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pmboyd

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    Comment #8378363

    I worked at a mass notification company that used a similar approach and it worked well with a handful of workers pulling in batches that could push out 300 to 500 of messages per …

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    Comment #7741649

    The America Heart Association's recommendation is based on multiple randomized control studies ( http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/106/21/2747.full#sec-4 ), none of which are the…

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    Comment #5256076

    The fact that investors are putting up the money means there is some hope to the business. Not every startup gets that ... People seem to really focus on the negative. Startups are…

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    Comment #4275464

    Facebook has tried copying Groupon. This is their Groupon Now! clone announcement ( http://www.facebook.com/blog/blog.php?post=446183422130 ). www.facebook.com/deals appears dead s…

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    Comment #4246125

    Netscape no longer exists as a company (or meaningful subdivision of AOL) so that might not have been the best strategy. Copying got them ahead quickly but didn't keep them there.

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    Comment #4160405

    The data is also skewed with false positive whereby the company appears alive but is not. My previous, now defunct startup's domain responds with a redirect to another domain.

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    Comment #3850593

    You might want to checkout ziplist. Most of the apps in the recipe/grocery space are pretty horrible but that site does a reasonable job, has a solid team as well as Martha Stuart …

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    Comment #3637469

    The bigger picture is that WebSockets increases what's possible via the web. In theory REST isn't tied to HTTP although practically speaking, the two do go hand in hand. The natura…