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Important privacy stats that everyone who works on the Internet should take note of. http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/11/12/public-privacy-perceptions/

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Consultancies: you should know that if you describe your consultants as "The Master", I'm not thinking what you think I'm thinking.

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Building iOS apps in the cloud from Visual Studio is also neat. I like the way Microsoft is thinking.

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@pmarca I'm also really intrigued by @elonmusk's satellite Internet (and similar developments), and how they might change the game.

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@pmarca Today the carriers & Internet services are different companies & unaligned. Is Google pointing to the future here do you think?

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@simonw Seconding @kpk; I'd be inclined to JSON-encode them (or something) in the current page scope and pick them up with JS that way.

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A huge deal. The Tor Project is partnering with Mozilla: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/partnering-mozilla

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Our Known Pro pre-sale is off to a great start. Get a single, professional site for all your content on the web: https://withknown.com/pro

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Crazy in the coconut

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Le test

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Walking and talking is so infinitely better than hanging out in a meeting room somewhere.

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@kevinroose Tactical error. Abort! Abort! @pmarca

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@_pius I'd love that!

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@_pius Yeah, I could easily be wrong here. I still need to check out an Oculus Rift.

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@scottros Exactly my first thought. Of course, notification-first apps make me think of PointCast, so maybe VR's time has come.

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@satyap I've been a part of startups in the past where lack of a strong board was directly harmful. This is important at all stages.

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@pmarca I'm inclined to bet on Oakland: easy access to SF, a short drive across the bridge to the peninsula, much lower rent.

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Important post on board members from @sama. I see investors as collaborators. http://blog.samaltman.com/board-members

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@mapkyca Remember the context is that most users don't care / think it's worth it for the audience / trust Ev.

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@mapkyca There are features that use all of those things. Arguably much more about audience-building than posting.

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I love getting emails from my alumni association but I hate their assumption that I never left Edinburgh. Other universities think globally!

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I'm pretty sure virtual reality is a red herring, like it was the last time. Nonetheless: http://mozvr.com/

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@skinny That's a much better analogy. Thanks! I hear a lot of dismissal of pop culture in geekdom, but serving real people is what we do.

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