jmharvey

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by jmharvey 14y ago
I've formed a business using Clerky, and I've formed one without using Clerky. The Clerky process went much smoother, and I didn't feel like I missed out on anything. Without clerky, I went through several lawyers who charged me hundreds o
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by jmharvey 14y ago
If the primary benefit of attending a good college is education from professors, then yes, there is something perverse in the rankings. But I'm not sure that's how college actually works. At the undergrad level, a particular class at one c
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by jmharvey 14y ago
I worry that he may be too friendly a pick for the job. It's easy to imagine that if Prof. Abelson's investigation identifies wrongdoing, many will discount the findings because of his presumed sympathies.
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by jmharvey 14y ago
I use Instacart because the experience is better. Their prices are roughly a 5% markup over Safeway (and now, I assume, Trader Joe's), which amounts to a few dollars on my typical grocery order. That's more than made up for in the convenie
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by jmharvey 14y ago
As icing on the cake, it appears that their tweets discussing the results of Danielle's user test are still public: https://twitter.com/BetaPunch/status/256384610529857536
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by jmharvey 14y ago
I sometimes wonder how effective stunts like this are. About 10 years ago, I had a job opening the mail in an MBA admissions office. Most of the application was required to be filed online; the only exceptions were a transcript and two let
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Duplo is made by Lego (and Duplo bricks are compatible with Lego bricks).
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Does anyone else think it's odd that that link only records 600 murders in NYC in 2001? I would expect the number to be closer to 3,000.
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by jmharvey 14y ago
I'm always skeptical of banks trying to use small interest rate differences to get me to open an account. The bank can simply change the interest rate on my account 6 months later, after I've moved over my bill payments.
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by jmharvey 14y ago
I've found that having plenty of fruit on hand is key to being able to work long startup days without feeling like crap at the end of the week. Non-perishables are somewhat overrated: most food will be eaten (especially once you know what p
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Glad you wrote this. Looking at my YC batchmates, I don't see a lot of people with "how I got into YC" stories. YC tends to select founders who are both talented and confident, so the overwhelming attitude among founders is, "of course I g
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by jmharvey 14y ago
We stuck to about a minute. I don't have any specific insight into how the YC acceptance process works, but it seems like a minute should be roughly the right amount of time to describe what you're doing. Remember that people have short a
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Agree wholeheartedly. One of the most valuable pieces of advice YC offers is that there are lots of things that are a waste of time, but feel like they're productive, and that these things are especially dangerous to spend time on.
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Closer to 2 in 100: 2 shuttle losses in 135 flights, plus 1 catastrophic failure out of 32 missions in the pre-shuttle era.
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by jmharvey 14y ago
"Back Pattern" flickers horribly when I scroll. Which makes me wonder whether the other patterns will have a similar flicker on other displays.
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by jmharvey 14y ago
> However, I'm not sure it's of wide interest to HN. As far as I can tell, I'm the only one here who likes NFL football. I'm sure there are plenty of HN readers who are football fans, you just don't see many sports stories because they'
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Currently the iphone screen is just big enough that I can hold it with one hand and reach all four corners with my thumb. This reminds me a bit of the argument that 90 feet is the optimal size for a baseball infield, as evidenced by the n
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Kippt, Pinboard Help Digg Users Find New Home For Old Data(techcrunch.com)
18 points by jmharvey 14y ago|0 comments
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Exactly, the use pattern we've been seeing is teams adopting it all at once. With respect to biot's comment, a lot of teams have found effective ways to work remotely, but a lot of teams are still looking for more fluid communication channe
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QuicklyChat (YC S12) Brings Push-To-Talk Video To Small, Remote Teams(techcrunch.com)
64 points by jmharvey 14y ago|11 comments
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by jmharvey 14y ago
I really like the focus on geography as a way of organizing content.
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Why to auto-answer video calls(blog.quicklychat.com)
52 points by jmharvey 14y ago|24 comments
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QuicklyChat introduces multi-user video walkie-talkie and more(blog.quicklychat.com)
17 points by jmharvey 14y ago|0 comments
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by jmharvey 14y ago
translation: New York (Times Sq) San Francisco (Union Sq) Corsica Prague Tokyo (Shinjuku) Tokyo (Shintomicho) Nevada desert (I-80 east of Reno) Washington (White House) London (Waterloo Bridge)
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by jmharvey 14y ago
"So people will go out of business, and the people who remain will raise their prices to the point needed to support themselves." This sounds a lot like what newspaper people were saying a decade ago: current prices couldn't support profess
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by jmharvey 14y ago
How did he take liberties with the headline? "This Startup Could Literally Change The Way The Entire App Industry Works" is the actual headline from Business Insider.
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Even if you're busy any time you're at work, in most modern workplaces, engaging with your coworkers is part of the job. Over the course of your workday, there are probably some periods where interruptions are less of a setback. We'd like
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Live thumbnails are in development. We're working on balancing privacy with utility (we don't want to accidentally expose the text of emails, for example).
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by jmharvey 14y ago
Good call, hadn't thought of that.
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Show HN: QuicklyChat - A video walkie-talkie for the workplace(quicklychat.com)
110 points by jmharvey 14y ago|48 comments

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