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crikli

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About crikli

Founder. Starting coding in the early 80's when Dad brought home an Apple //e, never really stopped.

AFK: car fanatic, splitboarder, hiker, wannabe alpinist, metalhead, whisky enthusiast.

chrisrikli at gmail

Recent public activity

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    Comment #22266114

    Yup. Anyone that signs up, of their own free will, for a seven year loan on a depreciating asset has rocks in their head. For fucks sake.

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    Comment #22224201

    Pesticides and herbicides are still used on organic foods. The difference is in the type of chemicals and when/how applied.

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    Comment #22112513

    Hey Ansel, thanks for responding and for validating my train of thought...I don't have that much exposure to the VC world so the things I suspect far outweigh the things I know. :)…

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    Comment #22111787

    So...to me this article illustrates the dramatic differences in objective and mentality between bootstrappers and VCs. This VC looks at this idea, figures out that in order to own …

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    Comment #22058374

    > How long do I stick it out before looking elsewhere or even returning to my last job as I left on good terms? Eject, as long as this isn't going to add to an existing pattern in …

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    Comment #21914345

    I've got a business that my wife and I are launching, as well as a couple of other ventures queued up for 2020. All of them will rely on effective digital marketing. I'd love to vi…

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    Comment #21910945

    That is awesome. When did she start the company? What has her growth strategy been and how has she acquired new clients?

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    Comment #21772814

    Potato potahto. When I need to GSD it's thrash metal (Slayer, etc) or RATM.

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    Comment #21671247

    The property taxes are sky high, yes, but they most definitely do not exempt the rich. There is no state income tax. I wouldn’t call the state’s general tax structure progressive o…

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    Comment #21482376

    > “If you ask any cohort of young people if they will ever pay for Netflix or video services, the answer is unequivocally no,” said Mike McCormack, an analyst at Guggenheim Securit…

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    Comment #21459027

    Except that Backcountry.com is suing companies far outside their space, like coffee producers. And Walmart should be able to sell “Walmart Backcountry Skis” because backcountry ski…

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    Comment #21453232

    Brother I'm livid. I understand that a company has to protect a trademark, and I've been in the protecting position. But there are actions you have to take and actions you do not, …

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    Comment #21453160

    Contentless lawyered up canned response.

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    Comment #21452877

    Of course not man, from my experience the rank and file at BC are fantastic people. They of course have nothing to do with this. But when I and others tell our gearheads "the fauce…

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    Comment #21452654

    I’m a climber / skier / runner etc based out of Colorado and between my wife and we’ve spent a small fortune with backcountry.com. I didn’t know about any of this. Suing a maker of…

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    Comment #20877275

    Pointless digression: "And with cars/motorcycles you hear how it's more fun to drive a slow vehicle fast than a fast vehicle slow." I know this is just your third comparator in you…

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    Comment #20555890

    We need neutral platforms where content will not be punished because of political agendas. If content doesn't align with a progressive viewpoint, at best FB/Twitter/YT/IG ignore it…

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    Comment #20524330

    Context is everything. The things you're talking about are innocuous with no negative loading or reputation. Facebook isn't innocuous and has a high negative load and reputation. T…

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    Comment #20484125

    Huh. My experience is the opposite. Somehow my Discover Weekly was mostly mariachi bands for a month. Finally told it I didn’t like enough of them that it got the hint. Now it’s ov…

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    Comment #20475019

    This concept was on Shark Tank a while back: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/phone-booth-entrepr...

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    Comment #20335470

    > There were ways to bring music with you — on transistor radios, on boom boxes, on car stereos — but they forced you to subject everyone around you to that music, as well. ...and …

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    Comment #20085443

    These folks take the Bluthton concept a bit too seriously.

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    Comment #20068869

    “Warmest regards”. Wow. F*ck you too.

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    Comment #19998758

    Getting to the top of Everest without supplemental oxygen and without relying on fixed lines is an impressive accomplishment. Getting to the top of Everest by jumaring up fixed lin…