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by ctb9 16y ago
San Francisco, CA - seeking INTERNS, possibly REMOTE equipster.com - we're creating the ultimate shopping engine for outdoor gear. If you're into the outdoors and want to have a huge impact at brand new startup, check us out. We're looking
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by ctb9 16y ago
total nitpick but something I noticed that has an easy fix: when you hover over the big three images on your landing page, they 'blink' while the new image loads. the easy fix is to preload the hover images in javascript. alternatively, you
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by ctb9 16y ago
equipster is hiring (paid) intern engineers in SF. We're creating the best way to find and buy outdoor gear. If you're a great hacker and you love the outdoors, check us out. http://www.equipster.com/jobs
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by ctb9 16y ago
Great job. I found it immediately useful. May I ask which api you are using? Your site has piqued my interest in domains.
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by ctb9 16y ago
I'll gladly accept, and congrats on the launch!
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by ctb9 16y ago
I'm only 4 hours into knockout.js but this seems to be the key benefit. I've been massacring functions that manipulate multiple elements and instead am directly tying the behaviors to the underlying data. My future self is very pleased with
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by ctb9 16y ago
You'll have to ask him tomorrow.
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by ctb9 16y ago
I believe the concept of 10 customers, as used (invented?) by Jason Cohen, refers to willingly-paying users for some type of premium/freemium service. That said, you seem awesomely successful, and I love the idea of taking your venture to t
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by ctb9 17y ago
No, twitter is already successful; its growth and reach are spectacular and it could be sold for quite a tidy sum. Was google not a success before adwords, when all it had done was revolutionize the way we sort content on the internet?
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by ctb9 17y ago
i really like it, the search works well, the design is nice...well done! the auto-generated name thing is a great idea, but I wonder if you could increase the conversion rate by replacing the copy "Create an account now, so you can choose a
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by ctb9 17y ago
the screenshot could use some work. its too small to read or even convey any info about the app at all, it has an evil twin lurking behind it, the perspective is way too tilted, and about 75% of the image is an ugly brown gradient. also, re
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by ctb9 17y ago
Assuming that there was in fact a 'most efficient' way to teach the principles of rational thinking, how could you confidently identify it? Makes me think the people most able to teach these principles would rely on them to avoid your conte
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by ctb9 17y ago
I'll say it. Failing is bad. The fact that the main benefit of failure is that it can help you avoid future failure pretty much proves the point. (I guess there is a secondary benefit in knowing you were at least shooting for the stars, but
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by ctb9 17y ago
I believe Aaron is on the record saying that Mint never purchased traditional advertising, instead they relied on pr/word of mouth.
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by ctb9 17y ago
Sorry, for some reason this post touched a nerve, and not even because I disagreed with a lot of what was said. Like ryanwaggoner said, props on putting this out there, its obvious you care a lot about the future of the internet and are gen
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by ctb9 17y ago
Most the songs featured are from mixtapes, implying they have been released for free and the artists are encouraging fans to distribute and remix as they please. Unfortunately, this also limits the 'obvious' monetization strategy of affilia
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by ctb9 17y ago
My start-up and I will soon return to Pittsburgh, fleeing NC's recent affiliate tax legislation. What's the scoop on entrepreneurship/tech meet-ups? the refreshPittsburgh blog seems abandoned.
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by ctb9 17y ago
My immediate advice is to include links to some of your best work in this thread or better yet in your HN profile. Where better to show off your skills than on the leading online community of entrepreneurs? Finding a job, especially one tha
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by ctb9 17y ago
Also, not trying to be rude, but is English your first language? If not, and assuming the venture is located in an English speaking country, I would say that as a non-native English speaker you are more likely to be treated unfairly.
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by ctb9 17y ago
I'd say its highly (negatively) correlated with age. everyone knows that college students, especially at elite schools, are taking it like candy and that very few 50 year olds are being medicated for ADHD.
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by ctb9 17y ago
What do you mean, my generation will no longer tell the difference between adderall and cocaine or meth, or that everyone will be medicated so often that "mind-enhanced" becomes the norm? also, for the record, there's a large amount of biol
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by ctb9 17y ago
Exactly. Just because the cost to produce a web app is approaching zero does not imply that web apps are becoming more homogeneous. If anything, the opposite is the case, as a reduction in the time/effort to turn an idea into a reality resu
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by ctb9 17y ago
here are two decent blogs to check out. also, the main point from The Four Hour Work Week on the subject seems important: automation needs to be built into your venture from the beginning. http://locationindependent.com/blog/2008/10/23/6-t