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by juwo 19y ago
forget about remembering. think about - comfort while grieving.
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by juwo 19y ago
well, if you like it, at least vote me up - someone regularly trolls my posts to vote me down. I have 1 point right now, up from -6 !
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by juwo 19y ago
I dont know if I told you this, but my suggestion is to focus on Grief Counseling. That will be a big hit. Memorials are macabre.
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by juwo 19y ago
YC merges lines = bug. I think that was 1) PDF support 2) Online/offline APIs
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by juwo 19y ago
Notice, that Apollo is in alpha The problem is, it is so new, that I dont know if it has overcome the problems Java Web Start has. From the adobe site: "What are some of the features that are not included in the Apollo alpha? Below
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by juwo 19y ago
wow! great! But I wonder if they will run into the problems Java Web Start has.
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internet memorials (news.bbc.co.uk)
2 points by juwo 19y ago|6 comments
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by juwo 19y ago
B.S. Google Maps doesnt work. Dont need fancy - just basic stuff that is correct - like MapQuest! I got miserably lost when driving from Olathe KS to Lawrence, KS a few months ago. I used Google Maps which spat out wrong directions. I had
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by juwo 19y ago
Well, in 1997, I built a small prototype of a squeezeball that generated voltage levels which were mapped to characters or commands. (But did not successfully complete it). Well, you need an environment - money, encouragement (advice, not
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by juwo 19y ago
Did you give your cofounder equity immediately? Or was there vesting and/or a trial period? I am interested in learning more.
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by juwo 19y ago
why is the thread marked dead?
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by juwo 19y ago
I dont understand. Peace.
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by juwo 19y ago
"you have in fact implemented it." false. "Lots of theories go into each new application, rather than one theory spawning lots of new applications." both happen. "But until you have shown there are no subtle deal-breakers (think fusion reac
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by juwo 19y ago
"The act of writing is what counts" really? So you will agree that writing our ideas down on the YC application form made them valuable? (which is precisely what PG is arguing against).
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by juwo 19y ago
I dont read his essays any more. No, you are missing the point. So, now it is qualified by startup ideas? Then where did all the "ideas are worthless" phrases come from? (like this thread). If you agree that in general, ideas have worth -
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by juwo 19y ago
see http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=24338
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by juwo 19y ago
I am not bothered to look for his article but I am sure he used the term "ideas are worthless". Otherwise that phrase would never have independently stuck around here so long.
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by juwo 19y ago
do a google search on "patent trolls"
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by juwo 19y ago
1) the theory of relativity was executed by people who used that idea to develop nuclear weapons, satellites, GPS systems, semiconductor electronics etc. Here are two 'proofs': 2) According to the patent office, if you can write down in s
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by juwo 19y ago
from my blog post: "An idea is a seed; many ideas have to be discovered and implemented along the way for it to grow up. The initial fertilisation is essential, but differentiation into organs, the "other ideas along the way" must come alon
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by juwo 19y ago
Google's Achilles heel is web advertising. It is much weaker than M$(Microsoft). IMHO, I predict that web advertising will be web 2.0's bubble. (Not saying more until I check out my theory on why it may prove to be a bubble).
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by juwo 19y ago
Well, think back to the idea Einstein had when he was a 14 year old kid. "if I can ride a motorcycle as fast as a beam of light..." was it worthless?
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by juwo 19y ago
heh ! :)
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by juwo 19y ago
I disagree with Paul Graham - but no one commented on these arguments( http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=19535) http://juwo-works.blogspot.com/2007/05/ideas-are-worthless-wrong-ideas-can.html
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by juwo 19y ago
forget about SCORE. I went to SCORE, where they fixed me up with a patent lawyer who obviously, was trying to get business for himself.
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by juwo 19y ago
Does he have startup experience? if he has so much confidence to pay cash now, you are lucky! It sounds like you probably have a killer app. Can you tell us what it is?
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by juwo 19y ago
Reforms often fail in India and France because unions can shut the country down through paralysing strikes. Why aren't they able to do so in America? (e.g. Calcutta is a dying city because of this - a Bengali once told me).
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Why are unions weak in the USA, but so powerful in France, India etc. even though they are bad for the economy?
1 points by juwo 19y ago|2 comments
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by juwo 19y ago
that's a good idea. I hate the thought of all my old comments at YC disappearing into some black hole.
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by juwo 19y ago
I dont know about actual numbers but here is what I have in mind when I talk to potential cofounders: 1) trial period of min. 3 months 2) vest the other founder's equity. Dont just give him 10%. Make it 10% after one full year - or 0% for a

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