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by jdunck 15y ago
If you oppose PROTECT-IP, consider signing this letter against it: https://www.votizen.com/m/gvoa12/ (Disclosure: I work for Votizen.) If you sign the letter as a verified voter, the letter and your signature will be delivered to your rep
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by jdunck 15y ago
Sounds like a business opportunity. Oh, wait, that's what Echo Nest is doing. :)
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by jdunck 15y ago
This is actually the same issue ISBN faces - it does not refer to a work, but a specific printing, binding, etc. It is the reason xISBN exists. http://www.worldcat.org/affiliate/webservices/xisbn/app.jsp Ideally an ID cross-reference woul
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by jdunck 15y ago
'just on how to present data the "right" way' If you're involved with data and humans, I can think of few things more professional than spending the time to understand how they come together. It's highly ironic that you're arguing for TL;DR
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by jdunck 15y ago
"It is the result of completely depending on a technical cofounder. Never, ever do that." So hang on a sec. You guys were both doing tech-driven products, agree that you needed a solid person to deliver, and the lesson you draw is "don't d
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by jdunck 15y ago
I think you should check out PyPy. It has a JIT which significantly improves performance for many use cases.
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by jdunck 15y ago
And what happens when the AZ goes down? Don't you lose data then? Or do you mean multiple machines across AZ/region?
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by jdunck 15y ago
You're not factoring load balancer, redundant slave, etc.
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by jdunck 15y ago
That's 14%. What % of applicants were single founders? I know you have a predisposition against singles, but that's actually higher than I would have expected.
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by jdunck 15y ago
P2P live video.
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by jdunck 15y ago
In my opinion, the decision whether to use Rails vs. Django should largely be based on which language you know/prefer and which culture you know/prefer. In terms of capabilities, the distance between them is tiny. Austin Python Web meetup:
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by jdunck 15y ago
See also, thredup.com
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window.console.log.apply(window.console, arguments)
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by jdunck 15y ago
Some of this might have been better expressed in the evaluations.
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http://www.amazon.com/PHP-Good-Parts-Delivering-Best/product... ...Probably the right move.
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by jdunck 15y ago
There is a large distinction here - the provider (in the video, BrowserID.org) would have to be compromised, as only they have your credentials. This is quite a bit different and more secure than using the same credentials with many differ
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by jdunck 15y ago
It actually is decentralized, in the sense that anyone can implement a BrowserID provider.
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by jdunck 15y ago
Stonebraker has a new DB (VoltDB), so his claims and criticisms should be read in that light.
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by jdunck 15y ago
Consider reading these: http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-BODY-Saying-Speed-Reading/d... http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Book-Body-Language/dp/05538...
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by jdunck 15y ago
FB 2003 -> 2011: 500M
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by jdunck 15y ago
Read this: http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/6949/forming-a-new-s...
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by jdunck 15y ago
One rule of thumb I read here ( http://www.forentrepreneurs.com/startup-killer/ ) is that CAC should be recoverable within 12 months of use, regardless of LTV. Do you think that's appropriate, or it needs to be even faster? I get the poin
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by jdunck 15y ago
I think attractive profits will attract. Perhaps more slowly than it should, but.. I suspect there's more movement here than is obvious. :)
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by jdunck 15y ago
" Too many unknowns to calculate a risk premium - a burned out clutch might cost me $1000 to replace. What about the time the car is out of action? I could pull out my spreadsheet and begin to work some figures using pivot table, but this i
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by jdunck 15y ago
Thanks for contributing here, Jacob. As you know, I'm a fan, and it's great to see some debate here. I'm not paying much attention to HN these days due to time constraints.
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by jdunck 15y ago
Sorry, one more -- I think rates before national deployment were artificially low due to extreme early-adopters -- probably ideologically sympathetic. $100/mo is absurdly low, I think, given a rate. Rental agencies charge, at minimum, $30
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by jdunck 15y ago
Owners will charge what they are comfortable to cover all these prospective costs. It is a market. The main benefit from a borrower's point of view is that Getaround is both cheaper and more convenient than conventional rental. In fact, a
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by jdunck 15y ago
Which app?
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by jdunck 16y ago
I agree with this, too. I wish them well, but am voting with my feet.
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by jdunck 16y ago
I applied and didn't get an interview. And I agree that a filter of some sort is needed for YCReject to be meaningful. I'll persist in my efforts, but that doesn't imply I will be successful. More to the point, though, I think much of the

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