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by nlh 13y ago
This is the one that comes to mind off the top of my head (and Google), but I know I've seen about 6 articles over the past few years: http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Graphic/2008/06/...
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by nlh 13y ago
Not for me. I can get 10 hours of sleep at night but I'll still hit an afternoon lull post-lunch. I'm sure if I really worked at it I could figure out why (too big a lunch? blood sugar spike?) but regardless, I'm good to g
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by nlh 13y ago
The culture of "napping = weakness / laziness" is still so prevalent in the US workforce. It's frustrating - because it's not logical, it's just pretty deeply ingrained. I set up a (rather nice) nap room at my
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by nlh 13y ago
Uber collects the full amount of the fare, but keeps only 20% of it for itself -- 80% goes right back out the door to the driver. Typically this is called "Gross Revenue" vs. "Net Revenue" So the $1B in gross revenue is
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by nlh 13y ago
This is great - in theory. Let me bring up something which the article brings up right away but none of the comments seem to discuss. Look at it from the startup's side of things: The ideal office that we'd all love to work in -
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by nlh 13y ago
No, about 20 active users. I personally LOVE Dropbox -- love it. Great tech, great company, great people. But it's ideal for a very specific type of use case -- exactly what they've always wanted to be: A dead-simple shared, w
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by nlh 13y ago
Depends what your definition of "good" is -- my company is about to switch to Box from Dropbox. Once you get to a certain size and have a certain type of user (non-power-users), Box is MUCH better for maintaining some organization
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by nlh 13y ago
I have a feeling that enough people agree with you on this that regardless of the legal / regulatory situation, a social framework is going to emerge that pretty strongly discourages talking on the phone on a plane. Even today, if you
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by nlh 13y ago
Worth looking into! Thanks. I know there's been at several cases where we specifically lost because of lack of imprint, but another thing I've learned in dealing with the credit card issuers is that, despite what we hope, there
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by nlh 13y ago
SUPER clever idea -- kudos for that. In theory, this is awesome. As a consumer, I love it. As a merchant, however (which I am), there is no chance I would accept this. None. Unless the issuers (that is, Visa, MC, Amex) drastically chang
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by nlh 13y ago
I basically know the geography of Chicago, having only been there in real life a handful of times, because of my time playing Midtown Madness and the various MS Flight Simulators. I actually got a bit sad during a trip a few weeks ago when
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by nlh 13y ago
Agreed. The CNET investigation seemed to have some pretty solid (or, at least, convincing) evidence that these are floating data centers or something similar to that. My sense is that a floating marketing center would be VERY different th
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by nlh 13y ago
Site is unviewable on Chrome for iPad (ios7).
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by nlh 13y ago
The lawmakers opposed to these bikes (and a lot of the commenters here) all are operating under the stated assumption that the bikes' speed ("unpredictable") makes them a major risk to pedestrians. Is there actually any evide
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by nlh 13y ago
Our swimming coach in high school was named Harry Kramp. Can't make this stuff up.
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by nlh 13y ago
That's the equivalent of saying that a painter shouldn't sketch or doodle. That he/she will just "know" when the subject is right and start painting the right picture. I humbly disagree. Not saying you should -pursu
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by nlh 13y ago
Workflowy. A few others have mentioned it, but I thought I'd provide some more details about why I like it: -- Super simple. Clean UI, can organize a TON of info in a small space. -- Multi-device. I use the web version when I'm on
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by nlh 13y ago
Very good points - thanks! This helps me clarify my thinking a bit: I think the 37signals approach is actually a good one. The key there is that the team stays together, works together, and evolves together - even if the actual project of
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by nlh 13y ago
I agree with most of what the post says -- entrepreneurs today rarely have a "clean" linear history, and that's actually pretty cool. I disagree with one point: At Bloomberg Beta, we have backed founders who we know have job
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by nlh 13y ago
I find it somewhat amazing that a few months ago, I'd have read an article like this and thought "Man, talk about paranoid." But today, after all that I've read and learned recently, it makes perfect sense.
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by nlh 13y ago
Fantastic. I've been waiting for this to happen, and not the least bit surprised it's coming from Google. I've been super excited for the HTML5/Canvas/JavaScript takeover of web interactivity from the grips of Flas
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by nlh 13y ago
I...bought...twenty shares of Augury Insurance (which sells auto insurance — a good bet, considering all the cars I've been wrecking) I'd argue the opposite, no? The 100-year-storm of destruction that we, as Player 1, unleash u
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by nlh 13y ago
First thought: "Awesome - power for phone if everything goes to hell." Second thought: "Wait, if everything goes to hell, there's not going to be any cell service." Third thought: "Oh well, at least I'l
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by nlh 13y ago
FreeSwitch isn't really a "successor" to Asterisk -- Asterisk is still very much in active development (as is FreeSwitch - I think). More like a competing (in a good way) project. See: http://www.freeswitch.org&#
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by nlh 13y ago
This is cool stuff -- also shows how far things have come in the past decade. I'm running my company's phone system on a cloud-hosted Asterisk system -- it's basically the same thing that we've been using for years, and
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by nlh 13y ago
So let's speculate about what the article almost-but-doesn't-quite propose: The NSA, or related parties, was responsible for the breach. There was an investigation and postmortem, but because of an NSL or other gag-type order, the
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by nlh 13y ago
Here's a question, based on an experience. Two scenarios: A) A company posts fake reviews about itself, through whatever means. Consumers get a false representation of the business. The company and its associates are the bad guys,
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by nlh 13y ago
This points to an interesting strategy folks could take when taking on Patent Trolls ... cutting through the corporate veil of the holding companies and personally identifying the people who are behind the trolls....the inventors, the paten
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by nlh 13y ago
Almost none are truly independent or outside of a jurisdiction - I think he meant more metaphorically. But if you're interested in how the scenario you mentioned plays out, read up on some of the history of Sealand: http://e
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by nlh 13y ago
I agree in theory. But the fact is there are customers who are simply irrational. They use your $5 product, make up an excuse to be unhappy, and then demand $1000 in credit. They'll threaten you with "negative publicity" i

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