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by blehn 16y ago
First, the business part of music is easily the worst part. If it has been killed, no real loss there. Most of the good musicians aren't making much money anyway. Second, it would be more appropriate to say that Jobs saved the music busin
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by blehn 16y ago
I'm not sure I follow. Isn't that a problem with any market where there's already a dominant player? You're saying that rather than coming up with a better solution, people should be thinking about better ways to get people to sign up?
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by blehn 16y ago
That's fair. I suppose the real point is that it's easy for a product get stale, even if it's constantly evolving.
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by blehn 16y ago
first version of Mint.com was written (horror!) in Java You're implying that it was entirely rewritten in something else later...
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by blehn 16y ago
The thing about software development is that the technology (tools) changes faster than you can evolve a product. Integrating new technologies into an existing product can be a real challenge. If all you do is evolve, there inevitably comes
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by blehn 16y ago
Thanks for listening to our requests!
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by blehn 16y ago
Aha, good explanation, thanks. I still have to think with all of Google's brainpower, they could figure something out. They already allow "starred" results, which I presume would function somewhat similarly to a blacklist from a technical
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by blehn 16y ago
I think what Matt is trying to say is that your memory of what Google was like in 2000 could be inaccurate. So he's demonstrating what Google was actually like in 2000. Of course you were impressed and satisfied with Google back then — it
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by blehn 16y ago
I'm sure the intentions were good, but I found the tone of the email to be condescending and obnoxious. e.g., We’re better than that, and soon you will be too.
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by blehn 16y ago
That's a fair point, but those were the OP's words. The important thing is that he's polluting the area (search engines) in which people might encounter his site.
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by blehn 16y ago
I think you're missing the point. This guy saw a very common search term ("facebook login"), created a 15 page site with what is essentially a bunch of filler and duplicate content that is absolutely loaded with keyword spam. Then he hos
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by blehn 16y ago
Yes, because those blogs aren't located at drinking-with-my-friends-last-night.com, and the posts don't reference "drinking" and "friends" a combined 61 times.
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by blehn 16y ago
I don't see how having "information about stuff" qualifies a website as non-polluting. efreedom, mahalo — they have tons of information and are almost pure pollution.
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by blehn 16y ago
Now from where I sit, I can already hear the outrage. How could I "domain squat" on Facebook?!? How could I be so dastardly? Don't I know that I'm just polluting the internet? What kind of trash am I? To those people, all I
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by blehn 16y ago
tight : loose find : lose Sorry to be "that guy," but I'm seeing this error with increasing frequency, and it would be a real shame to lose such a useful word.
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by blehn 16y ago
Those are good points. I don't think the goal is to have a massive user base or make a lot of money right away. It's more about signing up enough users so that the app can start marketing itself (by word of mouth). We were doing ok at $11
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by blehn 16y ago
Thanks! Yeah a trial period definitely makes sense.
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by blehn 16y ago
You can start your 365 any time after you sign up. But, once you start, you can't stop!
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by blehn 16y ago
Are they really expecting to get quality entries with a Grand Prize of $5k? Seems like it would only make sense if you were planning to build the app anyway. Why not use the YC model? Accept applications, pick the 10 best ideas/teams, and g
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by blehn 16y ago
That's a good idea. I think we're going to try to figure out something along those lines.
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by blehn 16y ago
Well, I guess we think people are willing to pay for lovely design (and by "design", I'm referring to the way it works, in addition to the way it looks). You could also ask, "What (other than a lovely design) makes a Macbook/BMW/Dyson/Arman
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by blehn 16y ago
That's a good anecdote, thanks. We definitely think some more social interaction (primarily following/friending and commenting) is the next logical step for the service.
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by blehn 16y ago
The ESC key also returns you to thumbnail view, but we should probably make the back button do the same.
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by blehn 16y ago
re: interaction with the community. It's currently limited to sharing via a public URL, but we've discussed a follow model (like Twitter, except you'd have to opt-in) where you'd be able to view a stream of all photos from the people you're
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by blehn 16y ago
That's certainly true. We feel like the service offers a superior experience for this particular usage than Flickr.
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by blehn 16y ago
Is it just me, or have the front page point totals exploded in the last few months? pg — care to share any traffic data?
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by blehn 16y ago
There's a lot of misinformation in this thread. First of all, recent versions of SASS include support for SCSS syntax, which means you can basically start with plain old CSS and learn to use variables, mixins, nesting, etc from there. Seco
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by blehn 16y ago
Agree, however the box itself is another story. Aside from the needlessly wacky shape, isn't it obvious that it should fit in the ~2" high gap between the top of the table/stand and the bottom of the display? Apple has it right with the Ap
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by blehn 16y ago
like "supply"
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by blehn 16y ago
As a programming novice, I think that's a great idea. (I haven't seen anything like it... the closest might be stack overflow, where the best solutions generally get voted to the top, but it tends to be fairly narrow in scope.) It would be

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