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by thatthatis 14y ago
You'd first have to offer this as a cloud service to consumers. Once de-duplicating storage is something that is legitimately used by arms-length parties, then you can credibly make the argument that you're using "widely available technolog
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This frustrates me. Three hours of time to watch a video, if you charge $50/hr means you spend $150 opportunity cost of time on the free version. Assuming the time to consume both is equal, it gives an equivalent cost of $150 vs $164, or
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by thatthatis 14y ago
I was a high achieving rural student, and ended up going to Harvard. Why? Because at one college fair there was a guy from Harvard, not a recruiting team, but one random alum who cared and brought a bunch of pamphlets. I asked him "do they
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by thatthatis 14y ago
Smart and connected is the new upper class. These universities select for smart and by their nature create the connections. There needs to be some number of smart and already connected students to maximize the value of the network, but the
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by thatthatis 14y ago
In the past century, in the US, people spent approximately 1/3 of their income on housing. Its been years since I did that analysis, and I can't find it anymore so I don't know if it was 1/3 of pre or post tax, but I do remember that it was
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by thatthatis 14y ago
Paper currency generally travels on a person from place to place (as opposed to being mailed), egro the oddness is exactly what makes it a surprisingly good data source for this kind of work -- paper currency is a proxy for human movement.
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by thatthatis 14y ago
A few additions/tweaks that would be great to see: 1) Add a raw http test -- no template compilation or html, just return "OK". Would give a relative idea of the cost to "just turn the thing on" 2) Don't json encode after the database test
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by thatthatis 14y ago
Whether intentional or not, this is some of the best PR marketing copy I've ever seen. Large, diverse audiences who are afraid of their blog/app/site getting DDOSed can understand enough to know that Cloudflare has a credible solution to t
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by thatthatis 14y ago
Perhaps the title is the problem here, but the innovation is not the box but rather the parent control and the accessibility for low-tech consumers. Everyone yelling "ZORMG, you can get a cheaper bare linux/android/pi/etc" is missing the po
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by thatthatis 14y ago
Start your own freelance firm. There's a lot of work for freelancers and outside of the fortune 500 very little background checking of the contractors.