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by andriesm 10y ago
I would say ignore the nay-sayers and the guys slamming you for your "ego" or just giving you attitude - but do extract the actionable feedback, but only apply that which resonates with YOU. (But now at least you have the other bi
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by andriesm 10y ago
Simply keep repeating the reply message payload until the next message payload comes in from the ETs. E.g. Earth receives the message: "How are you". Then we send back in a nob-stop loop the message "We are fine. how's t
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by andriesm 10y ago
How many founders did the average startup have that failed? (survivorship bias!!)
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What Happened Before History? Human Origins(youtube.com)
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ThoughtGerms – This Video will make you angry(youtube.com)
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by andriesm 10y ago
If you do proper customer development with your MVP prior to product market fit, then by the time you hit PMF you will already have your reference customers - your 'social proof'. Regarding the statement that SF is the ideal place
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by andriesm 10y ago
Geez, this is rather sexist towards men: 'If you have never thought to yourself “gee, there certainly are a lot of men speaking right now,” then you are probably a man who is speaking right now, and you should maybe consider letting a
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by andriesm 10y ago
Why share such an (obviously) biased and poorly written political article with a really fake/clickbaity title?
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by andriesm 10y ago
Should have demo'ed with the floppy drive!
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The truth? Elon Musk couldn't wait to get out of crappy circumstances(rdm.co.za)
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by andriesm 10y ago
Business tax at 90 percent?! Do you want all businesses (that can) to move out of the country?
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by andriesm 10y ago
Thx Fizzbatter, I indeed have no horse in this game (I'm not involved in the industry) - I've seen all of the mainstream "brain games" be thoroughly discredited. Dual N-Back is the only one that has at least SOME indicat
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by andriesm 10y ago
"Dual N-Back" remains one of the best - it may be the only one that really works, unlike the bulk of other brain games that truly are scams. This one has extensive research literature, and many free/ad-supported and cheap one
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by andriesm 11y ago
Whatever happened to the principle that whoever makes the through legal trade gets to own it? Why does the US have such gigantic monetary needs? How on earth does the US get into 18 trillion of debt? Where's all thr fruits of that mone
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by andriesm 11y ago
Sociopathy (1 in 25 people are diagnosable as APD) and stupidity (low IQ but even more importantly - flawed reasoning patterns and weak thinking skills)
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by andriesm 11y ago
Post your email address, maybe some YC readers may also be interested in making their websites look better.
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by andriesm 11y ago
Well of course he is going to put in less effort than you, because he only has 1/4 of the shares that you do. Next time when you permanently give shares upfront (no vesting period) be very sure what you are getting into and even consid
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by andriesm 11y ago
Hey Everyone, I'd really like to know what you think about our alternative to to something like Eve, but less low-level. Well suited to typical database apps and workflows. I'd really appreciate any feedback. We've currently
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by andriesm 11y ago
Metatrader has an excellent programming platform, for writing your own technical indicators and building automated trading. Problem is: don't do it. I agree with the others. As someone that has spent years trading stocks futures and wa
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by andriesm 11y ago
If you buy listed shares on the nasdaq, and they fall you lose money. duh? No reason to think it works any differently in a private company - in fact private shares often carry a much higher risk of becoming worthless. There is no certain g
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by andriesm 11y ago
The problem with evernote is not too many features. The problem is the crap architecture behind its synchronization model that leads to a sub-par user experience. Often times on iPhone it only syncs new hyperlinks added after I explicitly o
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by andriesm 11y ago
I agree with many of the sentiments here, as a non-American coming from a dispotic regim. I spend months in the US to explore setting up my startup here and to talk to investors and possible clients - * I was put off by the tax system.
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by andriesm 11y ago
Is it just me, or anyone else getting annoyed by the social justice crowd's emotional manipulations? I say manipulation, because the modus opporandi is to make us feel guilty that there aren't enough women in tech. Or minorities.
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by andriesm 11y ago
Maybe drugs should just be legalized (but regulated, quality controlled and supplemented with referrals to counseling) The war on drugs has high costs to society, and helps to drive up prices of drugs unnecessarily, causing financial distre
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5-hour Energy billionaire uses hackers to solve Energy,Water and Health for all(billionsinchange.com)
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by andriesm 11y ago
Ok I just got my rejection letter. We've got 150 users, some paying. And we claim to radically change how processes will be turned into running software, with working proof-of-concept running in browsers. So don't feel bad if your
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by andriesm 11y ago
Really? I thought those only get send out at 1 November usually Haven't gotten a rejection email yet, so you making me needlessly excited here! :-)
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by andriesm 11y ago
My co-founder and I, have been spending 4/5 days a week on our startup, and 1(-2 days max) a week on paid-for programming work. It is really hard to find that sort of part-time paying work, especially on a long term retainer. (If anyon
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by andriesm 11y ago
Our CRM is quite startup friendly. https://taskputty.com developed by the founders (who are regular hackernews readers themselve!) - is highly customizable. We are also still very open to suggestions and custom requirements. Sin
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by andriesm 11y ago
Our product TaskPutty.com should work well for this. You draw the steps in your hiring process, and then candidates are visualized as cards flowing through this diagram. You can also drag&drop your own custom reports, and create automat

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