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by brett 19y ago
"register in seconds" and the huge "play free now" button did a really good job of funneling me to the register page that I couldn't use because I don't have an invite code. I realized that I needed to request an invitation only after I had
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by brett 19y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_once
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How to Build Decent Productivity Software(aaronsw.com)
19 points by brett 19y ago|3 comments
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Meetro Working to Make Forum Creation Dead Simple(techcrunch.com)
3 points by brett 19y ago|1 comments
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Student's Ad Gets a Remake, and Makes the Big Time(nytimes.com)
2 points by brett 19y ago|0 comments
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Surprising Uses of the Pythagorean Theorem(betterexplained.com)
13 points by brett 19y ago|11 comments
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Microsoft Inks Deal with Facebook(online.wsj.com)
10 points by brett 19y ago|0 comments
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NPR : Harvard Square's New Businesses Annoy Neighbors(npr.org)
1 points by brett 19y ago|0 comments
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Ask 37signals: Can I build a product business if I'm just a designer?(37signals.com)
18 points by brett 19y ago|5 comments
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by brett 19y ago
Good catch. The line encouraging people to reapply is gone too.
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Microsoft's Ballmer: MSFT will acquire 20 companies a year(venturebeat.com)
14 points by brett 19y ago|5 comments
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by brett 19y ago
It's really interesting to note that he thinks the biggest benefit from rails for 37 Signals has been hiring contributors. It makes a lot of sense and is something to keep in mind. Though obviously not easy, any company that can open source
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Ask 37signals: The genesis and benefits of Rails(37signals.com)
3 points by brett 19y ago|1 comments
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by brett 19y ago
I would imagine this type of thing is going to happen more often among YC startups as the number of them grows. Both straight mergers a la Infogami/Reddit and, probably even more likely, founders from failing/faltering YC companies jumping
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Even Free Can't Compete With Music Piracy(techcrunch.com)
7 points by brett 19y ago|8 comments
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Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with a Cluster of Eight PlayStation 3s(wired.com)
11 points by brett 19y ago|5 comments
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by brett 19y ago
They're close on this one ($180+): http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=013030552... http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0130305529/ref=pd_bbs...
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Learn F-Script in 20 Minutes...and Have Fun Playing with Core Image(fscript.org)
2 points by brett 19y ago|0 comments
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Ask Venture Hacks: What's the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make?(venturehacks.com)
9 points by brett 19y ago|0 comments
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by brett 19y ago
That is surprisingly easy to get running and fun to watch. The logfile I hooked it up to is not nearly as active as the one in the video, but it's kind of cool because my attention drifts away and then it starts suddenly jumping around. It
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by brett 19y ago
I definitely didn't mean to suggest that I think they did Uncov in a calculated move for press. I don't doubt that it arose organically as you suggest. I just think it goes to show that doing something like Uncov can be short sighted. I'm
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by brett 19y ago
Uncov seems like a risky idea for a group who are about to launch a startup themselves. Sure it gets them press, but they also inherit ill will and an audience looking to call them on it when their product doesn't live up to their rhetoric.
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Facebook Traffic Tanks - This can't be real?(gigaom.com)
2 points by brett 19y ago|1 comments
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Facebook Has Competition: MySpace Platform To Launch Next Week(techcrunch.com)
8 points by brett 19y ago|3 comments
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Getting started with Rubinius(redartisan.com)
2 points by brett 19y ago|1 comments
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by brett 19y ago
Pollan's latest book, The Omnivore's Dilemma , is worth reading. http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meal... The overall organization is little forced at times, but the research for each section is really interesting.
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A long-lost text by Archimedes shows that he had begun to discover the principles of calculus(blog.sciencenews.org)
19 points by brett 19y ago|1 comments
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Facebook Is Kinda OK but Largely Overrated : Matt's Homepage(mattmaroon.com)
28 points by brett 19y ago|56 comments
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"Click Here" Works (Better Than Other Generic Terms)(grokdotcom.com)
5 points by brett 19y ago|0 comments
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Object removal using seam carving, still fast(eigenclass.org)
5 points by brett 19y ago|0 comments

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