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by jraines 18y ago
Let's review. The long tail exists because links and traffic on the web (roughly approximating attention/buying intent/market size) follow a power law. So of course there are still going to be hits that seem to be "winner take all"; if it
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by jraines 18y ago
Nowhere did he say that being an athlete or good looking meant you were dumb. He does say it automatically makes you popular, and I'm not sure I agree with that. Better make sure you're a good athlete in football if you're south of the Mas
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by jraines 18y ago
No. Posterous is really cool and I think it will be a big hit, but sending an email is not simpler than using the Tumblr bookmarklet, which makes blogging practically unconscious.
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by jraines 18y ago
Or capsize them with a dingy launched from his megayacht.
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by jraines 18y ago
If tomorrow you come up with a catchy term for a concept that captures the imagination of the business media market and then write a bestseller around that concept -- I guarantee you will still be "pimping" it 4 years from now.
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by jraines 18y ago
The latter really doesn't happen without the former, in my opinion.
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by jraines 18y ago
Well, you can call me an elitist (though I've never been a member of or interested in Mensa), but I don't think this is crap. Happiest times of my life were when I was among high concentrations of intelligent people on a daily basis. The v
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by jraines 18y ago
1984 Walden, Civil Disobedience, Letters to a Stoic The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
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by jraines 18y ago
Yeah, but his answer is in line with what's known about cognitive development.
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by jraines 18y ago
I would argue that there are no contexts where "working the system" isn't necessary for success, including startups. The systems you have to work here can even be more difficult because they are distributed -- investors, potential customer
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by jraines 18y ago
Yeah, my dad, a family practice physician for 20 years, would confirm this. His monthly overhead costs (in a tightly run physicians' group) are mind blowing and he has working hours and a sleep schedule that would stupify this 25 year old.
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by jraines 18y ago
can we ban stories like this? they make my worktime web surfing less enjoyable and hurt my self-actualization
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by jraines 18y ago
Just call it something more exotic sounding and charge an even higher commission on earnings.
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by jraines 18y ago
It's completely possible to be able to play chess and enjoy it, in a sense, at 6 without being autistic. "You would be shitty parents and you're autistic". Nice line of argument.
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by jraines 18y ago
"hone to the right degree" what does that mean, exactly? Did someone forget to impart precision to you, ever? And how are you so sure that 6 is "for damn sure" to old? I was in a gifted program at 6, and I don't remember much about it ex
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by jraines 18y ago
I think you can impart reason and judgment without killing imagination.
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by jraines 18y ago
Agreed. Installed user base and brand recognition aren't to be underestimated with a service to which people have to entrust their payment information.
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by jraines 18y ago
(LoTR > Harry Potter) x infinity
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by jraines 18y ago
What's more likely: that you could have a startup generating revenue of $60K a month in 3 years or spend that time building traffic to some website for adsense and affiliate sales for the same? Every time I put down my coding manuals to re
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by jraines 18y ago
Don't skimp on the database design. It can make your life a lot easier if you're model is tight. Learn how to think about your data model as Entities and Attributes and the relationships between them. Then find a tutorial on database norma
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by jraines 18y ago
www.everyblock.com I can't wait to see how far they progress towards very ambitious goals. Definitely seems like they've got the team to succeed. Also can't wait until they roll out to other cities.
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by jraines 18y ago
They really should do one of two things: 1) Throw AdWords on their fail page 2) Make it a contest; for example if you happen to spot the special green Fail Whale, you win an iPod.
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by jraines 18y ago
I've never wanted $25 million as bad as while watching the new "When We Left Earth: The NASA missions" mini-series on Discovery HD.
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by jraines 18y ago
I bet it would look like ass after about a week (things sticking to it and being harder to remove than metal; wrinkling; effects of cold/heat)
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by jraines 18y ago
I prefer "Twitter is throwing the Fail Whale"
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by jraines 18y ago
If this is real then all the other males in there are absolutely sackless for not kicking this guy's ass after he threw the monitor at that lady.
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by jraines 18y ago
Actually it almost certainly wouldn't, unless you mean specifically for you. They're constantly in the press, they generate conversations on sites like this, and they've spawned a legion of (number)(noun) imitators. It's one of the basic p
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by jraines 18y ago
People who look at resumes all day spend 15 seconds looking at most resumes because that's how long it takes to find something stupid or disqualifying for the job, not because they look for something awesome for 15 seconds and then chuck i
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by jraines 18y ago
I don't think they ever suggest that their way is the only way. There's nothing wrong with saying how you do something and making a case for it; you don't have to add a disclaimer to everything you write about doing business.
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by jraines 18y ago
*past

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