PaulJoslin

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by PaulJoslin 15y ago
Was this an attempt at a Rushmore parody? As that's what it felt like. On a serious note, it concerns me slightly that over the entire website the moustache is mentioned more than any credible reason why Google would actually want to hire h
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by PaulJoslin 15y ago
People who are serial entrepreneurs or just people who like building things, get good at building things (quickly). We learn to use the right tools for the job, we use new light weight technologies and we build our own frameworks and scaffo
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by PaulJoslin 15y ago
Quite coincidently I saw this on Reddit today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEGUa3uekIE The video is a stereotypical 'Idea Guy' - asking for a rock star developer to develop his project (for almost free), on the promise of 'riches' when
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by PaulJoslin 15y ago
I really like this, I had a similar idea a few years ago with 'YouLink' - essentially solving the playlist problem of YouTube - but I didn't think of making such a simple and clean execution. Mine was more Youtube meets iTunes style - pre S
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by PaulJoslin 15y ago
The key issue I find with these bubble's is that, once the bubble forms - the media / hype behind the bubble causes the bubble to grow. The growth of the bubble makes many people rich and therefore, creates even more mass media / hype about
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by PaulJoslin 15y ago
No offence, but firstly I don't really understand the site or it's purpose. Limiting me to only 3 words or less on what I'm trying to do doesn't really seem to have much purpose? It's not clear what I or anyone else using the site is trying
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
I think if you were to release a new book, you should target it at $7-$12, rather than $1. The hurdle of paying anything at all, is likely to stop many from going any further and on the opposite side, the people who are probably likely to s
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
The problem with a bubble, is not that 'money is thrown around' by investors - but that the source of the money ends up being in public hands. The founders get their investment from the investors. The investors get their money back when the
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
That is my point doki. The OP I replied to, said that once the founder left - not even a good team would be able to survive. However, Reddit had some innovative founders, who came up with a new concept, then got acquired and eventually the
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Reddit's Founders left the company and since then it has grown to become bigger and better and exceed everyone's expectations.
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
The question of 'a scam' wasn't relevant to the chance of a win. It was questioning how often it would pay out the jackpot of the challenge. A pub fruit machine for instance has stamped on it, 'this machine will pay out 78% of all money tak
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Indeed, I often enjoy the 'fun' of playing online poker, betting on sports events, even putting money into 'fruit machines' in a pub. However, the sole entertainment value that comes from these on line scratch games is so limited, that you
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
I had a discussion with a colleague of mine recently regarding this exact point. It all comes down to hope and the chance to change things. If for example, you have a steady job and you earn enough money to pay all your bills and save / spe
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
I discovered this myself a year or so back when I had some money left in my lottery account from a small win. It soon became clear that 'wherever' you scratched would cause the same result and to test my theory, I scratched the 4 of the 5 p
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Cancer is one of the biggest concerns over extending telomeres length and prolonging 'life'. If you create cells which will replicate forever and avoid the problems of aging, it may also replicate any mutations which could turn into cancer.
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Is this using HTML 5 Web sockets? It's a very cool experience. At first I just thought it was an animation, until I managed to coax all the other users into some sort of cursor mosh pit. Could this be the potential future for social browsin
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
It definitely is a small world! I work as a software developer for a UK software consultancy, but dabble in my spare time on personal projects. Techcrunch / HN / Reddit has been on my daily reading list for years. It's definitely been inter
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Congrats to YC, Paul and Harj! I'd love to sit down with Harj one day and see how much he's changed since our school days. I'm really inspired by how much he's accomplished. Although, he's obviously worked very hard for it and it's well des
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
I also agree with a few others. The fact that I clicked 'start reading' and then got a login / sign up window appear - I instantly just shut the page down. It really needs some form of demo for me to see what I will experience before signi
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Wow, I'm almost tempted, I've always wanted to go to Japan and was sad I missed it out when I travelled around the world - I'll have to check the cost of flights out.
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Hi, I was in your situation recently. I felt I was not getting exposure to exciting technology or projects. I often learn things in my spare time, but wanted to apply it on the job. I spoke to my manager and now I'm working on some great ne
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Interesting, so start a reasonable price until you get a trigger point (e.g. Featured by apple) and then lower price to remain in the top apps.
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
It seems your original article is currently down for me, so excuse me if this is a repeated question. Do you think it was a mistake to start at $1.99 based on your theory? Should the entire aim to be to go as cheap as possible to get into t
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
Thank you.
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
I agree with your point about the flow being completely different between a normal social setting and an on the spot interview question. It's amazing how your mind just goes BLANK as soon as the phone rings for the interview.
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
This is good advice, however most prices on flippa are a multiple of existing profit ~ 12-24x monthly profit. I would suggest potentially growing the market for the product. I've made a similar thing before when the youtube api first came o
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
I understand this. I just smile when they make the comparison, after all at least they are caring enough to ask and listen. - On a similar note, the word 'Hacker' on this forum, generally refers to someone who lives and breathes code. Howev
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by PaulJoslin 16y ago
I always say 'Software Developer'. If you say, 'Computer Programmer' then they picture someone tinkering with computers, if you say 'Developer' or 'Engineer' they don't know it's anything to do with computers or software. What really annoys

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