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by mfringel 12y ago
It's definitely one of the better crafted "spend more time with the family" announcements. Barring other evidence, there's no particular reason to believe this is different than any other executive who is being encourage
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by mfringel 12y ago
Nothing of what you said is wrong, but your example has no compelling narrative. There's no example of proof of value, and there's no story behind it, relating it to something your prospective customer cares about as part of their
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Airbnb Will Collect Taxes in San Francisco Starting Next Month(recode.net)
4 points by mfringel 12y ago|0 comments
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by mfringel 12y ago
As a former wedding photographer, I typically went by the number of pictures I was willing to trust to a single card. Since file sizes went up at roughly the same time as storage sizes, I ratcheted up the maximum size SD card I'd use
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Roche Biochemical Pathways charts – navigable and annotated(roche.com)
72 points by mfringel 12y ago|17 comments
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by mfringel 12y ago
Alas, human nature is such that making it easy "to get their life back together after committing the 1st crime" decreases the incentive to do so. [citation needed]
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by mfringel 12y ago
The phrase "[the] sharing economy" continues to grate. It's the "renting economy". A bunch of entities, through technological means, enable people to efficiently make parts of their capital rentable. There's
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by mfringel 12y ago
One small fix would be to mark non-latin characters in an email address.
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by mfringel 12y ago
The MC CEO wants to instruct his people to never turn down a deal, because he wants to expand into the 85% of the market MC et al. do not have. He's making the bet that as he grows the market, MC will be able to make the new parts prof
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by mfringel 12y ago
Bitcoin is to payment system as git is to source control system. It's an interesting toolbox that can be used on its own, but gains a ton of power once tools are built on top of it.
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by mfringel 12y ago
Ignoring everything in that last statement after the "but", you say: I know it's devious for app developers to go after kids Agreed. Google is doing something about that.
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Pitch. Presentation. Proposal(blogs.akamai.com)
5 points by mfringel 12y ago|1 comments
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Pitch. Presentation. Proposal.(mattringel.com)
2 points by mfringel 12y ago|0 comments
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by mfringel 12y ago
In general, predictions from influential people can be translated as "My life will get a whole lot more convenient if x happens."
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Square plans sale as losses widen(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by mfringel 13y ago|1 comments
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by mfringel 13y ago
Exactly. Being underwater on a house means not being able to pull up sticks and just move. Strategic default might get you clear of the house, but your credit rating (and therefore your ability to rent) will be trashed.
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by mfringel 13y ago
There's also the possibility that uptake was insignificant enough to be indistinguishable from organic growth.
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by mfringel 13y ago
Not sure what you mean by one state being more or less homogeneous than another. The entities who would be receiving healthcare are 100% human, by population, regardless of state. Are you working from a different definition of homogeneous?
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Full Resolution, or "The Plumber and the Photographer"(mattringel.com)
1 points by mfringel 13y ago|0 comments
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by mfringel 13y ago
Actually, you just have to wait until the planet "generates" more oil via geological processes. You're just going to be waiting a very very long time.
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by mfringel 13y ago
"Will people..." "If many people..." "If a person...." Who are these people? Are they not you? If they're not you, what makes them different from you? If they are you, what makes you think you'
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by mfringel 13y ago
"Four weeks, use it or lose it" wouldn't tell me whether people actually used the vacation or not... which is a somewhat harder question to phrase.
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by mfringel 13y ago
28000 CNY/sqm * ~.1 sqm/sqft * .16 USD/CNY = ~$448/sqft. That's coming up on prices in SF, and a little bit more expensive than Boston. I had no idea.
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by mfringel 13y ago
People who are more experienced should also able to understand their audience and explain their objections in ways the other person will understand, even if it's just "The last time we did this the business lost $x. Can you expla
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by mfringel 13y ago
~or~ The Guy who Isn't Capable of Communication or Cooperation. You choose your pejorative terms, I'll choose mine.
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by mfringel 13y ago
Put another way, the 'designer' is the Sales Engineer.
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The Whiteboard Essays: How to keep your audience focused(mattringel.com)
2 points by mfringel 13y ago|0 comments
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by mfringel 13y ago
There are a ton of vertical applications (think industrial/manufacturing, etc.) built on an iPad2 plus purpose-built case with sensors, etc. The margins will only get better on the older hardware, and there's no way they'd wa
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by mfringel 13y ago
Okay. I'm game. $1998
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What is a Website?(mattringel.com)
1 points by mfringel 13y ago|0 comments

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