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by rwhitman 13y ago
After reading this I saw an application as a 'tsunami panic room' within your house. It could act as a living space, but can seal up and break away from the rest of the structure safely in the event of a tsunami. That way you don&
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Hmm, looks like my giving up ColdFusion was a mistake...
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Thanks. At least somebody understood the reason why I griped about downvotes
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Exactly. I used fine art as an analogy here but in reality many of the designers I know have creative ambitions more in terms of music, photography, illustration etc. Basically if you're in a creative job chances are you're doin
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Thats a really good point. Its a hard lesson for any type of craftsman to understand that beauty doesn't always translate to a successful business
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Well to be fair I was in negative territory when I posted that
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Assuming that I made these observations by learning it in art school is "projecting hardcore" as well. The observations I make are based on an inner circle of friends and business associates I've had over the last 13 years wh
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Edit: Downvotes? Really? I write a thoughtful introspective comment based on my personal experience of being a design-trained single founder and you give me downvotes? Ugh
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by rwhitman 13y ago
This was a good attempt, but I don't think this really nailed why designers don't move into founder roles. It has a lot more to do with the psychology of the type of person that goes into being a designer in the first place. It ha
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I take it you've never taken a customer service call with an irate customer who couldn't figure out how to use their discount code correctly. If anything, they need to be the most usable part of the checkout experience, believe
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When you have paper promos and rewards cards floating around it complicates the usability of the alternatives a bit. You end up with asking people to go to custom URLs etc which results in user confusion
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by rwhitman 13y ago
I'd say its far more likely that if building a hyperloop is ever executed, the USA will be the last place to get the thing. Honestly California can't pull itself together to do anything and I can't picture another state in th
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by rwhitman 13y ago
No shit. This is why you create a page on your site called "Discount Codes". You put in an email signup and offer a small discount coupon. You get the email address in case they abandon and you can re-market to them, and the disco
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by rwhitman 13y ago
I would say any stop in between the two cities would have a large spike in growth, as they suddenly become viable commuter communities, much like how suburban towns on the east coast grew out of proximity to regional rail lines. Suddenly a
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Or what if it breaks down and you're stuck in the middle of nowhere. How do emergency vehicles reach the pod if it is disabled in a sealed tube?
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Has there ever been this much fanfare and media speculation over the unveiling of an idea before? The hyperloop is not a product or research, its just an idea . I can't think of an instance when this has happened in my lifetime. Kin
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Did I say that people should move out of MA to protest the tax? I'm pretty sure I didn't say that
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"Singleton is upset that the technology industry did not lobby more strongly against the tax, and he worries it will hurt Massachusetts" It occurred to me I've been a developer for 13 years and have no clue who's got my
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by rwhitman 13y ago
This has disturbing implications for the rest of the country. What happens if the developers of Massachusetts just roll over and give the state hundreds of millions of dollars of extra revenue? What message does that send to other states?
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by rwhitman 13y ago
It is. Been in both markets, and there is definitely a stigma around freelance here in NYC that I never encountered on the west coast.
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Curious, what type of advisor?
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by rwhitman 13y ago
So glad to hear someone articulate this. I'm pretty over people making this assumption that because I'm a consultant I'm just ready to drop all my clients and join their startup. I have a business. I like my business. If you
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by rwhitman 13y ago
If they have funding, they'll still try to poach you. For some reason people seem to think "consultant" = up for grabs
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Well on the flip side they've been removing outlets and quietly replacing workspace-ready tables with shorter cafe tables that are hard to work for a long period of time on. So while the wifi would be "faster" the starbucks i
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by rwhitman 13y ago
I definitely think a lot of these passive income evangelists tend to have had a fair amount of luck, finding the right niche opportunity at the right time and then thinking their experience is applicable to everyone. Personally I've ha
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by rwhitman 13y ago
I don't think enough emphasis is put in these studies on the rise of cheap entertainment for bored male youth. Teenage boys that normally would have been running around in the streets committing entry level crimes are now glued to thei
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Its unsurprising that SF would eventually have a rental market as bad or worse than NYC. I'm just surprised it took this long But at least in NYC developers are constantly adding bucketloads of rental inventory, especially in Brooklyn
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by rwhitman 13y ago
Lately I consume my music almost entirely via Spotify, and its increasingly apparent that there are a number of artists I love who are not a part of their catalog. As a consumer its frustrating, but then again I'm using the free servic
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by rwhitman 13y ago
As others have mentioned the commercial possibilities of driverless taxis seem to be the biggest positive from this. The issues around the infrastructure to support driverless cars I think is a bit questionable. Eliminating traffic lights,
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by rwhitman 13y ago
I don't think extortion is a great move. That sounds like something I would avoid in even the worst circumstances. I tend to use psychology with late paying clients. I say things that affront their ego about not being able to pay. Thin

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