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>At most, they would say "our fuel consumption is X lower than the nearest competitor".
This is what usually happens. It's only when a competitor is so well-regarded that people wouldn't even consider the company running the ad that they mention names.
For example, fuel econonmy and the Prius and almost inseparable in people's minds thanks to good marketing, to the point that someone shopping for an efficient car would probably not even consider Ford unless you challenged their assumptions with a surprising fact (that the Ford had better MPG than the Prius).
It's like the "Droid does" ads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52TSXwj774) - the iPhone was so dominant that they basically had to say, "You think that Apple/Toyota is the best in this field? Well guess what, we're better!"
Some of the bugs they report would fall under the automatically testable category, but many don't.
I suspect that dogfooding is more effective at companies where the product itself is useful to developers or is a consumer app. e.g. Basecamp, FogBugz, Facebook, Netflix, Gmail, etc.
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For instance, I suspect that part of the inspiration for Appointment Reminder came from Patrick's own realization of how valuable the automation of small tasks can be (chasing down missed appointments, in this case).
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To go off on another tangent, this is akin to eliminating technical debt from your workflow. By taking time to "refactor" certain tasks by doing them in a more efficient way, you get a net savings going forward. You can increase your ability to take on new tasks by increasing the efficiency of existing ones.
In keeping with the refactoring theme, if you have tasks that don't scale well, you may need to spend more time on them in a crisis. For example, in the event of a site outage you might suddenly have a deluge of support emails. Having support tickets be automatically created would save you n*60 seconds of copy/pasting.
There may be statistically fewer women in tech, but you'll never hear from them with a title like that!
In addition: -Figure out your current calorie intake using http://www.fitday.com/ You may be undereating and be unaware of it.
Medical help, and they do it themselves.
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They've also admitted that they might be able to pull a higher salary at a different company, but they're passionate about reddit.
People shouldn't be angry at you for "exposing [their] email addresses" if you can parse "A at B dot com."
Just beware the investors! The less you own, the less control you have.
However, if it is an addiction they may be financially successful, but unable to psychologically satisfy their their appetite for money or risk.
I wouldn't say that any serial startup founder has an "entrepreneurship problem", but if they were never satisfied with their accomplishments, I would view that as a negative.
The quote from the article was: >"[T]hey still want more. You're never happy."
I would consider that anyone who repeats a cycle of behaviour with the goal of achieving happiness or satisfaction but who always feels disappointed or unsettled might have a problem.
Or perhaps you have a gambling problem, but are successful enough to deny it.
FTA: > "Looking back, what I've figured out," he says, "is that no matter the amount of money poker players win, they still want more. You're never happy."
I suspect that this is a liability issue.
Actual numbers: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1454369
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22 m1.xlargeCan you clarify what this means? Both "I'm going to be a somebody" and "I'm going to do something about it" seem affirmative.