Kaizyn

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by Kaizyn 15y ago
There aren't that many outlets. Most of my discussions of the type you're describing have been with co-workers. This would make for a useful online community.
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
I very much doubt that this is the best answer. We are using a model that pre-dates the Internet to cover the expenses of site content. Given how unpopular it is for the readers of print publications and viewers of television, it seems a mi
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
Why does there have to be a compromise? Please don't take this as some sort of flame bait. Instead it is a serious question about why some advertising must exist and be tolerated.
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
That depends on how closely affiliated with HN the blog is going to be and if our ycombinator benefactors are interested in endorsing such a project. If so, it should be one of them or someone they designate from the community. If it is not
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
You're right that quality will become an issue for such a collaborative tech blog. To do it properly, the posts would have to go through some sort of peer review and editorial process - hopefully community driven. In fact, this could form a
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
I would think you would either NOT use online banking or find another bank.
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
Assume: $4/gallon gasoline. 45 miles per gallon for commuter car. The average driver in the US drives 15,000 miles/year. Therefore: $9000 / $4 = 2250 gallons. 2250 gallons * 45 mpg = 101250 miles 101250 mi / 15000 mi = 6.
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
You do realize that startups fail for any number of reasons. Founder's not having all the necessary skills may be a contributing factor, but I would be willing to wager quite a bit that it is not a leading cause.
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
They will likely release a new version of Windows Phone that makes use of the new UI capabilities.
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
But they have "Don't be evil" as a motto. How could they possibly be tempted by that?
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by Kaizyn 15y ago
It is still less time than is required for a new draft spec for C++ to come out of the language committee.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
It was popular before Google started championing it.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
If you hate the code that much and you've been working on it for 9 years, why haven't you gone back and "fixed" the ugly broken bits?
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
Hello Rocamboleh, what route you need to take to learn programming skills depends entirely on what kind of business you intend to start. Programming is a big field and has a lot of different technologies in it to pick from. While espeed gav
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
When would you advise seeking out a business partner then? What role on a team would you consider to be a valuable contribution? Coming from the non-programmer side, I hope that you might have a better appreciation for this than one of us c
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
No, I don't think so. It was always known that buzzer speed was always an important factor.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
Groupon has a $15 billion valuation and it is actually harmful to smaller businesses that use its service.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
The only possible way it could be done is if they start charging a subscription for the service. Anything else would pretty much kill it, and adding a subscription probably would too.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
You know, the Perl community could just release Perl 6 finally so they had the "shiny new language" to point to whenever someone talks about the old days of Perl.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
Digital ink doesn't work well with Apple's capacitive touch screen. You can buy a "stylus" for the iPad though it is really too fat/big to be worth calling it that. It's about the size of your finger, and you have better control just using
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
The problem though is that paper books still cost less money than their Kindle counterparts.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
I don't know. Google puts some of the most brilliant programming minds to work selling ads and I haven't heard much in the way of complaints.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
This really comes down to two things: 1) How much income do you need to cover your yearly living expenses? and 2) How easy would it be for you to go back to earning 300K/year if you were to take the time off for your startup? I'm sure you'v
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
This is silly. There is no business incentive create a new labor category that can command high rates. Why would they want to make some programmers much harder to replace when they can stick with 9-5ers that are constantly replenished with
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
How will this cool feature help your startup make money? How much cost in time and effort did it take to add the feature?
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
He works with the Santa Fe Institute that specializes in studying complex adaptive systems. What all CAS have in common is the organic growth patterns that seem endemic to biological organisms. Also, if you consider the fundamental building
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
This is a false analogy. We're talking about identical content (a particular website) as compared to two different linguistic terms. The point about folksonomies is interesting in valid in its own right, but should not be used as a justific
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
This is a great idea. Why don't you patch the source for the site and make those changes available for use by the site.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
Good idea. You should download the Arc source for Hacker News and patch it to allow such UI testing for the site.
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by Kaizyn 16y ago
It should be pointed out here that 1) the code base for the site is available for download and 2) you can not only inspect it but set up your own 'competing website' with a better UI.

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