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adamw2k

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    Comment #46441351

    So much to relate to here. Midwest, HardOCP (and their folding team), local store was MicroXPress (Indianapolis), just sub Staples for the pizza gig. Also vividly recall buying my …

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    Comment #42442070

    Now worth more than Snowflake at current market price.

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    Comment #34912541

    It's actually common practice in many parts of the country. The practice is called Economic Development. Rarely used for residential purposes, but does finance commercial developme…

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    Comment #34164624

    Too funny - did the same thing in 2009 for a print on demand greeting card site. Wonder how many of these are still around. Cardstore, Greeting Card Universe, SendOutCards, etc. Th…

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    Comment #33215669

    Good to see more of these coming out. I've toyed with https://www.koyfin.com/ in recent months too, quite good for macroeconomic data.

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    Comment #32241414

    Also known as sandbagging... Just a way to game the next round's valuation if you find strong demand.

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    Comment #31963378

    Funny enough, on the completely opposite end of the spectrum, I was once surprised that after you close an account (post M&A in this case), you can typically restore the resources …

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    Comment #31953211

    Many folks are talking about bus schedules, but California hardly offers transporation in most districts. Only 9% of children take a bus to school [1] and that's been trending down…

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    Comment #31848969

    Was going to say it reminded me of noms, only to realize it's a fork... https://github.com/attic-labs/noms

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    Comment #29272533

    just signed up here and already unsubscribed. way too kool-aid.

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    Comment #28999931

    Yep, brings be back... + AIM, MSN, they even had a primitive IRC connection if memory serves me right.

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    Comment #27345220

    Brings me back to the days of using Word Perfect with a keyboard overlay...

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    Comment #25260583

    Founders get golden handcuffs via the deal (if they're desired). At the end of the day, just about every "material" trigger is renegotiated in an acquisition...

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    Comment #23664388

    I bought one of these on eBay for like $75 and use it as a running companion, which I pretty much love. Using Google Fi, I throw a data only SIM in and it runs Spotify and acts as …

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    Comment #23452064

    Appreciate that the company's founder and leader is on here replying... Even if the OP.

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    Comment #21919297

    Did you consider a Pixel 3a?

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    Comment #20399275

    Slightly different kind of jailbreak, but quite a bit larger than this one over the course of 28 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Feld_Carr

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    Comment #19780120

    So many companies have come and gone in the "print on demand" space. The barriers to entry are low and the market, while shrinking, is still quite large... If you consider the mark…

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    Comment #19757444

    Surprised at Sales and Marketing expense given the low number of Enterprise (>$100k) contracts. Wonder what's baked in there beyond AE compensation? I don't see a whole lot of trad…

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    Comment #17605415

    Thinking through this a bit... So the end result of this move is less SPAM and higher quality content. Great! But if SPAM is a form of activity (albeit a less desirable one) and ac…

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    Comment #17128581

    Wonder why they chose not to host on GitHub...

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    Comment #16950709

    Really thinking Jetsons here, but won't we simply be able to print most items either at home or at the neighborhood print shop at some point in the next 100 years? I recall efforts…