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by flipside 15y ago
I could potentially position my startup under 1, 2, & 7, but since it forces me to pick one I'm skipping it since none of those is likely to be our explicit focus. Story of my life, I've never fit nicely into one box and I'm not gonna s
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by flipside 15y ago
Flat ground marathon running is for big companies that can just throw resources at a problem. For a small company to get ahead, it needs to take some creative shortcuts. Sure, a lot of parkour is "frivolous" and "flashy", but so are most st
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by flipside 15y ago
Interesting articles, sure, but I wish you'd addressed societal and generational impact (you can skip overpopulation concerns). Sure, we age because the world changes, but in case you haven't noticed, the rate of change in the human world i
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by flipside 15y ago
For a game to be bigger than religion, it must take on a life of it's own that transcends the "lives" of the players. Chain World sounds very cool, but it's lacking one crucial element, replication. An online version sounds intriguing, but
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by flipside 15y ago
Children only come into their own after their parents have left the picture, however it is that happens. Can you imagine being a part of the younger generation when immortality is discovered or extended longevity? Would jobs ever open up, o
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by flipside 15y ago
Say what you want about human perception of randomness, but I definitely find the raindrops to be more visually appealing than pseudo or quasi random. As was said in the other comments, it seems to me that the distinguishing feature is the
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by flipside 15y ago
He's making a point since this is such a frequently overlooked issue. By raising awareness, other companies and startups are less likely to make this mistake.
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Focusing on the Social, Minus the Media (Grubwithus)(nytimes.com)
4 points by flipside 15y ago|0 comments
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by flipside 15y ago
Personally I think a hybrid tier system is the best, simplest compromise. 1. Comments with 1 point stay as they are. 2. Comments with 2-9 points are marked as moderately popular. 3. Comments with 10+ points that are marked as very popular.
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by flipside 15y ago
Love the site, I think it has a lot of potential. I'll be in touch through email.
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by flipside 15y ago
Speaking from personal experience, depression definitely forced me to face my problems and thoroughly analyze them. The focus depression generates is pretty impressive, even the things I'd distract myself with would often take on the feelin
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by flipside 15y ago
You forgot the last step, he has to raise his son to do all those things too. This closes the loop to create the "asian circle of life".
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Ask HN: Good/Bad Comment Qualities?
2 points by flipside 15y ago|1 comments
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by flipside 16y ago
I wouldn't say that, it could just be your application was so clear that they could easily extract all the information they needed. That being said, we had to answer a follow-up question since we made a lot of outlandish claims for what our
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by flipside 16y ago
Rather than "stealth mode", "low profile mode" is best for companies in a market that might attract a lot of attention. The most important thing is to balance the need for attention to fuel growth against the risk of inspiring competitors.
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by flipside 16y ago
If I had a way to improve the quality of HN but that would require a complete overhaul of the voting system, extensive testing, and slightly more work by 5%-20% of users, do you think people would go for it? My feeling is that things aren't
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by flipside 16y ago
A painful but necessary decision for twitter, I know they need to monetize their service but alienating users in a way that becomes a meme is the wrong way to go. I fully expect some version of #dickbar to be back someday once they've worke
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by flipside 16y ago
$41 million might justify the tech, but they better blow a large chunk of that on some people with a clue on how to launch a product. Just saying you'll have tens of millions of users in 3 months doesn't make it so.
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by flipside 16y ago
September, huh? Well, if we get into YC, we'll definitely have something up by then. Good to know we have some real competition. Hmm, now you got me wondering if there's another way to go about this because our strategy is pretty unique...
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by flipside 16y ago
No matter how I look at this, it doesn't strike me as anything new or special. Sure, it's sort of a useful feature, but it's also a clear admission that Facebook couldn't figure out how to leverage their user base to get good answers. Polli
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by flipside 16y ago
So here's the short version of how I got my hustle. My life used to suck in the sense that I wasn't living the life I wanted. I wasn't good at lying to myself, I knew something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what it was. After months
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by flipside 16y ago
Looking forward to it! Hoping we get a great turnout!
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by flipside 16y ago
Hustle is essential, and speaking as someone who didn't used to have any, without it, you're just relying on luck. No doubt it's better to be lucky than good, but it's even better to be good at being lucky. Hustle hard enough and you make y
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by flipside 16y ago
Unwritten rules are the most fun to break imo. They can also be the hardest because most people don't realize they are there.
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by flipside 16y ago
Awesome write-up, gonna review our application one more time to make sure we hit all those points. Thanks!
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by flipside 16y ago
I would totally be open to the possibility of selling my company someday, it's just that they would have to be just as crazy as me to take me up on my terms. Not everything revolves around $$$.
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by flipside 16y ago
Change in perspective: check, fundamentally even Insight from weak associations: check, from more sources than I can easily count Tight mental framework: getting there as fast as I can Hardware and software in the brain: check, dots have be
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by flipside 16y ago
Cofounders that have known each other longer split up all the time, mostly because their relationship was never tested in that way. We are actively working on building a relationship that can survive the startup process and if not, we're tr
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by flipside 16y ago
If the cofounders have only known each other for about 1 month, what can we do to reassure YC we'll work well together? Would evidence of some random (yet to be done) side project help? Good chemistry in the video? Anecdotal evidence that w
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by flipside 16y ago
I'm glad I read this because these concepts can also be applied for gamification to boost user engagement. I was already planning on using some game mechanics, but the ones mentioned in the article are subtly executed which should provide f

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