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by tapp 15y ago
> What ground breaking significant product releases has Google brought to market in the past 2 years? Off the top of my head (although it's not technically a single product release) taking mobile OS market share from low single digits t
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by tapp 15y ago
Depends on context; in some cases it absolutely is. Courts often "trust" people to go free temporarily if they can post bail pending trial. Lenders will "trust" you with their money in the form of a loan if you can post collateral.
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by tapp 15y ago
"Write tight."
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by tapp 15y ago
> To this day, TV just absorbs me, I just can't stop watching. Same here. Having grown up without much TV, I find it absolutely hypnotic when it's on, which is why keeping it off is critical to my productivity. My not owning a TV isn't
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by tapp 15y ago
Exactly so. The primary killers in the Western world are cancer and heart disease, and very few people argue with the billions of dollars in annual funding that these diseases receive. What is often overlooked is that these are both fundame
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by tapp 16y ago
Can someone here confirm this is actually working for them? (Paste an image from the clipboard, send the email, check that the inline image was actually attached) It appears to me that FF4 is merely displaying the clipboard image in the rt
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by tapp 16y ago
> The main thing that folks are hiding behind is the fear of being wrong in hindsight. I'm not so sure that's true. I can think of many other reasons people might want or even need to participate anonymously (e.g. to protect their job,
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by tapp 16y ago
> "If members of Congress feel so strongly about undoing this important legislation, perhaps we should stop providing them with health insurance. Let’s credit their pay for the amount that has been paid by the taxpayers, and let them tr
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by tapp 16y ago
> Doesn't anyone else see a huge opportunity here? Forgive my ignorance, but isn't this essentially what sharespost and secondmarket are doing?
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by tapp 16y ago
Are you sure? I believe Zuckerberg's diary described him doing precisely that when he first got the ball rolling at Harvard (which seems like an appropriate stage for comparison vs the Steamtunnels guys.)
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by tapp 16y ago
+1 (same question.) A company I work with does a high volume of WP themes and there are residual income opportunities there. Do you have a portfolio or reference URLs you can provide? My email address is in my profile if you don't want to
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by tapp 16y ago
> I think the guiding principle for Mary...should be that she doesn't type anything into a web browser that she doesn't want publicly known That was Eric Schmidt's answer a while back too, but I'm not sure it's adequate anymore. As PG
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by tapp 16y ago
It's more popularly referred to as "Google bowling." A couple years back, Matt Cutts acknowledged that it was possible, though he also stated they have countermeasures making it very difficult to do in practice.
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by tapp 16y ago
What a company does with its capital is its investors and stakeholders business, and the CEO is accountable to them for same. What a city does with its capital is its citizens business (not "everyone's") and the mayor is accountable to the
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by tapp 16y ago
According to the article, the purpose of the 'dogfooding' is not providing a long term subsidy, but rather "to serve as a proving ground for the technology and a reference customer." YC provides its portfolio companies with a direct financi
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by tapp 16y ago
How so?
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by tapp 16y ago
Where in India?
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by tapp 16y ago
The mayor was elected by the citizens of Portland and is paid with their tax dollars. One of his primary mandates is to improve the local economy. Why should Portland not use those tax dollars to cultivate its local economy if that is the
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by tapp 16y ago
A friend's startup does precisely this (given a target vertical or, ideally, a list of target companies, comes back with a scrubbed target contact list.) They generally work on referral, but I'd be happy to make an introduction if that's wh
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by tapp 16y ago
heh - looks like an IC startup ( http://incubatorincubator.com )
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by tapp 16y ago
> I seem to recall some crackpot theory that low-calorie diets increase your lifespan Not sure the 'crackpot theory' pejorative is appropriate. Calorie restriction (with adequate nutrition) has been documented to increase both median a
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by tapp 16y ago
Was actually from MeFi, I believe (and I agree that it's a fantastically succinct observation): "If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent
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by tapp 16y ago
Weird - no longer seeing my post upthread like I did before, so now not sure if you were replying to me. Board hiccup maybe? (or I'm easily confused late on a Friday...) Going to repost below as a reply for reference so thread still makes
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by tapp 16y ago
Awesome - thanks so much! Sending email now
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by tapp 16y ago
> I'd compare this to leaving your house's front door unlocked and open. You're an idiot, but if someone walks in and trashes the place, they still committed a crime. I disagree. The classic, respectable "value investor" takes advantag
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by tapp 16y ago
"Google's Latest Launch: Its Own Trading Floor" http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_23/b41810335...
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by tapp 16y ago
Can you give some better idea of why you're charging so little? The general rule of thumb is that the more niche/vertical you get, the higher the price (since cost is obviously being distributed over a much smaller client base.) My (growin
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by tapp 16y ago
"You shouldn't expect (student loans) for your own kids... You might have to be your own kids’ bank when they need $40,000 for college like you did (they’ll need more)" I believe that's exactly backwards - they should need less total money
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by tapp 16y ago
Not sure I understand why this is such a big problem. Information symmetry seems like a worthy design goal, and if it bothers you that much, there's an easy workaround: Create a second account for stealth/stalking. Voila - problem solved.
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by tapp 16y ago
Agreed. In general, Google is still incredibly poor about this kind of communication. Historically, when search was really their sole product, it was annoying but tolerable. Unhappy with them? Use a different search engine. The bar moves

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