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by pkfrank 12y ago
@Bootvis You could also just rig an external reservoir (or have a full bucket lying around) to rapidly refill the back tank. Though that would of course be fairly incriminating.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
Is this for cold-calling, or an actual salesperson that is on the ground? It's a little unclear.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
They'd generally be more disciplined and physically fit / trained for combat. As long as they're screened otherwise, it seems like a great pool to draw from -- plus it helps out veterans.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
A beautiful illustration of manifest destiny.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
I've been out of the "domain game" for a while, but aren't all of these TM-holders basically allowed to "claim" their names during the "Sunrise" period? That seems quite the opposite of a land grab:
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by pkfrank 12y ago
The only comment in this thread to point out the $1600 rent. Unless I'm misreading or it's (heavily) back-logged, living on $3/day/food but paying $50/day/rent just seems insane.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
You should check out my startup's site: Texts.com. We compare prices across sites like B&N, Chegg, ValoreBooks, and others. While it's targeted towards textbooks, it works very well for just about any book. For a timesaving
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by pkfrank 12y ago
Agreed, I think it's totally relevant and thanks for the Splitwise link. I've been waiting for Venmo to integrate roommate-inspired features for ages.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
One of the most fiendish tactics was to fake a "response" from the attacked individual. An easy way to add even more fuel to the fire, and many/most viewers wouldn't recognize the obvious trick.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
I monetized purely via display ads (a lot of second tier networks that would turn a blind eye to the libelous content), with fairly terrible CPM but lots of views. I believe the purchase also monetized using paid CAPTCHAs (where the viewer
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by pkfrank 12y ago
No. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/08/stephen-morgan-wesl...
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by pkfrank 12y ago
I think that some communities simply wouldn't ever be able to use it in a productive fashion. To borrow your phrase -- I quite like it -- the bile will always outweigh the brightness. I think that this holds especially true for bigge
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by pkfrank 12y ago
Hey Micah, thanks for weighing in. Good to re-connect over HN of all places.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
I won't claim to know much about Yik Yak. I contemplated building HighSchoolACB.com, but held up because I was 1) unwilling to subject an even younger, cattier population to the service; and 2) unsure of the specific legal ramification
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by pkfrank 12y ago
I answer this above. In short: I originally ran the site at just a few schools, my alma mater being one of them. There, it was used productively and mean-spirited gossip was far from the norm. It helped people get honest advice, ask quest
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by pkfrank 12y ago
Correct. To build off the metaphor: I think that constructing a "dam" is impossible. Even if it marginally affects the flow of the river, the spillover will affect many more communities that might have gone untouched otherwise.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
> So, I guess I'm most curious as to your motivations and expectations for CollegeACB when compared with the actual outcomes. I'll address CocaKoala's (similar) question here as well. First a little backstory: I "inh
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by pkfrank 12y ago
I used to run a similar service (CollegeACB.com, sold in 2011), and spam was one of the only effective deterrents. In particular, posting spoilers to popular shows seemed to really impact usage.
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by pkfrank 12y ago
I used to run CollegeACB.com, which usurped JuicyCampus.com and was one of the most popular anonymous college "gossip" sites ever. >20M monthly pageviews and sparse usage at 500+ schools, intense usage at 100+. I sold the bus
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by pkfrank 12y ago
Another solid all-round brain snack food type channel is SmarterEveryDay-- https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2
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by pkfrank 13y ago
Very impressive to have bootstrapped this far, I'd imagine their hosting costs are fairly immense. Hopefully this doesn't affect their core value-proposition (simple image upload). It's interesting that Reddit also made a mo
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by pkfrank 13y ago
I use Moniker as well. I pay for their "Portfolio MaxLock" ( https://www.moniker.com/domainnames/domainsecurity.jsp ) service. Whenever I want to make a change (even DNS), I'm forced to answer the securi
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by pkfrank 13y ago
My (relatively weak) understanding is that they'll disclose that information in their S-1. They'll also have to make a bunch of disclosures about risks to their business (IE: "Google changes their algorithms which materially
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by pkfrank 13y ago
This bit of the article also confused me. Who doesn't double-space after periods? I recognize the historical origin (typewriters), but I was taught this way and I'm "only" 24.
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by pkfrank 13y ago
Consider also that not only are we very, very, minute and insignificant; we are also exceedingly brief!
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by pkfrank 13y ago
If your goal is to help increase the # of high-achieving, low-income students at highly-selective colleges, you could choose to support a program such as QuestBridge. They find / link low-income high school students -- who otherwise w
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by pkfrank 13y ago
The "Novel Ways:" 1) Housing stipend of $500/mo if employees live within a 10-minute walk of the office 2) A semi-annual retreat / hackathon where employees cook meals, hang out, bond, code, and present their projects 3)
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by pkfrank 13y ago
The link points to the third page of the article for some reason. Here it is on one page-- http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/181135-facebook...
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by pkfrank 13y ago
Interesting article, terrible title. It's key to profitability will be actually generating revenue while preventing their users from fleeing to the next new thing.
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by pkfrank 13y ago
I'm honestly very interested by Dogecoin, the community enthusiasm and positivity seems to be it's wildcard. But I find the lexicon "so wow! to the moon!" et. al. just terribly grating. It honestly impacts my willingne

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