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WTF? Fuck "engaging in the conversation". What a crock of shit. You make a demonstrably valid point and fuck it, who cares...

I suspect the catalyst for this acquisition was due to one thing: their blog has an easily identified link to their product site. Startups should take note of this oft overlooked d…

(Not Constantinople)

Hopefully, the hyperbole communicated the intent of a good-natured ribbing...

You mean the awful marketing that led you to the product? That awful marketing? Is that the awful marketing you're referring to? I just want to clarify that the awful marketing you…

The only opt-in email marketing I've ever been glad to receive, and not soon unsubscribed from, are those that presented an exceptional offer in the very first mailing . It seems l…

The author should stay FAR away from car dealers.

Admittedly, my second two statements are largely digressions. But as to the first... My basis was that the button pusher was critical to your business and automation was not feasib…

Or, for the sake of discussion, why wouldn't your big red button pusher take home a majority of the profits? Without them, what do you have? As I understand it, your scenario is ho…

I will freely admit that most of what I attempted to read beyond the first few pages was over my head (and certainly my attention span), but the gist of my interpretation would be …

Interesting that a highly transient society has managed to apparently reduce genetic diversity to an observable degree in such a short span of time. Having recently rewatched Gatta…

(I can only speak as a user when it comes to native apps, so what I'm getting at may not align with your point of view or context. Please take my tone not as derision, but pragmati…

How about: 1) Solve an actual problem. 2) Resemble/enhance something people already enjoy. Because the article's #1 point is entirely valid and thoroughly unnecessary for popularit…

While it's not news for a computing device to rely on ignorance in regards to marketing of specs, at what point does it cross the line from casually misleading to intentionally dec…

Perhaps topically relevant: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_good

Live code demo: http://codepen.io/squarecat/pen/KuHsl Edit: The article has a demo, but live code is sexy. Edit2: Now with music, courtesy http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934…

Understood, which is why Google, if it's going to all the effort of setting up open door press days, is missing a huge opportunity by not employing hypervisualized metaphors/exhibi…

So, basically, the Lenoir data center is their sightseeing location for "factory tours". The only data stored there is probably Doodles...

Seems having only a dentist on hand for that "experiment" is akin to having a mechanic as your only expert for analyzing a car wreck? As the author even concedes, an abundance of a…

Another victim is seduced by a leading "The", causing any attempt to reference this publication to become a tragedy of grammar.

This isn't an entirely unique scenario, as there are other establishments not unlike this one that, once they achieved critical mass in awareness, simply gained intolerably long wa…

Let me get this straight, people considering the purchase of a vehicle that starts at US$57,400 are balking at a implicit service contract that runs about 50% the cost of their ann…

Hence the emergence of such legislation as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 Of which the efficacy is certainly arguable, since a truly reputable firm might seek …