Andys

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1051.
by Andys 19y ago
On the other hand, for a student or young couple in a small apartment, a 20" or 24" iMac is all they really need for their entertainment needs, it handles that situation really well.
1052.
by Andys 19y ago
Unfortunately things don't pan out well when moved out of the lab conditions and into the real world, with kilometres of twisted, rotting copper buried in the ground in awful conditions.
1053.
by Andys 19y ago
RMS, I think you will fail for the following reasons: 1. Being based closely on a plant is not good enough: even if you patent the release formulation, it is too easy for someone to copy. This means you'll never be able to sell it for enou
1054.
by Andys 19y ago
The datacentre where my servers are hosted uses giant flywheels to power the whole building for the 20 seconds until the diesel generators are ready to take the load, in the event of a power outage. I didn't know why until I read this artic
1055.
by Andys 19y ago
I did a stint at a company who had bought it, and no one was using it. All the developers expressed disgust at its user-interface, and management didn't care what they used so they ended up writing their own.
1056.
by Andys 19y ago
I had a slightly different problem - once I left and made the odd appearance in casual clothes, for some reason it was assumed I had become a highly paid consultant of some kind, living "the life" and that I "had all the luck". I think, dee
1057.
by Andys 19y ago
I've been thinking about this for a long time now. The idea is sound, but I really think what it comes down to ultimately is People. If you have a bunch of the right people working together, previously difficult things suddenly become poss
1058.
by Andys 19y ago
Most mail clients can be configured not to send messages immediately, but to hold them in the Outbox until you hit the main Send/Receive button. Also, I believe Lotus Notes had the feature that enabled you to take a message back (it literal
1059.
by Andys 19y ago
I think this would be an awesome opportunity to build an ebay killer with the financial and management backing of Amazon.
1060.
by Andys 19y ago
Also known as, "Three things the President of the United States should unlearn" ...
1061.
by Andys 19y ago
I think the new algorithm is going to make the site less adaptable to new concepts and ideas in the future, if a just few of the big users vote them down. The type of stories voted up high will get stuck at a local maxima in story space.
1062.
by Andys 19y ago
If YC is doing anything wrong, it is that it is too transparent. Imagine if some of the top Wall St firms were as open about their business dealings. It would redefine the whole meaning of "Clubby".
1063.
by Andys 20y ago
I completely agree. Some people don't seem to care about standing up and can talk for hours. I personally think the best meetings are where I can keep working at my PC while I listen in on the meeting conversation. This way I reach the en
1064.
by Andys 20y ago
The problem with scaling YC is geography. YC is in USA, and we are not. We cant or wont drag our co-founders and girlfriends to YC, so Paul will never get to speak to us or talk to us about our ideas, and we have to waste time funding our
1065.
by Andys 20y ago
What struck me was how slick the platform was. I don't particularly care to watch Justin for more than just a few minutes, but if it was someone I did want to watch I'd probably load it up every night.
1066.
by Andys 20y ago
For the sake of completeness, what might be some of the situations where an NDA or secrecy of the idea is important? I'm guessing an example would be if you are entering negotiations to be bought out by a public company.