j_lev

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by j_lev 10y ago
Absolutely. The biggest criticism of KonMari from Japanese is "no duh." Even the techniques for things like folding and arranging clothing so you can see everything at a glance are common knowledge among Japanese. Baffling.
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by j_lev 10y ago
Only looking at lifetime value delivered ignores the competition, much of which is free and easy to switch to. Also support costs typically go down over time; most support effort is spent in onboarding and getting users up and running. Alth
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by j_lev 10y ago
Not something we haven't seen before, culling unprofitable users. Agree with the commenter that said the app is worth about $10-15, and should never have been made subscription-based.
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by j_lev 10y ago
Thanks for the insights. I've been fighting this fight for over 17 years now. The landscape has changed a lot - mostly for the better IMHO. In particular, issuers are taking more responsibility for checking the validity of the cards bu
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by j_lev 11y ago
Agree. Lots of money still being thrown at Drupal agencies.
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by j_lev 11y ago
I use SourceTree for a couple of my projects, but thanks for the heads up on Tortoise. I'm not a power user, I think I just needed something free with a private repository.
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by j_lev 11y ago
Ironically the 4chan crowd who create most of the world's shareable GIF content are either banned from Twitter because a feminist got outraged or have left of their own volition.
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by j_lev 11y ago
Geez you frontapp guys send me a lot of unsolicited email. Every time I launch a new site, there you are, annoying me again.
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by j_lev 11y ago
Hi - for some reason the search bar keeps changing my search terms eg Australia --> Australium
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by j_lev 11y ago
Wow. I feel like an abuse victim that has just had an intervention. Now that you mention it, I've seen this phenomenon at almost every open source project I've peeked into over the years. I need to sit down for a bit.
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by j_lev 11y ago
"Are you seriously using that coupon company instead of Groupon?" This was the bitchy-voice Groupon sales rep phoning me direct when I used a different coupon service in Japan. I asked whether she was talking about the same Grou
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What More Could Companies Do in Order to Avoid This?
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by j_lev 11y ago
They answered this recently I think in an AMA. It's to do with legacy and making sure the great thing they've created doesn't die. It becomes less about the money rather quickly.
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by j_lev 11y ago
By virtue of the fact that Atlassian chose not to list in Australia they have sent a message to government. Turnbull appears to be the kind of prime minister who could make Australia more tech-friendly, so fingers crossed. The best option f
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by j_lev 11y ago
> By early 2014 the three had $4 million in seed funding and had narrowed their focus to Bitcoin apps. But they found that the software tools they needed to build those apps didn’t exist and pivoted to building the tools themselves. >
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by j_lev 11y ago
Absolutely it's about the status. No-one in the industry wants to be the person saying "Um I don't have Bloomberg Chat. Can you email it to me instead?" Regarding just replacing IBchat with another chat program, Reuters
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by j_lev 11y ago
I agree with all points regarding the impact. The reason Twenty20 was incremental was because it took an entrepreneur like Packer, with connections and money, to prove that cricket could even be changed in the first place.
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by j_lev 11y ago
incremental improvement
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by j_lev 11y ago
Bill Bryson has a good take on it. Read http://www.wandererscricket.com/Yank_view.html in its entirety for full effect.
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by j_lev 11y ago
Cricket is a great example of where disruption created a larger pie for the incumbent. Kerry Packer popularised the One Day International at a time where the (five day) Tests were on their last legs, which in turn re-ignighted interest in t
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by j_lev 11y ago
"Finding" a co-founder wasn't a choice for the uncountable husband-wife partnerships over the ages. Sometimes for better or for worse you're stuck with your spouse as your co-founder. I remained in the corporate world fo
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by j_lev 11y ago
TIL "polyannish" [sic] is a word. Agree Ribbonfam peaked with the Gervais Principle essay. Agree with some of the criticisms here. Will add my own: the first three essays are somewhat accessible but after that the author is talkin
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by j_lev 11y ago
North Korea uses loan words, albeit from Russia.
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by j_lev 11y ago
You're not the only one that is bothered by the article. The thing that triggered my radar was that the entire thing read like fiction. If it looks like a duck,... The dictionary sounds like bullshit. North Korean and South Korean are
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by j_lev 11y ago
I'm struggling to take seriously any article from the NYT that is supposed to invoke outrage since I got duped by that recent nail salon article.
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by j_lev 11y ago
Would a "cannot use for commercial purposes" clause have nipped this one in the bud? I'm still on the fence with this one. I think Craigslist could have played it a lot better but I find it hard to believe no-one here can emp
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by j_lev 11y ago
Did Wikipedia upload all the entries of Encyclopedia Britannica? I wasn't aware.
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by j_lev 11y ago
Would be interesting to see how potholes look and how they are repaired.
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by j_lev 11y ago
Wow. Am I the only one that sees this as possibly the greatest potential "turnaround" story ever created?
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by j_lev 11y ago
lol I was defending your suggestion! To defend REITs, yes REITs lost money in 2008 but but you could also buy property cheaper in 2008/2009. If you're going to cherry pick data then take the case where property prices double in 20

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