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by fleaflicker 15y ago
Any ideas for speeding up birthdate entry? Lots of sites need it to comply with COPPA.
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by fleaflicker 15y ago
The truth is, it hasn't been worth it at all... yet. What about being your own boss? What about learning & producing at 10 times the rate you would at a desk job? Also, I think you'll find there are plenty of "Nobodys" with past succe
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by fleaflicker 15y ago
Did you reapply? Is yc taking another cut (ownership stake)?
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by fleaflicker 15y ago
Could reddit pull this off? Their "reddit this" buttons are already everywhere.
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by fleaflicker 15y ago
Markets are defined by greed and fear. We are in the greed mode right now. Great line.
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When There's No Such Thing as Too Much Information (nytimes.com)
17 points by fleaflicker 15y ago|0 comments
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by fleaflicker 15y ago
Doesn't just apply to huge companies--startups need a wartime mentality.
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
That's a deceptive title. The real point is more important (but less sensational): Reality is what matters. When glibc changed memcpy, it created problems. Saying "not my problem" is irresponsible when it hurts users.
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
The API might make HNers cringe but quartz is a tried and tested scheduler that we've used in production for six years without any issues. Relaible software that you don't have to maintain is really valuable.
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
A lot of these are a function of management changes. One regime excitedly acquires a startup. Shortly after, the large company's CEO is canned. The new CEO cleans house and brings in a new management team with a different vision. Startup's
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
Keep going, nothing has changed. A startup beat you to the punch, not a multinational behemoth (e.g., Google obsoleting Kiko). You both have zero revenue and face the same challenges. A million things could still go wrong for both of you. T
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
In NYC, getting a taxi during rain, rush our, new year's eve, or outside Manhattan is still very difficult. I'd use it.
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
I asked how to roll back the changes. He said "we don't roll back, we fix the code." Not the best idea. I don't debug as well under the extreme pressure of my site being broken with the clock ticking.
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
It hasn't been done well. The one company that has been dong this is myregistry.com. If you've ever used that service you know it's just begging for a better-designed competitor. I was really going to implement this when I got married a few
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
My favorite Joel essay: "Things You Should Never Do, Part I" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html This discussion comes up a lot. People make strong arguments for both approaches. If you have an established product/bu
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
cool idea, was going to implement something similar when i got married a few months ago but i couldn't think of an elegant way to confirm when a gift was actually purchased. you pop up a window and ask the user if s/he bought the gift. not
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
When asked if they could have turned ConnectU into a site with hundreds of millions of users, like Mr. Zuckerberg did with Facebook, the twins replied in unison, “Absolutely.”
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Making the Decision to Replace Yourself(nytimes.com)
1 points by fleaflicker 16y ago|0 comments
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
I struggled with this too. Just be honest--don't hide anything and don't pretend to be something you're not. If you sell they'll find out anyway. Negotiating is all about the ability to walk away. Focus on your product. If a sale doesn't ha
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
Answered here, he says "around half": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1976417
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
In a dozen companies we've funded, the founders still had a majority of the board seats after the series A round. Out of how many series As total?
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Analyzing Literature by Words and Numbers(nytimes.com)
4 points by fleaflicker 16y ago|1 comments
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
Prefactoring By Ken Pugh http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596008741
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
He hasn't waited long enough to conclude this. I don't need a WP host now but when I do I'll think of his site and try it.
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How round numbers influence goals(nytimes.com)
1 points by fleaflicker 16y ago|0 comments
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
They were all recently changed to @teamaol.com from @corp.aol.com
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
Lots of sports fans follows their local teams and say "if I were the GM I would..." Fantasy sports let them try.
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
I frequently quote the way Joel phrased this: If you've spent more than 20 minutes of your life writing code, you've probably discovered a good rule of thumb by now: nothing is as simple as it seems. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/article
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by fleaflicker 16y ago
A bit long-winded but has some great lines: Being clutch is the ability to do what you can do under normal conditions under extreme pressure. He was wrestling with something that inhibited clear thinking much more — and causes people acr
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The Art of Thinking Clearly Under Great Pressure(nytimes.com)
3 points by fleaflicker 16y ago|1 comments

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