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So You Want to Start a Web Startup?(youtube.com)
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by dmk23 15y ago
The findings make perfect sense if you re-interpret them as Stock Options Boost Company Performance ONLY when given to KEY INDIVIDUALS In large public companies in most cases only senior executives are able to make an impact measurab
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Why VC-Backed Companies Fail(forbes.com)
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The Curse of Cow Clicker: How a Cheeky Satire Became a Videogame Hit(wired.com)
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Kevin O'Leary: The Best Deals Leave Both Sides Unhappy (part 3, 8:30)(watchmojo.com)
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by dmk23 15y ago
No doubt, it is sad for your friendly neighborhood restaurant to go out of business, but at the end of the day it is every owner / manager's responsibility to understand and own up to their pricing and discounting decisions. Of course if yo
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Hacking an Election: Mathematical Proof of Russian Election Fraud(mechonomic.blogspot.com)
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by dmk23 15y ago
I do not mean to discourage you, but the fact that you are posting here a day before your trip means you are already at a disadvantage. The key to maximizing your chances in these meetings is preparation. Your story, your pitch, your fundin
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by dmk23 15y ago
We are safe for now since no incubator has yet deigned to incubate incubators. EDIT: Do you guys realize that "rebuttal" link is April Fools?
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by dmk23 15y ago
You should add MailGun to this comparison and the graphs [1] http://mailgun.net [2] http://documentation.mailgun.net/faqs.html [3] http://mailgun.net/pricing
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Social Media Profiles Hurt Jobseekers More than Help(mediapost.com)
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by dmk23 15y ago
Here are the facts. To have a chance of a successful exit everyone in any startup needs to work real hard. Simple as that. If you are not interested in that, do not sign up for a startup, whether as a founder or employee. If you want to do
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Privacy Policy for Facebook.com, Summarized by Privacy Parrot(privacyparrot.com)
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by dmk23 15y ago
STATEMENT RIP Good Times! DOOOOM! GLOOOM! The Skies Are Falling! TRANSLATION I Need an Excuse to Knock Down Your Valuations and Terms!
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by dmk23 15y ago
The problem with venturing into healthcare is dealing with highly regulated industry and wrong incentives for most of the players. "Large networks of engaged users" do exist, but the ones who control real money (doctors, hospitals, insurers
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Carrier pigeons are faster than rural broadband(telegraph.co.uk)
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What If Facebook's IPO Dreams Are Built On As Much Hype As Groupon's?(forbes.com)
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by dmk23 15y ago
The title should be this - "Scientists over the age of 40 take credit for most of the major breakthroughs"
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by dmk23 15y ago
What would help a lot is to provide some detail on if/how this toolkit could be used with web frameworks like Django. It would be awesome to be able to keep using Django models and expose them through Muntjac-based templates. Could this be
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by dmk23 15y ago
These days I see lots of links from all kinds of "social readers" in my Facebook feed. A lot of them are actually interesting, but that does not mean I want to authorize the app and start broadcasting my every move online. Here is what I do
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Rails vs. Django: 100-Slide Smackdown(slideshare.net)
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by dmk23 15y ago
The bigger flaw is that there is lack of economic incentive to continue to donate computing power to keep the network running. At the current exchange rates and bitcoin mining yield it cannot even pay for the energy cost. As it stands today
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by dmk23 15y ago
Mahout is a great platform, but the real challenge is defining your learning problems, preparing data sets and choosing right algorithms. Once you are clear as to what you actually want to accomplish chances are you are going to need some k
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Check Out Herman Cain's GENIUS 404 Page(businessinsider.com)
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by dmk23 15y ago
The offer sounds suspiciously similar to this one: http://teddziuba.com/2011/07/the-craigslist-reverse-programm... If you are real, could you tell us more about your background and where you are located? Links to your Facebook/Twitter/Lin
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Federal Internet Sales Tax is Coming(thehill.com)
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by dmk23 15y ago
I use the cheapest and the best tool available: EXPLAIN EXTENDED You cannot do any better than have the DB tell you exactly what it is going to do with your query. Then you can experiment with changing / adding / removing clauses and see
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by dmk23 15y ago
"Why The MongoDB Hate?" Very simple, because the product appears to be severely overhyped and underdelivered. Your primary datastore is not something you want to be taking risks with. If you are looking for a toy you can use any DB
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by dmk23 15y ago
Lower cost is just one part of the equation. Perhaps the biggest benefit is not having your talent constantly exposed to being poached in the Silicon Valley. That is exactly what Mark Zuckerberg was talking about when he said he'd rather st
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by dmk23 15y ago
If scoring of YC applications is anything like upvoting/downvoting of HN comments I do not think anyone should link their self-worth to getting rejected. My impression from talking with various YC partners at the Open House / Startup School

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