smock

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LinkedIn is Evil
60 points by smock 18y ago|57 comments
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Which part of Octopart don't you understand?(latimes.com)
49 points by smock 18y ago|18 comments
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by smock 18y ago
Check out Dawdle ( http://dawdle.com ). A friend of mine started it, its a pretty nifty E-Bay like site based around video games which takes a stab at solving the credentials issue.
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by smock 18y ago
Monopoly isn't the most technically accurate word, but behaviorally I'd say that Digi-Key is acting like a monopoly. Typically monopolies like to hold on to existing business practices rather than adapt to changing market economies. Regar
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by smock 18y ago
This discussion of whether we are adding value or not seems very hypothetical to me. We aren't forcing anyone to use our site, presumably if people are using our site, it is because they find it useful.
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by smock 18y ago
I'm not sure I understand - Octopart does not sell any parts. Digi-Key's core function is to sell parts. They do in fact have a warehouse of parts and a team of salespeople, whereas we are three guys working out of cafes. Our interests c
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by smock 18y ago
This information is freely available on their website (not to mention their widely distributed paper catalogs). Google has crawled much of Digi-Key's website and has this information on their servers. However, Digi-Key is specifically tar
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by smock 19y ago
The quote, "It's cheaper equity", seems like a bad p.r. move. I've never heard that as a stated reason for YC's investment model, regardless of whether it is one. I think it betrays one of the most significant differences between YC and t
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by smock 19y ago
well, 'ping amazon.com' is not returning from two different locations for me. 'ping google.com' on the other hand is just as reliable as always. smugmug.com is also down, for me, which i seem to recall heavily uses the amazon services. m
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by smock 19y ago
it must be someone else (we're exiled in berkeley but haven't yet been evicted from san francisco) but, personally, i think the situation is absurd-what percentage of this place was filled by referrals from justin.tv?
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Fan Support(octopart.com)
18 points by smock 20y ago|0 comments
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by smock 20y ago
Its interesting to me that everyone here seems to have advice to offer, some of it very personally critical, to a man who is merely outlining his own train of thought, not telling anyone to follow his path. I am nearing the end of my fourt