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by rufb 7y ago
Funnily enough, the word "barbarian" for uncivilized people comes all the way from Ancient Greek slang, proverbially meaning "people who speak in these 'bar bar bar' noises".[0] It's all bar bar bar to me.
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GitHub UI Redesign Proposal(grumpy.website)
7 points by rufb 8y ago|1 comments
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by rufb 8y ago
This post reads like a Buzzfeed article of pointing out not quite impressive iterations of known technologies or fixes to "it ain't broke" situations. Electric buses have been around for a while, they're called trolleys.
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E S O T E R I C [MetaFilter compilation on Peter Thiel](metafilter.com)
1 points by rufb 8y ago|0 comments
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by rufb 8y ago
If contemporary podcasts had the habit of publishing a trailer to their RSS feed by the time they announced the upcoming launch.
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by rufb 9y ago
A satire page that reviews HN's weekly top posts in a very condescending manner (the humor to me very much welcome but you may be put off by it)
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by rufb 9y ago
My strategy pretty much consists of subscribing to good creators and curators across all channels. I have a bookmark folder (aptly named 1) which opens: - My Gmail "newsletters" filter view - My AOL Reader - HackerNe
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by rufb 10y ago
Running an FB campaign focused on performance is, like I said, a game of finding the lowest on-target/high-conversion CPM (conversely: finding your intended audience at its cheapest). It's not in Facebook's interest to disclo
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by rufb 10y ago
There is no point in acquiring page likes, for two reasons: first, as you mentioned, after you paid to acquire the like you'll still have to pay to reach those people with your campaign (organic reach is peanuts these days); second, ta
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by rufb 10y ago
I was thinking verticals as a whole, not individual companies. The budget for TV, print, radio and so forth tells the size of the market, the fact that there are more players in these verticals than in online search is maybe yet another rea
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by rufb 10y ago
The way it stands, Snapchat already has more data points to tap from and richer content and interaction opportunities than traditional media (television, radio, print, OOH...), and this could be further improved in future versions. You don&
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by rufb 10y ago
Kakao's business model history is actually rather fascinating, and they keep grabbing sizeable market shares in unlikely or previously inexpressive markets to great success. > In 2012, KakaoTalk's $42 million revenue is broken
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by rufb 10y ago
Growing up in a coffee farm in countryside São Paulo state, I was a late BBSer (from 1994 to the early 2000s). As other people have it with Usenet and early web forums, I just loved how tight-knit and contentful the Internet was back then.
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by rufb 10y ago
This reminds me of Shoes. Of course, Javascript isn't designed for simplicity like Ruby, and Electron is aimed at serious product development rather than novice and weekend programmers. The product design just isn't "there&qu
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by rufb 10y ago
I'll start by pointing out that this article makes no sense whatsoever for large businesses and agency-managed campaigns, where expertise and scale mean CPC and CPM are analytical tools and not goals . When you have enough expertise
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by rufb 11y ago
You're assuming a fixed workload-based salary. If we're talking about a salary that has a big variable component (commissions, fees, bonuses), the cut may have been smaller.
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by rufb 11y ago
In that case, we'll give you: News Feed, Pages, Groups, Messenger, Events, the Platform, and Connect, which have all been pivotal to Facebook's success (I guess more than one of these has been the first time email was dethroned as
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Shoes of Prey Raises $5.5M for Custom Footwear(businessoffashion.com)
1 points by rufb 12y ago|0 comments
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by rufb 12y ago
They glossed over the tidal force in the movie and I assumed it was a deus ex of sorts (in fact, I assumed the whole final act of the movie was more concerned with resolution of the story than with proper Physics). Thank you for this explan
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by rufb 12y ago
So this is where we stand: Encrypted (Certified) COOL GREEN Encrypted (Self-Signed) EVIL RED Unencrypted NOTHING / NEUTRAL CHROME I think there's a pretty blatant antipattern here, and I'm no