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OMG! You think we're doing "Comedy"?! Thank you sooo much. That's the nicest compliment we've received since my parents said: "We'll love you no matter what you do."


Hi, I'm Will Cole, a random comedian and cohost of Silly Valley, which is definitely a thing. Believe it.


Yes, you're trying to make your show's name enter the common lexicon and the dictionary, to ensure your place in history.

Which is why I called bullshit in the first place. Now take your ego elsewhere.


Place in history! I like your vision, Doug.


Thanks! I'm the guy on the right and this is my first youtube show. Suggestions and constructive feedback appreciated. (There's also an anonymous feedback form linked in the youtube comments.)


By your logic (which I don't agree with), it would have been okay ONLY IF the side boob were written into terms of the contract, stipulating that there must be tit for tat. And then we can assume that there would also be an article double d: "$50,000 will be left on the dresser."


upvote for the casual "turning your back" pun!


Ha.Ha. :) Pun (not) intended.


That comment cost me 1/12 of my hard-earned 12 points. So this is what martyrpun feels like.


Aha this is amazing. Would be a nightmare if you were a bombing comedian and the audience was trying not to laugh at you to save money.


Yes! I got the first question right. Somebody should hire me as a programmer. :D


Suspiciously similar. Which came first, CoderPad or CodePair?


https://www.evernote.com/shard/s74/sh/93884663-eb5f-4926-8d1... CoderPad checker is actually powered by interviewstreet.


Bret is probably an awesome teacher.

tl;dr: "Right now, today, we can't see the thing, at all, that's going to be the most important 100 years from now...But whatever that thing is -- people will have to think it. And we can, right now, today, prepare powerful ways of thinking for these people. We can build the tools that make it possible to think that thing."


Love this! Just discovered that I'm paying a monthly membership to my fiance's old gym when she hasn't been there FOR OVER A YEAR...because she moved and (thought she had) cancelled it.


That's her fault, not the gym's.


The gym is an interesting special case because there really is value in the commitment device of "I paid for this gym membership so it will feel really wasteful if I don't go all month". Our second biggest competitor -- http://gympact.com -- turns that aspect of gym pricing up to eleven, charging you more for not showing up (and giving you a kickback if you do).

As far as auto-canceling subscriptions, the gym could also make an argument that they have to provision a lot of physical space and equipment based on how many people have paid to use the space. They don't recover that cost when you don't happen to show up.

None of this applies to most SaaS companies though!


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