aswanson

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2701.
by aswanson 19y ago
The tech space 'leaders' are starting to look more and more like the blood sucking snakes in the record business.
2702.
by aswanson 19y ago
On the same day as the pronouncement of Dot Bomb 2.0. Timing couldn't be worse, according to that guy.
2703.
by aswanson 19y ago
Wonder why he left GOOG.
2704.
by aswanson 19y ago
Not at all, more like a proper subset of making what people want...
2705.
by aswanson 19y ago
Ah, he is typing. As I suspected, news of his brain's demise have been highly exagerrated.
2706.
by aswanson 19y ago
Hence my maniacal obsession to escape from one.
2707.
Do Demo Day VC's/Angels sign NDA's ?
3 points by aswanson 19y ago|1 comments
2708.
by aswanson 19y ago
Right...isn't it interesting how each level of innovation requires a less esoteric skill, from quantum mechanics (Shockley), to analog electronics (HP,etc) to digital system integration (PC's), to more and more powerful programming language
2709.
One good professor is all it takes...(flickr.com)
3 points by aswanson 19y ago|4 comments
2710.
by aswanson 19y ago
I think this is applicable to both male and females.
2711.
by aswanson 19y ago
I find it interesting that the degeneration of these sites into 'mob rule' is the exact thing the founders of the constitution anticipated and put safeguards in place against. Who said,'The best argument against democracy is a conversation
2712.
by aswanson 19y ago
I've been thinking about a cheap, scalable, multi-gigabit server, complete with about 40 gigs of ram, tcp offload engines and session logging. Prices on all of these parts have gone down and it might be something to pursue. Who needs a net
2713.
Great advice on code instrumenting...(venturevoice.com)
1 points by aswanson 19y ago|0 comments
2714.
by aswanson 19y ago
I figured as much but put out a lowball figure purposely to ask the question, "Can a founder get out by paying back investors (invested sum), taking the money and running?"
2715.
by aswanson 19y ago
Sure they do: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/entrepreneurship/#...
2716.
by aswanson 19y ago
One thing that I think universities could change is to make freshman year more than a rehash of high school calc and physics, albeit at a more involved level. This is a recipe for extinguishing imagination.
2717.
by aswanson 19y ago
Points taken, admitted end in bad taste, newbie mistake.
2718.
by aswanson 19y ago
There are an infinite number of small problems. How are they going to know which are worth solving in their finite lifespan? How will they learn the value of anything if they are not given context?
2719.
by aswanson 19y ago
Newscientist.com has some eclectic stuff.
2720.
How can engineering schools not teach startups?
10 points by aswanson 19y ago|30 comments
2721.
by aswanson 19y ago
He can't answer this without dissing the remaining groups he did not choose.
2722.
by aswanson 19y ago
This rant pretty much sums it up: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061005-095006
2723.
by aswanson 19y ago
Yeah, he could have said "Probably, dumbass." Nice guy. Up that man's karma.
2724.
by aswanson 19y ago
A brutal calculus indeed...but best to take notice of what has failed in every case.
2725.
Superstition: Startups with derivative names fail...
3 points by aswanson 19y ago|2 comments
2726.
PG: Thinking of adding a search facility to news.yc?
16 points by aswanson 19y ago|13 comments