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by c1sc0 16y ago
Real identity is actually one of the reasons why Facebook Connect is being adopted en masse. When you let your users sign up with their real identity, the number of trolls and abusers automatically goes down. Richness of expression may be a
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Normally, I'm pretty much against software patents but this is kind of innovative: run multiple OSes/User interfaces at the same time and pick the one that best fits the user's environment.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
It is wonderful to live in a day and age when a single person (albeit with good connections) can confront the CIA, all thanks to technology.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Funny, I didn't notice that bad language at all until I re-read the comment.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
This is why I love hacker news! Thanks for crunching the numbers!
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by c1sc0 16y ago
"These are all new businesses run by entrepreneurs, but they are not 'startups' in the way we generally refer to them on HN." Isn't that just a matter of semantics though? Would s/startup/newly incorporated business/g do? I agree that their
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Or do you mean scribd alert? ;-)
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by c1sc0 16y ago
My view on this is that the first internet wave came too early. In the late 90s, society was not ready for the changes the internet were bringing (disintermediation, killing of distribution channels, ...). The tech was oversold by eager bus
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by c1sc0 16y ago
That's a great expressway. I remember being on mountain roads in China that were outright dangerous only 5 years ago. When I went back last fall, I was amazed at how much speed we could make on those freshly asphalted roads. China has pro
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by c1sc0 16y ago
On the one hand, I'm glad to see many European countries in there, but on the other hand I always kind of fear for the effectiveness of this kind of ad-hoc aid.
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Start-ups account for *all* of net new jobs creation(kauffman.org)
15 points by c1sc0 16y ago|12 comments
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I'm sorry, but there is no excuse whatsoever for that old bloated system for distribution to continue to exist. Sure, editors have value, sure, peer review should be rewarded. But trying to create artificial scarcity by bringing an outdated
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by c1sc0 16y ago
"potential competitors: are there any (if none, perfect!)." ... or it could indicate that there is simply no market for this idea. Seeing a few competitors at least validates the idea & proves that at least some other companies think th
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Really ? Searching for information is a more fundamental desire than interacting with friends?
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Foursquare – fun game or impending privacy nightmare (old)(eu.techcrunch.com)
1 points by c1sc0 16y ago|0 comments
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For publishers, it's a question of semantics(emediavitals.com)
1 points by c1sc0 16y ago|0 comments
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by c1sc0 16y ago
That's got to be one of the most unflattering pictures of him I've ever seen. Looks like something that crawled out of 70's Star Trek episode. I get it why he does it, he is a marketing machine all by himself and effectively does not need t
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I gave a talk at a barcamp, he gave a talk at a barcamp.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
"But how much of that data will be privately owned?" ... and how much of that data will leak out anyway? Or maybe people will stop caring about privacy altogether? Even data acquired in dubious ways will require statisticians for analysis,
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Building the game layer on top of the world(youtube.com)
2 points by c1sc0 16y ago|1 comments
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Apple tries to patent its way out of jailbreaking(news.cnet.com)
3 points by c1sc0 16y ago|2 comments
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I'll be honest and admit that a few months ago I would have given you the cold shoulder too. I just found an amazing co-founder who is the king of schmooze & I've come to appreciate the power of a good old rolodex.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
If said schmoozing can get you press, investment or blogging attention then I'd say that's valuable. But sure, paying customers are the best! Edited to add: a traditional powerpoint presentation may not be valuable, but if you can create a
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I'm just wondering: is using a command-line bug editor actually a good idea? Seems like the perfect way to stay out of touch with how normal people experience your software.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Maybe they don't allow it because of their early adopter audience: who among that crowd does not have a twitter or FB account?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
That mostly depends on whether you still have a day job or not. When you do, doing a startup will eat all of your free time. You can only get so far with skipping sleep & overloading on stimulants before you will inevitably crash, so
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by c1sc0 16y ago
You havea couple of skills that are really useful for startups: you know how to research a topic, you probably know how to schmooze with people, you know how to put together a decent presentation & you know how to write well. Those are
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by c1sc0 16y ago
These kinds of stories make me wonder if there's a market for 'startup holidays'. Jet off to some cheap location like Thailand or China, code like mad monkeys for 3 months & then jet back for launch.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I love how in TF2 they made this chasm between Mac & PC players explicit by giving the Mac players white earbuds. Steam is the best thing that happened to mac gaming since the switch to OSX.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Most relevant bit for geeks: "Build/buy your dream computer." Another good way to measure the quality of a job posting would be "root on your box", I don't understand why so many companies are reluctant to do this.

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