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by DevX101 16y ago
I don't have a problem with this description. Us humans think in symbols, and this is a high compression method to convey a complex idea. Besides, even if they described it another way, astute observers would be asking the same question: W
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Site's down
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Twitter
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A lot of people are here laughing at digg for turning this down, but hindsight is 20-20. Zuckerberg turned down $1Billion from Yahoo, and at least on paper is worth an order of magnitude more now. At the time, digg was a leader in a new tak
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>How do you know they didn't? Maybe they did and Microsoft ignored their advice. I now have reason to believe you're correct.
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This was brutal to read. The adminisTRators are basically making it "easier" for students by doing things like changing the number of multiple choice answers from 4 options to 3 and other such nonsense. That 4 to 3 option choice reduction
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What's your blog?
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Thanks!
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I think compelling user interfaces will be how a lot of new startups differentiate themselves. I came to this realization after seeing hipmunk. From a tech standpoint, there wasn't anything new. Just api calls. But the way the info was
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At some level Microsoft know's they're not ideally cut out for doing this type of dynamic marketing. Which is why they put the reddit team in charge of the campagin in the first place. The admins should have made it clear in no uncertain te
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Here's the link announcing they will be managing the campaign: http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/depct/and_now_for_a_wo... Quote from the link: "See, Microsoft is getting ready to release Internet Explorer 9, and they reached out to u
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I love reddit, but I place some of the blame in this fiasco on the reddit admins -- raldi & company. They came out a few weeks ago and mentioned explicitly that they were MANAGING the ad campaign for IE9. Now, the reddit admins are abo
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by DevX101 16y ago
How much staff is really really needed for these quant shops? After an algorithm is developed isn't it just rinse/repeat? Honest question, as I'm not a finance guy.
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Facebook and Google can target users more accurately than a blogging platform.
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Having been in this situation before, my recommendation is put in place milestone based equity compensation. Everyone starts out at 0 equity which increases to some predetermined maximum upon accomplishment of agreed upon milestone. So if
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Anyone have any thoughts on the impact of leaks on accelerating/killing deals?
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How does delicious make money? I love your product and use it almost every day, but it's not immediately obvious to me that there's any advertising.
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Send them a link to this thread
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It's trial by fire here at HN. Yeah, people can be harsh, but HNers are nothing if not practical. I'd rather some guy tell me my product sucks, here's 10 ways to improve it, rather than someone pat me on the head and commend me on a good j
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Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching. I value the character judgment of a few people who have vouched for Conway (including pg), so i assume he's not a dishonorable man, but have no illusions -- your best interests as