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   by ed 12y ago

   So, so, cool. Congrats to you and Li!
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   by ed 12y ago

   I have a lot of experience with Parse. What are you considering building? There are definitely some gaps in the product, particularly a sane job scheduler. I also found it tricky to deal with the relatively short timeouts, which ate a lot o
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   Ask HN: Hypothetically, would you take your salary in Bitcoin?

   4 points by ed 12y ago|11 comments
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   by ed 12y ago

   I've never used Android's voice recognition – does it have similar scripted responses?
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   by ed 12y ago

   Startup school is the reason I have an awesome cofounder (now working together 4-yrs) – thanks Jessica!
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   by ed 12y ago

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarity_(physics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox
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   by ed 12y ago

   I can think of two possible sources of driver lock-in: insurance (on the clock but between rides) and car financing. Anyone heard of uber or lyft working on this?
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   by ed 12y ago

   Huh, I'm familiar with Walnut Creek the city but had no idea there was a popular shareware distributor of the same name. Neat! (I'm from the area.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_Creek_CDROM
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   by ed 12y ago

   Hi guys, I built this experiment last week and announced it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8117100 It was very well received, thank you! (What’s Deal Truck? Jump to the bottom of this comment.) ----------------
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    The Deal Truck is Live(thedealtruck.com)

    2 points by ed 12y ago|2 comments
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    by ed 12y ago

    Hey guys, I built this with the team at Fobo.net. It’s just a quick experiment I put together during the week. The idea is to rent a truck and drive around the city picking up anything you want to sell. Furniture, appliances, etc. – anythin
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    Show HN: I'm renting a truck to make buying and selling furniture easier(thedealtruck.com)

    132 points by ed 12y ago|86 comments
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    by ed 12y ago

    Probably essential some day, but not yet. These guys could just hire a bus and eat the loss if it turns out there's significant demand.
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    by ed 12y ago

    I actually think this is a good tactic. Basically you try to sell a product that doesn't exist to determine whether there's any demand. Off the top of my head I can think of at least 4 large ($50M+ acq. or valuation) teams that pi
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    by ed 12y ago

    Lyft won't actually own the new luxury rides, which were designed specifically for the company by West Coast Customs. Instead, individual Lyft drivers are buying the vehicles with some financial assistance from th
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    by ed 12y ago

    Do a lot of people use this?
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    FOBO (YC S11) – Growth Engineer Wanted, local marketplace for used goods (SF)

    1 points by ed 13y ago
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    FOBO (YC S11) – Lead Ember Engineer Wanted – Local used goods marketplace (SF)

    1 points by ed 13y ago
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    FOBO (YC S11) - Lead Backbone Engineer, local marketplace for used goods (SF)

    1 points by ed 13y ago
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    by ed 13y ago

    This is the one consistent exception to Betteridge's law of headlines
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    by ed 13y ago

    Experiments on sedated sheep and partially ventilated anesthetized pigs have been unsuccessful, suggesting that application to large mammals may not be feasible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspended
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    FOBO – Hiring Growth Engineer, local marketplace for used goods (SF)

    1 points by ed 13y ago
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    FOBO - Hiring Growth Engineer, local marketplace for used goods (SF)

    1 points by ed 13y ago
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    by ed 13y ago

    Would love to see a battery built in to my MBP's power brick. Charge, and provide power, when it's plugged in. Run off the battery when it's not.
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    by ed 13y ago

    Well, duh. At 63 games this has an expected value of $1e-10. https://www.google.com/search?q=1000000000%2F2%5E63
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    Lead web engineer – FOBO, local marketplace – Typescript,Haskell,front-end (SF)

    1 points by ed 13y ago
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    After 2 Months, FOBO (YC S11) Has Hit a Million-Dollar Run Rate(techcrunch.com)

    63 points by ed 13y ago|45 comments
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    FOBO (YC S11) – Typescript, Web – Efficient market for local used goods

    1 points by ed 13y ago
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    Slack's Growth – pmarca(twitter.com)

    1 points by ed 13y ago|0 comments
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    by ed 13y ago

    (This was nearly impossible to read on mobile) Michael Otto’s family has been as omnipresent in German postwar retail as Wal-Mart, Sears and Target have in the U.S. So what does this 70-year-old patriarch of this $18 billi