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by mrtron 13y ago
Thanks! I didn't expect the other videos to be getting so much love :) I am re-watching them myself! Bonus video I just made public: http://youtu.be/ah17HPs7oDI One of those odd moments when you are 30-something and
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by mrtron 13y ago
Thank you! It was an incredible trip - Japan is so beautiful and unique. Glad you enjoyed the flat escalator! For some reason it caught my eye. The vertical parking garage was neat too (and only a few blocks away in Kanazawa)!
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by mrtron 13y ago
I took a video of this building when I was visiting in Osaka (apologies for the quality, the video is quite zoomed in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbJBwTHidGI&feature=c4-overvi... I happened to spot this building in
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by mrtron 13y ago
Additional data point: Garry helped me prepare for my YC interview in 2008. He was happy to help and provided great feedback.
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by mrtron 13y ago
Most people own a fraction of their home, and hold a mortgage that is largely backed by the value of the home.
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by mrtron 13y ago
I think my first term was $2700/school term + 500/work term as a co-op fee. (in 2001).
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by mrtron 13y ago
People care about tulips. They don't care about other variants much. This gives tulips value and not the other variants. Both are true statements.
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by mrtron 13y ago
Agreed. It creates a perception gap.
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by mrtron 13y ago
Also isn't necessarily diversifying. A major USD crash could also crash BTC.
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by mrtron 13y ago
That sounds even shadier...
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by mrtron 13y ago
Why is BB chasing consumers and not enterprise? Consumer was about 80% of their revenue, I can't find a source for this currently but it was very high.
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by mrtron 13y ago
Lately I have been thinking a lot about the giant leap of faith you have when installing an app. There is no free trial, and most apps you can't understand until you start using them. One of the biggest gaps is games - most promotion
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by mrtron 13y ago
Clearly indicated on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JustFab Obviously the VCs did diligence - however they must have considered the shady business as an acceptable risk factor. I think the answer to what you are asking
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by mrtron 13y ago
It used to be business-centric was enough. Now user-centric is coming fast and hard to the business market.
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by mrtron 13y ago
You can't due to publisher relationships.
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by mrtron 13y ago
The design makes that sentence non-obvious to be the primary description. Additionally the sentence is difficult to scan.
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by mrtron 13y ago
It appears like for physical books you buy - you will be able to get the digital version cheap or free. It is an extremely unclear landing page.
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by mrtron 13y ago
The obvious is underrated.
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by mrtron 13y ago
I believe the mystery is around the lost technology to build such things.
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by mrtron 13y ago
You can decide to pay more for quality (or your perceived quality) on goods&services anywhere in the world.
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by mrtron 13y ago
> Maybe there are better ways of monetising than forcing >multiple pages of ads down your users throats? :) If only life were so black and white.
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by mrtron 13y ago
When I moved to Palo Alto there was a free one sitting in the hallway of the apartment building!
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by mrtron 13y ago
There are many drugs which are socially acceptable - including alcohol. People would look like you have 2 heads if you said you take stimulant drugs daily and have withdrawal without it, but coffee is incredibly popular. Sometimes what you
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by mrtron 13y ago
Feels like a tipping point for Nest. Someone like this could be the next Apple. I feel strongly a few of these Internet enabled devices will pave the way for a new industry. Imagine Nest being purchased by every household (like the iPod)
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by mrtron 13y ago
Yes. Anchoring price and legitimacy.
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by mrtron 13y ago
The very expensive items are just establishing the legitimacy of this 'fine art' section. Amazon doesn't need those items to sell. Having them listed alone makes the art section feel like it is fine, and makes people more c
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by mrtron 13y ago
It also shows the opportunity for a new open standard to emerge very quickly. The timing feels right. The battleground seems to be photo sharing this time, not links.
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by mrtron 13y ago
The Nexus Q feels like the Nexus One. An experiment paving the way into a market. A hardware beta test. I expect to see an amazing Samsung gaming+streaming machine running Android.
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by mrtron 13y ago
We are living in the future.
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by mrtron 13y ago
Look at MySQL as an example of regulation not being for support.

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