LostInTheWoods

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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
The mathematics of most sites, especially the super large ones like Youtube and Facebook, simply do not add up. They are putting all their chips down on some profitable future that I just don't see materializing. Giving aways tons of conten
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
There is a winner-take-all nature at all levels of computing. Intel, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Youtube, etc. all enojoy a form of monopoly.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
1. Rob banks 2. Date Supermodels 3. Become a movie star Not necessarily in that order. On second thought, perhaps you should rephrase the question.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
I stuck with IE thru 6 and 7. I then downloaded 8, and after one day, I made the switch to Firefox. The thing that pushed me over the edge was the "compatibility" button in IE8, that a user is expected to push when their favorite website wo
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
The recent stories of Skittles using Twitter, and now suddenly Facebook, for their online presence makes me wonder if the marketing team at Skittles knows what they're doing. Besides getting some free press, is this anyway to manage a major
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Couldn't one come to another conclusion here? In fact several other conclusions. For one, since users were getting more results on the page they didn't need to go to a second results page, thus causing the drop-off in traffic. If you're goi
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Like many things in life ... you get what you put into it.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
If a programmer codes for fun, he probably doesn't have a good idea of what real fun is. Secondly, not all things that need programming are "fun". Some are downright tedious, but nevertheless important.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Shouldn't that be 17,326th
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Exactly. Same can be said for Facebook. These sites only make economic sense if they can be run by small staffs.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
New York state is serious trouble if the only solution that their government can come up with to decreased tax revenue is to raise taxes. This is one of several "lets just raise taxes" initiatives both by New York state, and New York City t
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
AWS is rather expensive in my opinion. Go with a shared host, get a sense of your traffic/revenue, then graduate to a dedicated server.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. And those who don't understand history are doomed to be killed by it. History, the way I see it, seems to indicate that there will be another World War, and it will be brutal beyond compare.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
"That passion you have for art... perhaps making your painting commercial enough to sell will squeeze the joy out of it." Once you cross the line of doing something to pay the bills, instead of doing it for the joy of doing it, then it beco
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
The Democrats have the majority in both houses and could pass the bill without the Republicans if they wanted. They don't do that because they want consensus, especially so close to the election.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
We're all to blame for not paying attention to what our government and fellow citizens have been up to these past years that has gotten us into this mess.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
If you're going to compare the US to another country you need to find a country of comparable economic size, complexity. I'll make it easy for you: there isn't one. As for the bailout being a "scam", would seem to suggest that someone is fl
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Who would you rather be in charge of the bailout? The President? Congress? ... Ill put my trust in Paulson, he and Bernake seem to be the only ones who have a clue as to what is going on and how to fix it.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Errr, Americans seem to need somebody to blame for this crisis. But before we lynch Bernake and Paulson, we should all take a good look in the mirror.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Its time to go back to the business-model drawing board. Get rid of the ads and start charging for the service? It would be interesting to see how many social networks could justify their existence based on utility alone.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Flash is definitely the way to go. Flash's capabilities as of Flash 9 are astounding, and from what I've read about Flash 10, its only going to get better. There are also other plugin platforms to look at. Shockwave for example. With that i
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Well theres alot of people with technical expertise reading this. Give us a summary of your idea, or maybe a way to contact you.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Every space (office or home) has an impact on those who occupy it. The top things to consider when choosing a space for a small starting company: collaboration, privacy, lighting, noise. collaboration - depending on your type of business, c
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Short answer: It is always acceptable to provide goods and services to those who are willing to buy it at a price that they are willing to pay for it. There's been alot of anti-capitalist sentiment lately in the media, from stories about ov
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
A pink slip ... after 5 long years of loyal service and hard work. It is at times like that when you realize that working at a fulltime job is something you should do ONLY if you have absolutely no alternatives.
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
Bah. Getting rejected by YC is not the end of the world; and getting accepted by YC is no guarantee of success. At the end of the day, if you don't truly believe in your startup, then why are you doing it?
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by LostInTheWoods 18y ago
The short answer is no. Google, Microsoft, Apple. (Does Facebook deserve to be listed here?). These are huge multinational companies that require huge educated talent pools simply to exist. But thats just one reason. The real question is wh
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by LostInTheWoods 19y ago
Its not so much that "programmers design for programmers". When designing a GUI we make assumptions about what the users knows, and how much we think they're comfortable figuring out on their own. Programmers I think, tend to err on people
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by LostInTheWoods 19y ago
Additionally you could sell add-ons and upgrades.
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by LostInTheWoods 19y ago
All aboard onto the Google mothership! Buyer beware, tickets are non-refundable and the price is your soul.

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