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ElCondemn posted:That's still an incredibly high percentage of conversions. What's a normal percentage out of curiosity? Monica said 20% would be "really bad," but that honestly didn't sound too bad to me.
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Solice Kirsk posted:What's a normal percentage out of curiosity? Monica said 20% would be "really bad," but that honestly didn't sound too bad to me. It all depends on the type of product/service, but 20% would be amazing pretty much anywhere. If you could convert above 5% you're a god. edit: quick google search finds this article about prime vs non-prime conversions, they say average is about 3.32% for the top 500 merchants and that sounds about right to me. https://www.internetretailer.com/2015/06/25/amazon-prime-members-convert-74-time
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So they're not really that far off in the real world. So for real world average they would have to hit about 5mil downloads.
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Jun 27, 2016 03:39
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"So yeah, hey...we're going to basically be starting from scratch on a completely new product, meaning these past three seasons have meant nothing and we can go through all the same drama and wacky antics all over again!"
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Jun 27, 2016 03:53
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lifts cats over head posted:Best JinYang prank call yet. Jin Yang kills me every time. Company going to be renamed to Big Head?
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Jun 27, 2016 05:09
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Erlich's story about securing their series B funding / jacking off in a Restoration Hardware was fantastic.
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Jun 27, 2016 05:35
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Killer ending / love this show. "I'm you and I'm old and ugly!" Or Something like that.
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Jun 27, 2016 06:04
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"I'm ugly, and I'm dead" lmao.
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Jun 27, 2016 06:11
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I loved how quickly Erlich forgave Richard. I ALMOST believed the seriousness of his claims.
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Jun 27, 2016 06:13
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priznat posted:Jared's line asking if board meetings were always this interesting killed me Jared mimicking Richard's movements while they were both on the top bunk bed was hilarious... and when he followed his falling backwards move and banged his head, that's what killed me.
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Jun 27, 2016 06:31
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tarlibone posted:Jared mimicking Richard's movements while they were both on the top bunk bed was hilarious... and when he followed his falling backwards move and banged his head, that's what killed me. Jared had a great so, his puppy dog window look when Richard was getting in the car was also great. And the "don't weaponize my love for the company to use against me" line.
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Jun 27, 2016 06:55
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Jun 27, 2016 08:57
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Jun 27, 2016 09:30
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BIG HEADLINE posted:"So yeah, hey...we're going to basically be starting from scratch on a completely new product, meaning these past three seasons have meant nothing and we can go through all the same drama and wacky antics all over again!" *inhales* BIG......HEAD.....line *laughs*
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Jun 27, 2016 10:54
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BIG HEADLINE posted:"So yeah, hey...we're going to basically be starting from scratch on a completely new product If anything, the writers will have to work double time next season to manufacture some obstacles to overcome for the
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Illinois Smith posted:They basically rebooted the show back to where they're a small plucky company in need of funding if they want to take the next step. Except this time they have a less dumb name and a product that normal users will be a) interested in and b) able to understand without two hours of explanations. And they already have a pretty good user base.
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Jun 27, 2016 11:00
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Toplowtech posted:Yeah if their technology works, NON-poo poo-SKYPE sounds like a slam dunk. Forgive my ignorance, but what is wrong with Skype at the moment?
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Jun 27, 2016 12:45
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I imagine HD video chat just doesn't work in many many many countries where data speeds are below 4g.
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Jun 27, 2016 12:58
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If real, shouldn't something like pied piper be applicable to internet backbones? It's like instant encryption and decryption and you can interact with compressed data. They should be making billions already by shrinking all internet traffic to a fraction of its size.
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priznat posted:Jared had a great so, his puppy dog window look when Richard was getting in the car was also great. Jared is the best.
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kanonvandekempen posted:Forgive my ignorance, but what is wrong with Skype at the moment? It's like the EU, it works and everyone uses it but that's only beacuse the alternatives are somehow even worse.
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Jun 27, 2016 13:15
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Accretionist posted:If real, shouldn't something like pied piper be applicable to internet backbones? It's like instant encryption and decryption and you can interact with compressed data. They should be making billions already by shrinking all internet traffic to a fraction of its size. Yes, and I've been saying this since season 1 -- Comcast/Time Warner et al would pay out the nose to basically double or triple their bandwidth. They should also be pairing up with the team behind something like VLC media player or Windows Media Player to create the next-gen replacement for the mp4/mkv video formats, a PP-powered mp5 that's half as big as current video files and decompresses instantly when played. Or with Microsoft themselves to make PP compression/decompression the new standard in modern OSs, and completely replace rar/zip usage. Having an online platform where users upload their own data and storing it for them on the cloud in a sort of compressed Dropbox is probably the dumbest use of the technology I can think of, actually. Even the Box seemed more useful and marketable. But this is a TV show.
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Jun 27, 2016 13:29
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Tenkaris posted:I spent all season wanting always blue to happen.
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Jun 27, 2016 14:37
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Phenotype posted:Yes, and I've been saying this since season 1 -- Comcast/Time Warner et al would pay out the nose to basically double or triple their bandwidth. They should also be pairing up with the team behind something like VLC media player or Windows Media Player to create the next-gen replacement for the mp4/mkv video formats, a PP-powered mp5 that's half as big as current video files and decompresses instantly when played. Or with Microsoft themselves to make PP compression/decompression the new standard in modern OSs, and completely replace rar/zip usage. I bet Gavin would have done all of this if Richard had just sold it to him in the first season. Take the 10mil and ask for like 4% of Hooli stock so he's not a majority holder and run away from the tech world a famous billionaire with in a couple of years.
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Jun 27, 2016 14:53
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VagueRant posted:What am I missing here? The ball at the end of the episode. "Always blue! Always blue! Always blue! Always blue!"
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Jun 27, 2016 15:16
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Ah so apparently the lovely UI did wind up killing a technology that was presented as a futuristic innovation up to that point? Weak.
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Jun 27, 2016 15:33
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emanresu tnuocca posted:Ah so apparently the lovely UI did wind up killing a technology that was presented as a futuristic innovation up to that point? The platform isn't dead, just unpopular. They could pick up that plotline at any time when they get more money again next season. Plus this makes more sense, their first breakthrough success was the stream and the video chat is the logical conclusion of that.
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Phenotype posted:Yes, and I've been saying this since season 1 -- Comcast/Time Warner et al would pay out the nose to basically double or triple their bandwidth. They should also be pairing up with the team behind something like VLC media player or Windows Media Player to create the next-gen replacement for the mp4/mkv video formats, a PP-powered mp5 that's half as big as current video files and decompresses instantly when played. Or with Microsoft themselves to make PP compression/decompression the new standard in modern OSs, and completely replace rar/zip usage. Agreed. I think I posted a while back about how their best play was probably applying their compression technology to video and licensing it.
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They can still work on the platform once people become understanding enough to get it while pivoting to an easily graspable product of the video streaming. Realistically, if this level of nigh-instant compression/decompression existed it WOULD change the world like Richard rants about during Jack's horse insemination. Over half the traffic on the internet now is video. Implement that with Netflix and YouTube and suddenly it's like we've just doubled all our internet speeds. B2B data becomes almost a non-issue. Cloud providers like AWS go from juggernauts to gods as they're able to serve up just about any data in a fraction of the time. At that point every other technology has to sprint to catch up. Loved the finale, but I feel kinda weird that overall Pied Piper is in a good spot and no real poo poo is bearing down on them at the moment. Maybe it means they can break the mold and go a different direction with things now instead of another season of the "fail, slight recovery, tangent success, fail...." thing they've done. Don't get me wrong. I love the show so another season as good as these would be fine even if they kept to the same mold.
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Mortanis posted:
They are still broke. Erlich and Big Head spent their whole wad on getting Pied Piper from Gavin and now they have no VC funding and no VC is likely going to touch them after the click fraud. I expect the next season will be about them trying to license the tech out to streaming services, using the video chat as the proof that it works. That would get cash following without needing VC support.
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Toplowtech posted:Yeah if their technology works, NON-poo poo-SKYPE sounds like a slam dunk. They might also wade into the territory of the WeChat/Messenger/Allo/etc. matters happening right now
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Illinois Smith posted:They basically rebooted the show back to where they're a small plucky company in need of funding if they want to take the next step. Except this time they have a less dumb name and a product that normal users will be a) interested in and b) able to understand without two hours of explanations. And they already have a pretty good user base. It's a little more subtle than that. Repositioning and releasing a completely different product than originally intended is kind of a tradition among SV startups. Twitter was originally founded as a podcasting startup. The guys who built slack originally tried to make an MMO. Tons of companies start with one idea, fail at it, then take what works and turn that into a product. It's a very appropriate transition for Pied Piper - especially since video chat is something most people would find more relevant and easier to understand than compression.
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gret posted:Agreed. I think I posted a while back about how their best play was probably applying their compression technology to video and licensing it.  How many people do you think that Reed Hastings would personally jerk off to reduce bandwidth usage and storage by that amount?
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Raviga had an initial investment of $10 million right? Wouldn't this sale be a huge loss for them, or did I completely miss something? I know they mentioned that Laurie doesn't like even a whiff of fraud, but it still seems like a weird panic move to me. I guess I shouldn't care since it was plot driven, but I guess this means no Raviga stuff next season.
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Yeah they're writing Laurie out, but even in the real world that kind of loss isn't going to be a major concern for a VC firm.
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kanonvandekempen posted:Forgive my ignorance, but what is wrong with Skype at the moment? John Big Booty posted:Seriously. Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Jun 27, 2016 |
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