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Show / Ask HN: Hacker News Linx(tweetlinx.com)
4 points by garply 17y ago|1 comments
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by garply 17y ago
A couple days ago Fred Wilson suggested someone aggregate a user's twitter links, so I actually started indexing and analyzing twitter links to provide a constant stream of link previews (unfortunately, no search atm). Check it out: http:/
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by garply 17y ago
fravia's writings were a big part of my motivation to learn how computers work when I was just a fledgling programmer. So long and thanks for all the info!
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by garply 18y ago
I would argue that the "optimal" way depends on how much funding you have.
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by garply 18y ago
wright brothers 2.0
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by garply 18y ago
I second that notion. You'll love working with these guys. Also, Mark makes some killer sushi - you can probably convince him to bribe you with some.
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by garply 18y ago
I enjoyed the conversation. I'm a bit surprised that the community got so fired up about it. I haven't been around on the site for all that long, so I'm a bit curious to know if there are other topics that are so divisive to the group.
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by garply 18y ago
I agree with his assessment. Sometimes ugly terrible hacks are the best solution given the external constraints (time, 3rd party code beyond your control, whatever). And if you have an ugly terrible hack, you should definitely comment it.
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by garply 18y ago
I really enjoyed this related post: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/04/13/stoicism-101...
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by garply 18y ago
Yes. Maybe you could add a poll to this thread?
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by garply 18y ago
I'm opening a gourmet dessert store this summer. Last week a Harvard MBA student asked me if she could do a free summer internship for me so that she can have something to put on her resume. I'm still really surprised about it - is the mar
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by garply 18y ago
I think url-shortening is just a really bad idea in general. Certainly giving normal people the ability to track who clicks on their links is a good idea, but you don't need to obfuscate the url to do that. You could create a nice tracking
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by garply 18y ago
What company?
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by garply 18y ago
I've noticed that the laws of supply and demand seem to apply to tax rates as well. NY and CA, for example, are booming business hubs and have very high taxes. Presumably, the government thinks that there is high demand for living and wor
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by garply 18y ago
I sort of think of Google as a channel changer for the TV. When I need to go from one place to another, I use the remote, but the bulk of my time is not spent changing channels - it's spent consuming the media that I'm interested in.
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by garply 18y ago
That's a very interesting way to look at the problem - algorithms like mine and Techmeme's do indeed digest the full article whereas HN does not. I had thought the primary issue would be whether or not the site provided a summary / thumbnai
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by garply 18y ago
I'm actually very near to launching an automated news aggregator and I'm wondering if this is going to affect me. My suspicion is that sites like Techmeme / HN or smaller will probably be left alone. What do you guys think?
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by garply 18y ago
I got a CS degree from Stanford and looking back I have to say I really regret going to college. If you're interested in building your own business, that time and money is a hell of a lot of opportunity cost. So my advice to you is: Screw c
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by garply 18y ago
Does framing annoy anyone else? I never use these bars, they're just like popups that I have to squash before I read the actual site.
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by garply 18y ago
I almost ended up using Comcast's "Comcast Cares" Twitter account the other day due to a billing mistake. http://twitter.com/comcastcares?sess=7fd22e18b74852a62dc6659... As annoyed as I am with my frequent service outages and the billing
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by garply 18y ago
I hadn't thought about that angle - I'm sure Youku and Tudou, the native competitors, are getting huge traffic surges right now.
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by garply 18y ago
Does anyone know if the ban is nation-wide? I was under the impression that bans are often province-specific.
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by garply 18y ago
I laughed out loud when I read this: "In 2006, a federal jury indicted Jacob (Kobi) Alexander, an Israeli-American business wunderkind, on charges of wire and securities fraud. Mr. Alexander and his family flew to Namibia, which has no extr
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by garply 18y ago
I've noticed that Seth Godin seems to think everything boils down to marketing. Sometimes it feels like a bit of a stretch.
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by garply 18y ago
I often think a startup should act like it's waging a guerrilla war - move faster than your opponent, do things your opponent is unwilling or unable to do, be hard to kill, win the grass-roots support of the people.
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by garply 18y ago
Who was the founder? Maybe I just don't understand the industry, but I always figured starting a biotech company was only really an option for the well-connected and well-funded. It seems really expensive.
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by garply 18y ago
I'm 24 and I've never owned a TV nor do I ever plan to. There's very little on TV that I want that I can't get in a much more convenient way (according to my own schedule, for example) online. A lot of my friends are the same way. I'm not
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by garply 18y ago
Regarding competition, I'd expect less from established players in the market, but as unemployment rises, shouldn't the number of startups go up as well?
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by garply 18y ago
I don't think you should really let the state of the economy affect you that much one way or the other. As the owner of a fledgling company, you'll have a lot of flexibility to adapt to the market as needed. The people who are in trouble
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by garply 18y ago
I found the bit about the US prison population growth rate interesting. The author points to a Reuters article that pegs prison population growth rate at about 4% ( http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN07275062200710... ), and, acc

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