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by AF 19y ago
> If only a real Lisp would come along that had the leadership, library, community and documentation of Python. Someone was asking for that just the other day. I was thinking myself that it would be pretty neat to write a Lisp dialect t
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by AF 19y ago
You are right, it would've been a poor argument if that's all they said. I'm not sure I agree with the entire article, but your comment had led me to believe that was the basis of their argument, and it isn't. People love iPods (including
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by AF 19y ago
I don't see the equivalence. Some people don't want to the bloat of the JVM, nor the bloat of Java libraries themselves. Some people prefer dynamic typing over static typing (and yes, I know Scala is type-inferred). Some people love Python'
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by AF 19y ago
This is why if you have an idea you might as well do it. There's just no telling if it will be a success or not.
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by AF 19y ago
I've recognized this 'mental transaction cost' for awhile, but never been able to put it into words. The article does a great job of it.
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by AF 19y ago
I don't see a problem with it. They are still providing the source. What is the issue? IMO, it isn't any less in the 'spirit of open source' to do something like this.
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by AF 19y ago
I hold the same disdain for walled networks you do, but ultimately I use Facebook and others do as well simply because it is convenient and easy to use. I also wouldn't base my main application on it, but as a developer I don't mind it for
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by AF 19y ago
I don't mean to be rude about it, but groopvine.com is a terrible domain name, imo. If someone wants to pay you $500 for it, sell it.
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by AF 19y ago
That isn't always an option (truth be told it isn't an option many people have).
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by AF 19y ago
Of course. Although if someone has rejected your application/service once due to cost, it can be difficult to get a second chance, even if it is free at that point.
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Anyone having success charging for something on Facebook?
5 points by AF 19y ago|5 comments
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by AF 19y ago
Can someone explain to me why all these startup companies end up in California? Surely there are much more economical places to run a tech company from. Is it just the connections?
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by AF 19y ago
Haven't we already discussed this? Google is not your regular old ad-supported company. They have a unique position being an ad provider. He can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe Google was who he had in mind when he made that st
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by AF 19y ago
Google isn't an ad-supported business, though. They are an ad business, period. Not many companies have the privilege of being an ad provider, which functions much more like a traditional company. And there haven't been Internet companies f
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by AF 19y ago
When did he ever imply that? Just because he is suggesting that the market might see a recession or a bust doesn't mean he is saying all people should get out of the market.
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by AF 19y ago
Wow. This is an excellent, realistic article. Some of the great nuggets: "Consumer loyalty is directly linked to the amount the consumer invests out of pocket. Apple has a fiercely loyal base partly because they feel really stupid spending
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by AF 19y ago
How are people monetizing Facebook aps? Ads (if so, are they more or less effective than ads on traditional sites)?
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by AF 19y ago
Money is overrated. If you aren't happy without it, you won't be happy with it. Just imo.
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Ask YC: What are the best open-source business models?
1 points by AF 19y ago|0 comments
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by AF 19y ago
Nope. It is a nice package, but there's too many good frameworks in Python that can give me similar productivity without the performance hit.
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by AF 19y ago
I am reminded of similar hyping and grandiose claims that Aaron made when he announced both Infogami and web.py. He eventually abandoned Infogami and the main user of web.py - Reddit, has switched to something else. I really hope he sticks
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by AF 19y ago
What kind of apps do you mean by this?
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by AF 19y ago
You realize what happened after the boom of the 1920s, right? The worst depression this world has ever seen . There are many who say we are close to another.
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by AF 19y ago
It is just a joke that Facebook could be valued at $6 billion. An absolute joke. FB has 30 million users, and that's not considering potential duplicates. The number of active users may be even smaller than that, and some people like I only
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by AF 19y ago
I'm just wondering, what specifically about the Mac UI gives you significant productivity boosts?
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by AF 19y ago
Those are called blogs, no?
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by AF 19y ago
Speaking of which, have you guys seen what Facebook has turned into with the advent of the platform? I was over at my friend's house tonight watching the NBA Finals. He was on Facebook, and every page he visited had some stupid little appli
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by AF 19y ago
I've thought of this before, but the issue is, what if people don't pay up? Or what if the developer doesn't deliver? Those are tough issues.
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by AF 19y ago
This is just a single example. The CL code might be a few lines longer in this example, but in the vast majority of code, Java will be the one with boilerplate and a lot more code. Lisp more than any other language removes boilerplate.
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by AF 19y ago
I've used both. I actually think that Ruby is a nicer language in most respects than Python (except for way too many ways of expressing the same thing in syntax), but Python is a much better 'platform'. Python struck me as somewhat clunky a

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