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by thedarkginger 10y ago
The Craigslist way to brand that would be: "Courtesy ambient rain noise for improved sleep environment."
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
Maybe I am reading into this but I feel like the author makes this sound nefarious and really uncommon. When I was moving to the South Bay and had only two weeks to figure out my plan, can't tell you how many somewhat affordable room r
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
It's kind of crazy. People really care about their homes, right? So when bad things happen, posting photos like these confirm potential hosts' worst fears about having their place on AirBNB. I'm surprised that they don't
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Amazon's store of the future is delayed(recode.net)
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
Totally agree. The only advantage I could see them working is being able to act as a central platform for paid outlets. Digital subscriptions (NY Times, Washington Post) have seen a boost since the election in the U.S., but does anyone pay
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
Have always been interested in why few startups try to do this. "Netflix for journalism" seems like such a low hanging fruit pitch, at least to get funding that you'd think more folks would have at least tried. After moving t
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
I think the key point is the declaration that they would move from the ad-revenue model. Actually thought this was kind of funny at the time because a few reaction pieces were like, "they are being mysterious about their new business m
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
Since the article stresses repeatedly that Amazon is all-in on produce... I think this is a big question for their ML approach. One of the annoying parts of not-really-self-checkout that is available in big grocery stores today is that you
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
I know this discusses a few strategic plays Amazon is making but shortfalls of the self-checkout project (AmazonGo) are interesting: "In its video touting Amazon Go, the company said it was aiming to open the site to the public in “ear
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
Thought it was useful to give the reason he was quitting, as indicated by the text. Guess it didn't help here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
"That was not the reason for Jones’ departure, sources said, even though it meant that Kalanick was bringing in a new exec who could outrank him. Instead, these sources said, Jones determined that the situation at the company was more
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
Remembered that that the book Launch Pad chronicled them - then as Rap Genius - quite a bit. Here's what they said back then: "This is what a lyrics site looks like now. You go, you get a big ringtone ad. This is terrible! Where c
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
Followed them for a while because I do think their core competency had a lot of value (having a rap lyrics site with no pop up ads alone pretty much did that...) Kind of a bummer that they raised at such a high valuation and repeatedly set
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
This assessment feels accurate. Just tried to think of any digital-first journalism outlet in the U.S. that is focused on doing independent reporting rather than "telling people how to feel." Came up empty. That feels true on both
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by thedarkginger 10y ago
Glad you shared. I found OP frustrating in that the core problem of digital publishing for profit doesn't seem to be the inability to price the content correctly but rather publishers' inability to deliver a product that customers
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by thedarkginger 11y ago
The distinction in legal approach between FanDuel and Uber is kind of interesting here. Uber disrupted a heavily regulated market, shot first, asked questions later, and dealt with the legal blows as part of their strategy. From what FanDue