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by dbecker 14y ago
If I want to market a soft-drink containing cyanide, do you think free speech means I don't have to mention the dangers of my drink? What if I disagree with the required warning?
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by dbecker 14y ago
Silver tries to be transparent about his model. For a non- technical description, see [1]. He used to have something more technical/concrete on his personal blog. I'm guessing you can still find that easily. The fact that he doesn't inclu
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by dbecker 14y ago
The heritage prize is $3 million dollars if a certain threshold score is met. I'm on the team currently in 1st place, and I don't think there is any chance that any team will meet this threshold. So, the final prize will be $500,000. Still
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by dbecker 14y ago
You're arguing against a straw man that isn't related to the article. The article DOES NOT claim ideas have no value. It claims it is unlikely anyone will steal your idea. I have a large porch swing on my front porch. It obviously isn't w
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by dbecker 14y ago
The exemption for politicians is beyond the FTC's control. That exemption was written into law by the house and senate.
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by dbecker 14y ago
I used to work for the FTC, and I was surprised how many calls I received at work from scammers. It always renewed my motivated. In an effort to continue this tradition, I would suggest you ask scammers to call back on your other line. Th
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by dbecker 14y ago
The admissions counselors should be very impressed with what you've done. I know I'm impressed. Of course, someone with your amount of skill and drive will be successful no matter where you go to school.
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by dbecker 14y ago
You may be missing diego's point. For the sake of argument, consider someone who is willing to pay $1500 for a VA flight. There may not be enough of these people to make $1500/seat a profitable price for VA to charge. But VA's failure do
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by dbecker 14y ago
The one I preferred liked the most is at http://codeglasses.com/logo.png I wanted something cheap to put together an MVP. I quit on the project (for reasons unrelated to the logo). So, I'll be curious to see if you find design flaws... b
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by dbecker 14y ago
What will I possibly do if I have to go without Trello during a nuclear armageddon.
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by dbecker 14y ago
I'm sure there are situations where you need to get someone to the DC quickly, so a Manhattan DC makes a lot of sense for an NYC based company. The current solution already worked the VAST majority of the time too. If they'd hosted it in
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by dbecker 14y ago
Your team's dedication is amazing. Having been lucky enough not to be placed in the situation you are in, I doubt I could have gone to such lengths to get everything back online so quickly. I admire everything you guys are doing. Thanks.
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by dbecker 14y ago
Perhaps the Fog Creek staff is just really fit, but it seems like it would have made sense to hire some burly mover dudes to haul gasoline up stairs.
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by dbecker 14y ago
I got a logo that I really liked on oDesk for $100. I hired 3 different designers (a couple were from India, and I forget where the third designer was from). I paid each of them about $35. One was a complete bust. The other two were pre
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by dbecker 14y ago
One alternative to leaving out the questions that take a long time is to calculate the average of log(minutes). Harder to interpret, but it accounts for the questions with long delays without letting those questions dominate the calculation
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by dbecker 14y ago
Not just anyone can start a blog and become famous for it. People have to want to read your blog.
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by dbecker 14y ago
I keep hearing that this is the worst natural disaster that people (who are currently alive) have ever seen in NYC. It's a bummer that their sites are down... but I think I can go a day without my to-do list when they have a once-in-a-lifet
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by dbecker 14y ago
Why do you think they aren't doing this? Possible explanations 1) Their engineers never thought of it 2) They considered it, and it is as simple as you think... but they don't care about uptime. 3) Implementing geographic redundancy is hard
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by dbecker 14y ago
If someone affected by the disaster gets their application in a couple days late, and you think from their application that they have a good chance of launching a successful startup, why wouldn't you accept them? If I were in your position,
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by dbecker 14y ago
If you have time, it'd be nice to read a "what we got out of YC, and how it's shaped our path going forward." This would be interesting independent of whether you are still working on the startup you did with YC.
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by dbecker 14y ago
It's refreshing to hear someone suggest they got in due to their ability to build something, rather than a shortcut or gimmick. Good luck with your business.
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by dbecker 14y ago
My eyesight isn't great, but I can't tell the difference between the resolution on my "retina" devices and resolution on other screens. Can most people tell the difference? If not, this marketing and competition on resolution may be distra
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by dbecker 14y ago
It can work either way. They could lower their prices, because otherwise people will move from Apple to the cheaper devices. On the other hand, if the price conscious consumers move to competitors, they may raise their prices (because only
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by dbecker 14y ago
I hope this is an indication that they are serious about improving the interface. There is a lot of room for improvement.
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by dbecker 14y ago
I just googled "highest paying college majors list," and computer science (and computer engineering) are consistently on the list. On the whole, I think programmers are paid well. http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report-2013/majors
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by dbecker 14y ago
He may have accomplished something impressive, but I had trouble appreciating it because the article seemed so pretentious, and I found that distracting.
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by dbecker 14y ago
You say you are a victim of ageism, but I don't see much in this story to support that conclusion. The interviewer apparently thought you were cheating... or at the very least he was incompetent to recognize the quality of your code. But
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by dbecker 14y ago
I agree that YC's requirements are more flexible than most jobs. If you don't have the skills to do statistical modeling, we wouldn't hire you. We gave guidance in the job posting about who was a good candidate. But we didn't prevent anyo
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by dbecker 14y ago
There are admittedly a few ways to measure exclusivity and define openness. If you account for applicant quality in how you measure exclusivity: NSF fellowships, top medical schools, top JD programs, top science PhD programs, many jobs, som
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by dbecker 14y ago
I'm replying to a comment about the framework needing more "polish." It isn't like he's releasing a version to the general public that crashes your browser. If you look at the feedback, it's mostly stuff like fonts, spacing, etc. I think

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