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Agreed. I find their footer very confusing. It made me think that the site is a spoof on SV culture. Links: Anxiety, Build, Connect, Freedom Clicking Anxiety, The page is broken up into the sections: Try, Suffer, and Quit... The footer on t
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+1 that is demographic data, not a niche. A niche is creating a product management tool targeted at SaaS companies building digital marketing tools.
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Isaac Clayton @slightknack High-school student and aspiring Software Architect. Enjoys Language Design, Graphics Programming, and Machine Learning. Working at @vrtbl on Passerine.
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Not exactly... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/government-mlk-assassinati...
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The first season of “The Dream” is dedicated to MLMs. I knew a little about Amway, but the history, current impact documented in it is jaw dropping https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-dream
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No new titles - For me, their 3D movie catalog is exactly what it was 7 months ago. Doesn't seem like a thriving business...
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Cell Signaling Technologies – Detailed 3D model of human cells
(digizyme.com)
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I would pick a very specific niche (landscaping companies for high end architecture firms) or focus on local businesses in a category (architecture firms) and try to answer that question for myself. I'd connect with a few and ask them
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To add to other answers, often a business or non-profit will put out a request for proposals (RFP). You read a document or have a meeting to understand what they are trying to accomplish. You then write up a proposal with a budget. They rea
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Take opportunities one at a time and study what they are asking for. What does this particular hiring manager need? Highlight your strengths in only the areas they are focused on. I had a very challenging time getting a job offer the last t
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Anecdotal, but I’ve spent a good chunk of money on quest apps and once they announced this change, I haven’t bought anything new and honestly it has been in a drawer for 1 month. Prior I was using daily. Next non-oculus standalone headset h
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This is really cool! In a serious emergency where food supplies are limited, you probably only want to trade calories for highly valuable survival resaons.
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Not a definitive source, but https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/14862/why-do...
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I think the Raspberry PI is awesome, but it is a big pile of closed source processing units that no-one completely understands. For example it boots from the GPU, not the CPU. Wow... I would use an "open as possible" hardware plat
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May have similar results as overwriting your bootloader binary with the same number of bytes from /dev/random.
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I think the vertical axis is confusing. I would rename organic <-> inorganic as myself <-> other people.
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I'm sorry for linking the two. I have had this wrong idea stuck in my head since 2011. I should have validated that fact.
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It looks like TheMelt is down to 7 grilled cheese stores. https://www.themelt.com/locations
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I love the idea. Including a $120 T-shirt didn’t make sense for me.
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“This would provide a key component that’s called for in the California law, which is a simple way for consumers to invoke their right without having to go to each website and find the button,” said Ashkan Soltani, a privacy researcher who
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"Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee" is an eye opening view into his world and the history of the McAfee corporation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gringo:_The_Dangerous_Life_of_...
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“You can’t make another Facebook... Competition is impossible” Facebook solves multiple problems for users, but if we just focus on community... I’m seeing people adopt solutions like Discord and Slack as Facebook alternatives .
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“The Great Hack” documentary captures how Cambridge Analytica takes the 10s of thousands of data points per person to identify opportunities to divide people and the design a misinformation campaign that will resonate with each faction.
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Product-Market Fit Is a Broken Concept. There’s a Better Way
(sparktoro.com)
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Big companies are establishing offices in both Seattle and Bellevue. It isn't an either or situation. I think sourcing talent is a bigger priority. Example: Google has a new-new building in South Lake Union, but they are also in Ki
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I would not do this, because it is unethical. However, if there is a 5% chance you will get caught and lose 230% your profit margin, seems like a rational agent would do insider trading at every opportunity.
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How often is jail time included in these types of cases? If they merely lost their profits, this isn't much of a punishment.
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Don't focus on controlling everyone and the execution. Just create an environment where others can help. If you see task X, ask the team does anyone want to do X? It should do Y and Z requirements. Focus on making sure you can deliver
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Notion is almost there, but I find I can't "double down" on it for spreadsheet use cases as the cell input and navigation is doesn't work the way you'd expect. Hard to copy / paste and edit existing cells. For
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Blaming the customer isn't a great strategy. They should do customer research to understand these users and decide if they are a niche they should target or can safely ignore.
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