If you don’t live in an area prone to natural disasters, you may think it could never happen to you—but…
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Processing the death of a loved one is never easy. Even if they were terminally ill and you knew they would pass…
Great. Just yesterday I made a Best Offer on eBay that was just around 60% the asking price. Now I feel dirty. Thanks.
I wonder how long before this website is rusting on David Tracy's lawn.
True story: Winter and the weather is awful that day. A tire goes flat while my wife is driving by the Saturn dealership. She is on her way to do last minute Christmas shopping. She limps it into the dealer, they give her a loaner, send her off to do shopping, fix the TIRE for free, wash the car and leave a Christmas…
You are of course welcome to your opinion. Hear me out for a bit. Saturn was not just a cheap, plastic-bodied car company. Several commenters have rightfully called Saturn a revolutionary car company. Imagine a large American car company so bloated and bureaucratic that innovation DID not exist. Management hated the…
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Spot on. The fact that GMC survived the Great Recession carpocalypse and Saturn didn’t should tell you all that you need to know. Saturn was a revolutionary company at its inception. GM killed it like all its good things... slowly and deliberately.
The shortest answer is that Saturn was murdered by the inside politics of GM.
And he should have covered his ass and run far, far away from that project. I’ve done it before - “Sorry I can’t help you. I need 3 weeks and you need it in 3 days. Find someone else”.
he indicated that there was not enough budget or time to evaluate those factors
It was a deliberate decision b/c Spanfeller and Great Hill Partners serve the needs of the capitalist class. They are taking a financial loss on this particular group of sites to shut down a voice which could inspire others to ultimately organize towards their doom.
Shutting down the only dedicated politics website in your portfolio right before the 2020 election, one of the most consequential of our lifetime, kicks into high gear. Essentially shutting down the second-most highly trafficked website in your portfolio because one out of every twenty five posts rankles you. I’m not…
Splinter was a damn good website.