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If you can share, what was the dishonesty you're writing about? I can't tell if you're saying it was fraudulent dishonesty or self-delusion (where you think you're in a better posi…

In my experience, I agree the core functionality (variant management, remote config, etc.) is relatively small amount of effort compared to the interfaces to make it accessible to …

They used to, but they ended it a few years ago. They consciously moved higher market, higher touch, higher cost. Ultimately, i believe they got squeezed between smaller companies …

A few years ago, we were a monthly customer of Optimizely for a few hundred dollars a month. Reasonable for a startup. Then they went to the annual cost of $30K+ upfront and ended …

Not me. I had a whole bunch of girls lined up in high school. To get me to help them with their math homework.

The publisher Metropolitan Books looks like it's part of Macmillan so they're likely a traditional publisher, which suggests he got a pretty healthy advance on the book because of …

Sometimes, my kids will say they're bored. My response to them is that my job is not to entertain them. They totally get it, though sometimes they're still bored...

My daughter invented one version with regenerating pawns. I play regular chess on my side, and on her side, she has the king, queen, and 8 pawns. On her turn, she can choose to mov…

This seems like a great area for disruption. You can imagine a property manager for a homeowner who you call for anything. They can charge a monthly fee plus a percentage on top of…

I believe what I really want is this to be a feature of Slack. Or an integrated 3rd party product.

Does that matter? I would think it would have to do with market share more than any licensing. iOS has ~28% share in the EU. http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/europe…

Non-European here. Does iOS have to do the same thing?

Wow, I don't know if the negativity is warranted here, but for me (and my kids walk to school), getting the kids ready involves making sure the young kids get properly dressed, bre…

I'm sure it would cause outrage, but I can definitely imagine a negotiation happening. It's in both Apple and Netflix's best interest to stay together. The rest is just negotiating…

We have a couple apps and there really is no "discovery" through the App Store. You have to pay for ads, whether in the stores directly or in the many ad networks that put you in o…

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Another possible reason: you can price something higher with the intention of discounting it to drive sales later (especially after the early adopters pay full price). Generally, i…

I'm not defending Roundup at all, but the kicker here is the antibacterial chemicals don't do anything. If they did prove more effective in cleaning hands, I'd guess the FDA would …

Right. There are still more "successful" companies that are _not_ YC than those that are. While there are some advantages to YC, there are advantages to other incubators, or other …