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by klbarry 16y ago
A little off topic, but now I'm very interested: How does Google docs make money? I don't recall ever being targeted for an ad by the content, and obviously regular users don't pay.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Google tries to make no judgments about the sites that go the top of their algorithms.
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by klbarry 16y ago
I don't mean to derail the thread, and the content of this news is great. But to respond to your post, that's only true in the loosest, vaguest sense of the word communism. First of all, it's only true in digital start-ups, because once you
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by klbarry 16y ago
Has anyone thought of paying something like Y Combinator $20,000 instead of going to college? It seems the value extracted is enormous...
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by klbarry 16y ago
I just want to thank Matt Cutts for always being classy. His blog posts/comment are always just set at a high bar.
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by klbarry 16y ago
For the average consumer, I think 4gb is more than enough Ram, they don't need anywhere near 24gb. I wonder what percentage of the computer market is scientists who need the massive processing power yours does?
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by klbarry 16y ago
32 GB ram is absurd in ordinary usage - what do you use your computer for?
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by klbarry 16y ago
I was fine until a (1) popped up in my email tab...
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by klbarry 16y ago
persistence, persistence, persistence
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by klbarry 16y ago
It might be a good idea for PG to charge a small monthly fee if the issue is server strength.
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by klbarry 16y ago
I think some children at least understand fully the power it gives them, and for some troubled children it is a tool to lash out.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Hmm, I didn't think about that at all. There's not much I could do about it, except delete it if someone complains and has proof Events are geographic oriented, and NYC is where our company is, so it made sense to make it only NYC oriented.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Thanks for commenting: I'm pretty tied up regarding software, like Facebook, Twitter, etc. The programming part is all done by Slinkset, I can only change some design features, the right-side column, and the marketing. As far as spammers go
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Rate my pseudo-startup
1 points by klbarry 16y ago|4 comments
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by klbarry 16y ago
Apple stock is about to take a beating :/
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by klbarry 16y ago
Link building has all to do with making content that people find interesting enough to link to/talk about on social networks, and designing it to get links from certain types of sites with certain types of anchor text. As far as I know, Goo
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by klbarry 16y ago
Could this be confirmation bias, because only liberal iranians would talk to a Westerner?
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by klbarry 16y ago
An interesting note here for those of who who like Minecraft: There has been another sandbox game called Dwarf Fortress out for a while now, which Notch said he used as a big inspiration for Minecraft. Dwarf Fortress lets you build out your
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Has anyone here tried ad copy in the "Does Anyone Else?" format?
2 points by klbarry 16y ago|1 comments
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by klbarry 16y ago
You can also buy Edward Bernays books Propaganda and Crystallizing Public Opinion for a very fair price on Amazon, though Propaganda at least isn't so great.
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by klbarry 16y ago
They wouldn't say it those terms, but they might very well think it or say it in other terms. You wouldn't say, "Holy shit! This call to action button is better" but you might want to click it more.
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by klbarry 16y ago
To be fair, the guy who recently fixed on the big car companies (either Ford or GM, I don't remember), had no experience with cars but is said to have done an amazing job.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Historian? That blows my mind, who, besides academics, hires historians? I understand studying history is vital to being a competent executive/decision maker, but no one hires solely on that.
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by klbarry 16y ago
I love Ohlife, it's just so easy and natural to send an email, it takes almost no activation energy.
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by klbarry 16y ago
I think people are downvoting this because it appears you're fighting the wrong person. "sown" was the one who cursed at you, so this reply seems a bit out of place, since this reply is above "sown"'s post.
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by klbarry 16y ago
This was shown in experiments Jonah Lehrer wrote about in "How We Decide"
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by klbarry 16y ago
It's really so sneaky. Before I started school, I worked full time and I was still living paycheck to paycheck. I started school, with an obviously lower part-time salary, and I'm now comfortable adapted to the new salary (have money to bur
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by klbarry 16y ago
I think that's most of it, but there's also sales commission on huge projects.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Wow, I've never seen such a high rating on Amazon! Thanks, I will definitely buy, and I can make my judgement between your method and your detractor's.
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Ask HN: What are some books that go over execution, not strategy?
8 points by klbarry 16y ago|8 comments

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