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by c1sc0 16y ago
I checked our server stats this morning & at least over here in Germany, Apple iOS device growth is still outpacing Android growth. My guess is that while the absolute number of Android devices is growing, the number of people actually
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I was thinking the same, but more along the lines of 'Why is this on hacker news?'
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Oh sweet mother of interface chaos. That screenshot doesn't even come close to the interface clutter I get on my Android when running a few apps. While backgrounding is nice, I wish developers would resist the urge of throwing an icon in th
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Ask HN: Startups and how to avoid intellectual property troubles?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Powerful? Scary? Great advertising you mean! The shared history between ad men & propaganda men is a very fascinating one. Effective advertising is like hacking the human psyche.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
And very effective, I was stunned how much sales a mention in the NYT can bring. Wish I could repeat that for my next startup.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I would say that making a game addictive is the holy grail of gaming, no?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Open up self-serve ads for the rest of the world? I wanted to buy ads but I couldn't because reddit is not processing non-US credit cards.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Untrustworthy or "not worth the trouble"?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Funny, I never even considered eBooks (ok, besides my Safari account, but that's not me paying) and now I'm in love with the iPad's Kindle reader. Actually feel a bit guilty because I spent like 50 euros on Amazon in the first day I got the
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I bought it for development only, then I started using it privately, now I'm in love with it. Thinking about trading it in for a 3G version.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
The OS is the phone
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by c1sc0 16y ago
The problem is that collisions between larger pieces of debris can generate smaller pieces, more collisions, etc ... the potential for a chain reaction should not be dismissed so lighly because the consequences of humanity not being able to
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Just proxy/VPN out.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Totally disagree, we need our media to talk more about the facts and less about opinion. Debate the facts, not the debate. I would love to have a purely data-based news feed, maybe something for a startup: have some kind of microformat atta
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I work in the travel industry & the ITA deal and now this is certainly of concern for us. It seems as if the big search (Google) & networking (Facebook) players have decided to move into the content business. I can't blame them beca
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Conferences. I found my current partner at a Barcamp. He was pitching an idea I liked but which had many flaws. I explained him the flaws I saw, convinced him to change & now we're building the product together. He's the hustler, I'm th
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Coming from a guy called iFixItYouri that doesn't surprise me. Damn it, I hate it when Apple pulls 2 1st Gen failures in a row, makes me think of the cube days.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Summer job working in a supermarket as a teenager. I actually preferred working the cash register to stocking the aisles. At least at the cash register you can have a little fun & try to rig the total bill. Most stupid job ever: turning
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Lots of good news coming out of China lately: appreciation of the yuan, increase of worker wages & now a slow opening up in the Google case.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Google Apps, Basecamp, Dropbox, Google AppEngine, Nearlyfreespeech for cheap hosting
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by c1sc0 16y ago
wear a wetsuit
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by c1sc0 16y ago
There is certainly an amazing amount of adaptation going on when you start swimming in cold water. Swimming short amounts of time (10 mins) in cold water can be done safely with proper training & supervision. You can definitely learn to
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Raise a million for charity, preferable a research-oriented one.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I was thinking more about Omega sponsoring the research & stuff.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
That's the kind of advertising I would like to see more companies put money towards.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I tried it and I failed. I guess it has to do with switching costs. My mind can't be in 'builder' and 'seller' mode at once and every time I need to switch it takes time. One of the most valuable things of having a hustler is that he shield
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by c1sc0 16y ago
My private burn rate is about 2000 euros, for the startup I'm working on (still in the idea/planning phase) it is about 50 euro on various online services.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
That's why I think it's interesting to make this distinction when reporting burn rate.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I like that distinction between business stuff and life stuff. Burn rate is also valid from a personal finance point of view.

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