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Amazon invests $2B in India, following Flipkart raising $1B(techinasia.com)
2 points by visakanv 12y ago|0 comments
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by visakanv 12y ago
India does have 1.2+ billion people! That must be part of the justification, surely.
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by visakanv 12y ago
And then blogposts and news articles written about the phenomena on marketing journals, Buzzfeed, newssites...
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by visakanv 12y ago
I know right? Life on Earth isn't sustainable. The Sun will eventually blow up and destroy it. The universe isn't sustainable, either. Eventually all the stars will go out and there'll be a lukewarm nothingness... Sustainabil
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by visakanv 12y ago
They're both wearable tech, I guess. Title might be better phrased as "Wearable Tech in India".
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by visakanv 12y ago
Sounds sensible to me. Is he missing anything?
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by visakanv 12y ago
That's a nice way of putting it. Will probably use that in the future. Thanks!
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by visakanv 12y ago
I personally agree completely, but in the interest of knowledge and learning- how do we avoid conflict re: energy security?
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by visakanv 12y ago
Sadly for me I think I still approach productivity in a very "barbaric" way- I have long periods of idleness and procrastination, then I rush a fuckton of work all at once. I've seen some success in my personal projects from
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Why should we blog? (An argument for blogging.)(visakanv.com)
1 points by visakanv 12y ago|0 comments
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by visakanv 12y ago
I don't find many people who share my view on this, but I think this is a good move and that they should hold their frame. I think the logo is simple and memorable, and it transcends language limitations. The genitalia jokes will persi
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by visakanv 12y ago
TL;DR: Don't half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing. And then another. And then another. #manliness --- I find it odd that we seem to be taking so long as a species to develop a useful, simple and broadly agreed-upon idea about the p
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by visakanv 12y ago
Apparently vaginas and rockets are opposites. Maybe because rockets = penises. Who knows.
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by visakanv 12y ago
I don't think the two are mutually exclusive (see PG's essay about narrow and deep, applied to Google, to Microsoft, etc.)- I also remember reading an early Facebook employee's note about how Facebook had to start out serving
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by visakanv 12y ago
"Hey, let's rent a place. It costs reasonable, the people seem nice, it's going to be fun." "OMG, no, no we can't. The logo looks like a vagina."
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by visakanv 12y ago
Agreed. After all, most of us came out of a vagina. There's all sorts of mother/belonging/home insinuations to be made.
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by visakanv 12y ago
I live in Singapore, where Airbnb will remain illegal for a long time. That said, is "that's illegal!"necessarily watertight proof that something isn't going to work? Could it be possible that people might like the idea
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by visakanv 12y ago
I knew people were talking shit on Hacker News, but I didn't realize that it was such a literal thing! :P On a serious note, yes, this. I have a cousin who had really bad problems until he did such a transplant, and he said it pretty m
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by visakanv 12y ago
This triggers a memory- I was watching a documentary about the internal combustion engine, and how everybody who drove a car in the early days needed to understand how it worked, because they'd inevitably have to troubleshoot it. Same
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by visakanv 12y ago
Relevant: One of my favorite pg quotes, from http://www.paulgraham.com/word.html : "Like real world resourcefulness, conversational resourcefulness often means doing things you don't want to. Chasing down all the i
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by visakanv 12y ago
> So the US media clings to their same old models and is "shocked" when an upset occurs. And then they usually search so fast for a reason, they miss the real reason in the process. Hollywood has been missing the mark too. They
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by visakanv 12y ago
One of the best things I've ever watched. Another very compelling thing to watch in this vein is that HBO special where Carlin, Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Ricky Gervais discuss their craft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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by visakanv 12y ago
This. The most important part of marketing your X is building a X that matters. This applies whether you're doing a startup or playing in a band. The best promotional tactics will flub on a bleh product that nobody cares about. You&#x2
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by visakanv 12y ago
I see where you're coming from, but to be a little pedantic– bullshit is both a noun and an adjective, so you can simply say "that is one bullshit plugin" and you'd be fine.
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by visakanv 12y ago
I use Asana for work, and I use the checkboxes on the Momentum chrome app. I don't always follow that religiously, so I write things out on pen and paper every couple of days or so if I'm feeling chocked. Not super efficient, but
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by visakanv 12y ago
1: I write extensively about all my ideas. 2: I discard those that don't resonate with anybody else. 3: I then look for excitement and eagerness from discerning readers. 4: Then I start with whichever I'm most excited about, of th
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by visakanv 12y ago
> Your child will feel angry about certain events, or about other people and so forth for whatever the reasons, but usually, it's simply because they are hungry or feeling tired. It's amazing how much this affects our own behav
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by visakanv 12y ago
Sometimes I write negative things after reading negative things, but it's ultimately an enriching experience for me.
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by visakanv 12y ago
I loved Quora for a long time. Great community, great atmosphere, lots of learning to be had. Slightly different culture/atmosphere from HN, which is interesting. It's been through a few changes and has had to cope with a flood of
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by visakanv 12y ago
It's an AWESOME story- with a bit of flourish and narrative it would make a great introduction to a book or lecture.

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