Hacker News: riams

New comment by riams in "Dropbox hires a COO: Dennis Woodside, former Motorola Mobility CEO"

riams — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:37:54 +0000

How long was he actually at Motorola? It seems like he was just there to help Google flip it.

New comment by riams in "The Register puts Soylent to the test"

riams — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:10:48 +0000

Soylet has done a great job with getting media attention. Thumbs up for that!

New comment by riams in "You are not Steve Jobs"

riams — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:10:16 +0000

Steve was one of the best product guys this world has seen. The same qualities that this article complained over, were the qualities that also allowed him to provide the world with all these gadgets. There's two sides to every coin, and no one's perfect.

Think twice before launching your Instagram campaign

riams — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:05:45 +0000

Article URL: http://www.carlpei.com/post/47457880513/think-twice-before-launching-your-instagram-campaign

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5512108

Points: 1

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New comment by riams in "Why tiny Stockholm has the most stunning startup ecosystem since Tel Aviv"

riams — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:20:06 +0000

I've interviewed with Jacob at iZettle. Great guy and team!

New comment by riams in "Ask HN: How have you made "quick" money before?"

riams — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:15:00 +0000

Arbitrage on virtual goods from different countries/regions. Got lucky and got 15k in a week.

A Point Of View: Is China more legitimate than the West?

riams — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:58:51 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20178655

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4742299

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by riams in "Do Female Executives Drive Start-up Success?"

riams — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:24:36 +0000

Once again, this is the product of unclear thinking, not distinguishing between correlation vs. causation. This is not a hard concept to grasp, so I'm really disappointed in mankind that we let this mistake happen so often.

Since gender equality is such a hot and sensitive topic, I can see how it incentivized people to jump to such conclusions.

New comment by riams in "Jack Dorsey: Today Starbucks Signed up for Square"

riams — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:27:36 +0000

It's not a zero sum game. As more mainstream consumers learn about and start using Square, it will undoubtedly give a great boost to small businesses using Square as well.

New comment by riams in "Jack Dorsey: Today Starbucks Signed up for Square"

riams — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:43:19 +0000

Losing a decent chunk of change? How can they lose something they wouldn't otherwise have had at all? It's only normal to assume that they have special terms for Starbucks, but it doesn't mean they're losing anything.

Unless you mean that Square is providing the service at a loss to Starbucks?

New comment by riams in "What hackers don’t know about business"

riams — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:06:40 +0000

Doesn't LTV stand for "[customer] life time value," i.e. the amount of money you'll be able to generate from a customer during his/her time with your business, and not "long term value"?

Chinese Android market app passes 100 million downloads

riams — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:58:53 +0000

Article URL: http://www.techinasia.com/meizu-flyme-store-100-million/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3706945

Points: 2

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New comment by riams in "Go East, Young Man"

riams — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:44:58 +0000

I work in marketing and get the same salary as in my home country Sweden, but with accommodation and food paid. I wasn't hired as a local. It really depends on what you do though; my banker friends make waaaay more.

New comment by riams in "Go East, Young Man"

riams — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:53:24 +0000

As someone who's recently made the move to China (Hong Kong, and not teaching English), I can say it's a great way for native English speakers to jump start their careers and get responsibilities much faster than at home.

Hong Kong is a bit easier getting used to due to a free internet, less pollution, and stricter food safety laws. But I guess there are more opportunities on the mainland.

New comment by riams in "Sony Ericsson Forces A Fan Site Into Submission"

riams — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:58:27 +0000

Yeah, Sony was not so smart here. However, Apple has also done something similar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret. However, Apple really seems to have come to their senses in recent years.

Ask HN: Besides HN, what are your most visited sites?

riams — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:53:27 +0000

The information I've been exposed to while using HN has been invaluable. Some say the key to success is surrounding oneself with those smarter than you, and HN is the closest I've come online.

To make sure I'm not missing out on anything, I would like to ask fellow HNers what other sites you frequent. Thanks.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3141885

Points: 5

# Comments: 3

New comment by riams in "Ask HN: What is your ideal Android phone like?"

riams — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:26:38 +0000

I haven't come to a good answer for this myself, but lately, I've been wanting a simple phone more and more, one which doesn't clash with the feature-set of the tablet. One that does simple things, like syncing, texting, and calling, really well. With an insane battery life. Design-wise, it has to be clean and beautiful, both the phone itself, and its UI.

Ask HN: What is your ideal Android phone like?

riams — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:22:56 +0000

Recently, we've seen a few topics on HN discussing the virtues of different smartphone platforms, most noticeably iOS and Android. Although differences between the two platforms exist, most tend to come to the conclusion that Android is slightly less polished, and therefore slightly inferior to iOS.

So I've been thinking about this question quite a bit recently. How would your ideal Android phone be like? What features should it have (or not have)? I know that the HN crowd isn't representative of the general population, but let's face it. We're early adopters. What we're excited about today, will be popular mainstream in a few years.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3139052

Points: 4

# Comments: 7

Dropbox turns down Apple acquisition worth 9-digits

riams — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:37:00 +0000

Article URL: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/18/dropbox-indeed-balked-at-major-acquisition-offer-from-apple/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3125346

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by riams in "Ask HN: What type of chair are you spending most of your life on?"

riams — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:43:19 +0000

My Aeron chair that I've had for less than a year.

Does its job, looks sexy, but might not be the chair that has the most value for its price.