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by ian0 8y ago
Im afraid I have to agree with the negative comments, chances are its going to be a complete disaster. But I ignored similar advice once and had a great time! :D My suggestions (SEA exp): - Brief your CEO on how she should introduce you. Sh
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Thats what advisors are for...
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by ian0 8y ago
Marketing and sales can be learned. Seriously. As long as you are able to validate that people have this problem and solve it in a way that makes sense the rest can be googled. If it kicks off, you can hire people with expertise to help.
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by ian0 8y ago
Exactly. The cost of maintaining a complex distributed architecture cant be understated. Its frequently viewed in terms of technical tradeoffs but the real killer is the legion of smart people in devops and systems architecture you'll
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by ian0 8y ago
I started reading this year after a gap of perhaps 10. Sci-fi. Couldn't be happier. Strong recommendations: - Anathem, Neal Stephenson (already on my second read) - Accelerando, Charles Stross - Glasshouse, Charles Stross
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by ian0 8y ago
> But unlike the Maya, the Teotihuacanos had no form of writing So I spotted this and wondered how such a complex society gets by without writing. But it according to this[1] at least it seems they did have some form of writing through h
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VCs are an entire industry dedicated to betting on early stage startups and get it wrong a majority of the time. Seasoned veterans in specific industries are often blindsided by startups they write off initially. So yes, its luck. I think m
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by ian0 8y ago
Not sure if this is what you are after, but we run the following process for user facing features & apps: 1. Product Owner creates mockups of desired flow/functionality in Balsamiq. Including acceptance criteria for QA. 2. Architec
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by ian0 8y ago
As kids we embarked on a quest across a (small) country, to my cousins house, to collect a copy of Doom 2. We were so excited we took turns holding the floppy discs on the bus home. When we finally got there and installed it, it ran at abou
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Im now a founder having previously worked in a startup as an early employee and in a senior role as it expanded. As with many people here I had little faith in options. And now having more visibility as to how share structures evolve this h
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So I live in Jakarta and bike at the weekends. Theres this little stall that sells coconut water close to my house and I stop there on the way home. They source and deliver the best coconuts they can find in the early morning, and spend the
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by ian0 8y ago
They overthrew the medium not the ad agencies. Its just those agencies that didn't adopt the new medium struggled. Most large companies I have worked with still use an agency to manage ad spend for a cut. And though the pitching has an
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Absurdism for the truly existential stuff. For the more practical matters understand that a bunch of people before you shaped how you live - and you will do the same to others. Whether thats negatively or positively, because you were active
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A interesting one Ive come across recently are technical founders that run a solutions company where a retired exec of a large company in a particular industry is an advisor/investor and assisting with leads. Screams of corruption but
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For the purposes of location tracking I think thats acceptable :)
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Generally you wouldn't need any type of messaging to the handset for this. As the phone periodically reports the signal strengths of surrounding cells for the purposes of handover just taking a glimpse of this is enough to triangulate
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by ian0 8y ago
In practice you don't need SMS for this. Back in the day they would use lower level routing commands (eg SRI lookup) to find the VLR and then cell towers codes of the phone. Most of the time after a few pings you can get 2 or more cell
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by ian0 8y ago
For anyone interested, George Orwell's account of his experiences during the civil war, "Homage to Catalonia" is a good english language read on the subject. Not an expert, but it seems pretty impartial. And its Orwell so its
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by ian0 8y ago
Yeah there is of course. Your right we could do a better job of explaining the exact features, ill see if we can get some screenshots or maybe a demo added. In a nutshell the admin allows you to customise the widget, manage the content for
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We made this quite awhile ago. Then, just a week ago we had an actual, real customer sign-up. So Im posting here to see what you guys think and whether its worth us paying more attention to it. We made it because: - Users always ask the sam
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Show HN: A tiny, cheap help widget for dumb questions(whatthefaq.io)
6 points by ian0 8y ago|6 comments
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For those interested, Julio Cortazar gave an "in depth" account of Axolotl in a short story: http://southerncrossreview.org/73/axolotl.html Set in an aquarium :(
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by ian0 9y ago
Obviously it varies but personally the major reason I tend towards working outside organisations is the "quality" of my endeavour. Within an established organisation, even great ones, getting things done involves often involves in
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by ian0 9y ago
Thanks bausshf ill take a look!
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Ask HN: Platform/Framework for a small, secure Site?
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- Talk to people, the more senior the better. Approaching someone without a product can be difficult, however if you can identify a broad goal, eg digitising a process, a new way to do x, its a start. Use it to approach executives to ask fo
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Jakarta, Indonesia
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Ive been thinking about this problem for sooooo long. Even with all the SAAS/PAAS out there a significant amount of time is dedicated to really basic glue & CRUD code for a majority of developers. And its a shame! Not just for the
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by ian0 9y ago
I may be naive but I think this is a tech problem. The vast majority of us share a common set of ethical norms. We are also relatively savvy. If we know someone has acted against our interests before we wont be keen on working with them a
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For basic use cases I like mixpanel. You need to be a bit careful about how you structure your events to get the most out of the reporting it provides - but its very flexible when you do. The triggered messaging is great too if your into au

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