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by pclark 16y ago
It almost certainly works out that if you are a Groupon customer you spend more money than you typically would - in your lifespan of Groupon. Whilst you save money on the first purchase, would you have bought it at all if not for Groupon?
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by pclark 16y ago
I think that a lot of people are very happy to be spammed in return for saving money.
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by pclark 16y ago
If that is right - and it's totally possible - isn't this a fundamental flaw with the business model for all competitors too?
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by pclark 16y ago
At least I didn't say I could do it in a weekend.
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by pclark 16y ago
> I’m not convinced Groupon has staying power. Sure, it’s uber-popular but how much longer will consumers be captivated by the flurry of deep-discount offers hitting their inboxes? Ah yes, because everyone knows consumers hate saving mo
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by pclark 16y ago
Why do they have good engineers? Surely even people internal of Nokia are aware their products have been shockingly poor for the past few years? Why would you stay?
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by pclark 16y ago
Not really. Nokia wishes it were a startup, what they have is far harder to fix. Startups are usually trying to construct a platform in some capacity (eg: releasing as early as possible and making something someone wants as a stronghold t
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by pclark 16y ago
Incredible that the clever google logo doesn't work on the google phone...
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by pclark 16y ago
I wish people on Hacker News would be (much) nicer about peoples startups.
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by pclark 16y ago
I think this is the company: http://www.readingroom.com
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IAC Buys OkCupid For $50 Million(businessinsider.com)
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by pclark 16y ago
Computer Scientists count from 0? :)
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by pclark 16y ago
I use all addictive web services primarily on my iPhone: * Facebook * Quora * Twitter * Hacker News The interface is slightly more awkward - but not annoying - and I generally check my iPhone when doing something that is inefficient (eg: ma
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by pclark 16y ago
You're a good guy. Good luck. :)
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by pclark 16y ago
His point was that you think Apple hasn't carefully considered if all their SSDs are going to degrade over the next year or two?
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by pclark 16y ago
I have no idea what Skype was thinking with version 5 of their client. It is atrocious. There is so much white space, if your Instant Messenger client takes up more screen space than a web browser, you're probably doing something wrong. Dow
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by pclark 16y ago
Do you simply not worry about having no worry due to the OptiBay? I'm tempted. I'm also concerned about harming the resale value by installing an OptiBay...
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by pclark 16y ago
I have the i7 MBP and it is awesome. It has the processing power to do serious work ("video games") and also the mobility to do it on the train. I'd be bummed out if they made the MBP basically a larger MacBook Air. I think most people buy
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by pclark 16y ago
Pretty sure DST isn't involved in this?
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by pclark 16y ago
can you just explain it?
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by pclark 16y ago
I am most excited because this will mean hardware and oter "harder" things might be possible with less "baby steps" involved to get companies where they want to be - faster.
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by pclark 16y ago
This deal won't change that. YC knows scrappy companies win, and especially well capitalised scrappy companies.
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by pclark 16y ago
Scoble is just a normal guy who has gradually built a following of mostly normal people. He isn't technical or anything but is a good conduit to "the normal people" who do not read TechCrunch.
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by pclark 16y ago
Coincidence, sorry author of the article hating on Tumblr.
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by pclark 16y ago
All of these are (as far as I can tell) easy to solve and I ponder almost every day why they are not.
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by pclark 16y ago
I have never met David, nor do I know anyone from Tumblr. I've just been a fan. Some people may remember me defending Tumblr when it came up versus the Posterous importing saga. I've used Tumblr for years. I remember when they launched. I r
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by pclark 16y ago
StackOverflow really doesn't benefit that much if Tumblr turns into a 1Bn company (which it probably will eventually) If Tumblr makes USV huge returns, they can raise a new fund (not like they would struggle right now..) but most funds requ
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by pclark 16y ago
How do you write 1800 words about this, wow.
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by pclark 16y ago
You've successfully identified a fundamental problem with society, and it is by no means limited to Quora. I think the search engine privacy feature is a fantastic innovation from Quora to help absolve potential problems in the future. (e
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by pclark 16y ago
Ironically I believe that this is to protect the users privacy on the Quora site. They have an option to hide your username from your answers, so if someone were to Google your name your Quora answers wouldn't appear.

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