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by niklas_a 15y ago
I think this is a classic example of us old timers wishing our kids got the same experience as us. Back then, you HAD to spend time fiddling with the hardware. Today's kids are much more empowered. Since everything just works they can spen
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by niklas_a 15y ago
The downside being that you have very little consumer protection if you buy something that is broken. I buy everything through my Mastercard credit card. I always pay my bill at the end of the month so I never pay anything extra for it. It
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by niklas_a 15y ago
No, the banks take a cut. The interchange fee that goes to the networks (VISA & MC) is very low (don't know the exact amount). AMEX is another beast. AMEX is not sold through banks and AMEX can therefore set their own very high rates.
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Thanks for the comment. I didn't expect people to be so bothered by the popup. I will remove it.
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Yes exactly. For iOS this seems to be the only way right now. Would be much cooler if they could implement a couponing system. Then we could be Groupon for apps (Appoun?) :)
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Is it that you think it is intrusive?
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Show HN: My weekend hack project, Appload.io, get your app's first 1k users(appload.io)
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by niklas_a 15y ago
I'm sorry to say that this is wrong on so many levels. We engineers like to believe that the author is right and our guy gut tells us that "hey why do the sales people get commission and I don't??". So why is the author wrong? While there c
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by niklas_a 15y ago
I refuse out of principle to click on links with headlines that are so obviously trying to trick me into going to a site. Make the headline informative instead, if you have great content people will read and share it anyway. Better version
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by niklas_a 15y ago
"Science works with generalization and taxonomy." You still need to do the science though. Taking two examples and drawing general conclusions from that is just wrong. It's a case study of how B&J and Amazon have operated, which in itse
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Skype: 880M users MSN: 330M users AOL: 53M users ICQ: 50M users Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging
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by niklas_a 15y ago
The problem with this post, and other pieces by Spolsky is that he creates an example out of two extremes on what really is a sliding scale. Amazon burned through a lot of capital. B&J grew slowly during decades. In real life, things ar
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by niklas_a 15y ago
44% of Swedish men go on paternity leave, so it's not just the women :) And we are talking REAL swedish paternity leaves here of several months/a year, not the american weeks.
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by niklas_a 15y ago
(Swedish citizen here, so can't speak for Germany) I'm not gonna tell you it's easy. But it's not as bad as it sounds. The state takes the biggest hit. The employee does not receive full salary and the employer only pay a small part of that
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by niklas_a 15y ago
That didn't stop Sequoia from investing $155M in Klarna :)
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How does AWS know which instance i´m SSH:ing into?(stackoverflow.com)
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by niklas_a 15y ago
What do you mean by the "the glibness of this piece is annoying"? Thanks for the comment by the way!
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Explaining the latest batch of boring startups - the lazy entrepreneurs(agevik.se)
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Where Eric Ries’ methods break down(agevik.se)
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Lessons from notch - creating an overnight success(agevik.se)
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Seems like an excellent use for Kickstarter. Too bad that didn't exist when they got started!
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Still a deal breaker. I don't know who runs Uberzet or how the site is protected against hacking.
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Haha, I agree. I've never understood why defining your company in relation to another company makes sense. If you have a good business idea your company should be able to stand by itself.
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Startups say the darndest things(agevik.se)
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Is it any good?
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by niklas_a 15y ago
To anyone that thinks this means it is ready for production: think again. All release candidates have been buggy and slow. It MIGHT work on an iPhone 4S or the latest quad core Android phone but anything other than that it feels slow.
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Glad to see that the researches also propose a solution - doesn't seem like this is much of an issue. Not sure why it ended on the front page of YC.
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Clever guy. First he builds Twitter to make sure all other entrepreneurs are busy checking their tweets. Then he starts another company without any competition.
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Are you building a social fashion site? Here are 5 things to think about(agevik.se)
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by niklas_a 15y ago
Dated November 14..are we seeing the future?

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