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I tried to set up a Twilio number specifically to handle these services that demand SMS for login. Weirdly it only works for a minority of services, I expect many use Twilio to sen…

I think the statements: "CA were ineffective charlatans" and "Carole Cadwalladr is misinformed" and "the methods by which CA attempted to influence the election were wrong" can all…

The 'hard STEM degrees' and 'brutal interviews' are irrelevant if the industry is functioning: are the people in these roles are able to perform them and are the companies profitab…

So this is... actually worse?

His perspective seems built around ego. It's no longer the special club he wanted it to be, it's not "hard enough" for the people he sees as "wrong" to participate. He liked YC whe…

"I have the world at my hands. Access to written knowledge from any point in the history of time. Tens of thousands of video games and movies available for under $10 and/or a small…

You should probably check the authors resume: https://georgetannenbaum.com/resume/ He certainly understands the concept of brand and product advertising.

Passive safety sounds like exactly the kind of thing you'd want to focus on when designing nuclear reactors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal–agent_problem

News+ is the new subscription service, in addition to the free service ('News').

Yes. I think many in their 30s and older have missed the new reality. That more culture is being created on the internet on mobile platforms and apps they've never heard of (and in…

Yes, I don't understand why he supposedly kept the account 'secret' (why not run two, one for the demo and one for... whatever else!?).

...what?

> So the business model is asking users for a donation? This sounds more like a non-profit to me. I think the idea is to get enough donations that they're no longer a non-profit.

My understanding was that basic banking in the US lags most of Europe; contactless infrastructure is poor, mobile payments non-standardised, charges for basic accounts & general fe…

“The real you” also doesn’t know math, science, how to read, operate a computer, how to cook... ...learning isn’t a bad idea.

Absolutely. It’s not limited to marketing either, management theory is full of this too. Almost all of Frederick Winslow Taylor’s work and reputation was built on unverified case s…

Everyone hates advertising, until they lose their dog.

It's fair for us to assume you didn't actually read it, as much as you may plead for us to think otherwise. This clearly isn't a simple story of 'happy man in a humble job'. I mean…

It's a really bizarre bit of writing in general. I'm oddly bothered by how much this guy hates breakfast, without actually explaining why. > “A sales breakfast for seven hundred pe…

Ah, but marketing isn’t simply coercion or persuasion. For instance, if you’re gathering requirements from customers before, during and after the development of a product you’re do…

Considering demand for product is outstripping their ability to produce product, their sales & marketing teams are setting a high standard of work the rest of the company has yet t…