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721.
by noodle 16y ago
they are not a direct competitor. their offering is not equal to paypal's. they only do a few things, but try to do them well. the services they provide are similar to some things that people are doing with paypal.
722.
by noodle 16y ago
embarassed? no. but i've done some projects that failed that i don't mention to anyone anymore. the only thing left of them are the lessons learned in my mind.
723.
by noodle 16y ago
i think this was more about getting press and making people aware of wepay's existence. most people who fit into their niche are likely not aware of them.
724.
by noodle 16y ago
its fair that you do lose some data when you aren't able to see who has multivoted, but it does provide you more information than if you were funneled into one choice alone which didn't represent you
725.
by noodle 16y ago
can't you select multiple answers?
726.
by noodle 16y ago
> People have always been angry with PayPal. and yet people don't have a viable alternative that provided the same or similar serivces. i'd stop using it almost immediately if had one. > I don't think it is. It's not at all disrupt
727.
by noodle 16y ago
being disruptive doesn't necessarily imply success. in what way do you think wepay right now is disruptive? plus, its not like paypal was the first online payments system. sometimes its about timing, and at this point in time, there are a
728.
by noodle 16y ago
provide the same basic functionality (perhaps make it easier to use), and improve customer service. i'd be willing to pay somewhat more for the same service if i have more of an assurance that my funds won't get frozen/confiscated/etc., and
729.
by noodle 16y ago
indeed. if wepay would provide a very basic, simple method for sending/receiving payments and provide something like paypal's IPN, i'd be all over it. the focus on groups is good for carving out a niche for the service, but its not someth
730.
by noodle 16y ago
i agree with everything, but i especially agree with this: > Make stuff you can show off. if you have a good portfolio and can convince someone to look at it, they will care much less about your experience, grades, etc..
731.
by noodle 16y ago
reddit uses something like 250-300 EC2 nodes.
732.
by noodle 16y ago
i think they said "the anti-" and meant "complementary to"
733.
by noodle 16y ago
no, there are two (iirc) sites that you can license lyrics from now legally.
734.
by noodle 16y ago
lyrics require a license. you can get that license from one of two places, but it becomes a cost/benefit type of thing. (or you can do it illegally and just wait to get sued) if you don't make enough $ on ads, you won't be able to afford
735.
by noodle 16y ago
travel agents still exist, they're just fewer and doing slightly different things.
736.
by noodle 16y ago
i wouldn't, but clearly people have. thats more my point -- if they're okay with doing this, they're probably going to be okay to pull arbitrary content.
737.
by noodle 16y ago
perhaps. where does the line get drawn though? if someone stumbles across an adult-oriented link in your url shortener, will the libyan government take this to be a violation? will they order you to police the links shortened? will they
738.
Apple sweats after jury awards $625 million judgment against it(techeye.net)
1 points by noodle 16y ago|0 comments
739.
by noodle 16y ago
people on HN don't take kindly to non-contributing, off-topic, and (usually) purely jokey types of comments.
740.
by noodle 16y ago
so what i'm reading is the ideal job is getting paid not enough money to work a job where people don't like you, you don't know enough about the system, you fail a lot at the things you do, you're constantly under pressure, your business do
741.
by noodle 16y ago
odds are, in this instance its because it looks nice on a resume.
742.
by noodle 16y ago
perhaps. perhaps they have more seeds specifically for that. with the apple, you want more flesh, less seeds. with pomegranates, since the seeds are encapsulated in the stuff you want to eat, more seeds = better. so perhaps they were br
743.
by noodle 16y ago
i'd point out that the apple has been cultivated for something like 1000 years. its been developed into a larger fruit with fewer seeds via an extremely long period of selective breeding. i don't think the pomegranate has had the same leve
744.
by noodle 16y ago
i'd point out that 4 hour claims are more along the lines of methodologies for using time efficiently in combination with the pareto principle (80/20 rule). for example, his claims of gaining muscle mass involve 20 minutes at the gym doing
745.
by noodle 16y ago
read, sports/exercise, video games.
746.
by noodle 16y ago
> Their entire attitude is worrying. it is most likely the case (as has been discussed in that reddit thread), that these guys are likely sitting around in a room of lawyers and marketers. their responses are filtered and picked carefu
747.
by noodle 16y ago
i didn't read the claims, actually. i was interested from his previous mentioning of what he was up to. the outlandish stuff is marketing spin, almost definitely
748.
by noodle 16y ago
i preordered one because i'm at least mildly interested. i also bought 4HWW. liked some of the ideas, disliked others. at the very least, a somewhat entertaining read. what i like about the possibility of this book is that it'll be much
749.
by noodle 16y ago
fair enough, although i think most people thought they would do better than they have.
750.
by noodle 16y ago
can't say i'd blame him, in digg's heyday, it was likely worth a good bit more.

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