
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by jordank 15y ago
It's as if anyone can say anything and get published in HBR these days.
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by jordank 15y ago
It's mostly a journalistic device, but the notion of the next ______ (Google, Scorcese, insert popular thing) is flawed. There won't be a next ______, and that is okay.
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by jordank 15y ago
See real traffic numbers at http://duckduckgo.com/traffic.html
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by jordank 15y ago
A great tool for recipe ideas is to enter two ingredients and see what comes up: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=chickpea+potato
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by jordank 15y ago
Also, DuckDuckGo just integrated Github into search results. If you search for "email-spec" you'll get a description directly from Github. Your original query works too.
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by jordank 15y ago
I actually tried to contribute interaction design to to Elgg (referenced in the post). I spent some hours on concepts and got almost no response on the forums. Hindsight is 20/20 but I've found that some open source devs aren't that excited
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by jordank 15y ago
Beyond communication and coordination costs - 1000 people at $100,000 = $100MM/yr.
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Innovation challenge: Data Design Diabetes(datadesigndiabetes.com)
4 points by jordank 15y ago|0 comments
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by jordank 15y ago
Most people don't have ongoing location discovery needs that would cause them to consistently engage with location based apps and services. People find the things that are compelling to them and then they tend to move on. People who live in