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by vitalychernobyl 3y ago
I think the lead they are burying is the huge decline in the quality of TechCrunch and that it has become the same as any generic tech section, in any generic publication. It used to be my front page - but I don’t bother anymore. The unique
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by vitalychernobyl 4y ago
TLDR; Guy performed at festival where they had pay-by-bracelet, spent 30m figuring it out how to add money to buy a beer. Turned out beer was free backstage. You have been saved from wasting 10m of ur life.
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by vitalychernobyl 4y ago
Could you share with me as well? :) Thank you!
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by vitalychernobyl 5y ago
Yahoo web-hosting.. didn't know that still existed :) Gotta love how he does stuff :) It's like the Twitter profile for Robert Downey Jr "You know who I am." Just baller :)
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by vitalychernobyl 5y ago
This is a tough one to make sense of - are they just getting killed by reddit on one side and tiktok on the other and cashing out? Anyone have any insight? (also anyone know the purchase price? just for fun)
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
<rant> Having worked in warehouses back in the day, I (and probably anyone) can tell you that it is not a glamorous job, most of the time you are working in a tough environment and often treated like crap, and if you are gonna work wa
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
So it sounds like the Australian government set the best terms it could with a bunch of providers (including oracle) so that each individual agency doesn’t have to negotiate for the best deal or reviewing contracts. Is that how it works?
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
This may be a case of “too little too late”. These guys are trying to become too big to fail. I think good publishers can be a good thing .. but only if they understand the new reality.. and unfortunately I don’t think they do. I think this
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
I have to say, Om Malik is great, but that entire article just says “I like San Francisco and even though others have left, I am staying because I like it and have been here for a while.” I wish it had a bit more perspective on what he thin
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
Interesting, it hadn't occurred to me, but of course between Zoom meetings and getting way more informal, this is gonna be a rough spot for them. Paywalled - so here's the takeaway: "One in six dry cleaners have closed or gon
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
I'm surprised they didn't use the remnants of Google+ to create a reputation system. It would be a good thing, we'll see if they follow his advice sooner than later.
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
More consolidation, but probably belated. The publishers are hoping to survive by making themselves big enough. Ironically, I think good publishers are a good thing, if they figure out the new reality .. which unfortunately I don't thi
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
It’s paywalled - here’s the TLDR: They are starting to raise at a reported valuation of $70-$100B, but no one has paid this yet, reporting is preliminary. Their last private valuation was $36B in April. Saved you reading 500 words..
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
My 2c - It’s basically a smaller NYC, decent tech scene, not quite as pricey (but still pricey), and the winters are coooold and windy.
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
I’ve been looking at this and traveling/living it during the Covid craziness - here are my conclusions of top places FWIW: Austin - it’s grown to be a mini-SF (in the good things) - lots of tech, people, nightlife - but in Texas - so l
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
The cap is high to begin with, but later they will begin to lower it and increase the cost. At this point, based on examples of other cable companies and wireless providers, it is almost a given. Unless of course you believe that Comcast is
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
Womp womp..
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by vitalychernobyl 6y ago
Can anyone with real knowledge of the subject corroborate or dispute this? Genuinely interested. The article makes a lot of sense, and if true, disputes the popular narrative. But there is a big "if" and I am not qualified to know
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by vitalychernobyl 7y ago
Yeah - they said that.. but then they had the whole $629k+ in the actual ask in the suit.. there is either more in addition, or they don't "accept" the pay-back (or just trying to make it look bigger to benefit the case)
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by vitalychernobyl 7y ago
No :) (i read it that way too at first) It's $2MM + 2mo + 40k
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by vitalychernobyl 7y ago
Looks like it was more than that (plus he's now trying to claim he owns a part of the company and/or entitled to $2MM.. again, according to the doc) "[redacted]'s at-will employment was terminated for the reasons herein
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by vitalychernobyl 7y ago
Just read through the whole thing (don't know why) - here is the synopsis: It doesn't really talk about any ownership issues regarding the CEO - it's basically saying that [redacted] (an early employee) embezzled/mis-use
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by vitalychernobyl 8y ago
Does anyone know why?
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by vitalychernobyl 9y ago
We tried working with it and this isn't really a thing - the support is non-existent, the documentation is lacking. When contacted, they admitted that the only apps published using the Shoutem platform are ones that the company custom-
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by vitalychernobyl 11y ago
Very very disappointing. Parse was a great platform and Facebook killed it. I guess it's going to be full stack AWS all the time forever. They shouldn't have bought it if this wasn't going to be a core part of the business go
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Silicon Valley Cannonball – Week 1 at the FI Master Program(medium.com)
3 points by vitalychernobyl 12y ago|0 comments
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by vitalychernobyl 15y ago
This may help - http://lmgtfy.com/ (Sorry, couldn't help that :-D)
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Knight News Challenge - Cont3nt.com lets you sell media in real-time via Twitter(newschallenge.tumblr.com)
1 points by vitalychernobyl 15y ago|0 comments
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Cont3nt.com - the first free-market for media(gigaom.com)
2 points by vitalychernobyl 15y ago|0 comments
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by vitalychernobyl 15y ago
I hate to state the obvious cultural argument - but how many of us just don't like Microsoft, and all things being equal, would prefer to work with open source? I sure do.

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