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by xux 13y ago
I'm curiously why you think that's creepy. If you suddenly deposit $5 million, but your salary is $100k / year, that's pretty suspicious and report-able.
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Show HN: Gabby Bot(xiaoxu193.github.io)
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by xux 13y ago
I think GitHub is in a strong position to do this. They can easily turn it into something more social that allows you to add friends and share codes in your feed.
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by xux 13y ago
Using Bit of News [0]. Sends you a short daily summary of what's happening today. [0]www.bitofnews.com
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NYTimes just entered my market(blog.bitofnews.com)
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by xux 13y ago
Hi Jolo! It's part manual, part automated now. I queue up popular stories and pick them by hand - so there's a diverse range of news.
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by xux 13y ago
>Why does it matter if a spammer knows your address is valid, if they've already decided it's valid enough to spam it? Because then they can dictionary attack a large list of random emails, send out a trivial campaign, and coll
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by xux 13y ago
I used that to compare because a lot of others email out at that time: Digg, WSJ, Quartz, etc.
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by xux 13y ago
What niche, if you don't mind sharing?
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by xux 13y ago
I actually did tons of A/B testing and 8:30am works way better than 6am (in terms of open rates). Honestly I've no idea why, but I have a few theories.
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by xux 13y ago
Countdown? How do you mean
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by xux 13y ago
I see what you mean. I made Bit of News based on my experience as a student. A lot of my friends read email in the morning on the go on iPhones - walking to class, riding the bus, etc. And I imagine it as a way to quickly read what's h
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by xux 13y ago
Maybe I didn't specify clearly, but it's targeted toward young professional women. So that's around ages 17-29. Checkout their latest issue[1]. It's heavily editorialized and obviously appeal to a very specific audience.
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by xux 13y ago
Totally agree! There are some experiences I'd personally experience alone. That's why I chose against making Bit of News social. Reading is, and has always been, an individual activity. Just you and the words. The rise of social m
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by xux 13y ago
Yeah sounds like a perfect way for Square to latch onto an already-popular platform and ride the wave. It just makes sense. You're already emailing the other person, why not also send money too? You're already reading your email,
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by xux 13y ago
That's a good point but I think it's a weak assumption. So far I haven't received any spam reports from Mailchimp - hopefully that's because I haven't received any instead of Mailchimp failing to catch any haha...
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by xux 13y ago
Yes emails tend to be associated with all the bad things. Usually though if a user subscribe and expects it everyday, it'll unlikely get marked as spam / unsubscribe And yeah that's their target market. I forgot where I read
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by xux 13y ago
Cool! This sounds like http://www.news.me/ before the team bought Digg and pivoted. It seems social news via email didn't work for them, so I'm looking forward to how nuzzel will handle this.
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by xux 13y ago
Sendgrid, Mailchimp are email services. They them-self don't provide the content. Where as Bit of News is a news services that relies on email. And yes emails are unstable, especially with the way Gmail handles them / attempt to s
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by xux 13y ago
Good thoughts and I agree! The overloading of email is a huge problem, and no one wants more junk. So it comes down to receiving things that you really want. With Bit of News, it's easy to unsubscribe with one click. If people didn&#x2
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Email, an idea so old that it's new(blog.bitofnews.com)
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by xux 13y ago
>Pay should be commensurate to value an employee provides to a company. I don't think that's how capitalism works. Your pay doesn't scale with your value, otherwise teachers and firefighters would be making bank. It's
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by xux 13y ago
Just a word of caution, if you're pursuing legal actions, you might consider not posting about any details publicly. Talk to your lawyer before you do anything...
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by xux 13y ago
I doubt anyone wants to entertain a 9/11 conspiracy
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by xux 13y ago
This reminds of the Churchill's famous dictum: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." No, standarized tests aren't ideal. But what do you pro
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by xux 13y ago
They do, and they should. Truman made the gamble that using nuclear weapon would end the war early, and he was right. Millions more Japanese would have died defending their homeland if there were a land invasion.
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by xux 13y ago
Updated figures: 58.32% Russians 24.32% Ukrainians 12.03% Tarters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea#Ethnic_groups
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by xux 13y ago
You're misleading. We're talking about Crimea here. Ethnic breakdown in Crimea: 58.2% Russians 27.5% Ukrainians Rest are mixed.
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by xux 13y ago
>Obviously I am unsubscribing because I never subscribed in the first place! You never become uninterested in something after you subscribe?
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by xux 13y ago
That sounds like every startup, ever.

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