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mattculbreth
2007-03-01T14:03:11
Oracle to buy Hyperion for $3.3b
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700346
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danw
2007-03-01T14:10:25
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SimJapan2005
2007-03-01T14:13:57
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joe is really inspiring - reality and never ending persistence.<p>side note - they way he speaks reminds me of my manager at NEC, Cebu. such a deep philosophical person.
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nate
2007-03-01T14:16:16
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I wish there was some kind of hotline :( <p>Maybe someone should set up a Freebridge conference room where we can all figure out how to cope.
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veritas
2007-03-01T14:29:58
Om Malik slams the Oscars for their YouTube policy
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http://gigaom.com/2007/02/28/oscars-vs-youtube/
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veritas
2007-03-01T14:32:07
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Just thought it was interesting because I hold a similar view. I wasn't going to sit through 4-5 hours of nonsense to get to the only good parts (Best picture, actor, actress). If they'd made those clips available at ABC's or Oscars' website, I would've gladly watched the clips there. Instead I had to find and watch low quality stuff on YouTube. Way to embrace that technology.
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joshwa
2007-03-01T14:43:43
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it's back now. 9:43 EDT
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joshwa
2007-03-01T14:47:25
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Then I guess we're set! My co-founder and I, due to our amazing intellectual prowess, are each worth 1.045 normal people!
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kingkongrevenge
2007-03-01T14:49:39
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Pick a magazine on the rack and observe that most writers can't write. Most cabbies don't know their way around town, and a lot of barbers can't follow instructions when cutting hair.<p>Competence is in short supply all round.
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juwo
2007-03-01T15:15:14
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I dont know. It's ok for a turnaround company, or a dispassionate outsider. Not for someone who is in the grind. see my thread http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=1464
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juwo
2007-03-01T15:17:36
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see my thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=1464
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jwecker
2007-03-01T15:20:35
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" * IP Filtering: Advertisers can block particular IP addresses that they think are fraudulent. When this happens, people coming from these IP addresses will not see ads."<p>Put me on the list! Now here's something there's a market for... [with apologies to those reading this who are relying on this as a major source of revenue]
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msgbeepa
2007-03-01T15:23:08
How To Bring New Readers To Your Blog/site?
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http://www.wikio.com/webinfo?id=13911648
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wensing
2007-03-01T15:34:36
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Exactly. You have control over the read-access permissions on any content on S3. Anything set to 'private' cannot be accessed by the outside world without a URL with an encrypted key salted with your private key and an expiration date. I am already doing this with my startup and it is a wonderful feature, with no fears of 'botnet attacks'.
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SwellJoe
2007-03-01T15:37:58
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No, but the benches are deadly.
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SwellJoe
2007-03-01T15:39:20
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The really good looking one is me.
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eli
2007-03-01T15:40:19
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Well, because it won't eliminate the junk messages vying for my attention, it will just earn me fake email currency for reading them. This does not help the overall goal of email overload.<p>If I trust the person sending the message, he/she can just use the "Priority" feature. If I don't trust him/her, then I don't see why messages with more virtual currency units are necessarily more important than those with less.
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Elfan
2007-03-01T15:42:26
Asking All Young Entrepreneurs: Are You Absolutely Sick of College Yet?
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http://mindpetals.com/blog/2007/02/asking-all-young-entrepreneurs-are-you-absolutely-sick-of-college-yet/
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wensing
2007-03-01T15:44:44
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Exactly. You have control over the read-access permissions on any content on S3. Anything set to 'private' cannot be accessed by the outside world without a URL with an encrypted key salted with your private key and an expiration date. I am already doing this with my startup and it is a wonderful feature, with no fears of 'botnet attacks'.
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nostrademons
2007-03-01T15:48:02
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A lot of them may have been from the startup school(s). Sacca, Wolfram, and Woz were speakers at the first startup school, and the dates on the audio files are right after it.
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nostrademons
2007-03-01T15:49:01
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Only 1.045? ;-)
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abstractbill
2007-03-01T15:52:14
Delaware corporate franchise tax is due today (March 1st)
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http://www.dca.net/delawarecorp.com/sch-tax.htm
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Harj
2007-03-01T15:55:15
How do you build the perfect local community Web site
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http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/28/will-outsidein-nail-the-community-web-site-maybe/
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veritas
2007-03-01T16:13:27
CRV Quickstart Facts: Those are some long odds.
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http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/02/28/stats_on_charle.html
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jwecker
2007-03-01T16:21:14
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"This article was written to make young entrepreneurs hate college or want to stop doing their school work to focus more on their business"<p>typo?
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danw
2007-03-01T16:24:27
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jwecker
2007-03-01T16:25:41
iSkoot Gets $7 Million in Venture Capital Funding
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http://www.teleclick.ca/2007/03/iskoot-gets-7-million-in-venture-capital-funding/
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immad
2007-03-01T16:27:02
Ebay - Bebo partnership. Interesting monetisation option for social networks
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http://users2.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=wsj-users2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117271875199822976.html
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jwecker
2007-03-01T16:29:06
Are You Paid Enough?
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http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/03/01/8401032/
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immad
2007-03-01T16:29:42
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I don't access to the whole article, but that pretty much sums it up.
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jwecker
2007-03-01T16:34:17
It's not about what you start, it's about what you finish
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http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/1/27/its-not-about-what-you-start-its-about-what-you-finish/10092/view.aspx
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immad
2007-03-01T16:38:25
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hehe, i was thinking the same thing when I wrote that :-)
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jwecker
2007-03-01T16:38:43
Why Big Company Strategies Don't Matter to Startup Companies
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http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/2/28/why-big-company-strategies-dont-matter-to-startup-companies/10111/view.aspx
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wyday
2007-03-01T16:43:11
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From the tone of the article it seems like more of a Freudian slip than an outright typo.
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jwecker
2007-03-01T16:45:36
Starting a Company is a Crap Sandwich
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http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/2/21/starting-a-company-is-a-crap-sandwich/10108/view.aspx
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Alex3917
2007-03-01T16:52:00
My college professor: "Startups are not real work, and starting a business is not rational."
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http://alexkrupp.com/midterm.html
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mynameishere
2007-03-01T16:55:20
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Accidental clicks are 95% of Clicks.
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brett
2007-03-01T17:03:37
Presentation on the process of gettting VC funding
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http://localglobe.blogspot.com/2007/02/bens-presentation-on-vc-funding-at-fowa.html
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jwecker
2007-03-01T17:03:40
Web 2.0 revenue models
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http://opengardensblog.futuretext.com/archives/2006/07/web_20_show_me.html
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socmoth
2007-03-01T17:13:03
markdown in javascript. (don't hit your server while doing a live preview)
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http://www.attacklab.net/showdown-gui.html
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socmoth
2007-03-01T17:16:37
7 questions from a vc to ask before joining a startup
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http://www.genuinevc.com/archives/2005/10/seven_questions.htm
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jwecker
2007-03-01T17:16:48
The Graphing Calculator Story
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http://www.pacifict.com/Story/
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Alex3917
2007-03-01T17:18:35
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I actually wrote about something similar last fall, so I just uploaded it to my homepage. It was actually an assignment for a business class, and the professor's comments are pretty funny:<p>http://alexkrupp.com/midterm.html
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socmoth
2007-03-01T17:21:45
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they are, like a seesaw
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brett
2007-03-01T17:55:00
Insider Pages Acquired By CitySearch
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/01/troubled-insider-pages-acquired-by-citysearch/
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danielha
2007-03-01T17:59:10
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May I ask what you are studying over there at Cornell?<p>I read your paper and the conclusion that you arrived at is reminiscent of an observation on young entrepreneurship in this essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/mit.html. Starting a startup while you're still in school means that there is still an escape hatch. Just as you realized in your paper, if you fail, you are still a student, or "no worse off than before."<p>While I agree about the disjointedness of the paper, I think a rational-decision making model is absolutely applicable in an entrepreneurial sense if approached correctly.
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naish
2007-03-01T18:09:35
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Agreed. The main directory is from the first Startup School, held in Boston (Oct 05). The apr06 subdirectory is from the second Startup School, held at Stanford.
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Alex3917
2007-03-01T18:12:20
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Good point. I don't really have a major, I'm just whatever random classes I find interesting or useful. I'm taking classes in business, education, English, comp sci, etc. I've taken enough classes to get an Applied Economics & Management degree if I want it, but I'm pretty ambivalent between doing that and just leaving it as interdisciplinary studies on my diploma. <p>Also, you're right about the PG essay. I've obviously learned a lot since that experience and will not be making the same mistakes next time.
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danielha
2007-03-01T18:15:09
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I love my Python so I've got the plug the Python implementation too: http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/
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danielha
2007-03-01T18:19:54
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Roaming random classes, learning what you find interesting? Sounds like you've got some young Steve Jobs in you. No flaw in that -- he went on to found some famous fruit company of sorts.
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danielha
2007-03-01T18:22:58
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Outside.in's Steve Johnson wrote a fairly buzzed-about book about popular culture ("Why Everything Bad is Good for You"). He sounds like a bright guy with a handle on American society and the populous in general. I think he'll do great things with the new company.
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danielha
2007-03-01T18:32:55
Interview with reddit (part 2)
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http://www.folksonomy.org/2007/02/interview_with_alexis_ohanian/
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Harj
2007-03-01T18:41:23
Morfik's Ajax Platform Set To Challenge Google, Adobe, Microsoft (Richard MacManus/Read/WriteWeb)
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/morfik_ajax_platform.php
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extantproject
2007-03-01T18:51:38
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What would a completely transparent company be like? All resources, records, and processes available for comment (maybe modification?) by anyone. People that have run or are currently running startups could make suggestions on the business processes, the things going on in the company, and the products or services. Maybe the more eyes/fewer bugs idea applies to business?<p>I'm not sure of the full picture; It's an idea.<p>Cheers.
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extantproject
2007-03-01T18:53:40
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What would a completely transparent company be like? All resources, records, and processes available for comment (maybe modification?) by anyone. People that have run or are currently running startups could make suggestions on the business processes, the things going on in the company, and the products or services. Maybe the more eyes/fewer bugs idea applies to business?<p>I'm not sure of the full picture; It's an idea.<p>Cheers.
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extantproject
2007-03-01T18:57:33
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Readmore
2007-03-01T18:59:31
Klipboardz Blog - Using Emergence for Social News
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http://www.klipboardz.com/klipz/comments/1570
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palish
2007-03-01T19:42:57
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I see what you're getting at. What I meant was, I work 50 hour weeks. During my spare time, I'm getting my business up and running. If I can ever be in a position which I can focus on my business full time without starving, then I'll do that. That'll happen right around when I save up $15k, or the business is successful. Just because there's no way out of my job doesn't make me not an entrepreneur :P
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nostrademons
2007-03-01T19:50:36
Moonlighter's Dilemma: Guide to Starting a Startup PartTime
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http://blog.buzzoo.net/2007/03/01/moonlighters-dilema-guide-to-starting-a-startup-partime/
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wbornor
2007-03-01T19:57:13
New House leadership has lively Internet agenda
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http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/02/27/markey_plans_push_in_telecom/
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wbornor
2007-03-01T20:16:47
Scientists: Data-storing bacteria could last thousands of years
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9011945&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_top
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palish
2007-03-01T21:03:00
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My situation exactly. Thanks for the advice.
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palish
2007-03-01T21:44:33
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Nope. Next question.
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herdrick
2007-03-01T21:47:39
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No mention of Aaron Swartz. Odd.
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rms
2007-03-01T21:56:29
Free online version of Photoshop coming soon
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/28/adobe-photoshop-online-edition/
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papersmith
2007-03-01T22:06:42
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Maybe feature requests should be a subreddit of its own? There's so much going on here, I can't tell if the feature on my mind is already mentioned.
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papersmith
2007-03-01T22:08:46
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I'd be nice to have permalinks of comments in the profile page, and ideally a notification when there's a reply.
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pg
2007-03-01T22:18:55
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Why pre-announce it? To prevent people from using competitors in the meantime. Why the need to do that? Because Adobe is genuinely afraid of those competitors.<p>MSFT used to do this a lot. It doesn't require you to actually have something in 6 months; if people wait, you've achieved your goal. I'm surprised Arrington bought it.
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msgbeepa
2007-03-01T22:21:00
How To Become Rich From Making A Simple Video - Part 2
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http://www.wikio.com/webinfo?id=13938298
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pg
2007-03-01T22:22:29
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I don't believe they have 1400 applicants. I think that must be a misunderstanding; that may be the number of people who'd asked for info about it.
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bhb
2007-03-01T22:33:16
Capturing your start-to-be with a wiki
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http://blog.pretheory.com/arch/000428.php
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davidw
2007-03-01T22:56:43
Internet Bubble 2.0
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http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2007/03/internet_bubble_2.html
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eric
2007-03-01T23:06:52
Perhaps Entrepreneurs Can Stay East After All
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http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/1249/Massachusetts-Ranked-1-Perhaps-Entrepreneurs-Can-Stay-East-After-All.aspx
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jwecker
2007-03-01T23:18:52
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I think you're right- MA is great- but it seems no one was very impressed with the way they did rankings: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=1551
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jwecker
2007-03-01T23:25:13
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that doesn't solve the problem that I (and I assume others) habitually press the back button when I'm done perusing comments in order to get to the main page. At this point when I press the back button it goes to a slightly older version of the comments page- and various other oddities.
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e1ven
2007-03-01T23:52:07
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I could easily believe it was that high- Keep in mind, the program got a good deal of publicity, not just in the areas where you'd normally expect, bug Digg, etc...<p>I think the model they're doing is Damn clever; Had I the money, I'd love to be doing the same thing. YCombinator is a great program, but $70-150K is a lot more to get something running, and a good way to pull the cream of the new startups to you..<p>The startups don't have much to lose, since it's only a loan.. And you get a guaranteed right of first refusal on some hot goods.<p>It's a clever product, not just a marketing angle.
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danielha
2007-03-02T00:02:43
The Wizards of Buzz -- Influential users of social news
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http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117106531769704150-zpK10wf4CJOB4IKoJS5anuNoi6Y_20080209.html
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volida
2007-03-02T00:03:41
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.", Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), The Note Book
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reitzensteinm
2007-03-02T00:17:16
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One of my favourite stories. Especially the end: "We wanted to release a Windows version as part of Windows 98, but sadly, Microsoft has effective building security."
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mynameishere
2007-03-02T00:20:33
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You probably have a better spirit than I do. I have [well over 15k], and really enough to live on for years without FTE, but I'm waiting until I actually have a revenue stream before quitting my job.
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andrewcooke
2007-03-02T00:21:23
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You're presenting a false dichotomy. You don't get smaller code by making it incomprehensible. It gets smaller because it's cleaner and clearer.<p>Think of the problem in terms of compression. You can compress via syntax or by semantics. In the first case you end up with gzip and an unreadable compact mess. In the second you end up with a better, more elegant program, expressed via core, largely orthogonal concepts. For some reason you seem to think that a good programmer works like gzip. That's simply wrong.
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jamiequint
2007-03-02T00:22:12
It's a bad time to start a company
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http://www.caterina.net/archive/000965.html
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jamiequint
2007-03-02T00:26:34
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Caterina's caveat... "I was talking here about consumer-facing Web 2.0 companies based in San Francisco and the Valley"<p>I think there are a lot of bad ideas floating around (http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html - Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas) but still, a bad time to start a company? A vibrant competetive market produces some of the best products, if nobody started a company when there was a lot of competition we'd be without Google (and many others). Thoughts?
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danw
2007-03-02T00:55:39
Threadless and Vimeo fireside chat, part 2
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http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/295-fireside-chat-skinnycorp-threadless-and-connected-ventures-vimeo-part-2-of-2
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danw
2007-03-02T00:59:03
OpenMoko - Can open source transform the mobile phone?
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http://gigaom.com/2007/03/01/openmoko-phone/
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msgbeepa
2007-03-02T01:08:09
Should Digg Sue Wired News?
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http://www.wikio.com/webinfo?id=13945222
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danw
2007-03-02T01:14:51
Gareth Knight, Technovated video interview - on differences between Silicon Valley and Europe, FOWA and sharing office space
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http://www.vecosys.com/2007/03/01/video-interview-gareth-knight-technovated/
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danw
2007-03-02T01:20:54
More Anger! - Anger as a driver of product adoption
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http://www.oreillynet.com/etel/blog/2007/03/etel_coverage_more_anger.html
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danw
2007-03-02T01:31:09
eBay partners with Bebo
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http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-ebay-looks-to-social-nets-for-growth-report/
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danw
2007-03-02T01:53:27
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So many great quotes and insights from this article:<p>"I hate being called a college dropout. It's like almost 10 years ago already. And I didn't drop out, I just decided to learn on my own.", "i didn't drop out, i got kicked out, get it straight"<p>"I think it's underestimated how much work we put into it. Our success wasn't random - we work non-stop."<p>"Fact: The best ideas come from the bathroom."<p>"When i was out [in Silicon Valley,] every person i met gave me a business card that said CEO. It just seems like everyone is so up in each other's kool-aid they forget to just stfu and work."
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pixcavator
2007-03-02T01:57:44
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These suggestions resemble a lot the advice given to new assistant professors on how to find time for research among all the teaching, committees, etc. Strange to find it here... But #4 is very relevant (no offense YC News!).
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danw
2007-03-02T02:04:53
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Can we get the ability to see what we've liked and where we've commented from our profiles please? I keep forgetting where I've commented and what that awsome article I liked was.<p>Also bug report. When I enter some characters in comments such as “ and ’ it goes a bit funny.
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palish
2007-03-02T02:06:17
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It's tempting to do that, but check this out. I sat down and created a spreadsheet, listing all my monthly debts (including food). I then said, "Okay, I will go out on foot and pitch 10 teachers per month to use my service, resulting in $100 / month increase in revenue." In the spreadsheet, you'll be able to predict your total cost per month, and the month that revenue exceeds debt, the total cost is how much money you need to start your startup. But one last thing: Whatever your debt is, double it per month. Whatever you predict your revenue will be, cut that in half. I came to a total of $15k, because I have small debts since I'm 19. But it really puts into perspective just how little it costs to start a startup.<p>By the way, what's your startup?<p>Shawn
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jimream
2007-03-02T02:18:31
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I am finishing up my last semester of Business School and I just sit in class reading Popurls.com while teachers ramble on and on. I have learned so much more about entrepreneurship, history, news, world status, and everything else than my classes could possibly teach me. I am just glad all this training to be a sheep will be over soon.
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palish
2007-03-02T02:28:32
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Would you be willing to tell us what your startup did? :)<p>Shawn
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wicked
2007-03-02T02:30:54
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That isn't the same. He carefully applies pressure to one side of the robot, and the robot starts walking in that direction.
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whatsreal
2007-03-02T02:34:15
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Excellent story, though I must admit I have read it before. I always wonder will history judge us the same way we judge them? Will the entrepreneurial spirit that is pervasive in hacker circles today be a positive or negative blip in the history of technology, economy, etc? I certainly believe that it is for the better. Though not all startups may end well, the advances in ideas, and the experience gained by the individuals involved as well as the spectating world, should prove to be a positive note in our history. And now back to work ;)
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staunch
2007-03-02T02:36:29
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A full-time startup project might mean 12+ hours a day. In that scenario it doesn't really hurt to spend the first few hours "getting in the zone" or "wasting time". If you only have a 3 hour slot then a couple non-productive hours can be crippling.
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danw
2007-03-02T02:42:33
Interactive multitouch cocktail bar [video]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaKehq6qsdY
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palish
2007-03-02T02:45:15
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Yeah, it can be crippling.<p>But once, I went a whole week sleeping 3 hours a day. I'd spend from 11-7 at work, then 8 PM - 7 AM on my startup, sleep 'til 10, repeat. I loaded up on NoDoz. After that week, I got a horrible cold, and was knocked out for the week after that (though I still went to work), but in the meantime I got a large number of features done.<p>My point is, if you have the drive and commitment, you will *find time*, even if your situation is biased against finding time.<p>Shawn
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