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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Recommend you don't mention available domain names here to prevent sniping, private message Raj if you've got a good one.
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Don't keep visiting the domain and make sure others who are involved don't visit it - the company is likely to monitor traffic and think there's more interest than there is which might push the price up a few $.
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Many coders start out self-taught like you. I did, and then studied for an IT degree and got professional work. Here's a few things that I wasn't exposed to until I studied /turned professional - maybe some of these are the practices you a
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
proexploit, exactly the information I've been looking for, I'm in a similar situation, very timely, thank you. Do you know of any other services like buysellads.com?
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Not so much an investment...Come up with some crazy idea to do with the money, do it, then write a book on it. Anyone remember the guy who sold everything he owned, went to Vegas and put all the cash he had on black, then wrote a book. Migh
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
1) 2007, maybe earlier 2) No plans to apply to YC 3) Bootstrapped 4) MissedConnections.com
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
For anyone else like me who wanted to know what emotion contagion is (#6 Cultivate emotion contagion), from Wikipedia: -- Emotional contagion is the tendency to catch and feel emotions that are similar to and influenced by those of others.
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
page_cache rails plugin that caches pages as a localhost background job to give a holeless cache: http://github.com/eliotsykes/page_cache To be sure cached pages are being served, if a non-localhost request makes it through to the Rails a
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
If you use GWT integrate it nicely into your build process. Worked at a place where it was a bit klunky whenever you made a change to the GWT code and subsequently GWT has left a bad taste in my mouth but I think that's probably unfair. If
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
I've pondered the same thing and ended up going with Founder. Sometimes I'll use Developer or "Developer Founder". Tried out Creator for a bit but I thought that sounded uppity.
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Never used it but might help? collabfinder.com
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
They're threatening to sue the Daily Mail. For those outside UK, the Daily Mail is generally thought of as a joke scaremongering paper, not to be taken seriously. Unfortunately they do have a large readership who do take them seriously, so
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Anyone successfully opened a US bank account with Citibank in the UK?
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
MySpace hired this person after they built http://myspacehire.me/ I'm sure they've been other examples of people being hired (or not) after turning a cover letter into a dedicated web site for the employer they want - anyone remember any
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Nicer than usual signup form, like the way you can add a note along with your email address
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
As author suggests, okcupid could just remove the ethnicity category. Simplest solution is often the best. If you want people to know your ethnicity you can just put it in your profile I guess.
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
”We are giving up little pieces of control in exchange for safety. The interesting question is, at what point will you and I be willing to say, ’Okay. I am not going to drive the car; it is going to drive me.’ ” quote from article
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Kickstarter.com is worth a look for funding a portion of what you're doing, for example the logo design or hosting fees.
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Good luck Daniel
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Not quite the same, but reminds me of joshu's comment about wishing he hadn't sold delicious to Yahoo http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=754339
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Didn't know the name Ben Huh until now, thought this was going to be about someone that is successfully changing employer every 3 months. Anyone doing that?
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by eliot_sykes 17y ago
Article says the first Google result when you google "search engine" is 5th place. For the same search, Yahoo places itself as #1 and Google #2. Bing's takes the old school award: #1 is Dogpile, #5 is Altavista. None of the big boys from to
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Startup founders who got funding and later wished they hadn't
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