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jannw

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    Comment #45194790

    One you miss is that if other companies in your industry are RTO, and you don't, the first quarter you under-perform your competitors, your shareholders and activist investors will…

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    Comment #44965367

    also - they never paid the music publishers, as the purchaser/subscriber obtained the ringtone they purchased/subscribed for, but rarely "cashed in" the subscription "credits" for …

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    Comment #44965332

    As someone who unfortunately worked for a ringtone vendor for a shot period, the main thrust of the "industry" was mis-selling a hidden/deceptive "subscription" service to children…

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    Comment #44080193

    "I have a friend who is developing and marketing a tool that solves the exact problem you have identified - let me put you in contact with him - perhaps the two of you can come to …

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    Comment #43691259

    Lots of technical discussions - but the real answer is that bittorrent/P2P was displaced by Netflix for all but a small number of hard-core users. That, combined with legal threats…

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    Comment #42601206

    I am a lawyer, but not your lawyer (and not a french Corporate Law lawyer). I've also founded 2 tech startups. It sounds like a poor deal - alternatively it's a low opening bid ...…

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    Comment #42114520

    this is a relatively trivial looping programming task ... suitable for a 1st year comp sci student.

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    Comment #41299186

    LPT: never steal from people more than it costs to have you killed

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    Comment #41170459

    that was my first thought also, except ICON is bankrupt.

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    Comment #40085340

    maybe it's difficult to call either way

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    Comment #39999777

    Not so daft if you consider that it is easier to segment, stratify, and control people in a linear city, as the structure itself acts as a continuous and infinitely adaptable choke…

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    Comment #39909210

    tight tolerances and repeatability is mostly a combined rigidity and resolution issue, which is functionally equivalent to a cost issue. Add more money. Unfortunately there is a po…

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    Comment #39375995

    "But, after spending time at their former home on Bloemgracht, a street and canal in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam" So ... for context ... the Bloemgracht is where the 1% o…

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    Comment #39335416

    The distinction becoming vague is due to the changes regarding the Bologna Process/European Qualification Framework - whereby both Universities and Technical Colleges both award ba…

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    Comment #39301367

    fake it till you make it ;-) The company I suspect is "faking it" is https://www.lawgeex.com/ ... as an outsourced legal contract review company their "valuation" and trajectory is…

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    Comment #39277450

    You said: "However, I have used several startups options of AI document review and they all fall apart with any sort of prodding for specific answers. " I think you will find that …

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    Comment #37818560

    Smart companies operating in CN seeking to minimise IP theft tend to "Own" the mold, and carefully manage its use and production - to ensure that there are e.g. no 3rd shift produc…

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    Comment #37570576

    Labels ARE shareholders in Spotify. There is absolutely a conflict of interest regarding how Spotify handles its rights/royalties negotiations when the licensees are an oligopoly, …

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    Comment #37049986

    note to check back later

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    Comment #36600453

    seems quite accurate to me - reflects well my own experience.

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    Comment #36029979

    You'd probably just rip them from spotify: e.g. https://spotify-downloader.com/

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    Comment #35601585

    "I had one source who insisted that the capital came from Hong Kong but when I asked for more details he mostly insulted me for not being able to figure it out myself ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. " …

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    Comment #34273184

    cough! - well, yes, that too - cough!

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    Comment #34273107

    I work from home - with a 5 minute screensaver with complicated password required by corporate - USB MouseJiggler - https://www.amazon.com/Undetectable-Computer-Simulate-Moveme... …