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looks great already. agree that focus is ones most important tool

Thank you. It's been a learning journey even though this isnt my first time creating a product from scratch. There is always something new to learn.

In a thread littered with unpleasantness this comment gave me hope.

Best comment in here.

some good data on best in class saas

ITT: People who want to talk about their own issues and not Recurse Center.

Not 100% of it. Email is a public utility and people use it in different ways.

Maybe he doesn't want to talk to you. I'm not stoked to see you commenting about your personal issues.

Well if he didn't want to talk to me, he might rethink sending messages to people blindly asking them to get in touch.

Fair.

Says volumes about our level of discourse that this is considered a pearl of wisdom.

Unfortunately this was particularly the case around 2011 :(

Can you think of any examples of wisdom that don't seem blatantly obvious on hindsight? Would sincerely love to hear them

how did you manage to make a whole article out of 'soap is easy to sell illegaly'

I wish I had this skill. I generally can't make even complex topics more than a paragraph or so..

I read it all and thoroughly enjoyed it. It could be summed up as thieves like to steal commodity goods because they are easier to trade. Other than that they like to steal high demand luxury goods.

It was a bit long winded.

Well, it did feel like I read the same thing three times, worded differently.

Tell them what you're going to tell them about. Tell them. Tell them what you told.

Man, the number of times I've heard my Dad say this ...

To be honest, when you're talking about tens of thousands of dollars of one brand of detergent from one store alone, maybe there is some value in examining the minutiae? After all, it's easy to sell a lot of things illegally, but most of them are not so incredibly widely desired by so many different people.

Soap is after all, an essential.

Even shorter, the whole article could be a single word: liquidity.

Thieves like liquid soap in particular

Especially the Tide brand in the $20 bottles. They are roughly equivalent to $20 bills.

I'd pay $50 for a gallon of Dr. Bronner's 18-in-1 Peppermint Castile Liquid Soap.

You can easily resell it on the street in smaller containers, and make a big profit if you DILUTE! DILUTE! OK! [1] ALL-ONE-GOD-FAITH! [2]

[1] http://www.lisabronner.com/dilutions-cheat-sheet-for-dr-bron...

[2] http://dev.null.org/psychoceramics/collection/bronner.html

Not quite $50 for a gallon, but just about there with free shipping:

  Dr. Bronner's Fair Trade & Organic Castile Liquid Soap   
  (Peppermint, 1 Gallon) $57.59 Prime

http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Bronners-Organic-Castile-Liquid/dp/...

If you like the soap, you might also enjoy the documentary: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dr_bronners_magic_soapbox/

I love the soap! It's worth the few extra dollars to know you're getting the pure stuff. You have to be careful about what you buy off the street in gallon jugs. [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUvmZWf4hI

Are they? Why would anyone buy stolen goods at list price?

Clearly for money laundering.

Maybe they offer door-to-door delivery service.

Probably by having compelling enough padding to garner seventy upvotes.

A simple thesis doesn't invariably make for a shitty article.

Because that's exactly what they do for living http://priceonomics.com/about/

through monetary incentives based on word count

Or so they can say "oh, we're not buzzfeed, we do long-form writing".

Lists. Quotes. Quadrants.

and than mix up the two diagrams titles...

These articles are advertisements for Tide.