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by jhdavids8 15y ago
I contemplated websolr recently but went with IndexTank simply due to the free storage they provided. It's nice to test out the service in dev mode to see if it's a good fit before committing to paying for it. Any chance Websolr offers an o
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
My bad. I'm new to the east coast (been here a little over a year) and PG said something like this was YC's first NYC event at YCNYC, so I reached an incorrect conclusion. Should have said something like this was their first time back in aw
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
I largely agree...it can be good for users but can also scale back the innovation in that market due to Google's reach. A brand like Google can get to so many more users than a startup can. I'm amazed quite often by the number of people who
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
"Google 'should stand for a beauty, technological purity of innovation and things that are important to people,' he said. It should also be a trusted brand, he said." I love this statement, I just hope Google means it. I have a feeling Page
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Seems like the OP's post stems from just being over-critical (seems like he really wanted to find issues with the event), as well as expecting a bit too much from the event...almost too much to really live up to. While nothing presented was
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Nope. I'm here now. Alex Polvi is taking Q&A now
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Why do we hate Facebook so much?(marketingpilgrim.com)
1 points by jhdavids8 15y ago|0 comments
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The 5 worst tech CEOs(readwriteweb.com)
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Agreed. I went to a state college not at all respected for software engineering graduates and Google got ahold of me this summer asking if I had interest working for them (I declined). Google could (largely) care less what school you went t
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Ha, I can take the criticism just fine man. I can also defend my writing, which is all I'm doing. And no, I definitely don't think my post was top-quality writing or analysis. It was my second blog post, so I'm far from those labels. Howeve
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Jesus dude, do you work for Yelp? So damn angry over an article that mostly states the breakdown of Yelp's filtered reviews. Notice I said "I wouldn't be shocked" twice, not "I know for a fact that". I not once said that was the way it was,
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Unsubstantiated complaints? I simply wrote what I saw, besides a few opinions here and there. And I know a lot of people do indeed dislike Yelp, but like some other sites with huge user bases, there's little other options to turn to, so you
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
The first word wasn't the difficult one, it was the last word (it's even tougher to decipher when zoomed in for normal view. Zoomed out, it appears more like 'Law'). I agree though, I know the service probably isn't tied to Yelp, I just fo
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An exploration of Yelp's own filtered reviews(jamiehdavidson.blogspot.com)
86 points by jhdavids8 15y ago|59 comments
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Anyone find it weird that Yelp makes you pass a reCaptcha when trying to look at filtered reviews? Clearly you can look at unfiltered reviews without this. It's almost like Yelp is yelling "Don't look at these reviews....please!"
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
I completely realize that. My point was to show how easy it was to make that critique with such an over-simplification, which was chetan's point as well.
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
And your argument starts off with some random assumption that "games have the best UI". You can't lead into the rest of your argument with some random tidbit you assume is true. Some games have great UIs, some have shitty ones. Largely, it'
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
If your ridiculously large intellect can stop applauding itself for one second, I hope you can find time to read this. That was probably the largest amount of psychobabble condensed into 2 paragraphs I've ever seen. Seriously, your first po
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
"Microsoft. Making sure everything you may ever need to do with a file in Windows Explorer is presented to you in a ribbon bar, in case you only own a mouse and no keyboard. In this case, it may take you 10 minutes to find the 'Delete' butt
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Say no to trustfalls(jamiedavidson.wordpress.com)
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
How would one understand calculus without understanding algebra? How would one understand algebra without understanding arithmetic? This isn't a major problem, it's the nature of learning interconnected things. The "major problem" is if the
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Weird...it's still the same prices ($1063 and $936) for me. You may very well be right though, but I find it hard to believe that it changes in the second or two it takes me to do my search on Kayak to HipMunk http://i.imgur.com/a1VMw.png
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Spez, it took me no time at all to find a flight cheaper on Kayak than on Hipmunk. From Chicago to Honolulu (roundtrip) on 8/26 - 8/28, Kayak's cheapest rate is $936 total while Hipmunk's is $1063 total. This was my second search comparison
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Entrepreneurship is not a career move(danmartell.com)
4 points by jhdavids8 15y ago|0 comments
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
"This one time, at one job I had, I was able to work 9-5 Monday-Friday. The company I worked for was successful. Therefore, ANY job that requires extra hours is the sign of a broken process." Why would anyone hire a dude like this with such
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
One of the worst articles I've ever seen posted on HN. I'm not going to even read through the comments, but I hope most are simply stating that this is complete BS. Otherwise, you're arguing simply for the sake of arguing. Not everything sh
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
I would be shocked if any of those you mentioned would say "There doesn't necessarily have to be anything more after this" when asked what was next for their company. All mentioned were probably concerned with the current projects at their
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
I just want to say that if you can't think of something substantial or meaningful to do, don't get discouraged. Trust me, I'm in your boat and don't know where to start. While I try to find that start, I'm also trying to focus on a startup
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
Umm...while I don't necessarily agree with the original comment, just because a company has 'numerous people' who have worked really hard does not mean you should be sympathetic to those companies or people. Hell, Enron, Lehman Brothers, an
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by jhdavids8 15y ago
"So, um, like", "So, um, like"...videos like this of Zuckerberg really irritate me. Of course he didn't want to take over the world, he simply saw a profitable idea (after it was given to him by someone else) and took advantage of that. The

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