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Crowdtilt launches recurring billing for open source Crowdhoster(blog.crowdtilt.com)
61 points by garry 13y ago|3 comments
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Heap (YC W13) Raises $2M for Their “Capture Everything” Analytics Tool(techcrunch.com)
25 points by garry 13y ago|0 comments
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by garry 13y ago
People spend $10B on taxis per year in the United States alone. Smartphone adoption is going to reach 100%. I think if you put those two together, you really can't pigeonhole this type of service as "just another Silicon Valley ap
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Toutpost (YC S13) Wants To Turn Online Debates Into Shopping Advice(techcrunch.com)
55 points by garry 13y ago|14 comments
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by garry 13y ago
I've tried the newest formulation and it is actually a light milk chocolate color.
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by garry 13y ago
I didn't submit this particular item, nor did I upvote it. I wrote it on my personal blog because I thought it was interesting. Also that sort of title is editorializing, and that's not encouraged.
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by garry 13y ago
I think there is probably still a little bit to be said for curation in this world. The original article was quite long (and a great read and I recommend it) and there were nuggets in it I found interesting. I actually did try to submit the
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by garry 13y ago
I've updated the post to reflect this.
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by garry 13y ago
You're new here, so I thought I'd let you know: Hacker News is about actual conversation and debate, and not a contest on who can be most negative or contrary. There's not enough to be learned from that, and we might as well
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by garry 13y ago
Fair point! Did not mean to imply that; I love and support the Soylent team too!
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Soylent raises $750k on Crowdhoster – what’s next for open source crowdfunding?(blog.crowdtilt.com)
106 points by garry 13y ago|35 comments
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by garry 13y ago
That last point would be incredibly salient it if it weren't for the fact that East Germany had no claim to legitimacy via the will of the people or a Constitution that guaranteed life, liberty and and the pursuit of happiness. It had
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by garry 13y ago
It seems that I should give commenters more credit. =) It's often that I read comments (some other ones even in this story) that I literally cannot believe people are willing to post. Sorry about that.
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by garry 13y ago
Instacart's inventory is not shoplifted and not "...used." I am always surprised at how willing people are to make false allegations that have no basis in fact or observation. What can be gained from such a thing?
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by garry 13y ago
This is the first time I've heard Palantir being called paramilitary thugs. Are there specific claims that would substantiate that? (I was an early employee.)
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by garry 13y ago
I can personally confirm Palantir Prism is not NSA's Prism. I helped build that team and write that software in 2006. It was Palantir Finance, and it was built for use at hedge funds and financial houses as a quant analysis platform fo
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by garry 13y ago
Find Friends is probably one of the least usable location services out there -- it is so slow to find a location so as to be unusable. Latitude is so complicated to get set up that I find that unusable as well. Twist, on the other hand, is
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by garry 13y ago
That would be awesome if it became an inside joke!
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by garry 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I'll look into this. I'd been wondering about that myself.
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by garry 13y ago
Some of my favorite resources: http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/032134... http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses Also make wireframes before you code, when something is complicated -- or when you're starting out,
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by garry 13y ago
There are two things at play here. One is that not everyone is cut out to be a multi-specialist or a startup founder. Another is that there are lots of people who are, but they don't think they are capable of it. The only way you can find o
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by garry 13y ago
Most people would regard riding a horse as a pleasant thing to do in leisure time, but most today would also balk at the idea of having to care, feed, and maintain a horse to get to work every single day. I realize this is anathema (I love
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Posthaven launches fast, beautiful image galleries(blog.posthaven.com)
1 points by garry 13y ago|0 comments
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by garry 13y ago
I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis, and I wish the best for your ongoing treatment. I agree with you -- if there is a medical condition that can be treated, then it makes sense to pursue that. I read a passage in a book earlier today th
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by garry 13y ago
It's not far fetched to claim this. I'll admit it's unclear whether Posterous would have launched the way it did, or had any reaction similar to it, if we had not been through the YC program. The homepage wouldn't have looked the same (PG h
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by garry 13y ago
Having been an alum before, I feel confident in saying, as hooande mentions in another thread, that the program itself is unlike getting invested in by any other investor. If you get funded by other angels or VC's, you have little real rela
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by garry 13y ago
Note that the amount raised is typically meant for a small team of people to work on things for a few months. Most YC companies go on to raise several hundred thousand dollars from angel investors and VC's at the end of the three months --
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by garry 13y ago
s/is/was/
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by garry 14y ago
FWIW I've been a huge fan of indie developer Wadjet Eye Games, who have continued to make old-school adventure games in the modern era (all available on Steam). http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/
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by garry 14y ago
Hey yeah email us garry@posthaven.com -- it's not per blog though, it's per account (10 blogs per account at $5/mo) -- sorry for the confusion. The other thing we were thinking of doing is having "contributor" accounts per blog -- so each b

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