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by aspir 16y ago
Wakemate and Wattvision have hardware components. They still have some software, of course, but they sell their hardware.
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by aspir 16y ago
I think a better question should be "Are you applying to YC with a non-web idea now that there is 150k on the table?" YC has experience with some hardware projects, but most are web-based companies that have low overhead. The previous 17k w
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by aspir 16y ago
I'm learning python as well and would benefit from an answer to this question. A friend suggested building a web scraper, which sounds reasonable, but I'd also want to work on a larger endeavor (but not too big).
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by aspir 16y ago
Inc.com
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by aspir 16y ago
They probably can do all of these things, but not at the rate that they would prefer. This funding round would allow them to speed up efforts by a significant factor. I also wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the capital is actually used for
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by aspir 16y ago
Has anyone written a script to automate this yet?
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by aspir 16y ago
If you have to ask, you're probably playing around with forces you shouldn't mess with. Hack via providing goods and services that consumers or businesses will pay for. You'll actually see a return on your efforts.
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by aspir 16y ago
I sometimes do my best thinking on the john :) You should also charge if you take a bath for the same reason. Alan Greenspan took a bath every day, and claimed he did his best creative thinking there.
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by aspir 16y ago
Never before have I seen a book title so accurately describing the individuals who would buy it.
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by aspir 16y ago
More than likely, they'll be charged with the violation of these, as well as numerous digital laws. They'll do anything possible to make charges stick. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Three_of_the_United_Sta... http://en.wikipedia.o
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by aspir 16y ago
When you factor in that Google is an active investor in wholesale wind power, as well as the company's history of backing "green" startups through their ventures program, it's no contest.
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by aspir 16y ago
Still working on it. But I started late. It's also my first app push - I'm a "business guy" learning to code.
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by aspir 16y ago
Just wondering, but are any HN readers in non-university education? Sometimes these articles runs a risk of outsiders looking in without the essential industry experience needed to make truly sound judgements and suggestions. Its easy to po
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by aspir 16y ago
In my opinion, you can't read a blog or a book to be able to sell, it just takes practice. But I'd recommended the following goal: Introduce yourself to as many new people a day as possible, and do your best to remember their names. Selling
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by aspir 16y ago
I think it's still relevant to some degree, for two slightly related reasons. [1]Good journalism still exists online. You just have to find it. RealClearWorld does a good job of finding quality stories, and the CSM is still top notch. Even
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by aspir 16y ago
Your assumptions regarding many entrepreneurship programs are correct. They emphasize the presentation, rather than the products, and claim that outsourcing is the de facto answer to technology development. But not all are like this. Visit
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Did anyone else first read "8 Gigabytes of RAM" before doing a double take? Moore's law is a powerful force indeed
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Jimmy Wales' "Appeal" results in 15x more donation dollars(informationisbeautiful.net)
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by aspir 16y ago
My advice: A)Don't anger people deliberately/don't fight B)Don't think (harder than you'd imagine). Thinking leads to calculating, which leads to hesitation, even in the best. In fact good fighters become great by going on instinct rather t
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by aspir 16y ago
Also, buy a scale and weight daily at the same time as the pictures and record it into some form of spreadsheet. Quantitative data meets qualitative data!
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by aspir 16y ago
RealClearWorld.com inundates you with quality information on world events - more than you can read and still be productive. They have sister sites regarding politics, market events, sports, and (maybe) some more areas. NPR is also a favorit
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by aspir 16y ago
To help with that, start by setting a monthly budget for beer, and hold yourself to it. The budget cap could be the method for weaning the habit down: start with $50, then progressively move it downward each month. Based on your post, a $50
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by aspir 16y ago
I'd recommended finding a code-savvy cofounder who is interested in marketing/has marketed before, and bringing them on as a minority partner. Not all marketers are tech morons -- the ones that aren't know a good product when they see it, g
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by aspir 16y ago
SimpleGeo is a startup that makes geo-enabled APIs like the one you are describing. They may have the tool you're looking for available for use. I think they are in a closed development phase, but should be out soon if not already.
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by aspir 16y ago
Because of this post I jumped to my spam filter immediately (applied this round). No updates from YC, but I could have been a millionaire in Hong Kong, Nigeria, and Costa Rica :)
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by aspir 16y ago
I think it's pretty cool actually. If you expanded this to different restaurants, you may have something on your hands. I can't tell you how many times I've gone through this scenario when ordering. Not at McDonalds, granted, but at the pla
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by aspir 16y ago
It's the accepted practice now in the collegiate and post-collegiate levels. In high school, people still stick to the old school death by dehydration method, but more experienced people know about the hyperhydration methods. Actually, some
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by aspir 16y ago
Ditto to everything maxawaytoolong posted TLDR: Mostly lost water weight. I'd done it enough to really know how my body worked. I knew the exercise techniques that worked particularly well for me, and I ate a super-clean diet. This wasn't a
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by aspir 16y ago
I'm a former NCAA wrestler who's finished 2 marathons (with the blazing times of 5:01:00 and 5:00:30). All I can say is that anytime you push through a mental barrier, you become that much stronger. Your mental limitations are like muscular
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HN is getting close http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22hacker+news%22,+%22doogie+...

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