Hacker News: amilr

New comment by amilr in "Cameron's World"

amilr — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:51:17 +0000

So great. Yahoo should not have been allowed to shutdown Geocities.

Microsoft digs up "E.T." Atari video game cartridges in New Mexico

amilr — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 02:52:31 +0000

Article URL: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-digs-up-et-atari-cartridges-2014-4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7653712

Points: 1

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Inside Dropbox's Quest to Bury the Hard Drive

amilr — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:43:04 +0000

Article URL: http://www.wired.com/business/2013/09/dropbox-2/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6426919

Points: 4

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Good Design Is Good Business [IBM]

amilr — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 02:38:11 +0000

Article URL: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/gooddesign/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6357792

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Game Over (Nintendo)

amilr — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:08:30 +0000

Article URL: http://www.asymco.com/2013/09/09/game-over/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6353510

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Copland 2010 revisited: Apple's language and API future

amilr — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:36:34 +0000

Article URL: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2010/06/copland-2010-revisited/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4697337

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by amilr in "Mountain Lion: John Gruber's personal briefing"

amilr — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:26:22 +0000

If you read his blog, I don't know how you could possibly classify Gruber as someone who does "reporting". It's quite clear that he is not your traditional reporter nor does he ever claim to be one. His pieces are personal opinion pieces with a personal voice. Whether his opinions jibe with Apple or with the anti-Apple crowd is besides the point. What matters is that his voice is authentic and provides unique insight into the world of Apple (not always but often enough) - which is more than what you could say for many other blogs covering Apple or any other technology company.

New comment by amilr in "Mountain Lion: John Gruber's personal briefing"

amilr — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:45:02 +0000

Spaces most certainly is still there, only it's not called "Spaces" anymore.

(see http://mattgemmell.com/2011/07/27/using-spaces-on-os-x-lion)

If you've been using Lion all this time thinking spaces no longer work then this is your lucky day!

Facebook chief faces tax bill of $1.5bn

amilr — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:47:02 +0000

I love the last paragraph. I wonder if it's true.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3554299

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by amilr in "To The "A" Round Go The Spoils"

amilr — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:45:13 +0000

I disagree with a key point in this article that postulates that Series A investors have taken on as much risk as Series B investors.

The mere fact of knowing that other investors - especially if they are large and famous ones - have already invested in a business by itself reduced your risk. Having 3 years worth of information about a company vs 2 years worth of information reduces your risk. There is more to risk than the binary "unproven business model" vs "proven business model" that the author seem to make it out to be.

The author's own words: "Having said all that, I believe that it requires a lot of courage to be the first to invest in an unproven business."

Why? Because there is more risk.