fleaflicker

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   by fleaflicker 19y ago

   My favorite programming assignment in school was a Scheme implementation of the "stable marriage algorithm". "Let's assume, for the sake of an argument, that you are a village matchmaker given the task of marrying 100 men and 100 women. Eac
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   The Algorithms of Love(nytimes.com)

   21 points by fleaflicker 19y ago|18 comments
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   by fleaflicker 19y ago

   Depends on the site. Google AdWords is a good place to start. If there are small niche sites that your customers may visit, buy banner ads and post on their forums (but obviously don't spam).
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   by fleaflicker 19y ago

   It varies. From "why not to start a startup": "If you start a startup that succeeds, it's going to consume at least three or four years. (If it fails, you'll be done a lot quicker.)" I'd say that's accurate. If you're not going to make it y
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   by fleaflicker 19y ago

   The second one is not accurate. mysqldump has many options and locking the tables is optional.
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   by fleaflicker 19y ago

   sounds safe
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   by fleaflicker 19y ago

   every free webapp has inactive/fake accounts. do you think myspace has 100M+ active users? i have a friendster account that's been collecting dust since 2003.
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   by fleaflicker 19y ago

   nobody knows, it was never reported. if somebody told you they know, they don't.
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   by fleaflicker 19y ago

   he must be desperate to hire new people--he's been posting essays at a blistering rate. i can't blame him though--joelonsoftware is a great recruiting tool.
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    "If you told me you were going to write me a check for $10 million, I'd say, 'Forget it'"

    4 points by fleaflicker 19y ago|11 comments
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    An Applet is not the programming equivalent of a phonograph. I haven't been able to get an invite so I don't know how draftmix works. But using an applet for the live draft client gives me a huge advantage--I can use the same exact code on
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    it's working now, wasn't earlier
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    is the request invite feature broken?
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    i can think of a few websites that could realistically be acquired for $1M-20M in today's environment. it's a crazy time.
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    don't--you can't do a startup on the side, it won't work. you have a finite amount of (creative) energy. it's all or nothing.
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    Re: first offer: Ask pg.news.yc: How do acquisition prices get settled? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45337
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    here's one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    tried to read this all day but it's been down...google cache version: http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:http://www.post-gazette....
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    http://www.fleaflicker.com/ is 100% java. I started developing it in '05 before Rails was huge. Using Java has actually been a huge advantage: There are hundreds of high quality open source libraries. GWT allows me to leverage existin
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    by fleaflicker 19y ago

    talk about sycophancy