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by rsbrown 14y ago
Yes, yes, 1000 times yes. Particularly the basketball team analogy at the end of the article really resonates with me. To anyone wondering, "How could this possibly be true? How could so many companies be getting the hiring process so wrong
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by rsbrown 14y ago
Excellent article. I particularly liked this observation regarding verbiage in the Dropbox TOS: "That language is definitely friendlier than Google's, but it's actually more expansive, since it's more vague." As laypersons, we may feel mo
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by rsbrown 14y ago
As a satisfied (and paying) Dropbox user, Google is pushing all the right buttons for me with this: - More storage space, lower price - Ecosystem for 3rd-party apps - Integration with existing Google services and two-factor authentication
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by rsbrown 15y ago
You had met at "... like broccoli or sexual intercourse". Great read, well written.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
This was not a case of "Rails is insecure by default". There's very popular idiom in Rails development of updating model data from a form POST/PUT in one line of code in a controller: my_object.update_attributes(params[:object]) Because man
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by rsbrown 15y ago
I'm not a SimpleGeo customer, but I can speculate what the number one priority feature would be: a migration path. Even if you haven't launched yet, design it, document it and share the steps for migrating. That would be a great "Show HN" p
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by rsbrown 15y ago
I support the idea (and your post got my upvote), but for a "Show HN" post it would have been nice to be shown more than an announcement and a waiting list signup.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
In the annals of innefectual, misdirected, passive-aggressive online nerdrage this system of anonymous, groupthink-driven schadenfreude really takes the cake. Of course, here I am shaking my fist on Hacker News so who am I to criticize?
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Hey jamesgatz, would you email me? scott -at- rsbrown -dot- net Your proposed ideas are, in fact, almost exactly what I had in mind with my original post (though my arbitrarily chosen $10M example may seem contradictory). I'd like to discus
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Bingo.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
"You will never be able to fund a movie like Avatar. And if you can't do that, you'll never be able to take on Hollywood." I don't have to make an Avatar to beat Hollywood. That's fighting fire with fire. We can fight fire with water. If a
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My idea to "Kill Hollywood"(blog.rsbrown.net)
239 points by rsbrown 15y ago|135 comments
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by rsbrown 15y ago
"I find it rather disorientating not having them, as it makes it more difficult to know which comments to read." This is a telling admission, in my opinion. I love the newer, non-points display. Skim through the comments and read the ones t
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Moving On (thoughts on moving to a startup hub)(blog.rsbrown.net)
2 points by rsbrown 15y ago|0 comments
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by rsbrown 15y ago
This has always been one of my favorite sites for election year coverage and commentary. As of yesterday, it was up and running but at the moment it's nothing but links to politicalwire.com
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Stipple recently launched a photo marketplace that could be massively disruptive(thenextweb.com)
1 points by rsbrown 15y ago|0 comments
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by rsbrown 15y ago
"a terribly-led company, sitting on its laurels as first-mover and squandering opportunities to move into new markets" As a former employee of that behemoth, I can only say: you hit the nail on the head.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Option number 2 is what we have planned. We have been working with a warehouse engineer that worked for a failed grocery delivery service. Note: it was delivery that killed them, not the challenges of warehouse management.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
I don't doubt you, but I've been doing market research, interviews, surveys and informal outreach for ten months straight on this issue. I assure you, in many markets, this is a serious pain point for consumers. Not everyone, though -- some
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Excellent feedback, thanks for it. Your "quick stop on the way home from work" is our number one use case. I'm very happy it appeals to you. Regarding food deserts, Ernie's is a great way of addressing this issue and we are pitching a major
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Indeed, there's also Chronodrive in France: http://chronodrive.com And soon there will be Ernie's in the U.S.A.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
As I've done research for Ernie's, I have been extremely impressed with what the UK grocers have accomplished (led by Tesco). If I had to pick a single grocery supply chain as our "gold standard" to emulate, it would definitely be Tesco.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Granted, not everyone will want to shop at Ernie's. Our plan is to stay focused on our target market: anyone who values the time-savings, convenience and quality above everything else. (also, anyone who doesn't relish picking veggies that h
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by rsbrown 15y ago
"Groceries operate at razor-thin margins" Groceries operate at razor-thin net margins. Ernie's will operate at double-digit net margins. If you take a look at the books for any supermarket chain, you will see that the vast majority of g
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Keep in mind that you are a patron of a niche offering. I'm happy that it works well for you, but grocery shopping still sucks for the vast majority of shoppers in the United States. Ernie's aims to address that need.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Great thoughts. Thanks for providing them. I contend that, outside of a few high-population density areas, grocery delivery will never be a mass-market solution in the United States. It's simply too expensive. While others in the industry c
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Thanks! I have actually been working with some of the principals from Plum Good (including Eric, the CEO) on the Ernie's concept. I've learned a lot from their experiences.
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by rsbrown 15y ago
We aren't trying to compete with home delivery offerings. We are competing with the traditional supermarket model, which is still the dominant grocery model in the United States. Because population density in the many parts of the U.S. is l
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Good feedback, I appreciate it. "You need physical stores" : Sort of. We need physical warehouses . The core of the Ernie's business model is that these locations will be much cheaper to operate than the traditional grocery storefront,
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by rsbrown 15y ago
Spot on, my friend. To highlight a few items: "Excellent interface" We have built a streamlined interface that is uniquely designed to handle grocery shopping. We believe that there is a fundamental difference in shopping for groceries onli

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