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Jun 4, 2017 21:42
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Something I've noticed about crowdsource startups is that they don't seem to have any concept of a sales pitch. Even after they've started operations, if you go to their home page at least half the time it's a vague mission statement and an exhortation to sign up before you can read anything else. Where do companies get this idea that they can drive sales in their service by throwing an obstacle in the way of learning anything about it? Is there some book that they're all reading, or do they just assume that it's a good idea because Facebook does it? Why don't their investors tell them that they need to sell?
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Jun 4, 2017 21:49
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Terrible Opinions posted:Yeah that is like 100% on the company. The guy made a very small mistake that could be completely expected of someone on their first day. The company has a systemic issue with being complete loving idiots. Yeah that sort of situation is why there should be at least one layer of insulation preventing that sort of thing from happening and at least one backup. It isn't a matter of "if" something catastrophic happens it's a matter of "when."
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Jun 4, 2017 22:40
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Gazpacho posted:Something I've noticed about crowdsource startups is that they don't seem to have any concept of a sales pitch. Even after they've started operations, if you go to their home page at least half the time it's a vague mission statement and an exhortation to sign up before you can read anything else. Generally a sales pitch is trying to sell the idea to skeptical potential buyers. Crowdsourcing people just act like their product will be a massive success and expect everyone to fall in line and agree. What? You want us to explain why you should buy our Cthulu themed brand of 100% cotton socks with bluetooth connectivity to remind you when they were last washed? You probably weren't going to buy any anyways.
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Jun 4, 2017 22:52
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Saw this in sh/sc earlier and seems relevant:pr0digal posted:I was telling a friend about this video and decided it was high time to post it again. Tl;dr idiot supposed 'tech' video site looks to lose all their data because of poo poo/nonexistent backup policy and the terrible idea to have all their important poo poo on one complicated dumb RAID array. It is a good video even if you're not a tech nerd.
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Jun 4, 2017 22:55
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Gazpacho posted:Something I've noticed about crowdsource startups is that they don't seem to have any concept of a sales pitch. Even after they've started operations, if you go to their home page at least half the time it's a vague mission statement and an exhortation to sign up before you can read anything else. Once I actually clicked an advertisement to go to a shirt website because I liked shirts. Then the scripts started, locking away their catalog and exhorting me to sign up as a member before I could browse. What kind of storefront demands you sign-up before letting you browse the product? I don't understand, and I never found out because I tried to circumvent the script lockout for all of five seconds before closing that website forever.
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Jun 4, 2017 23:09
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I'm assuming of course that internet startup VCs do the kind of thing that VCs normally do: meeting with the directors & officers, suggesting managers, voting their shares, generally working to promote the success of the business. Maybe voting stock is just generally out of fashion and the founders are running their own asylums.
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Jun 4, 2017 23:29
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Gazpacho posted:Something I've noticed about crowdsource startups is that they don't seem to have any concept of a sales pitch. Even after they've started operations, if you go to their home page at least half the time it's a vague mission statement and an exhortation to sign up before you can read anything else. It's part of a sales pitch, but it's not to you. They need to go to potential investors with, "we've already got thousands of accounts signed up, even before we've launched!" People give out their email address pretty freely; it's certainly easier than getting them to put anything meaningful on the line. And, once they do hit the market, you can trust that they'll start sending you the real sales pitch. Every day, until you unsubscribe.
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Jun 4, 2017 23:30
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Double-posting this from the Coding Horrors thread: Did that dude just start working at British Airways, by any chance?
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Jun 5, 2017 12:37
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NLJP posted:Saw this in sh/sc earlier and seems relevant: LTT is basically a slapstick comedy channel with computers, or if you're being more generous a channel for grown up computer nerds who want to stuff $5000 22 core Xeons into the same systems as SLI 1080s for 1337 gaming (which is literally what Linus is).
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Jun 5, 2017 12:46
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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Gazpacho posted:Something I've noticed about crowdsource startups is that they don't seem to have any concept of a sales pitch. Even after they've started operations, if you go to their home page at least half the time it's a vague mission statement and an exhortation to sign up before you can read anything else. Because A/B testing shows that it results in a higher signup rate
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Jun 5, 2017 16:39
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blowfish posted:LTT is basically a slapstick comedy channel with computers, or if you're being more generous a channel for grown up computer nerds who want to stuff $5000 22 core Xeons into the same systems as SLI 1080s for 1337 gaming (which is literally what Linus is). Their videos are funny and watching them do something ridiculously over the top is the whole point imo. Also Linus is a funny guy generally.
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Jun 5, 2017 16:42
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Double-posting this from the Coding Horrors thread: Responded to this in the Coding Horrors thread but  that company loving deserved it for their stupid practices.
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Jun 5, 2017 16:55
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Quote yourself? I want to see this thread.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:00
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Steve French posted:Because A/B testing shows that it results in a higher signup rate Somebody else's A/B testing maybe showed that, for their product. The crowdsource guys just copy whoever seems successful and hope it works out.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:09
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There are a lot of amateurs crowdsourcing whatever but even there, in general, when you can't find the specifics it's because the specifics don't exist or they exist but aren't appealing.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:30
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:Their videos are funny and watching them do something ridiculously over the top is the whole point imo. Also Linus is a funny guy generally. Yeah. You don't watch LTT because it's an authoritative source on purchasing decisions in computing equipment, you watch it because funny computer.
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Jun 5, 2017 18:38
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Weatherman posted:Did that dude just start working at British Airways, by any chance? Curious about the same thing...
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Jun 5, 2017 20:28
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If you mean the most recent BA event, that was someone turning the power off and on again.
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Jun 5, 2017 20:40
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A junior developer would not be interacting with the CTO in a company the size of BA
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Jun 5, 2017 21:54
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duz posted:If you mean the most recent BA event, that was someone turning the power off and on again.  are you loving serious
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Jun 5, 2017 23:35
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duz posted:If you mean the most recent BA event, that was someone turning the power off and on again. So they say. owl_pellet posted:A junior developer would not be interacting with the CTO in a company the size of BA 
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Jun 6, 2017 00:49
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LeJackal posted:Quote yourself? I want to see this thread. 
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Jun 6, 2017 02:20
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Somebody else's A/B testing maybe showed that, for their product. The crowdsource guys just copy whoever seems successful and hope it works out. To be clear, what I was getting at is that even the companies that actually do A/B test poo poo do it poorly and follow the results of their poorly conceived and implemented tests blindly, leading to bad user experiences for the sake of goosing a single vanity metric
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Jun 6, 2017 05:16
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LeJackal posted:Once I actually clicked an advertisement to go to a shirt website because I liked shirts. Then the scripts started, locking away their catalog and exhorting me to sign up as a member before I could browse. What kind of storefront demands you sign-up before letting you browse the product? I don't understand, and I never found out because I tried to circumvent the script lockout for all of five seconds before closing that website forever.  OTOH at least I have an answer if they ask me whether I saw something on their site that I'd like to improve. Gazpacho fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Jun 6, 2017 |
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Jun 6, 2017 08:00
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The careers / about us / ToS links in the footer are not blocked by the modal. They have the same SF startup tech culture as everyone else, and they want to make sure people looking for careers see photos of free food before anything about the actual work. Funny thing about this site is that the modal doesn't actually hide anything. You can delete the whole overlay and there's nothing underneath but a blurry mosaic of product images. I guess just having a login page would look out of date?
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Jun 6, 2017 12:05
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SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:Their videos are funny and watching them do something ridiculously over the top is the whole point imo. Also Linus is a funny guy generally. On the other hand, 
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Jun 6, 2017 17:57
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Just a tiny mention..."Globe And Mail posted:Uber Technologies Inc fired more than 20 people following an internal investigation into sexual harassment claims, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Edit: (Bloomberg finally came up) "Bloomberg posted:Uber Technologies Inc. told employees that more than 20 people have been fired after a company investigation into harassment claims, according to a person familiar with the matter. unknown fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Jun 6, 2017 |
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Jun 6, 2017 19:36
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Gazpacho posted:Makes it kind of hard to know whether I'd want to work for the company too, e.g. just now: I was at a BBQ this weekend and I heard some truly awful stories about them (the people, not the product).
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Jun 7, 2017 08:56
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mobby_6kl posted:On the other hand, He's not doing the socks and sandals look good, I agree. The only allowed one is socks and flip flops with sweat pants. That's like 50% of the people around my college.
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Jun 7, 2017 12:28
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NLJP posted:Tl;dr idiot supposed 'tech' video site looks to lose all their data because of poo poo/nonexistent backup policy and the terrible idea to have all their important poo poo on one complicated dumb RAID array. Wasn't there some LiveJournal-like site that similarly assumed a RAID drive was a backup and inevitably lost all their data?
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Jun 7, 2017 16:27
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Gazpacho posted:I'm assuming of course that internet startup VCs do the kind of thing that VCs normally do: meeting with the directors & officers, suggesting managers, voting their shares, generally working to promote the success of the business. Maybe voting stock is just generally out of fashion and the founders are running their own asylums. Voting stocks are not out of favour but share dilution of stock classes with many votes is. Most modern successful tech companies are run like dictatorships with the founder/'s owning only a portion of the company but almost all of the votes.
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Jun 7, 2017 16:37
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Today in Uber is the worst. https://twitter.com/mekosoff/status/872503112329826304
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Jun 7, 2017 18:30
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I though this belonged here
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Jun 7, 2017 18:35
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If only the human body had some way to tell if it needed more water or not. Surely it's a wonder we survived so long as a species with absolutely no natural mechanism that could drive us to consume the fluids so vital to us.
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Jun 7, 2017 18:52
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Feinne posted:If only the human body had some way to tell if it needed more water or not. Surely it's a wonder we survived so long as a species with absolutely no natural mechanism that could drive us to consume the fluids so vital to us. But what if I drink too much?! I might drown!!!
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Jun 7, 2017 19:13
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Elias_Maluco posted:I though this belonged here can't be any good, doesn't use a blockchain
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Jun 7, 2017 19:15
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Last week I had dinner with a midlevel firmware guy and we had a good laugh about smart water bottles. I love that line in their copy because they're only the "first" to think it was helpful to jam AI in there. As dubious as any aspect of the quantified self movement is, claiming to track "hydration" through a fraction of one input is really out there. Are people going to log water fountain usage through the app? As big of an ask it is to track calories, fluid seems a tall order. Nobody's even trying to track output across urine/sweat/tears/etc. so any claim at "hydration" is an arm's length guess. I can't quite tell what sensing they're using, but it appears to wholly reside in the cap which limits it to a few (bad) options.
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Jun 7, 2017 19:34
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JawnV6 posted:Nobody's even trying to track output across urine/sweat/tears/etc. Be right back, registering “stillsui.it” to get in front of this trend.
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Jun 7, 2017 19:46
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poemdexter posted:But what if I drink too much?! I might drown!!! Just try not to fall for the siren song of any radio contests demanding you consume a toxic amount of water in exchange for a video james console and you'll be golden.
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Jun 7, 2017 19:46
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