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“Is your startup idea taken?” and why we love X for Y startups

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Post by amit_m »

kkarakk wrote: post #197
amit_m wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I happen to own a Toyota Camry and a BMW 5 series (not M5 or any other specialty model). Even for day-to-day errands, the BMW is a pleasure to drive. There is a lot of feedback and sharp responses from the steering wheel and throttle. The Camry on the other hand is one of the least pleasing cars to drive. The suspension feels “floaty” and the steering wheel is completely dead. It also feels completely outdated and ch…

That's interesting, do you think you would buy a Camry that was as responsive as the BMW - if it were available- and replace your BMW with it? I think most of car ownership is Signalling personally

I don't own a BMW for the signaling. I have no one to impress and it is quite an old station-wagon, so not a head turner. My wife doesn't know shit about cars but refuses to drive the Toyota on her longer commutes, because it's not comfortable for her.

So I would prefer a Toyota that handles nice over a BMW, but it would not be a Toyota. Toyota optimizes their cars for reliability and cost whereas BMW optimizes its cars for high performance and comfort. Specifically, their cars, like other German brands, are well suited for safe high-speed cruising on the autobahn, making them incredibly solid driving machines.

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Post by htfu »

cable2600 wrote: post #190
autoexec wrote: post #133

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> but if you are sensitive to the taste that can override the other factors. I can taste the difference between certain bottled water brands and that really is the number one concern for me. The differences are much less apparent to me with spring water than in the filtered tap water brands like Dasani and Aquafina (who often add salt and other minerals). For spring water brands I try to buy ones that aren't owned by…

The real spring water isn't clear, it is muddy. They have to filter it just like the drinking water. They add salt and minerals for taste. I have been told it is better to use tap water with a filter like Zero Water or a reverse osmosis filter on the water pipes.

Spring water I've encountered at the source has always been exceptionally clear. That's sort of the thing about slowly passing through layers and layers of rock - mud doesn't get through.

And around here anything labeled natural mineral water must by law come with nothing added or removed (bar co2). Of course that will differ by region.

Go outside!

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Post by QuinnWilton »

ss3000 wrote: post #203
QuinnWilton wrote: post #8

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I suspect that, at least in places with decent internet, something like ShadowPC negates the need for such a service. I rent a top of the line gaming PC for ~$25/month, and run my games in the cloud. With what I used to spend keeping a gaming rig upgraded, it doesn't even make sense not to rent something that's always going to be state of the art.

First time hearing about Shadow. Their site doesn't mention anything about usage limits, so it sounds a bit too good to be true. Do they have any usage limits in practice?

Not that I've experienced or heard about. My household puts about a terrabyte of bandwidth through Shadow per month, and we haven't had any issues.

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Post by thorwasdfasdf »

bartread wrote: post #193
robomartin wrote: post #56

Very often engineering types can only think of differentiation in technical terms. I think I can say that, in practice, at least in mature markets, differentiation is more about positioning and marketing rather than almost anything else. Easy examples: - Cars - Bottled water - Computer monitors The vast majority of automobiles produced today have reached a level of design and manufacturing maturity that makes them pr…

> Today you could pick any vehicle almost blindly and not make a purchasing mistake. Wrong. Cost of ownership varies wildly across brands, and reliability is still not a given. Beyond the purchase price, which often sucks people into making poor buying decisions, fuel economy, parts and servicing, complexity, durability, tax, and depreciation all make a huge difference to cost of ownership. Finance deals are structur…

It's way too easy to overspend on a car (almost any new car), that's definately true.

But, I think he meant in terms of car capabilities: features and amenities. They all have decent acceleration, AC, heating, windshield wipers, electric windows, defrosters and hundreds of other features, even on some of the cheapest cars (new cars). car capabilities are far greater than most people will ever use.

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Post by thorwasdfasdf »

kkarakk wrote: post #197
amit_m wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I happen to own a Toyota Camry and a BMW 5 series (not M5 or any other specialty model). Even for day-to-day errands, the BMW is a pleasure to drive. There is a lot of feedback and sharp responses from the steering wheel and throttle. The Camry on the other hand is one of the least pleasing cars to drive. The suspension feels “floaty” and the steering wheel is completely dead. It also feels completely outdated and ch…

That's interesting, do you think you would buy a Camry that was as responsive as the BMW - if it were available- and replace your BMW with it? I think most of car ownership is Signalling personally

yes, the masses just want signalling, that's why individual car models are not given their own model names. car manufacturers are just emphasizing their brands.

But the true enthusiasts don't care much for signalling or Brands but prefer the visual styling and the capabilities of the car.

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Post by thorwasdfasdf »

winrid wrote: post #132
robomartin wrote: post #56

Very often engineering types can only think of differentiation in technical terms. I think I can say that, in practice, at least in mature markets, differentiation is more about positioning and marketing rather than almost anything else. Easy examples: - Cars - Bottled water - Computer monitors The vast majority of automobiles produced today have reached a level of design and manufacturing maturity that makes them pr…

Porsche and BMW make completely different types of cars compared to Toyota. They are better in different ways with tradeoffs. Reliability wise? Sure they are not far off.

After 10 years, you will definately notice a huge difference in reliability between a BMW and a Toyota.

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Post by musicale »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #66

popup that keeps me from reading the article unless I give them an email address when I'm half-way through? No thanks.

That is an extraordinary anti-pattern.

Is there any browser in 2019 that is actually capable of blocking obnoxious pop-ups? It seems like we're losing the arms race.

Fortunately the best part of the article was "above the fold" so I didn't run into that monstrosity.

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Post by musicale »

sp332 wrote: post #39
jonfw wrote: post #4

I searched a startup name in a seperate tab, came back and had an inescapable subscribe screen. If your going to attempt to hold the rest of the article hostage pending a subscription to your newsletter, at least let me get interested first. This is both hostile and ineffective- and unsurprisingly is the most amusing part of the website

Firefox is working on a JS popup blocker. They're collecting data now, use https://github.com/ehsan/popup-reporter to report sites.

Yes!! It's time for browsers/users to fight back against this madness.

We all blocked pop-ups for a reason: they are obnoxious interruptions that interfere with web browsing.

Unfortunately site designers learned the wrong lesson from, thinking "oh, I guess that means we need to come up with a sneakier way of forcing obnoxious pop-ups on users that don't want them."

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