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by aneesh 18y ago
> 16. You have eight balls all of the same size. 7 of them weigh the same, and one of them weighs slightly more. How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings? Take (any) 6 of the balls, and divide
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The Yahoo Boss Q&A Service Gives Pretty Decent Results(bossy.appspot.com)
1 points by aneesh 18y ago|0 comments
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by aneesh 18y ago
Not saying "no" enough. Trying to do too much, and doing none of it well. So work on a small task you can complete rather than trying to tackle a giant problem you'll never finish.
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by aneesh 18y ago
Don't go overboard. For example, neither facebook.org nor facebook.net redirects to facebook.com. And you don't even have to own the .com. 37Signals doesn't own the .com for any of Backpack, Basecamp, Campfire or Highrise. Get the .co
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by aneesh 18y ago
It's up to the startup how much they involve the "strategist", but from what I've heard from two groups in the program, this is definitely a helpful resource. DreamIt seems to have created a good atmosphere among the companies it has funde
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by aneesh 18y ago
The founders out of school (or still in school) get the most publicity, but I'd guess that the median YC founder has been out of college for at least a couple, if not several years. YC would probably like to think its value-add is far beyon
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Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment" Site built in Flash (not Silverlight)(mojaveexperiment.com)
1 points by aneesh 18y ago|0 comments
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by aneesh 18y ago
really? It's not noticeably slower for me.
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by aneesh 18y ago
"There are only 3 ways to find the root cause of a problem: 1. Right Way 2. Wrong way 3. 37 Signals way." - comment on SvN (Mike)
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by aneesh 18y ago
This is about 10 months from when they started. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=169052
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by aneesh 18y ago
I wonder how they're dealing with the issue of gated or subscription-only papers that are uploaded to the site.
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by aneesh 18y ago
I was woken up by an earthquake in Berkeley last year. I immediately ran to my laptop, and checked the USGS .. it was there (magnitude/epicenter) within seconds of me realizing it. Point being, for most news stories that Twitter could bre
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Microsoft's 'Mojave' Bait-And-Switch Vista Experiment Video(gizmodo.com)
1 points by aneesh 18y ago|0 comments
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by aneesh 18y ago
> "...the more Apple and Linux will continue to eat their lunch." Apple & Linux have merely started to nibble at their bread crumbs ... maybe if Win7 screws up, then they'll start to eat Microsoft's lunch.
555.
by aneesh 18y ago
I think more data about each page would be more helpful than simply more pages. That's what Google themselves did. Instead of searching merely the text of pages, they also considered more data - namely, which pages link to a given page.
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by aneesh 18y ago
Look, it thinks Mike Arrington is Mitt Romney ( http://www.cuil.com/search?q=techcrunch&sl=long )
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This is what a website's Privacy Policy should look like(ycombinator.com)
4 points by aneesh 18y ago|1 comments
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by aneesh 18y ago
I see your point, but that's a bit extreme. The example in the article is obviously stretched, but getting feedback on your work isn't always a bad idea. Getting feedback from users, other hackers, or from business people can help you unde
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by aneesh 18y ago
> "Sounds like they're doing everything possible to keep their search business" Search isn't a business without the ads. The Google deal basically lets Google place ads on Yahoo search results, if they can get a higher price. As a res
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by aneesh 18y ago
If you can't come up with any good ideas, lower your standards for what you consider "good". The #1 reason people can't come up with good ideas is that they're afraid to try.
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by aneesh 18y ago
Forget 200, I don't think Cheney will be remembered even 50 years from now. Quick: Who was Harry Truman's VP?
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by aneesh 18y ago
It's not just for the money, I agree. But the money is surely a part of it. Imagine if they gave you the same chance to "change the world", but said, we'll keep 90% of your equity.
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by aneesh 18y ago
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=buttermilk+pancakes http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=buttermilk+pancakes&#3... http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkwE.oo5IxRgBQGpXNyoA... Ranking of the Knol on Buttermilk pancakes: G
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by aneesh 18y ago
Yahoo is sending contradictory messages, BOSS is very innovative and forward-thinking, but their Google deal pretty much indicates they've packed their bags. Powerset got their payday and is now part of Live. Live is still fighting hard,
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by aneesh 18y ago
You still didn't actually deny it :)
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by aneesh 18y ago
This is exactly what Microsoft is doing. Microsoft is trying to tackle search in different verticals: healthvault for health, Farecast (acquired) for travel, Cashback for commerce, etc. The challenge is that users don't always think "hmm,
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by aneesh 18y ago
This is why book publishers are so excited about textbooks being distributed on the Kindle (or similar device). It virtually eliminates the used book market. Of course, if the book is just static content, it's much easier to pirate in ele
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by aneesh 18y ago
Xobni integration with LinkedIn happened about a month ago. Clearly it meant a lot more to Xobni than LinkedIn, who is just announcing it now.
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by aneesh 18y ago
I heard that rumor too. If so, I'm impressed.
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by aneesh 18y ago
It's pretty close to impossible for a newcomer to suddenly index more of the web than Google. It's gotta be Yahoo or Live. The question is which one? And how'd they do it? One of the TC commenters suggested that it's due to MSFT indexing

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