jakewolf

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by jakewolf 17y ago
Do you really want the backing of a manager of company that's laying off a large percentage of their employees including yourself? Talk to new people. It will be liberating.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
They're called VirginAmerica.com
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by jakewolf 17y ago
What's your risk tolerance? Do you have living expenses for enough time to find a job if the startup doesn't pan out as quickly as hoped for?
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by jakewolf 17y ago
I've used my Kindle 2 in Greece and Israel. Outside the USA, you won't have wireless service, but you can buy books on amazon and transfer via USB from your computer. Same thing goes with PDFs. Just download, convert to ebook reader format
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by jakewolf 17y ago
Forget calling her. We're going to the ITP, NYU Spring Show this afternoon.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
Yeah, keep it to I was laid off, cranked out X application while on unemployment the past two months, have just launched and want YC feedback.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
Great catch.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
I used this for financing a new landscaping company. 15% of my customers prepaid their maintenance fees for the year at a 10% discount. Purchased tools, equipment and paid lease downpayment on a truck with the money and still had some lefto
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by jakewolf 17y ago
"Yes, when you think of the actual pigs that have been slaughtered in a hysteria-prompted move in Israel (no one has yet contracted the illness there), then this seems ... totally insensitive." Wasn't it Egypt that ordered the slaugher of 3
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by jakewolf 17y ago
That's awesome! I used to launch model rockets in the early 90's at a De Anza College parking lot.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
I've never used OpenID so it's a turnoff that I can't see more. Also not likely to read long web pages on my kindle. I'd love to have a conversion service where I could paste a URL for a pdf, have it converted and emailed to my kindle. I'd
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Cablevision to offer 100mbs download 15 upload for $99. Are you buying?(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by jakewolf 17y ago|0 comments
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by jakewolf 17y ago
I use weather.gov for forecasts. What would be great is to have alerts if weather falls below or above temp thresholds,forecast for rains increases or other changes which would affect my plans for the day or week.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
I'm pretty sure everyone's already heard enough. I only care if I'm forced to stay inside. Otherwise, it's business as usual.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575487
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by jakewolf 17y ago
Start them off with a hideous default avatar and intro post. Cheney pic and you fill in the rest. Look at a default wordpress install. You have to take immediate action to not publicly look like you're lazy.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
My mom has a phd and does HITs for fun.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
I've converted a number of pdfs and send them to my kindle by email or usb. not hard at all.
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by jakewolf 17y ago
localhost
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by jakewolf 18y ago
Lesson: Charge your users enough to pay affiliates big money and you'll have an unlimited salesforce.
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by jakewolf 18y ago
"Getting to Yes" http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With...
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Tell HN: Get Satisfaction with MailABrick.com(mailabrick.com)
2 points by jakewolf 18y ago|0 comments
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by jakewolf 18y ago
I know people who loan money off of credit card receivables. Terms are usually for 6 months and at a very steep interest rate. What's a future invoice? You're better off getting cash redoing their website.
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Live Dance Performance and Fictional Twitter Mashup(arrowrootmedia.com)
1 points by jakewolf 18y ago|0 comments
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by jakewolf 18y ago
Do entrepreneurs need more pats on the back for success?
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Topps Sports Cards Go 3D With a Webcam(nytimes.com)
4 points by jakewolf 18y ago|1 comments
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by jakewolf 18y ago
I just got one and am the biggest evangelist of it to my friends. Also have spent over 100 in the last week of it.
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by jakewolf 18y ago
Is there a way any techcrunch article can be automatically forwarded to the website under review so we can talk about our take on the site instead of the author's?
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by jakewolf 18y ago
Something I've been thinking about doing for publishers. http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2008/12/the-editor-dill.html
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by jakewolf 18y ago
Still the basic test uses up some good bandwidth. What about the impact on shared hosts who sometimes severely limit the number of connections?

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