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by aneth 16y ago
I never understood the point of enforcing the spec for user input. Even if done properly it may reject some working, but invalid email addresses. And it does nothing to increase your chances of getting a good email address. Your user is eit
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by aneth 16y ago
> Academia couldn't care less about the knowledge available to the average internet user. Except for just about every elite university, most of which make their courses available online for free.
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by aneth 16y ago
I agree. This is a dangerous sort of argument, to believe something - particularly something so core to human behavior - simply because it is convenient and satisfying. In fact, this type of justification is at the root of many of the terri
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by aneth 16y ago
Apple seems to be on the case as well: http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/02/apple-ta...
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by aneth 16y ago
For handwriting - I'd agree. The world is in need of a good digital sketchpad though.
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by aneth 16y ago
This should be a nice alternative to pop journalism about the incestuous topics (Foursquare's gonna make it, AT&T sucks, Apple is awesome but we still like to call their shit, Foursquare is still awesome, MG Siegler cut himself on the e
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by aneth 16y ago
This is disappointing. I can't see them pushing people toward a paid service without crippling OKCupid's features and culture. OKC was built around optimizing for fun and matchmaking - match.com was built around maximizing revenue and dis
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by aneth 16y ago
Some notes have automatic conversion at a given valuation (usually the 'floor', which in this case does not exist.) Others have no such clause, presumably under the incorrect assumption that a "liquidity event" will always happen if there
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by aneth 16y ago
Brilliant. A ponzi scheme for beta invites. Seems pretty easy to game though.
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by aneth 16y ago
No more debates about whether YC is a "good deal" because of the low implied valuation of their initial investment. This changes the character of the YC experience. YC companies can now spend their time on product, not fundraising. On the o
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by aneth 16y ago
The answer is in the names. People want a dropbox - a place to drop stuff. The don't want simple syncing. Syncing is part of the implementation of sharing a "drop box." Syncplicity the name but also the philosophy - the product was desi
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by aneth 16y ago
Based on these statements, and the very low offer, I have to conclude your business is about to collapse. You have no leverage if you have no options. If 3x over 4 years sounds good, you are already conceding that the company is doomed. Se
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by aneth 16y ago
Why would you vest an offer worth 3x revenue over 4 years unless your business was about to collapse? That's an atrocious offer as stated. You should get 3x earnings today (or some multiple depending on prospects and margins) and earn ou
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by aneth 16y ago
> Also the free Sendgrid addon for Heroku is a dream for throwaway apps. Don't they charge separately for every application? I found myself not using the Heroku add-on so I could combine all my sending into one account.
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by aneth 16y ago
Comic sans is popular because it is unpretentious, disarming, casual, and playful - it looks a bit childish, messy, and handwritten. It's interesting to read why designers don't like it, but they are completely wrong to "hate" it or advoca
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by aneth 16y ago
RSS feeds do not contain location information. I presume that is specifically to make this more difficult and deprive users of a decent interface for what is clearly location-based information and should be on a map. Furthermore, RSS feed
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by aneth 16y ago
I built a similar site (which I think pre-dates PadMapper): http://cribq.com The iPhone app ( http://cribq.com/go/appstore ) is by far the most popular part of it. The website hasn't been updated in a long time, although it still works
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by aneth 16y ago
I'm surprised this hasn't been done before, but it is possible to patent something like a screw head, thereby preventing anyone from selling screwdrivers for it. Were I part of the evil Apple conspiracy, I would suggest that. Whoops, mayb
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by aneth 16y ago
Looking forward to "Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post About the Karma Lifecycle Of A HN Post".
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Ugly Fonts Help You Learn and Memorize(pcworld.com)
1 points by aneth 16y ago|1 comments
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by aneth 16y ago
That's interesting, but I think wrong. First, a founding CEO doesn't need 75% versus 50% to keep them motivated. Second, if your are both going all-in, and your partner thinks you are worth 60%, you'd better have good reason to think you'r
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by aneth 16y ago
I see this sentiment it it's non-sensical. You're going to join a start for 25% and put in a quarter effort? I don't think so. You're seriously going to give up most of you're equity just to demonstrate your generosity? Nfw. There is th
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by aneth 16y ago
It's no surprise that developers can self-manage the development of a source code tool. However this model is unlikely to work in any other space since the product requirements will not be in the domain expertise of the engineers. Github
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Security questions are an insecure gaping whole in online security(msnbc.msn.com)
2 points by aneth 16y ago|0 comments
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by aneth 16y ago
What a shamelessly self-promotional piece. It starts out pointing out how everyone else is slow for not noticing this as soon as he did, and concludes by reminding you that he was the very first to make fun of Google. Is no one else bothe
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by aneth 16y ago
Presuming he has shareholders other than himself, he would be obligated to salvage that value over some theoretical effect on his legacy based on customers not understanding a sale. I certainly wouldn't work with or invest someone that shu
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by aneth 16y ago
Alexa Traffic Rank: 132,623 Traffic Rank in US: 53,916 Sites Linking In: 1,308 Any reason another wine startup wouldn't buy them just for the traffic?
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by aneth 16y ago
I fly Southwest almost exclusively because their policies make me feel like a human - particularly their no-change-fee / full-credit policy. Don't charge me $100 for changing an entry in your database!
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by aneth 16y ago
You are largely correct about Ruby I think, although it's broader than that. Functional programming is popular because mutable data is a major cause of bugs, is hard to debug, and creates unnecessary complication. In Ruby, all data INCLUD
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by aneth 16y ago
I used Scala for some small projects. I absolutely loved much of it, although I found I got caught up in experimenting with syntax to learn "better" ways to the point of distraction. These days I use mostly ruby and have started on node.js

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