majani

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Kenya presidential election cancelled by Supreme Court(bbc.com)
2 points by majani 9y ago|0 comments
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by majani 9y ago
That's not rugby, it's Aussie Rules, but those are illegal tackles in both sports. I don't know why the poster chose a video of vicious fouls to make his point about safety.
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by majani 9y ago
That phone already exists and I'm using it right now: the Gionee M6 Lite. Everything in your wishlist except the physical keyboard, for $130. Since it's a Chinese phone it doesn't get much hype.
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by majani 9y ago
It's very hard for people to fathom this, but there is a level of wealth where it is rational to blow most of your money and set aside only a small percentage for your loved ones. If Bill Gates blows 99.999% of his wealth, his kids sti
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by majani 9y ago
There's nothing sinister here. Just large margins that can accomodate silly spending. But the margins are driven by justly earned efficiencies.
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by majani 9y ago
You're greatly overestimating the number of users who change defaults in their software. It would be a huge hit to Google's mobile efforts for sure.
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by majani 9y ago
While this is true, I think golf etiquette makes it easier to handle the mental side. No screaming fans and flashing lights to deal with during the game like in other sports.
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by majani 9y ago
There's no extensions on Android Chrome, and the reason is simple: if they enable extensions, people will mostly install ad blockers and that's bad for business at Google
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by majani 9y ago
Nigeria IS a giant. It's the biggest economy in Africa by nominal GDP. However, it's probably also the most unequal place on earth. The wealth is incredibly concentrated with the oil and political elite, and they have a habit of s
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by majani 9y ago
as much as Africa is not a country, it's absolutely crucial to be able to scale across borders to be able to achieve VC returns here. In Africa, if you stay in one country with an idea that's not a basic need you have very little
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by majani 9y ago
88mph, probably the largest angel fund in Africa in recent times, did this successfully in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Results are yet to be determined (disclaimer: I am an investee of 88mph)
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by majani 9y ago
Were good quality standards maintained when your grandpa started his Sunday routine?
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by majani 9y ago
Can people in this thread please take a minute to consider demographics outside your immediate circles?
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by majani 9y ago
Background play is one of YouTube Red's features as well.
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by majani 9y ago
Also engagement for social media is second to none when you get it right.
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by majani 9y ago
Considering how Facebook still has so many giant monetization levers to pull(Groups, Events, Video, Whatsapp and Messenger) their financial performance is nothing short of amazing,regardless of opinion on the product itself.
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by majani 9y ago
They keep coming up with great, easy to use ad products that convert.
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by majani 9y ago
The way I see it, they're going to settle into their niches eventually, where Facebook is the best brand advertising platform and Google is the best direct response advertising platform. In that case, FB would take significant bites of
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by majani 9y ago
The tech middlemen are simply way more efficient than their brick and mortar counterparts. Surely this argument was put to rest years ago.
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by majani 9y ago
I think the most common instance is the middle ground, where an entrepreneur can clearly see systemic issues with his/her company, but still raises funds to keep the gravy train going.
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by majani 9y ago
I voted you up for making good points, but I think Facebook's 3b buyout offer(which many thought was on the high side at the time) negates any accusations of abuse of power.
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by majani 9y ago
They gave a massive buyout offer before copying. There was only one thing left to do after that.
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by majani 9y ago
This is a more balanced view of work from home. I'd add that loneliness is a big minus from my experience.
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by majani 9y ago
Dude, people have already seen the receipts on this scandal. Only thing left is for the women affected to come out with the screenshots.
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by majani 9y ago
Situations like these make me wonder about the Asian family-centric model of business. Many times it is touted as the way for minorities to get out of poverty, and here it seems to be the case because him and his wife are making out like ba
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by majani 9y ago
Just to balance the hagiography out, the company has mostly bad reviews on Glassdoor: https://www.glassdoor.ca/Reviews/SOTI-Reviews-E156148.htm
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by majani 9y ago
I think one of the issues is that in VCs allow the hottest start-ups to take money off the table in later funding rounds. So the question in an entrepreneur's mind becomes whether he should build slowly and make a few hundred thousand
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by majani 9y ago
What if that African kid comes up with a "bullshit" idea that's profitable? e.g sports betting, USSD rebill, celebrity gossip etc, which are all billion dollar niches in Africa. Would you still fund him in that case?
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by majani 9y ago
As someone who is in the business, the one thing that has had this effect is YouTube's drive towards brand safety. Brand safety always has a material effect on an advertising company's bottom line, and YouTube being loss-making, t
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by majani 9y ago
Advertiser friendly also means having considerable audience numbers. If I could hazard a guess, I'd say most of the big YouTube channels have built their numbers up with edginess as their differentiator and they worry about losing that

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