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by omnivore 9y ago
Before social media, you probably wouldn't have these distant connections to begin with because a lot of them are conceived in forums that just didn't have a parallel back in the day besides pen pals or someone you met at a confer
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by omnivore 9y ago
I've noticed this too. You also have to make sure there are words on the photo posts to get any engagement. Articles do all right too, but yes, I agree that people aren't engaging with just regular text and I often delete stuff an
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Solar backpacks help kids do homework in the Ivory Coast(observers.france24.com)
1 points by omnivore 10y ago|0 comments
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by omnivore 10y ago
What I like that you've done is that start CTA in the right nav menu. Not just that it's action oriented it just made me feel like I could start/play around post-login without having to deal with a lot of redtape just to star
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by omnivore 10y ago
This assumes people are going to spend a bunch of time in the same place. This dude must be from somewhere in the middle of the country.
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by omnivore 11y ago
Looking forward to seeing the progress. Was an active SC4er and really enjoyed Skylines and not really an MMO guy at all. I just love sandbox simulations and this seems like a super unique idea and love your approach. Keep up the great work
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by omnivore 11y ago
The thing about smaller cities in flyover country is you need a support system. There are often decent small communities of people doing things, but it's all of the stuff you hate about bigger places -- insularity, politics, etc. -- wi
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by omnivore 11y ago
Depends on the company. There's a need for more people who actually understand more of the aspects of the roles across silos than just being good at your functional area and that's it. But it's horrifically company dependent
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by omnivore 11y ago
A community gets to a certain size and you're just not going to get that kind of engagement. Besides, many of the people here are probably active over in the places you mentioned and so maybe it just doesn't resonate. I won't
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by omnivore 11y ago
So it begins...
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by omnivore 11y ago
Well..you can't hire more developers if you're not getting customers, keeping them happy or paying your suppliers. So those other roles matter just as much as hiring a huge conclave of developers.
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by omnivore 11y ago
Add-ons, mods and other freebies are often about solving a problem, learning something new or simply contributing to the community. I doubt you're alone in feeling regret about giving a thing away that you later see people pay for out
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by omnivore 11y ago
I think we'd need more specifics to really answer this. I mean from social media monitoring tools to analytics to tools that let you autotweet to tools that... there's a bevy of things out there that serve lots of aims. Anecdotall
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by omnivore 11y ago
Don't quit your job with bills to pay and mouths to feed? I totally get the whole desire to do what you read people successfully doing all of the time, but my own personal experience has taught me that it's a fools errand to try t
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by omnivore 11y ago
Airlines work well in a sense because there are relatively few carries. Other industries are as streamlined or heavily regulated to make a Kayak for x work as well. Like Kayak for rental housing would be great in some cities but trying to c
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by omnivore 11y ago
Loyalty is great, but if the other situation is going to shore up your immigration situation for the time being, it's a growth oriented first that will get immediate higher pay + equity, seems like you really want to take the new oppor
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by omnivore 11y ago
The real problem is the way accreditation works. I've been in higher ed for most of my career and the real issue here is once a college has accreditation they can pretty much operate in perpetuity. Unless they go broke. Sweet Briar was
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by omnivore 11y ago
Here's the thing, while the dating market is different in different places, the tenets are essentially the same. You need volume, opportunity and the cost slash willingness to go out and meet people. You can always do the OKCupid thing
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by omnivore 11y ago
My experience is that it's a lot better to attend events in other parts of the country where you can be a more active participant. Conferences themselves don't come with a bounty of opportunities to the participants, especially if
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by omnivore 11y ago
You probably could if it were curated better. But in the rush to have people create content, there's less focus on editing and actually figuring out what we have. Instead it's all about aggregation.
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by omnivore 11y ago
The deal with stuff like this is, you always charge more than you really think you should because the people are going to be difficult and would pay someone else more if you were with a larger firm. So I'd do an intake meeting with the
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by omnivore 11y ago
Well is your goal to bring your product to market or to get into YC? Doesn't have to be the end all be all.
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by omnivore 12y ago
The process for applying is laborious and sort of demoralizing. I mean, think of it like a blind date in a lot of ways without the payoff of a really great conversations that might lead to friendship. The best interviews often feel fine, bu
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by omnivore 12y ago
Lack of selection. Inability to find it online and then go to the store and pick it up or speed to receive it. How often stuff gets misordered due to supply chain problems.
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by omnivore 12y ago
It wouldn't be YCombinator then. There are residency programs elsewhere all over the world for people to participate in. It's about the human capital and the location. So no, let's not move YC to be a franchise system, becaus
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by omnivore 12y ago
Need to specify the sport you're looking for, but it's a pretty mature industry at this point with people who've gotten there a lot sooner than this and ultimately, if you want to make it a business, requires a lot of legwork
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by omnivore 12y ago
Appreciate the rant, surely something that we've all felt at one time or another. I was in the military years ago and one of the things someone said that stuck with me is, everybody gets measured at their own level at their own pace. T
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by omnivore 12y ago
They're non-profits and no way they're ever giving up that status.
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by omnivore 12y ago
My ugly questions on this are: What about liability for when an Uber or Lyft driver kills someone in an accident driving unsafely? Or just murders someone because they're having a bad day? Or get carjacked? I mean, I guess it's ju
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by omnivore 12y ago
We surely need this at my large government bureaucracy of an organization. Thanks for sharing.

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