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Vault 7 proved that "signs of Russian hacking" mean nothing.

I believe he was claiming to not be Russian last year. Has something come out since then to prove him lying? Vault 7 proves that "signatures of Russian hacking" are meaningless in …

> presumably And that's the problem with this whole article.

This is the #1 myth of social media startups - that you can be in the red at this phase and easily turn it all around. People forget that Facebook was ~$50m in the black before the…

I know him personally and collaborated with him on some things while he was running Digiforce. It was always a stealth operation, but I know that the technology was real and that i…

This article is the embodiment of the South Park, San Francisco stereotype of the guy enjoying the smell of his own farts. The idea that they might be living in a bubble that is to…

Exactly. Nothing in this article even talked about technology specific startups at all. It could apply to a craft beer company as much as a new SaaS product.

Just because most of what yishan says is probably true, that doesn't mean he's not tactically omitting details. For instance, you can go to any of the right-leaning or conspiracy r…

And that test winds up in v0.1.1 of your software magically, or is it there because you put it in the work to add it up front?

It may not boost productivity upfront, but it saves a lot of time down the line by alerting you when something is out of place.

It would be great for future versions to be modified to support restify and hapi.

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I left California (L.A.) for Raleigh three and half years ago and my quality of life skyrocketed. The pay is the same, the worst N.C. commute is half of the best California commute…

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If no one's willing to give you that info, at any of those stages, it's a good sign that they're not going to be up front with you about equity at all.

People forget that Facebook was 8 figures into the black before they even took a Series A. The problem with Twitter isn't that they're a social network on par with Facebook, it's t…

The simple truth is that people who outsource development to firms in developing nations are trying to get more than they're willing to pay for, which has never worked - ever.

If Indiegogo doesn't suspend them too, it could be a real watershed moment for them. It'll brand them as the place to go for scam products.