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by dshankar 16y ago
I rarely read the same thing since so much (curated) info is provided. If I do, the title usually gives it away. And regardless, if it's breaking news, it is usually on every news source. That's a problem you can't avoid. I always had multi
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by dshankar 16y ago
I've been using Google Reader since it was first available. I don't know how or why, but over the past 6 months I've actually converted from Google Reader to a combination of HN+Twitter. I think the content is just more relevant and curated
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by dshankar 16y ago
The point he makes about kindness being a choice and cleverness being a gift is quite profound. I think as smart people, we often fail to realize the emotional & ethical effects of our actions and choices.
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How does the Internet work?(theshulers.com)
3 points by dshankar 16y ago|0 comments
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What happens when you infect a terran programmer?
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by dshankar 16y ago
Prime example of cyberwarfare.
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by dshankar 16y ago
Read OP: "But I 100% understand the value of a tech co-founder, and am not looking to be stingy with equity. I know I can't make it succeed on my own." Not mentioning exact equity, how do you assume 5%!?!? It is very common for cofounders a
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by dshankar 16y ago
Early-stage founders should not expect an hourly rate or salary. That does NOT insinuate anything about "not much being offered" when the OP clearly states the willingness to be equitable.
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by dshankar 16y ago
Why put down a fair post with useless comments on a "hunch that he offers 5% or less"?
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by dshankar 16y ago
Read more about psychological pricing on this subject ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_pricing ). It boils down to $1999 seeming a LOT cheaper than $2000.
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by dshankar 16y ago
Tl;dr people spend more time thinking than typing, but the benefit of fast typing is the ability for your hands to keep up with your brain.
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Google TV Issues Force Logitech to Kill Revue(dailytech.com)
2 points by dshankar 16y ago|0 comments
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by dshankar 16y ago
Build a prototype and explain the vision. Prototypes are useful in so many ways - validating & going to users, pitching & getting investors, etc. Prototypes should take a few days or a week to build, unlike MVP which probably takes
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by dshankar 16y ago
A. MVP usually takes at least a month if not more. Do you want to waste a full month of your life? That could be avoided by 30 minutes of talking to future customers. B. & C. - "Maybe" - not wrong, just maybe. There needs to be emphasis
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by dshankar 16y ago
Breaking it down - "If you spend your time building something instead of conning in coffee shops, you can put a minimum viable product in front of someone" FALSE. I used to say that, until I think it was Harj who corrected me. His reasoni
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by dshankar 16y ago
Kindle - best screen for reading many ebooks, the display goes easy on your eyes. iPad - best device for everything other than just ebooks (news, games, multimedia etc.) 2nd monitor - best increase in productivity (YMMV). Put code, docs, ch
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Cross-training toolkit for Designers(smashingmagazine.com)
3 points by dshankar 16y ago|0 comments
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by dshankar 16y ago
PStam has been my fav blogger since way back in his Georgia Tech days. Great insight and good journalism. This article especially is of "PG essay" quality.
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by dshankar 16y ago
Why not automagically host the files on Flickr, saving you costs of storage & bandwidth?
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by dshankar 16y ago
That's what I interpret Flickr groups to be - a way to focus on a given subject rather than photography in general. You need to prove the value of your product before you can start charging users $11. Your frontpage gives no indication of t
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by dshankar 16y ago
What's the HN etiquette on link sources? I read it first on lifehacker, then on WSJ. I thought it was appropriate to give credit to the source I read.
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by dshankar 16y ago
You're correct. UDID, for example, is part of that "normal connected functionality." Transmitting location, gender and all the other data specifically to advertisers is NOT part of normal functionality.
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Pandora, Angry Birds, other apps selling private info to advertisers(lifehacker.com)
148 points by dshankar 16y ago|72 comments
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by dshankar 16y ago
Quora or Groupon. Quora because it provides an extremely high-quality Q&A community. Groupon simply because of the crazy growth and insane amount of revenue/profit they generated.
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by dshankar 16y ago
In my opinion, 100k is too little for real estate/rent. I would put 60k in risky, short-term investments such as early-stage startups and some Wall Street funds. The rest 40k would go into long-term safe bets.
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by dshankar 16y ago
You missed the point. If you're build mobile services like mobile payment platforms, video games, ecommerce solutions etc., a PhD isn't going to get you more money from a customer.
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by dshankar 16y ago
I think what you're talking about is a combination of Hacker News, StackOverflow and StackExchange:Programmers
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by dshankar 16y ago
"at the end of your PhD, you can have your product nearly ready and you will be able to charge your customers more in thousands of Dollars than in $9 per month." PhD vs non-PhD does not determine whether you charge $1000/mo or $9/mo. It's w
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First Round Capital does Old Spice parody(youtube.com)
3 points by dshankar 16y ago|0 comments
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by dshankar 16y ago
They don't use Facebook in Russia? Jokes aside, this is an amazing marketing/hiring tool for Facebook. I hope they print this on billboards.

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