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by bigtoga 18y ago
I think it's clear that they know that - it was the point of Ryan's post - but have chosen to not address it. As I see it, there is no good that can come (for them) from admitting this "feature". If they say, "Yes, it's a problem but..." th
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by bigtoga 18y ago
hmmmmm
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by bigtoga 18y ago
Oh kyro - you've committed the sin of posting a Microsoft programming language on YC. Shame on you.
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I don't know if this fits your reqs or not but we use Zoho Chat internally: http://chat.zoho.com/
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by bigtoga 18y ago
Money and time are huge things here that we have no data on. 1) Do you have enough money saved up to support your family for two years and to support the launch + operation of your idea? If not, then no problem - just do it part-time for
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I'd suggest getting a job in the biz (if you aren't already in it), networking, have some fun, and let life take care of itself. The best cheap ideas come from an insider who tries to solve a niche problem for a group that they have intimat
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by bigtoga 18y ago
But you're worrying about a problem you don't have and probably won't have. If that's your reasoning behind not doing "x" then I'd argue that you may not be cut out for being an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurs I know tend to be the ones who
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by bigtoga 18y ago
Look for rms' post on this page
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by bigtoga 18y ago
"I am a firm believer that regardless of your end goals to really learn programming one must start at the beginning." Absolutely - I've never met a hacker who didn't know the fundamentals.
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I actually had no clue Yahoo! was still that popular. I don't know but a few ppl who use yahoo email addys and AFAIK I know no one who uses their search engine. I'm actually quite surprised they had so much traffic. I guess that hijacking p
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by bigtoga 18y ago
How about starting off by telling us what you've done already (i.e. where you've already spent hours looking) to find such an oppty and then let us offer suggestions outside of what you've already done?
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I'm with ya. I'm fine giving age (37) but asking how successful I am just throws a wrench into it.
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by bigtoga 18y ago
wrong title?
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by bigtoga 18y ago
That quote ("Prodigies [inevitably] become ex-prodigies.") reminds of something I read earlier this week that goes something like this: "The problem of being too young lessens over time." The quote aneesh's professor gave reminds me of the
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by bigtoga 18y ago
Atlanta is a great community for startups actually. Check out http://www.gesnow.com/ - these guys have lots of experience and can help you. Plus you have Georgia Tech. You come to these boards, 9/10 ppl will say "Move to the valley" b/c
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I tried to follow the article but I just couldn't. I don't understand it at all.
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by bigtoga 18y ago
If you want a real answer, read 2-4 books. If you want a pithy, poorly explained 2-4 sentence overview, then here's my attempt: debt financing is attractive to startups since they can often get favorable terms on the debt (one year payment
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by bigtoga 18y ago
Do you believe then that the bottom 10% of all employees on every job should be fired to make way for those people who have the drive and ambition to work?
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by bigtoga 18y ago
That was actually really great. Succint, easy to read - thanks for posting it here.
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I was thinking, before I clicked the link, "What are Vista's Best Features that an XP user would want?" I couldn't think of any. After reading the article, i remember that SuperFetch and ReadyBoost are definite improvements as are the impro
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by bigtoga 18y ago
Find a host that allows you to use Postini. I found a host last week that lets you buy Postini for $1/mailbox. Postini was bought by google and my understanding is that it is the logic behind why gmail has so much less spam than others. ht
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I downloaded Smart Draw ( http://www.smartdraw.com/ ) last week and it seemed promising for tedious tasks like layouts and site maps, not so much for the graphic design side. Seems like a nice tool but they have a ridiculously anti-user tri
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I'm a sucker for Top 25 cool stuff like this. Had it been 26, I probably wouldn't have clicked lol. That's probably my maximum - 25. 24 - sure. 17 - absolutely. 31? No since I don't believe anyone spent that much time checking out quality "
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by bigtoga 18y ago
This is why we need a FAQ here...
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by bigtoga 18y ago
To OP: If you and I were talking, I would turn the question back on you and ask you: What do you think? If you are the business major in your post, do you think you can? What would it take to make it work? What would make it fail? I firmly
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by bigtoga 18y ago
So then I would assume you would also argue that hackers need to know the business side of things for the same reason - yes? Either way, you're choosing a strategy of "Strengthen your weaknesses." There are other strategies like "Play to yo
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I don't know why this is obvious. I certainly don't agree. History has seen way more successful startups started by "business people" than those founded by hackers. Don't get so myopic that you when you think "startup" you only think about
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I don't think that being a hacker in PS is necessary as long as you can provide the designer(s) links/jpegs of things you do like. I think adding PS as a req't/suggestion is completely a waste of time for a lot of people. Bottom line: you w
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by bigtoga 18y ago
I got as far as the third "comparison" on install: For SQL Server: "Hardest most time-consuming and biggest hog of resources of the 3 even when its not doing anything" I stopped reading - it was clear from that and the previous sentences th
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by bigtoga 18y ago
You did more than me. I read the headline and thought, "The only reason to make that the headline is to start a flame war thus drawing attn to yourself. Next!"

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