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by samd 17y ago
Rather than the big companies taking the risk of funding many "pads" most of which will fail they let other people put their money at risk and only end up buying the proven winners. How much money would they have had to throw at failed "pad
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by samd 17y ago
"When somebody creates a social ecology around news..." Aren't forums and places like HN or Reddit communities built around news?
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How many MacBook Airs did this "story" cost? Sorry, it was too easy.
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As far as I know Larry and Sergey own a controlling interest in Google. Not a majority interest, but they own most of the controlling stock. So I think they can basically do what they want.
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by samd 17y ago
The "street" is clueless. Not only does Google have plenty of cash to burn, but this could snowball into something that pays off for them. Google has a vested interest in a faster internet, just like shipping companies have a vested interes
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Now someone needs to make a blog post generator to go along with the headlines.
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Proof that you can't build a great product with clever programming alone.
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The revolutionary thing about this tablet is that it's not a Mac. Tablets have been around for a while and haven't caught on because nobody wants to buy a keyboardless laptop running a normal OS. If you are worried about openness, then look
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by samd 17y ago
What a great hack. Nobody should feel any unease at using perfectly legal methods to fight back against a system that is designed to screw people over. Who exactly deserves our sympathy in this article? Verizon? Time Warner? Bank of America
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by samd 17y ago
Sounds like there's some bad blood between Jason and Aaron. Maybe I don't know enough about SEO to get the sting of Aaron's arguments, but on the surface Jason has been cordial and Aaron has been vicious. That's not helping your credibility
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by samd 17y ago
This is a common problem with Science Daily. They basically copy and paste press releases from universities with all the bullshit hype intact. Every article has the same format: Scientists discover mind-blowing new theory that will blow you
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That's interesting and surprising. What did those groups do; go out and hire a programmer, find a technical co-founder after getting funding, or did they outsource what they needed?
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"Are any of the following true? ... (e) None of the founders are programmers." Isn't that basically automatic disqualification?
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by samd 17y ago
Except when a VC invests in your company, you still do all the work. They get a small share because all they are providing you is money. Record labels handle a lot of the business side of a band and let the band members just make music.