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tetomb

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    Comment #4939596

    Why wouldn't they implement a system where you can flag certain photos for promotion and receive a cut if that photo is used for promotion? Why can Facebook only come up with monet…

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    Comment #4872867

    Yes but according to the article, he wanted his normal salary and the equity. So the only part of your comment that applies is leaving a stable job for an unstable one. This is a r…

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    Comment #4872037

    I think the issue that people are picking up on is that if that is how you spend your own money, it is likely that you will spend company money in the same way making you a riskier…

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    Comment #4871868

    But prior to that you say: Inspired, I hacked out the feature that was the answer to the flunked question and used it on the partners. If it was such an easy feature to add and so …

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    Comment #4871821

    But the more valuable it is the more unlikely it is that it will be given away. Is spending time and money on the extremely small chance of getting hold of zap.com smarter than usi…

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    Comment #4871722

    I guess the post can be seen as a cautionary tale about the dangers of spending too much time on your domain name and not enough on your product.

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    Comment #4871622

    I do not understand your comment at all. To what do you vehemently disagree? That it is a slim chance of securing the domain name? If so, why does the rest of your comment discuss …

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    Comment #4868490

    That depends on how you define "a top 10% executive founder".

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    Comment #4868225

    I felt like that at first but I think the issue is that the potential employee wanted his normal salary in addition to equity. He would not undertake any risk for that equity and t…

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    Comment #4865350

    Besides the conflict of interest, I find the fact that a significant portion of their articles are about themselves, or other tech journalists, extremely irritating. Like when a do…

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    Comment #4798216

    It is frustrating how the American government is trillions of dollars in debt, waging pointless/dangerous wars and quickly turning America into a police/welfare state but instead o…

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    Comment #4781742

    I feel that the four day work week is the sweet spot for productivity and I will institute this when I start hiring. 28-32 hours of work a week is better than 15-20 hours of work a…

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    Comment #4765453

    A very refreshing landing page. Simple design that explains what you do. Looking forward to you coming out of beta.

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    Comment #4745533

    Surely they realised that it was only a matter of time.

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    Comment #4730534

    It would be interesting to read a preview of the book. I think that releasing software quickly is completely different to releasing a physical item quickly. You continue working on…

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    Comment #4727459

    Thanks for posting this. http://reformsection5.org.uk/ Looks interesting.

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    Comment #4638783

    If you are not happy with being in the trenches, it is simple, get out of the trenches. ...Who often had little to no say in the outcome? No Choice? If you are unhappy, find a new …

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    Comment #4633563

    +1. I really like bitbucket, especially the free private repositories. I will definitely look to buy products/services from you when the time comes. Hope you get hold of the .com d…

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    Comment #4610542

    I agree that apple did bring it all together rather well (over a sustained marketing and development phase) but I just don't see how anyone could think that smart phones similar to…

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    Comment #4591554

    "Would the innovation have happened if Apple hadn't driven it? Not any time soon." I am fascinated by this statement. What evidence do you have to support it?

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    Comment #4577370

    Well every one knows that becoming severely ill is a possibility for anyone, that's what insurance is for. Can't afford insurance? Give up unhealthy habits to lower your rates, get…

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    Comment #4573531

    Why on earth should the responsibility (of those that will become redundant) fall on the early adopters of a new technology? If I had become a fax machine expert would it be fair t…

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    Comment #4444760

    I can access it from South Africa.

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    Comment #4247314

    Some good advice, I think our most valuable lessons come from failure. One point that wasn't touched on, and that may be significant in this case, is that is can be very difficult …

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    Comment #4100932

    When you click publish and you are not signed in: http://i.imgur.com/n7ETQ.png http://checkthis.com/sboa