xgarland

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by xgarland 11y ago
"The same people that would reject you for having bad grammar are effectively racists." Now, how exactly did you arrive at this conclusion? This just might be one of the most, if not the most, ridiculous statements I've ever
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by xgarland 11y ago
I don't think any business that achieves that sort of valuation should be considered a "startup".
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by xgarland 11y ago
It'll be worth even more in the coming years, which is not hard to fathom when you look at Uber as a logistics company rather than a taxi-replacement.
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by xgarland 11y ago
Great point!
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by xgarland 11y ago
Ditto
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by xgarland 11y ago
Salves were usually forced against their will to do arduous tasks, which I'm sure none of them quite enjoyed nor voluntarily signed up for. I understand that some employers may treat their workers poorly (and some may even think of the
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by xgarland 11y ago
This is exciting news - great work! Look forward to seeing more smart people collaborate around speech technology in the coming years.
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by xgarland 12y ago
And I believe there is also a huge difference between someone signing up for your product and someone actively using it after signing up. In my experience, I found that many people will sign up for a product out of general interest, but won
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by xgarland 12y ago
Very interesting merger of social and e-commerce here. I'd expect other players in the space to follow suit, or at least discover new ways to engage their clientele via social channels.
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by xgarland 12y ago
I would not be surprised if they scoop up and acquire Postmates in the next 12-18 months.
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by xgarland 13y ago
Who are you currently for your telecom services? I'm always surprised about the amount of money businesses spend on their phone system.
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by xgarland 13y ago
Seems like people are just looking for any and everything to be offended by these days.
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by xgarland 13y ago
Agreed. The shift towards a more affordable machine that can meet the most basic productivity needs will attract businesses, especially since we now live in world with more mobile workforces.Bloated OS's are a thing of the past and no
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by xgarland 13y ago
Wow, didn't have a clue that their terrible ads had already begun targeting Chromebooks. Seriously, someone over there really need to find a better way of trying to separate from the competition.
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by xgarland 13y ago
While I don't have any interest in shifting to Chrome OS entirely, I do think Google has made quite a leap in their recent Chromebook offerings. I, for one, was one of the original pundits that lambasted the Chromebook movement in the
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by xgarland 13y ago
Yeah, it appears to me that the author sole purpose was to discredit the currency more out of bitterness more than actual valid data.
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by xgarland 13y ago
Even the approach of sending cold emails may not be as effective, since plenty of restaurants still don't leverage basic tools available for communication and connection, including the internet. As Yiggy said, try sourcing targets from
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by xgarland 13y ago
Not only mail, but the native cal app has become unbearable, too! Used to be one of my favorite applications until about snow leopard.
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by xgarland 13y ago
Unfortunately, this is the shared reality of many in the Valley. And that's not to say you should feel any less or more guilty than others faced with this dilemma. The challenges that exist with developing products for "everyone e
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by xgarland 13y ago
Agreed -- the fallacy pushed out into society that higher education is the only path to success is absolutely absurd. Even moderate domain expertise in most fields will trump the copious amount of useless information floating around in text
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by xgarland 13y ago
I don't think that is the point being made. The point is that there's been a lack of transparency on Google's behalf, and a lot of users, like myself, have grown tired of it.
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by xgarland 13y ago
But I don't understand why Google refuses to just offer this as a stand alone product for those of us who actually do enjoy this service, ya know.
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by xgarland 13y ago
Is it me or has this theme of Silicon Valley's innovation, or lack thereof, become played out? Like, it's become sort of the popular thing to do as of late, and it is such bullshit. Pundits are so quick to criticize the region as
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by xgarland 13y ago
I've experienced this far too often in the past few months, it's starting to become a bit unbearable. Just not sure why Uber continues to onboard drivers who seem incompetent and have no sense of direction. It'd be nice if I
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by xgarland 13y ago
Ever heard of Pinterest? They definitely fall into that category of companies with little to no revenue, but have a massive valuation. Here's the thing: While users may not be paying with their dollars just yet, almost all of them are
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by xgarland 13y ago
And there's also tons of people who don't necessarily like using the service, but somewhat forced to for a number of reasons. I, for one, don't find the service that useful, however, most employers find it particularly odd if
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by xgarland 13y ago
While I may not contribute much to the chatter here on HN, I have recognized an insane amount of whining from the MSFT community. Again, this is based upon my experience and observations during my time here :)
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by xgarland 13y ago
Agreed. The cry for attention from the Microsoft community is becoming a bit annoying, especially on HN.