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steelydanielon Show HN: Boot ‘strapped’ in Detroit

FreshBooks' top service is $40/month--not a huge distance from free already. But, it's not like I would just give away $40 if I didn't need to.

steelydanielon 1 of 4 Facebook Users is on a LOLapp App

and numbers like that are nothing to LOL at

steelydanielon Game Theory and the Dark Knight [spoiler warning]

This scene immediately took me back to college econ. Anyway, I found it an interesting twist in that both parties knew they could possibly be saved. I also found Deebo's decision to be rather altruistic, bc I would've hit that button so fast...

steelydanielon Harrrah’s Low Rollers Account for 80% of Revenue & 100% of Profits

Wow...my points were missed completely. Everybody knows the BC is real, but Amex does not advertise it. Info is leaked, they create buzz, and they allow people to gossip about it--its far more clever marketing to neither confirm or deny its existence as Amex did in the 90s--esp when it was by invite only and many people werent sure if it was real.

And I didnt suggest that casinos don't make money off the high rollers. But they definitely make a greater and more stable cashflow from masses of low rollers than handfuls of high rollers. A smaller scale example would be the high end dept store in your city, like a Saks or a Neimans--their avg purchase is probably in the high 3/low 4 figures while at the same time at least once or a few times a day a high roller spends 10k+ on clothing. Probably with their Black Card. XD

steelydanielon 168 Billion reasons to stop using Google Analytics

Try hanging out at warriorforum or forums.digitalpoint.com. As for the get rich quick aspect--that's just how you go about selling that kind of information. I'm sure it beats getting rich 10 years later.

steelydanielon Harrrah’s Low Rollers Account for 80% of Revenue & 100% of Profits

Not even a surprise--thats how the casino biz works. High rollers are there for the resort to create buzz and bring people in. Just like Mercedes puts an SL convertible on the showroom to bring in gawkers, and some of them leave with a C class. Amex spreads rumors about a black card---it increases the wannabes signing up for credit cards.