I find it incredibly ironic that it took me about 30 seconds to go to the author's profile, see him plaster all the social media platforms we can reach him on. Went to his Instagram and could tell where he lives, where's staying at when he travels, that he enjoys walks with his mom in Centennial beach in Delta, BC and what he does for hobbies.
All this in under a minute and yet here we are panicking over a Russian Company that can do whatever it wants with your face pictures.
Sanctions imposed by the U.S that hold no merit according to WTO or International law aren't even legal and are in fact considered an act of war. The only crime committed here is by the U.S.
Like the numbers investors saw for Snap before it’s IPO and it’s not doing so well right now. This 120B valuation doesn’t make sense regardless of the numbers. Especially considering they just did a bond sale with an 8% coupon. What company worth 120B sales bonds with an 8% coupon? Absurd tech bubble with ridiculously valued “unicorns”
Typical problem of "path to least resistance" which is also the reason Amazon succeeded so well by recommending products ( Netflix does the same with show recommendations) We are by nature prone to take the path that requires the least effort so Cooking vs Ordering food ( which arguably has been made a LOT easier with the likes of Postmates,foodora, Uber eats etc...) means that people will have a tendency to order food instead of cook. Especially when you consider the amount of competition among these food delivery companies and the discounts/promotions they throw at users to retain their business.
I'm currently reading a book called "Financial Shenanigans" and I'd highly recommend it. It's about account shenanigans companies do to make their business seem more profitable than it really is. Not sure if this applies here but interestingly there's a section that discusses IPO's and how investors should be very careful when companies decide to do an IPO through a M&A (Merger and Acquisition) instead of the usual IPO because it circumvents a lot of the SEC scrutiny that they'd normally be subject to in a normal IPO. Found it interesting that SAP acquired Qualtrics a few days before their IPO. Anyways just food for thought.
Dating apps are more directed towards younger generations ( Millennials, Generation Z) and if you look at recent use those generations seem to be dropping Facebook.
Swiping all the way down the screen to unlock with FaceID is going to be a big burden on the Ipad Pro. Less of a burden on the iPhone series for obvious reasons but really? Why not let people swipe up anywhere on the screen to unlock FaceID.
Evan thinks he's steve jobs. Lost god knows how many users of Snapchat because he felt compelled to completely redesign the app himself and looks like he off course when Instagram started copying Snapchat's features. A lot of these companies that aren't profitable rush to become public without a proper business model and end up getting crushed ( eg: HMNY company of movie pass) It's no surprise that Snapchat is doing so poorly and lots of us could have called this ahead of time. I really don't see this company being around in 2-3 years.
NON-Gaap reports are a joke. Honestly, why are they still legal? All reports should be GAAP. Accounting mechanics make it easy for non-gaap to show a profit!
Hey Google,Facebook etc... You've had data breaches and you don't really seem to care about user info and privacy, what's your response?
Facebook & Google: "Introducing these new gadgets to use in your home, where we can get access to everything you do or look up during the day"
I'm 31 and considering getting a degree. Wondering if I should go for a masters in CS or do a bachelor's. Coming from a non-cs background and doing a career change at this point isn't easy. Master's would be much shorter and the Bachelor's obviously would take much longer. Any suggestions?
What's the point of adopting Google products if most end up being canned? I love that they're willing to release cool new products but it's almost like a bunch of children who quickly move on to another set of toys
They were also heavily criticized for adopting this game mechanic in star wars battlefront and eventually decided to drop it. I don't even understand the appeal of wanting to play games that have this sort of predatory feature.
It's been around for a while and I've honestly never even been remotely attracted to games like that.
I definitely feel like this has exponentially increased since iOS games called 'freemium'. Generally, the game will be free but then things can take 30minutes to be accomplished unless you buy diamonds that cost 1$ and you get instant gratification.
1) The day Amazon feel threatened they can become the cheapest in the market quickly again.
The problem with that statement is that you assume customers will flock back. It might be true in the short term however when you lose customers specifically because of pricing and the monopoly behavior, clients aren't going to quickly forget this behavior. You really think people will come running back and allowing Amazon to do that knowing they did so in the past?
Postmates and Uber Eats are here too. Can't really see why people would use Rappi. You also have a service called Cornershop for groceries so Rappi's competition here doesn't make it appealing.
I've used Rappi here in Mexico and it's probably one of the worst delivery services I've used. Just seems like they overextended themselves by going in multiple directions without being quite efficient at them. Their website also often shows promotions that suddenly disappear when you try to click on the specific restaurant and you then have to plead your case to the customer support representative. Overall not a very good experience. Their delivery people often make mistakes with items too.
The point of create-react-app is to get up and running quickly. When you start wanting to customize things it doesn't really make much sense to use it at that point. That's why it's a mess.
On a similar note, has anyone heard of Felix Gray? I've been thinking of getting a pair of lenses from them. They make lenses that filter blue light and they happen to look pretty good too.
That doesn't even scratch the surface of Upwork issues though. Has anyone recently seen how much clients are willing to pay for work? I'm seeing avg pays of about 9-10$ an hour for mid-complexity jobs. Even see some clients willing to pay 600$ for fully functional IOS, Android and Web App iterations of an App.
Cheap food and lodging is mainly a sign of a strong US dollar though. I've been to Japan 5 years ago and while it wasn't as expensive as people told me it would be the Canadian dollar was very strong.
I listened to a podcast from the CEO about what their ultimate objective would be. The idea is to at one point have MoviePass be sponsored or paid ( or get a cut) of recommending things aside from the movie experience. For example, you'd get a deal with Uber to get to the theater or a list of great restaurants to try close to the cinema. Package an overall experience. I also think the data collected from movies that people are most interested in seeing would be of great use to publishers ( Box-Office seems to already help satisfy that). Problem is I think their cash burn rate won't allow them to get to that stage soon enough and I can't really see a light at the end of the tunnel for them especially considering AMC has started its own similar experience.