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   by ajju 18y ago

   Looks like an interesting set of applications. Love the site and icon design. Did you design both yourself, hire someone to do it, or do you have a cofounder? If you hired someone, mind sharing their contact details? ajju at hcoop dot net .
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   by ajju 18y ago

   I have no opinion on the quality of US divorce law. I am saying it should be irrelevant to you if you choose your partner wisely - US divorce law cannot and does not supercede an amicable separation agreement between two people. We don't li
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   by ajju 18y ago

   Yes it would. Along similar lines, I don't know Haskell and have no time to learn it now and so dislike all Haskell stories. But that's a lesser problem than marriage stories (which, incidentally, I actually liked). Let me explain why with
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   by ajju 18y ago

   I upvoted the article as a gut reaction after reading it but what you say is true. In trying to make HN a great filter for all kinds of articles we risk losing a great filter for tech/entrepreneurial articles.
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   by ajju 18y ago

   Disclaimer: This is personal opinion If you are marrying someone who would actually weigh the option of dumping you for monetary gain, you're doing it wrong. This is probably incredibly hard to do without some luck, but you should marry s
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   by ajju 18y ago

   The fact that the Gujarat govt. managed to convince Tata to bring the Nano plant to Gujarat is just the most noticeable example of how, for all the chief minister's flaws, he has done well at attracting commerce to the state. And that is wh
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   by ajju 18y ago

   I was basing it off the 4/20 TechStars number but o.k. This is getting me depressed. I am off to go write some code to work it off!
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   by ajju 18y ago

   Woohooo...great review. These cars are now built at a factory near my hometown (Ahmedabad). Believe it or not, that's one of the main things keeping the real estate prices there up when they are plummeting across the rest of the country (an
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   by ajju 18y ago

   Second the advice about early starts. Engineering and then grad school inevitably turned me into an insomniac but my productivity since I had to (more like was forced to) start waking up early as increased a lot. And re: "Find poetry in the
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    by ajju 18y ago

    I imagine picking the people to interview is an exciting part of running something like YC. And although the act of reading paper applications is probably more prosaic in reality, the videos should make it more interesting.
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    by ajju 18y ago

    OK You've got a point. But let us say only 20% of the applicants stay in Atlanta. That's 4 more than otherwise would. Also, as I said before, once you pass the seed stage, it's easier (but not valley easy) to get the $1M you mention in "Can
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Here's my train of thought about why Shotput, if successful, would help Atlanta: - There is really very little seed stage funding in Atlanta (unlike the valley) - The people who choose to startup in Atlanta AND need seed funding usually do
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    by ajju 18y ago

    The difference is that I am talking about funding in amounts larger than what microloan sites like Kiva allow (Kiva's top loan amount is ~2K) but more importantly, provide mentoring like YC does. Therefore, it has to be done by experienced
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Good point. On the other hand countries like India and China are already at a point where there are successful startups serving local customers. Also, a startup that's doing something like, say Reddit, may not need to be physically close to
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Here's an idea for being different: -$5K to $10K goes much further in many other countries than it does in the valley and most entrepreneurs there don't have the option of moving to the valley because of visa restrictions. Potential investo
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Here's an anecdote about skepticism towards YC that may be somewhat instructive: In 2005 after I attended Startup School and I learnt about YCombinator, I mentioned it to a well known and successful entrepreneur (who I know knows pg). The f
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    by ajju 18y ago

    For those who may not be able to pierce @rjurney's smoky satire, this is indeed satire. I have to agree with the spirit of what he's trying to convey in this comment: news.yc would be a more interesting community if a majority of the people
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    by ajju 18y ago

    They accept applications till April 10 [1], so the answer is no. [1] http://www.shotputventures.com/program-timeline-2
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    by ajju 18y ago

    You lost a precious opportunity to earn some brownie points by not removing "just" from that comment. j/k :)
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    by ajju 18y ago

    I think you have already honed in on the basics: "You have to actually do it". If it seems like there are too many things to try and they all look appealing, you just need to understand yourself better and self observation will help you the
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Very interesting. I have discovered an incredible number of interesting books on social sciences that have changed my beliefs about very fundamental issues through Aaron. Punished by Rewards was one. I am just beginning to read "Explaning S
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Based on my experience over the years at least 10% of the developers who join these companies are actually really good . How can they not be? While someone graduating from an IIT might not work at these companies, they hire the best candid
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    by ajju 18y ago

    I would like to beta test as well. I live in an apartment though so I guess I'll have to convince our officemanager to install this at work. Will give it a shot if you need beta testers.
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    by ajju 18y ago

    That was a stupid comment made in haste that makes no sense as written. Paying apple 30% of repeated micropayments would hurt me more than the alternative, but it's only true in my context - which is probably not the context Apple designe
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Thanks for your answer. I do know a little bit about gradschool admisions in computer science and you're right, there's a lot more faculty involvement but I know nothing about more popular programs like the MBA. So I should have phrased my
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    by ajju 18y ago

    I apologize. I should have requested Apple to grant me access to real time information on their actual hardware failure rates instead of basing my assumptions on the two sample universes I have access to. My bad. Put another way, when I enc
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Do you know if this is this also true for gradschool admissions? (even business schools?)
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    by ajju 18y ago

    Hundreds of posts on Apple's forums lead me to believe that it's more than a handful of users. To pick just two of those threads: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1387729&#3... http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?th
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    by ajju 18y ago

    How good the micropayments feature is depends on what their cut on it is. 30% off of 10 cents hurts a lot more than 30% off of $10.00
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    by ajju 18y ago

    I use Ubuntu myself but I think it's still a year away from my grandma being able to use it.