That's a difference in extraversion levels. A big five personality test is all you need to determine compatibility of personalities

The site: operator is also hit and miss nowadays

They responded as soon as you reached out. I don't think that counts as ghosting

The 2000s were a startup winter after the dotcom bubble burst. In those days you were extremely lucky if you could raise over $100k in funding and in revenue $100m was the ultimate fantasy. ZIRP was the 2010s

You're right, what did happen around that time is that founders would be kept in charge of their companies instead of being replaced by CEOs (e.g. Founders Fund). The combination of the founders staying in power facilitated with dual class shares/ZIRP in 2010s (Google had their 2004 IPO) would be more correct.

So in other words, "Thanks Obama"

Pointless. 95% would stick to the default

Hang out with some 5-10 year olds and give them control of YouTube, they'll show you within 2 minutes

The shock and awe from a nuclear strike is unmatched

Yeah, that "shock and awe" would probably destroy any remaining US alliances.

There are ego maniacs and people from shame cultures who would be animalistically obstinate in the face of globally televised embarrassment

Since he's now being seen as a conservative, he is now adding into Christian elements to his grift. Expect to see him get even more mystical now

Yeah but what racists don't understand is that the golden age of white folks is over.

Outnumbered and increasingly outspent.

And it was a great deal compared to the 90% cut you had to give phone carriers to highlight your java apps

The carriers were taking about 70% in tariffs and fees even without you bribing them to get better positioning. That’s why all the mobile app people rushed to Apple in the early days. They could actually turn a profit on the App Store.

If probably be retired now if I wasn’t already so burnt out on how SMS tariffs worked at the time. Utterly opaque and on a delay. They basically wrote you a check for however much they felt like each month.

Essentially the reseller arm of carriers at that time was just a money funnel from VCs to the telcos. They were eating their own young and I was full up on the bullshit.