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by iuguy 18y ago
Are you talking about Arrington or someone else?
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by iuguy 18y ago
I've spent a couple of days playing Spore, and whilst elements of it are great, there's some really dull moments. I think it's very 'Sims-y' and I've found the control mechanism massively irritating. Having said that my race has just starte
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by iuguy 18y ago
The first half of the last century was defined by physics, the latter by chemistry. The first part of this century appears to see technological advances at simlar rates on the biological scale. We're still making headway in physics and chem
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by iuguy 18y ago
That's an interesting approach, similar to the soft/hollywood launch discussion earlier (sorry can't find the link). Have you got any examples of startups that have launched successfully in this manner?
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by iuguy 18y ago
Interesting thoughts about the PHP comments store. Perhaps some sort of comment service integration would keep things lightweight?
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Ask HN: Launching a new site next week, what do you suggest to promote it?
1 points by iuguy 18y ago|4 comments
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by iuguy 18y ago
I find that whatever environment you're most comfortable with is the best way to go. I find that XP/Ubuntu are more comfortable for me than other environments. I can use a Mac, but I find myself working against it (probably due to experienc
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by iuguy 18y ago
Brilliant!
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by iuguy 18y ago
We're launching a slinkset site next week, thought I'd post to HN and ask people the important question: amidoinitrite? We looked at just putting it out but thought we'd try and build up a community first through a beta programme. We've had
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by iuguy 18y ago
Yes. Don't neglect Symbian, Windows Mobile or Blackberry though.
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by iuguy 18y ago
Don't see a reason to switch from FF and IE. For lightweight browsing, K-Meleon or Epiphany do the job fine. For lighterweight browsing, Dillo, lynx, w3m. I don't see the problem Chrome is trying to solve.
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by iuguy 18y ago
TFA makes the staggering assumption that Chrome is in any way, shape or form a success. That's quite a jump to make.
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by iuguy 18y ago
You're absolutely correct. However what is different is that the upside of the boom (above what it should be) is so high that the correction is at least almost as big a downside. There are two ways that the market correction can occur, a sh
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by iuguy 18y ago
I'm glad someone out there is making a point about the emasculation of men at the expense of wimmin's lib, even if it's not in the most articulately expressed manner.
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by iuguy 18y ago
I get the impression that Seth Godin is a really smart guy. I've got a few of his books and I have to say that he makes some great points. I also think, like most (or all as he said in one book) marketers he is a liar (I mean that in the se
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by iuguy 18y ago
I've probably put on about 60 pounds since starting up years ago. The ridiculous hours take it out of you and mean that you don't get to do the things you want to do. I was very successful with the hacker diet years back, but even now I don
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by iuguy 18y ago
I kinda see the point, especially as someone who's used RoR quite heavily and is currently developing code with Django. It's ultimately a tradeoff between rapid and optimised development. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. The pr
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by iuguy 18y ago
The problem I find with illustrations of that size and in that position on the page is that I have to scroll down before I get to anything meaningful. By the time I've reached any content the website has already frustrated me as a browser.
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by iuguy 18y ago
You have to turn on the charm, find out what the guys fears or objections are and remove/counter them. Emphasise the positives. DONT offer equity to someone who isn't brave enough to take the risks. I've told prospective hires (and current
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by iuguy 18y ago
Hmmm... I wouldn't say I'm rich, but my accountant is creative when it comes to tax, and rightly so. I completely agree on the handbags thing, Ferraris are a different matter - if you have a means of moving that cost from being a taxable de
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by iuguy 18y ago
In theory, yes. Having said that, leverage can be achieved through means beyond shareholdings and it's worth remembering that if you're heavily dependent on your VC for assistance.
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by iuguy 18y ago
Wierd, I thought war dialing (at least by hand) came about around the time of the Strowger Switch? I read somewhere (sorry, no link) that as telephones became popular people would ring numbers sequentially to see who was at the other end.
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by iuguy 18y ago
Some very good points are made in this article. What thoughts do the YC crowd have on web applications for the elderly?
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by iuguy 18y ago
Good advice.
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by iuguy 18y ago
I think no1 was taken care of by justhackit.com. I'm interested in no2 but don't really have that much time at the mo.
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Defeating pre-boot password protection by subverting the keyboard buffer(ivizsecurity.com)
1 points by iuguy 18y ago|0 comments