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Re:Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of it... by vostrocity on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @05:39AM (#14254215)
What's truly fascinating is all of these innovative products made in Asia which aren't officially marketed in the West (thus allowing people to market it in smalltime ways, like Kickstarter). If you go to the right parts of Asia now you will see a wild array of amazing, futuristic products that you can't find anywhere in the US.
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Re:Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of it... by accountyaccount on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @09:32AM (#14255464)
A lot of them are kind of misleading junk though.
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Re:Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of it... by moron4hire on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:12AM (#14256339)
Yeah, I see a ton of these stand-alone VR headsets that--on the surface--look amazing. But if you really start to scrutinize the specs, you realize they are two-generation-old Android phone guts slapped inside a cheap plastic box. You're getting a glorified Google Cardboard with probably a janky OS, and not anything up to the standard of even the now-2.5-year-old Samsung Gear VR.
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Re:Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of it... by ponyfleisch on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @07:13AM (#14254667)
like what? selfie sticks?

(i live in asia)

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Re:Etsy has ousted its CEO and is laying off 8 percent of it... by parsnipsumthing on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @09:09AM (#14255297)
I remember being on holiday in Thailand and seeing selfie sticks about 3 years before they hit the mainstream in the UK. I wish I'd started importing them myself.
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