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31.
by steve 19y ago
I don't know what numbers they had bothered to graph up but it seems to me that the evidence of traction was very strong from very early on.
32.
by steve 19y ago
>>> At least in my cases, I have found this to be simply untrue unless it is related to ad spending.
33.
by steve 19y ago
> You'd think there would be lots of intelligent people who had interesting ideas and wrote them down, but really there aren't. There are a couple interesting problems here. What there is no lack of is intelligent people with ideas that
34.
by steve 19y ago
I just thought that there's more to publicity and marketing than ad spending.
35.
by steve 19y ago
Man it would be awesome to have a wife that I could work well with, I think.
36.
by steve 19y ago
no. What put me off is the speculation beyond the data that makes up most of the content of the article.
37.
by steve 19y ago
Ah, the old "marketing is a myth", "build it and they WILL come" argument.
38.
by steve 19y ago
> I've proved to myself that it's entirely possible to have decent grades, a healthy social life, run your own business, and get ample rest X all during your college years. Being in a startup completely destroyed my social life. Also, s
39.
by steve 19y ago
downvoted. well, if I could.
40.
by steve 19y ago
I don't know how anyone did in the first place. You have to look past the big shiny numbers.
41.
by steve 19y ago
I was referring more to the article's statements than your comment.
42.
by steve 19y ago
Css is hell with shiny gradients.
43.
by steve 19y ago
You can't accept this practice as reasonable unless you accept that publishers can also block, or attempt to block, users who block ads. If you ask me, both are fair game.
44.
by steve 19y ago
The conclusions on this are pretty weak.
45.
by steve 19y ago
I think it's ridiculous to claim that this book represents the ultimate truth in the subject. This subject is in its infancy indeed.
46.
by steve 19y ago
So instincts don't exist?
47.
by steve 19y ago
It took me a while to realize this.
48.
by steve 19y ago
That's not at all what he said. I think his point was reasonable and fair.
49.
by steve 19y ago
Ah, all this time I thought you had to buy the whole database.
50.
by steve 19y ago
Actual Cost vs Benefit calculation = not simple.
51.
by steve 19y ago
I stopped for a while when reddit was at its peak, but now I'm back to slashdot every once in a while.
52.
by steve 19y ago
http://www.hostip.info/ Good if you're not completely sure of how much geolocation will do for you or you don't want to spend a fortune.
53.
by steve 19y ago
affordable??
54.
by steve 19y ago
With every line of code I write, I stay focused on the day that I will achieve greatness and crush all others. At this rate I'm set to completely burn out in my mid 20's but I can take that risk.
55.
by steve 19y ago
I don't understand. He criticizes them for sending a mail because it will cost them money? If he doesn't want to be on their list then he can use the can-spam mandated opt out option that the email offers. Purge? Never if the customer doesn
56.
by steve 19y ago
So the lesson is... investors decide who the winner will be.
57.
by steve 19y ago
I think you have set a new record for deciding defeat the fastest:)
58.
by steve 19y ago
..unless it isn't. (points to all the billion dollar networking sites on the news)
59.
by steve 19y ago
It is good that he chose an extreme though. Publicity tends to like extremes, regardless of which extreme it is.
60.
by steve 19y ago
Almost, Success is paralyzing.

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