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ivv

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    Comment #31978987

    Spending more time outdoors makes it less likely the child will end up needing glasses. Learned that one too late. Also, people carry their childhood experiences with them for the …

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    Comment #23891764

    Little Caesar was a co-founder’s nickname.

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    Comment #21005734

    Logitech has (or had) a Skype camera that you’d clip to a TV to do a similar thing; it’s been around for years.

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    Comment #20107226

    Maybe residents would place beacons where they want the drones to land?

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    Comment #20071057

    Since WSJ didn't bother to link to the study, its title is "Online Tracking and Publishers’ Revenues: An Empirical Analysis," you can see it on Google's Scholar. It's not about whe…

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    Comment #19932617

    Probably child care / private schooling for the two children. Don't see it itemized in the table.

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    Comment #17913747

    I'd select 10 random users who abandoned the app and offered them $10 in Amazon ecards for 10 minutes on the phone with me. Then, I'd ask them what they had hoped for when they sig…

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    Comment #15774993

    The "mail-merge" the article refers to is also known as "spinning". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_spinning

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    Comment #15057060

    I work in one of the data-related verticals that has a fair number of startups selling to companies like ours.

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    Comment #15054429

    When talking to startups as their prospective client, I feel I can often tell which ones are from a Y-combinator batch; they are nice, responsive, and thoughtful.

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    Comment #14306251

    Looks like you don't need to pay to unlock the emails. Click on the YouTubers' usernames, their contact info is on the About tab.

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    Comment #14200479

    I think he is implying (correctly) that in the absense of a robust secondary market for cars, the prices for new cars would drop -- there would be less demand for new cars people k…

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    Comment #14185802

    Makes sense. The clickstream data that ISPs are now free to sell would be a goldmine then.

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    Comment #14185701

    Here's another place where I remember reading about 5 users, took me a couple of days to find it: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-you-only-need-to-test-w...

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    Comment #14185679

    They could be, no disagreement there. Now I'm curious: what is the commercial value in the aggregated email content that would make someone want to pay for it, besides the purchase…

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    Comment #14185428

    Slice sells aggregated order data for categories of goods by brand, calculated by looking at email receipts. Things that are useful for calculating overall demand, seasonality, mar…

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    Comment #14163344

    From personal experience of doing a bunch of interviews and surveys over the years, after about 6, you'll start hearing patterns. If you are new to the subject you are researching,…

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    Comment #14163195

    Maybe I can answer the question "where to find people to talk to." I'm in consumer research; here's what's worked for me. If you need b2b: LinkedIn, conference and trade show lobbi…

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    Comment #13993232

    Advertising is a symptom not of excess consumption but of excess production. And all communication is a form of mind control.

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    Comment #13488589

    Not sure if there's a difference, but I've always thought that her site is SciHub, not Libgen?

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    Comment #13449333

    People trust UGC photos -- says the company selling UGC photos.

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    Comment #12883824

    This is what gyms have become for many. I remember seeing a graph showing the decline in church attendance coinciding with the rise in gym memberships.

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    Comment #12813806

    Could one think of Soylent as a baby formula for adults?

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    Comment #12717260

    Bernie is a good counter-example. Huge rallies, way behind in votes.