Hacker News: djt

New comment by djt in "Reports of cancellation of AdSense accounts"

djt — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 04:41:09 +0000

My account got deleted and i've spent over $7 in the last 2 years and disabled adverts this week and it got deleted. If I can't get my data back then doubt I'll ever use Adwords again...

New comment by djt in "SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44m losses"

djt — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:38:07 +0000

All my production buddies hate it. They pay full price, your the world and yet Soundcloud take down the tracks that they OWN. With no recourse or apology. Their system has been broken for 5 years at least for the power users in the community.

New comment by djt in "Engineers of addiction"

djt — Sun, 17 May 2015 07:48:16 +0000

Also keep in mind that it is 10 standard drinks, so a bottle of wine quarter bottle of scotch. It goes to show how much alcoholics hide their drinking

New comment by djt in "The Worst Part of YC"

djt — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:46:38 +0000

I guess it depends on if you think that things that boost behaviours inherently are included or if only software counts. I see it more akin to if some users submissions were automatically tweeted whereas others had to copy and paste.

I didnt realise they had taken out the alerts on their dashboards that led to YC members being picked up by the vote ring detection.

New comment by djt in "The Worst Part of YC"

djt — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:45:08 +0000

this is exactly what I was referring to

New comment by djt in "The Worst Part of YC"

djt — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:41:57 +0000

This is what I was talking about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025168

Their comments show up as Orange to other members, I would imagine that this would boost the amount of upvotes and assume that they would never get shadow banned etc.

The fact that this comment got pretty much the most number of downvotes on my account may indicate that these posts do get attention. The fact that YC can see submitters voting history etc might also play into it.

New comment by djt in "The Worst Part of YC"

djt — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:01:44 +0000

YC employees have boosted stats, it makes sense to me as this is their business

New comment by djt in "App.io Ads – Your game becomes the mobile ad, with try-before-install"

djt — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 00:16:13 +0000

Nice one DT!

New comment by djt in "Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?"

djt — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:28:50 +0000

Probably because the adverts that are blocked pay for the site. Kind of like asking musicians for zippy share links to their music.

New comment by djt in "Proposed Minecraft fan film canceled on Kickstarter by Notch"

djt — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 12:32:17 +0000

How can they set a price without having a price for IP?

If a lightbulb kickstarter hadnt contacted a factory before coming up with how much it would cost for production then we'd be riding their asses

New comment by djt in "Zynga Lays Off 15% of Its Workforce"

djt — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:42:31 +0000

There are a few things here that I can see are overhead.

- It was an established design consultancy, that takes time and money to create.

- They charge the customer 3x what they paid you, but you dont know if the customer paid up. The had a contract, but then so did you, and you only got 8% of the bonus. You got pad your wage regardless of if they got paid.

- The pulled in the big client, this is almost important as a solo contractor, its their reputation on the line if you mess up. Its really hard to get those contracts or you need to have a contact. It's not uncommon for sales people to make 30% on big sales to land the contract on good terms.

- You did all the work, but could they have employed someone else, or are you the only person that could do it?

- Did they pay for health insurance, sick days etc?

- Have you thought about suing for your bonus?

New comment by djt in "WP Engine Raises $15M"

djt — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 05:25:17 +0000

you get better terms this way and is a way to shut out competitors that are considering entering your space (because they know you can burn money to stop them getting traction)

If you NEED money, you will find it harder to get

New comment by djt in "Mini Tablet Display Technology Shoot-Out"

djt — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 07:04:34 +0000

Yes. People don't purchase the iPad alone, but for the ecosystem. I moved to Android but just bought an iPad as it has an App I need for work that isnt available on any Tablet OS. Thats why theyre able to do it and still win over the others.

New comment by djt in "Mini Tablet Display Technology Shoot-Out"

djt — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 07:00:28 +0000

may be the only technology they could get for the price/quantity. At the end of the day most people dont care if they screen is 20% better, they want the functionality

New comment by djt in "The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358%"

djt — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:13:15 +0000

What is the difference in:

free trial -> paid subscription?

It says 25% increase in revenue but presumably you have lowered your margins?

New comment by djt in " Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on search results"

djt — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:08:22 +0000

Here's the reference for those that haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOeiEKemWeA

New comment by djt in "How the .0001% Made Its Money"

djt — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:57:52 +0000

Nice detective work

New comment by djt in "Xero Raises Another $150M to Do Battle With Intuit in Online Accounting Software"

djt — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 05:00:58 +0000

Xero was started by someone involved with MYOB. MYOB's software is a nightmare for SMB's, so they probably started there as small businesses are happy to put their finances in the cloud. Once they grow their businesses out I can imagine Xero will grow with those businesses (ie payroll). Xero seem to be embracing API hooks into other systems too, very smart play as they can potentially include things like payroll etc etc later down the track.

New comment by djt in "Microsoft's Surface 2 will replace paper manuals on all Delta aircraft"

djt — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 01:00:33 +0000

Devices don't cause much interference with these machines, same as hospitals. Doctors always have their phones on. Within about 1 metre might cause some interference. Maybe.

I heard that the reason they tell you to turn it off in flight is so that if something goes wrong people panic less. Not sure how true that is though.

New comment by djt in "Send Documents Like a Pro"

djt — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:52:40 +0000

I think this is a bit of a pivot from their business at Quote Roller