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by ether 15y ago
First, NO. Amazon is arguably the MOST innovative company of our time. Second, Kindle is a product, and RIM is a company. You're comparing two different things not comparable. Third, I think Amazon's rationale in not innovating the hardware
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by ether 15y ago
If you read the post, he mentions examples where people buy someone else who can't afford coffee. That was what he encouraged from the initial post as well. Also I've seen many of my friends actually do something like that.
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by ether 15y ago
So what happens if you steal from a charity and donate it to another charity? Is this cool? Hey it's all for good purpose :)
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by ether 15y ago
I think this service has good potential - cleverly bypasses legal issues and focuses on aggregation, which is unique. Well done!
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by ether 15y ago
I actually love how the word Joint has different meanings to different people. In San Francisco when people hear Joint....
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by ether 15y ago
Thanks! it's cool to talk synchronously (in the messenger) and asynchronously (on hackernews) with you at the same time. I really appreciate your feedback :)
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by ether 15y ago
We spent quite a lot of time working on Adobe Air's CPU issue. I think many crappy air based apps out there are like that and give the impression that Adobe Air always uses up CPU power, but we've been testing and optimizing this with sever
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by ether 15y ago
Joint is an Instant Messenger platform built on top of your existing Twitter social graph. * Here are some highlights: 1. Instantly IM with anyone on Twitter. 2. Private group chat with friends on Twitter. 3. Meet friends of friends throu
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ASK HN: Review my startup Joint. Group chat + IM over your Twitter network.(joint.im)
34 points by ether 15y ago|15 comments
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by ether 15y ago
Color makes all the difference.
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White iPhone(mobilized.allthingsd.com)
3 points by ether 15y ago|1 comments
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by ether 15y ago
You do know that this leads to angel.co and not your landing page, right?
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by ether 16y ago
High concept pitch and tagline are meant to serve different audiences. You could say "we're building airbnb of food" to investors, but that doesn't mean your main page should say "We're building airbnb of food". First of all I have no idea
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by ether 16y ago
Aren't they ultimately all built on top of Windows and Mac? (Which are proprietary technologies)
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by ether 16y ago
I'm using this with @HNFirehose ( www.twitter.com/HNfirehose ) added and it's working great. What do you guys think about using Lazyscope for subscribing to Hackernews articles?
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by ether 16y ago
But aren't all desktop applications built on proprietary technologies? I am curious.
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by ether 16y ago
Could you elaborate on what you mean by proprietary?
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Rate my startup: Lazyscope, X-ray vision for your Twitter.(lazyscope.com)
3 points by ether 16y ago|0 comments
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by ether 16y ago
SOMA is either very expensive or very sketchy. Mission is a better place to live IMO. Look up Craigslist and get a sublet. Get a friend who's pretty active in the startup scene and friend that person. You will discover all kinds of interest
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by ether 16y ago
Well, the page does start with a link to "computer science":)
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The Grazr widget will stop functioning(mikepk.com)
2 points by ether 16y ago|1 comments
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by ether 16y ago
Wow this is pretty cool. Didn't realize that.
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Ask HN: What tools do you use to communicate with your early adopter community?
3 points by ether 16y ago|1 comments
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by ether 16y ago
Yeah that's what came up to my mind at first. But it feels a little different. When you talk to Eliza, you know it's fake, but based on the video, the more you talk to this robot, the more you start to feel like you are talking to a human..
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by ether 16y ago
The robot's algorithm is based on a real live human being.
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Actual Pinocchio Tale in the Making? - Interview with a robot (NYTimes)(clementco.com)
1 points by ether 16y ago|3 comments
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by ether 16y ago
Do they have to work together? Or is the concept closer to just living and hanging out with like-minded people? I would love to live with friends who inspire me, but I already have my own work, so I don't know if I qualify.
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by ether 16y ago
There's a HeyZap fundraise party next week where many people from Ycombinator seems to be attending.
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Apple May Introduce a New Design Concept for the MacBook Air(patentlyapple.com)
2 points by ether 16y ago|0 comments
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Newmarks ipad DJ Docking Station(randomimpulses.wordpress.com)
1 points by ether 16y ago|0 comments

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