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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I'm not a fan of the SMG myself (or equivalents from other manufacturers) nor is anyone else I know. But it's not really because of any real performance metric. SMG is far better at changing gears than any of us mortals could accomplish. Bu
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Only electric vehicles start at 0 RPM. Normal combustion engines idle under 1,000 RPM and the M5 has a fairly flat torque curve for a naturally aspirated car with somewhere around 260lbs at idle. That's very good and about 50% of its peak t
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
This is very strange and foreign reasoning to me. I competitively raced cars in an amateur series. You are claiming that the Tesla's superior throttle response makes it faster 0-60. The car needs to move the weight, so measuring it from whe
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Every existing shop and many auto enthusiasts can currently handle that without too much of a problem. I'd see it as similar to a transmission swap, but more likely simpler. The average person can't change a tire, or the small 40lb battery
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
The "learn how" link is a call to action but you really haven't given enough info for me to want to click it. Also, it suffers from a bit of a design-color challenge. The shade of blue you've picked doesn't provide enough contrast against t
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I don't think the fact that you'd be their first client is why you should run away screaming, I think all of what you said here is: "They then sent over an offer to pay them $7k (half up-front) for the preparation of an investment kit (inco
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I think some of my fellow Canadians are being a bit harsh on Square here. You raise some good points, Starbucks is also one of the only places here in Canada that I still swipe at. Most other places insert chip. But I think it will take a l
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Which fees? On rare occasions some retailers try to charge a small fee at the point of sale on debit payments but I've never heard of a fee for the consumer to use debit. I don't use cash and haven't for years. I only pay with debit.
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Regulations differ across different industries and most have an industry association that you can become a part of to do research. Manufacturing is very old-hat in North America. Truly rapid prototyping is bringing costs down, like a great
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
He states he gives a deer in the headlights look. Assuming he performs it well this is a very clear communication of: "I have no idea what you're talking about" So by not offering the routine and quick forms of 'yes I understand', a good co
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Hugely... Especially if you're developing a payments platform.
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
That's a 16% increase in weight and a 312% increase in power. I used to be a frequent poster on s2ki (autocross an AP1), the weight isn't that much of a hinderance when you increase power that much. Braking and turning will suffer.
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
but the hard part is getting them to adopt it That's true of most things that are new, though. It's a sales issue, and one that can be overcome. but without the ease of understanding their problems. I'd have to strongly disagree here. Y
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
There's definitely some truth to this. I live and work in a manufacturing town. I've worked for medium to largish manufacturers (500 people), to small ones (~15 people), and a couple in between. There are a lot of opportunities for technolo
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Turn it into a desktop app that works with Outlook and flavour of the month ERP and you just killed Salesforce. Every sales rep, sales manager, and marketer on the planet would love this. Great work.
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
If you're not already familiar with them: www.golfshot.com It's the best app I have ever purchased, and the most expensive. It does pretty much everything the amateur needs. They'd be tough to compete with.
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
It is a valid approach. In fact I'd argue that companies being profitable in the first month (or first year) are the exceptions, not the rule. Another public example is Amazon, they didn't record a profit until 8 years after incorporation:
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I was a bit hesitant to click the link, but I'm glad I did. "As it turns out, the ones who do it well are rare and far less visible because - like good programmers - their work is a lot harder to notice." This sums my experience perfectly
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Submit a sitemap to Google and update it every time you add pages. This helped me get all of my pages indexed.
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I hate to add another "this is why HN is going down the tube" post so I'm going to try and be very constructive here. There are naysayers for every idea. For new ideas there are more of them than when the ideas are established. Every new pr
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I have improving the search interface high up on my list of things to improve. You can search by word and an advantage of our system over other more general marketplaces is that you can specify your vehicle which returns results that are on
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I haven't seen evidence of that. Also note that this model opens up many potential revenue streams for us and our partnered forums. For reference, to list a part on eBay Motors at the average value of a part in this market without any of th
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. I'll work on it to make it better.
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I sense that you're right about the listing. I'm going to keep working on the homepage until I find something that works well. You can browse without signing up at the moment. It's more obvious on every page that's not the homepage. I will
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
I don't actually see anyone offering what we are, can you point out a few? Here's the key things that make us different than other marketplaces: - We control the flow of funds. When a buyer purchases a part we place it in a holding account
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Our aim is to integrate with forums and replace their classifieds and offer a full-service solution: http://partners.styckyd.com
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Show HN: We Built a New Kind of Marketplace(styckyd.com)
18 points by kerryfalk 14y ago|12 comments
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Seeking Technical Partner
2 points by kerryfalk 14y ago|0 comments
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
All of them advise other startups and have their own companies/practices to run. As mentioned earlier, I update them at the same time every week so they're up to date on what's happening. In fact, if they didn't make the effort to be up to
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by kerryfalk 14y ago
Every month, yes. I also meet with each individually when required/as time permits.

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