LeBlanc

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by LeBlanc 16y ago
I bought a laptop with a 12.1" screen and for a while I thought it was fine. But when I plugged it into a 27" monitor I had, I noticed a huge increase in my productivity. I don't completely understand why, but programming became much more e
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Food is also a lot more expensive. You can mitigate this a lot by cooking all your own food and not eating out. Shopping from low cost markets like The Milk Pail http://www.milkpail.com/ will help a lot. My recommendation for eating cheap
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
You should be able to use WePay for this. They offer a really good, simple service, with great customer support. You can use their API to set up a system exactly like you described. I am working on a project that uses the WePay API and it i
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Thank you to the YCombinator crew and BASES for creating the event, and to all of the awesome people to came as well. Hopefully some of you will be on that stage in the next couple of years!
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
The reason they want to do it in East Texas is because the patent infringement federal court in east Texas is one of a few that handles patent infringement cases very quickly. Most federal courts that handle patent infringement are very bac
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Make sure whatever you work on is something you are passionate about. Something you think is the coolest thing ever. Doesn't matter if it is useful or if it is something people will pay for. It could also be something really ambitious; don'
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Great idea! You could probably do the collecting dues stuff with the WePay API. I'm using it for a project right now and it's pretty awesome.
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
If you are trying to save money, you should consider living in Mountain View, San Jose, or the east bay. Living in the city is fun and will be the most like NY (you won't need a car), but it will also be more expensive. I know people who li
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
jQuery UI has a progress bar that you can use: http://jqueryui.com/demos/progressbar/ Another thing you can try to do is to load the site in chunks so that the user has something to look at ASAP. If you give them something to look at, the
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
I am currently using a Linode right now and it is great. You get full root access to your virtual server which is great. If don't have any server running experience they have great documentation to help you get started. If you get the 512MB
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Given that you are running your servers in house, your best bet is probably not to use a managed hosting solution, but rather something like Amazon EC2 (for windows) or Linode (for linux). Back in the spring I was looking for a managed host
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Or you could do something like the Notch, the developer of Minecraft did. The MineCraft desktop app checks with the server to update itself every time it loads. This is very common for multiplayer games. Giving your desktop app the ability
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Flightcaster is a good solution for tracking whether your flight will be on time or not. You could probably use it for this, but it is obviously not going to be 100% accurate like an actual fight tracking app. http://flightcaster.com
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Ask HN: Advice for Hackathon?
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
I do everything in linux already (development, web surfing, documents, etc), so I would have no problem with using linux at work. I think there are more Linux users on HN than you realize. I found this poll: http://news.ycombinator.com/ite
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
I also recommend learning Ruby before Rails. I tried it the other way and was often very confused as to why something would work or not because Ruby and Rails both do a lot of things that seem like magic to a new user. Plus, hacking in Ruby
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Interesting idea and I hope it works out. The problem I see is that you can't exactly apply the online dating model to finding a co-founder. With online dating, you presumably date a number of people before finding someone acceptable/awesom
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
This same logic could apply to everyone; everyone should be hackers. I really believe we should be educating middle and high school kids about how to use computers for more than the internet and document processing. Given the way computers
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Any other solo founders interested in this? I am diamond 2v2.
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Also, if it helps, rails tutorial ( http://railstutorial.org/book ) is updated for version 3. This is a pretty good resource when you are just starting out with rails.
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
It depends on what you mean by fail. I've had a few bootstrapped business ventures not work out, but I wouldn't consider any of them failures because of the things I learned, the connections I made, and the fun I had. As long as you can pic
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
WePay could be a good solution depending on your needs. They are great for groups, clubs, charities, etc that need to collect money. http://wepay.com
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Don't worry about the idea too much. If you find a good one, great, but this project will probably be an awesome experience whether or not you have a great idea. Taking charge of a project and executing on it, even if the idea is mediocre o
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Dropbox is another example of a successful YC solo-founded company: http://files.dropbox.com/u/2/app.html I am planning on applying as a solo co-founder as well, so you aren't alone. Good luck!
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Very cool first app! Congratulations on shipping something awesome. One feature you could add is the ability to set your mpg. My car, unfortunately, gets nowhere near 30mpg. You could also have a google maps display that shows the calculate
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
In high school I programmed a 1337-speak translator, a hardy-weinburg equilibrium simulator, and a spaceship game. I really loved building things. But then in college I stopped programming for whatever reason. I guess I didn't think it woul
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Focus more on the resources at your school than on the degree. You want to attend a school that has good entrepreneurial resources, such as student start-up incubators, business plan competitions, mentoring, etc. Regardless of what degree y
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
I agree about having the students create a real business venture instead of learning about theory. Theory is useful if you are experienced, but boring and uninformative if you are in high school. In high school I made $2000 building and rep
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
One thing I have learned from previous start-ups I've worked on is that choosing your partners carefully is extremely important. You really need to have worked with them before and trust them completely (trust both their honesty, and their
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by LeBlanc 16y ago
Interesting application. Good luck with your launch! One thing I noticed is that it is not very clear what the little plus icons next to a recipe mean (the ones that are either gray or green). Pretty sure that represents the "health score"

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