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1. 721.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   Tesla’s speed on the China factory is pretty amazing. Germany will not have any excuses.
2. 722.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   99.9% of entrepreneurs are never going to actually compete against Google, Facebook, et al. And if they do, it's actually not that hard because the entrepreneur's approach will be completely different. That's the whole point
3. 723.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   That was a on-ground test, specifically intended to minimize launch miss-hap. Huge difference.
4. 724.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   Just don't make breaking changes. It's really not that hard.
5. 725.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   I don't mind updates that are incremental and backwards compatible. I LOATHE breaking changes. They are almost never actually necessary.
6. 726.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   Thought it was clear: "Never, ever, ever, ever worry about anyone copying your stuff."
7. 727.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   Never, ever, ever, ever worry about anyone copying your stuff. Depend on your unique insight. No one can copy that. If in the extremely rare circumstance that someone copies you, be thrilled! That means you are building something valuable (
8. 728.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   Never, ever, ever, ever worry about anyone copying your stuff. Depend on your unique insight. No one can copy that. If in the extremely rare circumstance that someone copies you, be thrilled! That means you are building something valuable (
9. 729.▲
   by pbreit 7y ago

   Anything free or inexpensive?
10. 730.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Just all of Google's "magic box" results. And a lot of searching is in the Chrome/Firefox/Safari address/search box.
11. 731.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Eats is very unprofitable. In Q3 Eats EBITDA was negative $315m while Rides was positive $630m.
12. 732.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    For some/many, the joy is in the cooking and everything else is a pain.
13. 733.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    That’s a weird take. It’s providing opportunity to chef entrepreneurs who want to cook but not run a “front of the house”. Saying a successful chef is easily replaced is a bit insulting.
14. 734.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Definitely interesting. But...my searching has gotten to the point where well over half the time I am no longer looking at Google's conventional search results.
15. 735.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Firefox's lousy "profile" handling is still a show-stopper for me.
16. 736.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    This would seem fixable with software update. If not, then a cheap hardware fix. Does anyone know?
17. 737.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    With stories like these, I'm not always convinced that the acquirer really had a viable offer on the table.
18. 738.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Does this suggest Theranos could have been viable?
19. 739.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    No, the point of the search engine is to help the searcher find what they are looking for. It should be easy for Google to figure out that searchers are NOT looking for what Quora and Pinterest are providing.
20. 740.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    GET and POST seem a ===lot=== easier.
21. 741.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Well, that just looks like a bug then. I think the concern is mostly about what Slack was actually trying to achieve.
22. 742.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    I'm amazed at the lengths people go to justify user-hostility.
23. 743.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    I appreciate that, don't get me wrong. Mine was more of a general rant on why every API seems to think it needs its own client. Simply passing JSON back and forth. What could be simpler? What do the clients do?
24. 744.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    I see the JavaScript has all the async and callbacks while the Python is simple procedural. What are the benefits of the JavaScript version? It's definitely harder to grok for this newbie. I also wonder what a plain ole RESTful API wou
25. 745.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Your asterisk example works OK for me. As does the blog writer's "when you do `foo()` it foos the bar".
26. 746.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    I don’t like to hate on acquisitions especially by smart companies like PayPal but I don’t understand this one at that price. I’ve tried Honey several times and it’s mostly annoying. I suppose one could save a buck or 2 here and there but t
27. 747.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Two of the worst responses ever: 1. it's free so it's OK to be user-hostile 2. if you don't like the direction, just fork/fix it
28. 748.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    No. Speciality is Accounts Payable which is quite a different business.
29. 749.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    Tired comment. Software companies have huge margins and can easily become profitable by scaling back investment.
30. 750.▲
    by pbreit 7y ago

    IPOs have always historically been fundraising events.