Mc_Big_G

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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
"It’s five days of delivery, six days of service and Express Mail seven days a week" "It also will save more than $3 billion a year" If both of those are true, the change is reasonable.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Of course, you can just setup your own load balancer on EC2 with HAProxy and stunnel, but that's a PITA. and PITAs add complexity and cost.Using ELBs is the best solution, but it's a non-issue if you go dedicated.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Right, like the fact that an instance can have only one ip address. Virtual hosting for multiple websites with SSL goes right out the window. There are a couple solutions to this problem, but they're either impractical or just plain unacc
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Putting the blog in a sub-directory on your startup's domain will give you more content on that domain and therefore more "google juice". If you put it on a subdomain, it is considered a completely different site. In this case, just like i
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
I'll take it! :) I don't know why you would shut something down that has a decent rank. When you run a forum, you have to moderate. Spammers can be reduced by requiring a captcha and/or a question they have to answer (What is 3 + 4?). If
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
I wouldn't require account creation until the user wants to post something. Store their temporary preferences in the session.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Why do I have to create an acccount to see "more"? I clicked on the "more" link for entrepreneurs, then, on the next page, had to choose the checkbox for entrepreneurs and click continue. You should automatically recognize which "more" lin
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
I know my boss and his bosses really appreciated it, but that was the extent of it.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
The first application I ever wrote, theoretically saved the company $10.2 million dollars. I was working as a systems administrator at a Big 3 automotive supplier and identified a gap in our million dollar production system. If we ever los
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Eating 6x a day provides no metabolic advantage for losing weight than 2-3x a day…it’s still about calories and blood sugar/insulin control I totally disagree with this one. I've used this technique in the past and just started using it
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Super cool. How long did it take you to develop the app?
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Cron + S3 + s3cmd + small custom script for DB dumps Cron + snapshots + small custom script for EBS on EC2. Basically, I store all non code files on EBS and redundantly backup to S3, which amounts to living or dying by Amazon's hand. Recove
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Quick note: On the last page there is a typo: If you do not complete the first page of the survey survey...
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
I would start by finding the best online communities of DIYers and read everything you can. If you're near a big city, you can probably find IRL groups to check out. You can do anything alone, but you can accelerate the learning process b
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
I have a regular need for strictly HTML/CSS work, especially if you know how to work with Rails views. Give me a shout if you're interested. matt [at] McGinTech
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
If I were starting over right now, I would definitely get in on the bioengineering/genetics stuff. The barriers to entry are now very low compared to the last 20 years and they keep getting lower every day. Imagine if you could hack a new
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
I do exactly the same thing at least once a day. I can always remember just a snippet of the post or subject I want to find and that type of query always gets me what I want. I just used it today to find the YC company who is doing the jo
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
bitbuffet seems cool, but the prices might be a bit high. Are you using something like S3 to keep your costs low?
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
/iknowpeople: Too much text on the front page. I recommend hitting the user with your tag line and a few bullet points and then explaining more on a different page.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Site down.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Just a quick word of advice. I'm not sure the "Sorry, I lost all your data." testimonial is a particularly good one. Yeah, I get it that it is a reference (and link) to the mag.nolia debacle, but most people won't. It looks like a troll.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Is it really that difficult to reverse engineer Coke's "formula"? I find it hard to believe that, with the tools we have today, no company could create an exact duplicate. Maybe the the real issue is that they could, but then couldn't rep
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
How about improving medical forms. I recently signed up with a new doctor and literally filled out 5 pages, which all asked for the same information. Name, address, social sec. #, insurance, signature etc... I felt like I was back in 1980
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
He's missing the point. If you fail fast, you haven't taken, or wasted, $50,000 of your brother-in-law's money.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
I'm also a die-hard boot-strapper, but your chances for success can be improved by additional people being invested in the business. The idea is to be successful by helping others succeed. For example, the $5-$15k YC provides is not the m
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
I remember a conversation where I actually said "I don't think I would take 5 million dollars (for my first startup) if someone offered it to me today." Man, am I glad I didn't actually turn down a 5 million dollar offer. LOL
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Patent pending Seriously? A somewhat interesting use of bar codes, but not worthy of a patent.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
revenue took off when they moved from Adsense to other ad promoters For those of you struggling with adsense, take note.
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
University of Toledo College of Engineering
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by Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Is this some kind of satire I don't get? I'm pretty sure an extremely high percentage of people looking at porn are not interested in or concerned with "finishing" to someone who looks like their "loved one".

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