joshhart

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by joshhart 17y ago
Grooveshark's awesome! Hopefully I can come visit you guys the next time I'm back in Gainesville.
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by joshhart 17y ago
Same here. Would you mind adding alumni support & status? I'd like to register but I just graduated.
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by joshhart 17y ago
Because of this: "Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh". At a state school, it can be quite difficult to find another person willing to help you build your dreams.
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by joshhart 17y ago
Since you're new here... @ is unnecessary and generally frowned upon since HN is displayed in a hierarchy.
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by joshhart 17y ago
Hackintosh's are pretty old news. I'd love to see an article detailing some of the challenges in the actual hacking of it.
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by joshhart 17y ago
He listed 17 different ways for a user to not convert to a paid user with a traditional desktop app. The iphone mitigates many of these reasons.
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by joshhart 17y ago
Perhaps this is really naive, but why haven't any lawsuits been brought up regarding the app store? Maybe they have but I haven't heard of them?
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by joshhart 17y ago
While this is true, gambling and video games aren't physically addictive and I know several people who suffer from addictions to one or the other.
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by joshhart 17y ago
His Rule #2 really bothers me. To test whether or not a traditional application will work on the web he suggests actually writing the application... (albeit in rapid releases)
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by joshhart 17y ago
They are referring mainly to the algorithm's competition, which is dominated by current competitors in the IOI and ICPC. There are indeed design and development competitions, but for the most part, Topcoder isn't what you think it is.
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by joshhart 17y ago
What's the current state of development on Dexter compared to this? http://anybots.com/abouttherobots.html
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by joshhart 17y ago
Funny how they think a "Police X-Ray Surveillance Machine" is a good thing...
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by joshhart 17y ago
This is getting ridiculous. Is it that hard to download a different browser if you want another? My parents are happy with IE and Microsoft products, why should they be forced to make a browser decision if there's a default one ready? Furth
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by joshhart 17y ago
Do you have any journal articles conclusively proving this? I'm aware of the impact sugar has on insulin levels and the insulin -> fat path, but I believe the medical consensus is that weight gain is primarily determined by the amount o
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by joshhart 17y ago
He only had 30 apply, of those maybe a couple were women. That's far too small a sample size to draw any real conclusions.
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by joshhart 17y ago
I have an odd feeling white rustoleum would do exactly the same thing...
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by joshhart 17y ago
Get on a polyphasic sleep cycle. Work 16 hours a day and still spend 4 with her. Everyone wins!
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by joshhart 17y ago
Most universities make a large part of their money through research - the money will always be there so I don't see colleges ever going away. What about the value of the diploma? Sure, I could code out of high school. But now employers can
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by joshhart 17y ago
Wow. I just realized you were the same person I sat next to in CIS 3020 at UF - what a terrible waste of a class. You switched my keyboard to Dvorak :( Nice to see you're doing well, I recently joined a startup myself.
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by joshhart 17y ago
Hi Denny, I appreciate the advice. Honestly, I believe myself to be an employee. I'll be making a pretty decent salary and getting a few percent of equity upfront. The founder has worked very hard on the produce for about 15 months or so. I
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by joshhart 17y ago
There were a lot of signs that we were in a housing bubble. Why is it difficult to understand that subprime mortgages + leveraging & rampant house flipping created inflated, unsustainable prices?
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by joshhart 17y ago
OK this makes some sense. As long as there is no valuation, I basically don't have to pay taxes on whatever salary I convert to equity because the current value is nil. Now if/when the equity is actually worth something, I just have to pay
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by joshhart 17y ago
To address a previous comment made, I will be getting some upfront equity. This is more of an "incentive to reinvest in the company" kind of deal. Referring back to my example - say I'm usually paid 5k/month but I decide I only need 3k so I
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by joshhart 17y ago
I've looked at some stuff, but I don't know if there's any difference for a startup. At a big company there is a specified market price - at a startup without VC there isn't.
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by joshhart 17y ago
There are things like Topcoder which use competitions to build components and other projects. Topcoder's business is a lot different but I could see them doing a rental of sorts. Seeing someone's past history and rating gives a great insigh
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Taxes for employee stock purchase in a startup - Advice?
13 points by joshhart 17y ago|21 comments
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by joshhart 17y ago
This article feels like it was taken out of 7 Habits - Think Win/Win. Recurring performance reviews certainly cause unnecessary competition and fear among employees, breaking up their "team" ability. I just wish the article had addressed th
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by joshhart 17y ago
OH MY GOD IT'S THE END OF THE EARTH CYBORGS AND ROBOTS WILL KILL US ALLL!!! I admit that some of the latest advancements in brain-machine interfaces have been impressive, but articles like these are ridiculously bogus. Even if we could make
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by joshhart 17y ago
This speech was far better than the one I had to listen to 2 days ago. I just graduated from the University of Florida and had to listen to Harris Lance, the CEO of Harris talk about how great he was. At one point he recommended the enginee