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by tryitnow 15y ago
I find that preventing myself from reading HN works wonders for reducing procrastination.
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Yes, that's my general reaction to Friedman too. This article is a bit better than his usual thin gruel though, it mostly points out the obvious but does time things neatly together. It's worth a quick read if you're trying to procrastina
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Good point, plus doesn't the study end in 2009? "Budget Cuts and Social Unrest in Europe, 1919-2009" It just addresses growing media penetration? How on earth can this study address social media with a data set that is mostly pre-2000? I t
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Thanks for the link to LW, those guys are frequently insightful. Another thing to consider is consumer choice. Very few people donate as much as they can to charity. I also think that "good" startups create a lot of social value by improvi
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by tryitnow 15y ago
The point of this article is that the "jobs, food, and relative political stability" haven't materialized. Your last sentence pretty much summarizes the Economist's position and then goes into detail explaining why this is happening in thi
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Because it is shedding light on powerful corrupt elites and goes into some detail (given the brevity of the article), without going into wild-eyed conspiracy theories or making half-assed assertions just for the sake of bashing a profit-mak
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by tryitnow 15y ago
I'm not going to comment on the subject matter of this article, rather I think it's worth pointing out that we need more articles like this, investigating corrupt, shadowy organizations that are ripping off innocent people. In fact, it woul
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“The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee”(blissbat.net)
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?I don't understand why there would be a need for a logarithmic graph in this case. The author is not discussing proportional changes or even absolute changes, unless you want to consider income as a change in wealth, but that's not quite
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? Who mentioned "images of smoke-filled rooms secretly steering our lives" Again, who? How is this relevant to the article above? Did you read O'Reilly's article? It would be really cool if folks read the article before commenting. Sehr k
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by tryitnow 15y ago
First, let me say I am a huge fan of PG and YC, but... I have to second (third, fourth, etc) the several opinions already expressed here. This is about the customer's response: http://ejroundtheworld.blogspot.com/2011/07/airbnb-nightmare.
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by tryitnow 15y ago
Well, what do you market? Instead of saying anything about "online", just say that you market X and that the online channel is your exclusive focus. A lot of people make money online as "internet marketers" by engaging in some shady operat