MatthewMcDonald

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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
You can host it for free on gitlab.com
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
When's the last time you looked at GitLab? I've been using it since last February, and the UI improvements have been pretty dramatic.
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
> With so many artifacts I wonder how many were sent to other museums if any? Most of them ended up at the Steamboat Arabia Museum in Kansas City: http://1856.com/
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
What's his response time, and what does his availability look like?
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
Opt outs are removed from the body scanner line, and do not block other people from continuing through the machine.
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
Counterpoint: I don't think most people at Startup Weekend attend because of the prizes. I've taken part in many events, and while I certainly tried to win, the prizes have zero influence on my participation. I never go in with
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
I've always had the impression that whoever writes the code owns it, unless there are agreements in place that say otherwise. If Billy didn't create the codebase, and never contributed to it, does he still have partial ownership o
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
> I don't really understand the concept of this Startup Weekend. Very few Startup Weekend companies last more than a few weeks after the event ends - it's rare that they turn into a 'real company'. I (and many other p
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
A coworker at a previous job altered the company's internal web application so that when one specific user was logged in, about 1/20 of the time it would load a hidden iframe that played Rebecca Black's Friday. This stayed in
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
It's not nearly as easy without cookies and javascript, but it's worth mentioning that browser fingerprinting[0] can track users across websites. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
I suspect recursive is pointing out that if you don't know what a gemfile.lock is, then the site is not useful or easy to understand.
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
The default SAFE docs [0] already have pro rata rights agreements in them. [0] http://www.ycombinator.com/documents/
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
Recurring business is really tough when you're effective just introducing customers to other businesses. Thumbtack handles this by not even addressing the recurring aspect, and focusing on getting good introductions. Recurring revenue
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
There's a limit on the number of simultaneous requests per domain with http1, which will not be present in http2 [0]. This limit meant that for best performance, static files should be served from multiple (sub)domains. [0] https:&#x2
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
How do you negotiate your severance? I don't see the personbeing terminated as having much leverage. Are companies really that afraid that you'll bad mouth them? I'm struggling to imagine that conversation: "Here is 8 we
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
It's not really the same as in civilian jobs, but there are several pay bonuses for people in hazardous areas, imminent danger, at sea, etc.
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
> where in the world is a startup going to find them all private offices? If you actually mean where in the world, office space is usually pretty reasonable in most places that are not SF or NY.
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
> The thing it all hinges on is containing noise. I think it hinges on is containing distractions, and noise is just one of them. When people see you just a few feet away from them, they rarely consider "is my question worth interru
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
For posting a job, you might want to consider having the languages as tags (select many) rather than a category (select only one). Edit: also, it's not clear if clicking Save will post the job immediately or not. After clicking around,
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by MatthewMcDonald 11y ago
This was posted in the discussion when the Lily was announced: http://hyperblimp.com/
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
We're in the current batch, and two of our founders have children. Children aren't the normal topic of conversation when we're meeting other founders, so it's not always obvious.
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
We're aware of Getable. We see them as more of a middleman between contractors and rental companies, whereas we focus on helping contractors lend out idle equipment.
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
Thanks for your comments and suggestions! Would love to hear from anyone you know in Missouri that's interested. > Insurance Insurance is a huge pain for equipment. Most of the contractors we've encountered have an insurance po
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
Co-Founder here. Happy to answer any questions.
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
>The people interviewing couldn't get that. They showed zero understanding of the problem space. They were clearly stupid. It's always possible that they wanted to see how the team would react to those types of questions. We ha
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
I would assume developers are much more likely to use ad blockers
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
>How long do companies have to utilize the $500K? 3 Years
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
You can use Blockscore (YC S14) for this. When you verify a user's identity, the result tells whether the address has a history of high risk activity
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
Unless I'm misunderstanding you, your proposed time scale would be difficult to implement. Different areas have greatly varying amounts of daylight. >As a high tech society no longer ruled by sun dials we should instead make the sta
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by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
>the app keeps closing during navigation I've had a similar issue occur several times in the past month. The app doesn't close, it just stops providing navigation instructions. The worst part is that it fails silently, and it s

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