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by msrpotus 14y ago
The question is: how do you monetize near-limitless storage? Google figured that out with ads. Until someone finds a way to pay for it, that won't happen and once someone figures it out, Dropbox will probably be able to do the same.
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Look at BuzzFeed and the Huffington Post's strategies (at least for reporters and news, not for the entertainment parts of their site). They quickly managed to establish themselves by luring big names who people would want to read. It's pro
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I feel like someday I'll be saying this about my iPad.
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Many organizations (both SuperPACs and "charities") aren't included there. It's believed that Republican groups are probably out-spending Democratic ones but because a lot of that advertising is done by groups that are supposed to be charit
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Sounds like Hacker News but on iOS and curated by Marco. While I'm sure he's a great guy, I get something pretty similar for free, right here.
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What's the solution? Another body that will then be corrupted by Wall Street?
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So question about this question: do you think this can be trained (and if so, would that training help with job performance) or it's just an inherent characteristic?
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I actually think you're wrong. If someone is willing to keep going, they might be able to salvage something (or even rebuild) after running out of VC money. If the founder(s) just give up, then it's over, but until then, there's still a cha
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I wonder, though. How much is the increased news consumption a reflection of who owns tablets vs. the effects of tablets themselves? Even without my iPad, I'd still read lots of news (though probably less from Twitter late at night), and I'
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Density might be even more important--even with bike lanes, people won't bike if the distances are too far.
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Wix Lounge is pretty great. http://www.wixlounge.com/ It's open 9-5 every day near Union Square. Has coffee and decent chairs, though can get a little loud.
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I would have liked iOS 6 but you know what? My iPad still works and still does everything I bought it to do. Sure, it might be cool to have some of the new features but I'm perfectly happy without them.
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Mapping isn't a finite problem. If you read about the Coastline Paradox ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox ), every map is based on abstraction. You can get more and more detail but there will always be parts that are simplifi
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But from what I've heard, their tests are more focused on demonstrating learning. The standardized tests I took (here in the US) were laughably easy and not always connected to actually learning anything.
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Also not the poster, but study after study finds that education and income inequality is correlated with everything from crime rates (unsurprisingly, poor people are more likely to commit, or at least get caught committing, crimes) to menta
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Is Apple (or Amazon or Google) really interested in enforcing this? While the rules might say that kids can't inherit ebooks or songs, I have trouble believing that they'd actually try to enforce it. It does raise the broader issue of house
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Agreed. Looks cool and I'd like to support them but for the most part, the only improvement over my current bank is the design.
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Unfortunately, not all managers are great. Some are intentionally bad (or at least misguided), others just don't know what the effects of their actions are.
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How are they so expensive? That doesn't sound right, unless it's looking at the entire cost of the program per bike, rather than just the marginal cost of a new bike.
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Does that actually work to balance out demand enough? I know Paris tried to do the same thing but found that incentives weren't enough. Then again, that was the city government, so they may have been more constrained in terms of how large t
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Having used the London bikes when I visited, they really aren't so bad. Not as good as the bike I have at home, but they do everything you'd want out of a beater bike. No one is racing them or anything, just going from one place to another.
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Good that I've passed that test.
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That's why there is crop insurance. Humans, last I checked, can't control the weather, so we create systems to make up for that risk.
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I always do it; never sure if it actually had any impact.
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Besides which, Zynga has been innovative and has come up with new ways of spreading games. They might not have much of a technical edge, but it's not like Zynga has never done anything new.
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I've noticed that as well; it's frequently easier and more enjoyable to dig into code (or, for that matter, read things here) than to do some of the actual important work necessary for business.
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Almost identical to the financialization that's been going on with Wall Street.
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Get people to sign up (even just to see a demo video or something) and then remind them. The number one reason people do anything is because they are asked. So ask them.
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What did you think it was selling?
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He's right about some of those but others are just ridiculous. Sure, being home with your family or socializing with other people at an event might not contribute much to your startup, but you need to relax sometimes. It's dangerous to conf

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