adamw2k

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by adamw2k 9mo ago
So much to relate to here. Midwest, HardOCP (and their folding team), local store was MicroXPress (Indianapolis), just sub Staples for the pizza gig. Also vividly recall buying my first Bigfoot HDD, which I think was multiple GB, thinking I
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Databricks raises $10B at $62B valuation(techcrunch.com)
8 points by adamw2k 2y ago|3 comments
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by adamw2k 2y ago
Now worth more than Snowflake at current market price.
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Experimental multiple myeloma treatment has 90% success rate(jpost.com)
1 points by adamw2k 3y ago|0 comments
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by adamw2k 4y ago
It's actually common practice in many parts of the country. The practice is called Economic Development. Rarely used for residential purposes, but does finance commercial development and promote hiring. The funding typically comes f
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by adamw2k 4y ago
Too funny - did the same thing in 2009 for a print on demand greeting card site. Wonder how many of these are still around. Cardstore, Greeting Card Universe, SendOutCards, etc. There was a moment ~ 13-15 years ago...
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by adamw2k 4y ago
Good to see more of these coming out. I've toyed with https://www.koyfin.com/ in recent months too, quite good for macroeconomic data.
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by adamw2k 4y ago
Also known as sandbagging... Just a way to game the next round's valuation if you find strong demand.
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by adamw2k 4y ago
Funny enough, on the completely opposite end of the spectrum, I was once surprised that after you close an account (post M&A in this case), you can typically restore the resources for ~90 days if you decide you want it back and don&#x27
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by adamw2k 4y ago
Many folks are talking about bus schedules, but California hardly offers transporation in most districts. Only 9% of children take a bus to school [1] and that's been trending down for decades. Pay more, get less; sad state of affair
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by adamw2k 4y ago
Was going to say it reminded me of noms, only to realize it's a fork... https://github.com/attic-labs/noms
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by adamw2k 5y ago
just signed up here and already unsubscribed. way too kool-aid.
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by adamw2k 5y ago
Yep, brings be back... + AIM, MSN, they even had a primitive IRC connection if memory serves me right.
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by adamw2k 5y ago
Brings me back to the days of using Word Perfect with a keyboard overlay...
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by adamw2k 6y ago
Founders get golden handcuffs via the deal (if they're desired). At the end of the day, just about every "material" trigger is renegotiated in an acquisition...
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by adamw2k 6y ago
I bought one of these on eBay for like $75 and use it as a running companion, which I pretty much love. Using Google Fi, I throw a data only SIM in and it runs Spotify and acts as an emergency phone. After an hour run with next to no scre
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by adamw2k 6y ago
Appreciate that the company's founder and leader is on here replying... Even if the OP.
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by adamw2k 7y ago
Did you consider a Pixel 3a?
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by adamw2k 7y ago
Slightly different kind of jailbreak, but quite a bit larger than this one over the course of 28 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Feld_Carr
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by adamw2k 7y ago
So many companies have come and gone in the "print on demand" space. The barriers to entry are low and the market, while shrinking, is still quite large... If you consider the market those that send stationary (cards, letters, et
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by adamw2k 7y ago
Surprised at Sales and Marketing expense given the low number of Enterprise (>$100k) contracts. Wonder what's baked in there beyond AE compensation? I don't see a whole lot of traditional advertising, but maybe it's out
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by adamw2k 8y ago
Thinking through this a bit... So the end result of this move is less SPAM and higher quality content. Great! But if SPAM is a form of activity (albeit a less desirable one) and activity represents feed liquidity - which directly impacts
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Cursor, a new take on data collaboration(techcrunch.com)
14 points by adamw2k 8y ago|0 comments
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by adamw2k 8y ago
Wonder why they chose not to host on GitHub...
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by adamw2k 8y ago
Really thinking Jetsons here, but won't we simply be able to print most items either at home or at the neighborhood print shop at some point in the next 100 years? I recall efforts in the food, metal, and body part space. Shipping an
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by adamw2k 8y ago
Another sign of the times. I remember when Oppo's were one of the few (if not only) players to play burned CD's. There's just not enough of a "mid-market" enthusiast crowd left - someone that wants a hardware pla
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by adamw2k 9y ago
Ugh - Bloomberg buys Businessweek and then throws all of the content behind a paywall. Here's a better link: https://web.archive.org/web/20140514054305/http://www.busine...
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by adamw2k 9y ago
Incredible human. Gates + Buffett credit him with helping come up with The Giving Pledge they so famously established. Such humility. Was honestly a sad moment when he was outed (1997, Time Magazine if memory serves me right) - felt like
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by adamw2k 9y ago
Couldn't agree more. Was trying to make that my second point - how founders (and early employees) getting diluted and end up not having the gains to pump back into investing when exits actually do happen. They may be able to retire,
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by adamw2k 9y ago
I don't see it changing in the short term, though I think there's potential in the long term. In between, I feel like towns need to organize around a particular niche / focus. For example, Indianapolis is a hub of marketing

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