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by babul 18y ago
If I was to work for a company, it would probably be one that had rigour in its employment practice. Those that hire carefully, fire carefully, and you can actually learn a lot about a company from the interview (as much as they can learn
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by babul 18y ago
I'd like to hear long-term stories of life before, during, and after YC, for the companies/founders. Not just snapshots of today. Ideally with low-level details that provide the true insights, obstacles and challenges faced and (how they we
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by babul 18y ago
I'd suggest continuous practice is the best way prepare for such interviews (and lifestyles). Write software. Build web apps. Make things. Expose yourself to different languages and diverse challenges. Do things outside software too. Then w
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by babul 18y ago
Empirical evidence?
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by babul 18y ago
Anything with a full touch screen is a good start. Found the iPhone 3G was disappointing (more like a toy) compared to my Blackberry. However, the HTC I've been using for about a year ( http://www.coolsmartphone.com/article727.html ) is exc
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by babul 18y ago
Simple. Functional. Fast. Thanks! I actually like the fact you can look at feeds and see deleted and changed posts. With observation and a little comparison, you can see the revision process (or lack of) for (your favourite) users.
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by babul 18y ago
Only if they have the hardware and cheap, reliable internet connections. If this is the case, then they are usually fairly literate and generally pursue options that provide a higher return e.g. online training/learning/certification to enh
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High-flying helpers can boost your chances of success(uk.biz.yahoo.com)
3 points by babul 18y ago|0 comments
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by babul 18y ago
> I am ready to pay Twitter a dollar for each of my tweets that starts with $$ This could get very expensive very fast, but still looks like great ROI considering people on twitter are still early adopters (and hence have money and ar
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by babul 18y ago
> Members of its "Open Salon" user-generated content community can now "tip" one another with real-world money if they like what they see. Considering that is a closed system so far, TipJoy need not worry.
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by babul 18y ago
I am actually surprised this article made The Times Online proof-reading/editorial process given its poor writing style, long length (without focus), rambling nature, clichés, bias, and especially given the authors bio ( http://www.bryanapp
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by babul 18y ago
When you start producing media content, you become a media company regardless of what you call yourself. With search and advertising, Google was and still is a services business. With the ventures in other areas, they are often entering the
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by babul 18y ago
The close geography of the twitter team to techcrunch (or vice versa), and the fact they often attend the same parties seems to have a lot to do with the coverage volume(?). Maybe it would help if you were based near them and hanged out a l
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by babul 18y ago
Awesome social and software hack. Just hope the media and security services (and alarmists) in general don't use it to go on about anti-terrorism and how we are all under constant terrorist threat (and push more anti-terror measures).
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by babul 18y ago
Interesting to re-read this article in light of recent HN submissions on VC and startup valuation. Old, but still good.
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The Venture Capital Squeeze(paulgraham.com)
9 points by babul 18y ago|1 comments
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by babul 18y ago
Many of the research projects into automated highways concluded essentially the same thing and that average journey times could be significantly reduced, and propagation delays effectively removed, by everyone travelling at near similar con
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by babul 18y ago
The geographical size has its advantages but it is more about the culture and people. The society in Japan embraces technology (and the change and progress it usually entails) more readily than almost anywhere else, so such continuous early
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by babul 18y ago
Does having a lot of money make people harder to upset?
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by babul 18y ago
Reading old threads like that ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35015 ) is actually very interesting as there is so much great insight in them, especially for newcomers. It is even better given we now have hindsight to aid us. Even th
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by babul 18y ago
Most of the comments here are coulda/shoulda/woulda/if-only. We all make mistakes and fail, but it is the learning from them that is important. Failure is good. You are not making progress until you are failing.
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by babul 18y ago
Sorry for delay in response. Just saw this. We resolved what we needed to by other means, but thank you for the offer. :)
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by babul 18y ago
You are probably in the lucky minority.
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by babul 18y ago
Many sites do not have API and hence the need to screenscrape. It is probably against their interests to have an API, being the type of organisation that wants to control the type of interaction others (especially customers) have with it ra
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Windows Vista security 'rendered useless' by researcher(searchsecurity.techtarget.com)
15 points by babul 18y ago|1 comments
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by babul 18y ago
The truth, more likely, is... 1. They are jealous and want to gather the customer information for themselves. 2. Don't want people to know if they are truly competitive on price (apart from a few headline grabbers). 3. Don't want pr
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by babul 18y ago
"This is like an MBA-level course on the latest advertising and community trends." ( http://qik.com/video/149651 ) I do not have an MBA, so do not know if this is true, but the video provides some good insight.
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Ryanair blocks bookings made through screenscraping.(news.bbc.co.uk)
12 points by babul 18y ago|9 comments
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by babul 18y ago
I see this more of a lesson in persistence paying off, and understanding your client, their needs, how to predict and answer their questions, and behave to sell effectively (in this case usage of the environment) - things any entrepreneur i
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by babul 18y ago
This is the common behaviour in most ecommerce sites so is a reasonable assumption. When money is changing hands, verification should be standard practice.

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