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Re:Cryptocurrency Now Fully Legal in South Korea on Thursday March 05, 2020 @06:32AM (#22492682)
Yep, the first one was India.
Re:What's the best subscription model for an online game? on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:55AM (#20775380)
Hard to advise without knowing your product metrics. But on general online games are notorious for low retention. A lifetime plan might make sense, since the anticipated lifetime might be low and economics would add up.

Pull up the historical data if you can on how lifetime plan performed in your company when it was in place. If you know retention for the users, that purchased the plan and the acquisition cost, you can check, whether the lifetime plan makes sense.

Re:A recent paper proposes to bring zeppelins back on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:48AM (#20765638)
The only reason to bring them back is the fancy steampunky look. From the practical side, they would be a step back.
Re:The Most Dangerous Writing App on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:45AM (#20765622)
Somebody send it to George Martin
Re:Ask HN: What's up with all the WeWork posts lately? on Thursday August 22, 2019 @03:43AM (#20765608)
I guess everyone is excited about shit hitting the fan when they go public
Re:Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular? on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:34AM (#20756671)
Agreed. Joe often provides exposure to remarkable individuals, that often do not get enough coverage in mainstream media. And talk about the diversity of guests
I meant that with the rising of sharing economy and automated driving technologies, the market for personally owned vehicles would significantly shrink or seize to exist. The main reason for owning a car - getting from point A to point B whenever you want with a certain level of comfort. There are cheaper and simpler solutions to that job-to-be-done than car ownership.
The future of personal transportation is no personal transportation.
Re:Crowdfunding platform based in blockchain technology on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:39AM (#20713783)
This is so 2017
Re:Landing-Page lead conversions using WhatsApp on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:35AM (#20713767)
IMHO since in US FB messenger is more popular than Whatsapp, it makes more sense to communicate with leads there. Plus setting up chat bots for messenger is super easy.
Re:The Impact of Meditating Every Day on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:29AM (#20713745)
In my experience, apps (like Headspace) mostly distract you from witnessing. Any type of guided mediation has an entertaining aspect to it - you have to follow the guidelines instead of pure witnessing.
Re:How close are we to 3D printing the human heart? on Thursday August 15, 2019 @04:29AM (#20703519)
Why? I mean there are no constraints to printing it at least in theory.