joshwa

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by joshwa 19y ago
They lost a DB server: http://twitter.com/twitter_status
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by joshwa 19y ago
>Rails would be fine as the web front end that talked to another messaging system. Which is exactly what they're doing: http://rubyforge.org/projects/starling/
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by joshwa 19y ago
Just ordered some LOLMagnetz. OMFG awesome.
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by joshwa 19y ago
Because flash is faster, less bloated, and integrates with browsers better than most PDF viewers.
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by joshwa 19y ago
To me the real Architecture Astronauts are the Enterprise Architects, who think that documenting in some 6-figure modeling tool how I order paperclips, and defining a paperclip SOA and sending EVERYTHING over a 8-figure ESB they bought from
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EBay-Craigslist Fight Is About Kijiji and Control, Complaint Shows(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
7 points by joshwa 19y ago|0 comments
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by joshwa 19y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator obviously doesn't inlcude all 80. c.f. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/y-combinator
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by joshwa 19y ago
Not to be a pill, but the suits in the photos don't fit the models at all! Some haven't even been pressed! Hire a stylist next time... Doesn't speak very well to their attention to detail, which is pretty crucial when selling custom-fit su
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by joshwa 19y ago
Well, he's right, though not exactly for the reasons he states. Display ads are in fact worth much less than search ads, for most web sites. Display ads aren't about clicking, they're about exposure/influence (kind of like outdoor or TV a
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216 tiny spherical magnets == billions of topological possibilities == one cool toy(youtube.com)
3 points by joshwa 19y ago|1 comments
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TechShop: Open Access Mechanical Workshop(kk.org)
1 points by joshwa 19y ago|1 comments
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To Launch or Not to Launch (Garret Dimon)(nextupdate.com)
4 points by joshwa 19y ago|2 comments
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by joshwa 19y ago
Except that entries to those contests have value that isn't tied directly to the contest-giver-- android apps can be resold independently, and netflixprize entrants are developing machine learning algorithms that have tremendous value (and
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IPhone Video Recorder Released(iphonehacks.com)
2 points by joshwa 19y ago|0 comments
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by joshwa 19y ago
What's the difference between this site and saying to a hacker: "Make a web application to my specs, please. Do it a few different ways so I have options. If I don't like it, I won't use it, but I won't pay for it, either." Some industries
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by joshwa 19y ago
http://www.no-spec.com/
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by joshwa 19y ago
[VerbNounAdjective]: One click to read it later--a Netflix Queue for your web surfing.
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by joshwa 19y ago
Seems like it would apply to lots of other fields than spoken word poets-- bands/performers/speakers of any stripe could use such a tool.
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by joshwa 19y ago
[Site Name Yet to be Determined] helps you organize, track, and follow up on your search for a [job|apartment|house|car|date|employee|vendor|whatever] on the web.
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by joshwa 19y ago
It's also a selection bias-- $5000+5000n effectively rules out most people who are farther along in life.
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by joshwa 19y ago
But what if your markup wasn't all that high to begin with? That's 7 points off your gross margin , which is nothing to sneeze at. Assuming a 30% gross margin-- to get that $2m, you'd have to spend $1.54m in COGS, for a gross profit of $46
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by joshwa 19y ago
For pete's sake, screenshots! I have no idea what this thing does. sounds like a todo list, but the interface is the differentiator in this market, so you need to SHOW us what it looks like!
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by joshwa 19y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=91005 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=114920 http://searchyc.com/
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by joshwa 19y ago
http://ichi2.net/anki/
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by joshwa 19y ago
I just starting using Anki ( http://ichi2.net/anki/ ) which runs on OS X, Windows, Linux, and is open-source. Accepts Mnemosyne decks, too.
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by joshwa 19y ago
doesn't work on mac. :(
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by joshwa 19y ago
Was the footnote notation REALLY necessary?
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by joshwa 19y ago
Another billing/invoice2.0 site? You picked a crowded market. http://mashable.com/2007/08/09/online-business/ What is your competitive advantage? And from a customer perspective, what's unique about your app?
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by joshwa 19y ago
yep, flowthing (coming soon, needs a new name) will piggyback on craigslist, as well as its competitors in the jobs and real estate markets.
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by joshwa 19y ago
Regional jets are not exactly news. In fact, they're a major contributor to the runway capacity issues that are causing record delays: http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/11/16/askthepilot25... OTOH: Air taxi services (e.g. DayJet) a

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