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by jvrossb 13y ago
I don't think there's granular enough information in there to support your conclusion. To illustrate, imagine that IT workers used to get paid a $100k real wage in 2000 and a $50k real wage today. Imagine computer scientists and p
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by jvrossb 13y ago
That doesn't sound right - if I speak fluent Russian and I'm older than 15, it's probably easier for me to move to a Russian-speaking country (where I might have family) than learn Latvian. Especially if my social circle in L
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A History of Film in Wikipedia(blog.argteam.com)
47 points by jvrossb 13y ago|25 comments
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Agreed about the pre-planning. Organized a 50 day trip through Europe once, had every flight and hostel booked for all 50 days + got a rail pass, then ended up having to reshuffle things around 20 days in once we realized we had way overpla
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by jvrossb 13y ago
For companies raising $1.5 mil or less, from my (very limited) anecdotal observations it seems like investors have a base usefulness that may or may not fluctuate as a function of the amount they have invested. It also may or may not fluctu
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by jvrossb 13y ago
That's unfortunate. I have the opposite anecdote - they've been extremely kind and responsive every time I've been in touch.
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by jvrossb 13y ago
The relationship gets even more complex because, along with going Galt, simply moving can be a viable option. If moving to Bruxelles from Paris is really easy, the impact of higher taxes in France vs Belgium may be felt very differently tha
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Thanks!
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Interested in a ref.
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by jvrossb 13y ago
It's case by case and there is no general rule. My hunch is that in this case it makes decision makers at big companies feel like they'll be around for longer.
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Does anyone have stats for the silicon valley specifically?
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Super, moi aussi. Still impressive - translating/maintaining our materials in French seems daunting even though I'm a native speaker. Perhaps it'll be more feasible with community involvement.
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Very (pleasantly) surprised to see a full French localization. Would love to hear whether it was worth it, wondering if I should translate my startup materials. Anyhow, félicitations!
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by jvrossb 13y ago
We'll cross that bridge when we get there? Incidentally, a couple days ago I spoke to someone wearing sunglasses. I did not find myself wondering if he was zoning out even though I couldn't see his eyes because there were other indicators t
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by jvrossb 13y ago
It's pretty obvious if you are not paying attention to your surroundings while using Glass, your eyes shift up (you have to to see the screen) and it's clear you've zoned out. "what is the user looking at on their screen, are they present,
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by jvrossb 13y ago
The correct answer doesn't exist. There's a methodology you can follow to find an answer for every product, and it will vary case-by-case and sometimes over the lifetime over the product. Your gut reaction will be right many times but wrong
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Adding email registration can be a mistake in situations when users who would have signed up through Facebook now sign up through email instead. Depending on what % of your growth is driven by virality vs organic discovery and how viral you
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Neat - any plans for iOS? BTW nobody I've challenged has responded, would be awesome if with your admin superpowers you started a 'random' game with me. I'm Jeremy Rossmann, fb username jvross.
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Depending on your demographic of players this may be a mistake. HN will complain a lot about Facebook login but take words with friends as an example - you can play the tutorial without logging in and then it's FB login to play for real. Pe
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by jvrossb 13y ago
On the not showing up after refresh, 2 more quick notes. First, after I've completed setup games in my game list still show up as action:setup. It should say something like waiting for opponent. Second, when I select a game where I have com
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by jvrossb 13y ago
birthday seems unnecessary, but otherwise remember that the HN crowd will complain about FB login far more than the general population would.
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by jvrossb 13y ago
It's always better to do an interactive tutorial the first time someone plays. You can count on very very few people ever voluntarily clicking a help section and reading what lies within and on similarly few people actually reading any amou
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by jvrossb 13y ago
Waddya know. Me too.
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by jvrossb 13y ago
They'll be more once I actually get a game going! Where are you folks located? Interesting time to post :)
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by jvrossb 13y ago
You should let players save starting configurations so games can get going faster once a matchup is made. I'm now waiting for my buddy to set up. Alternatively don't start looking for players to match me with until I have finished set up. E
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by jvrossb 14y ago
No doubt, I was (perhaps incorrectly) assuming that the parent him/herself was assuming that afghanistan was an arab country in the middle east. The finer details (that Afghanistan has no majority ethnicity, that many arabs came to fight th
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by jvrossb 14y ago
Oh where to start... Afghanistan is hardly in the middle east and there are hardly any Arabs in Afghanistan. You may or may not be right about peace in the middle east being a cruel joke, but if you happen to be right it'll be for all the w
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Crowd Fund The Debt(crowdfundthedebt.com)
42 points by jvrossb 14y ago|7 comments
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by jvrossb 14y ago
Seconded.
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by jvrossb 14y ago
What happens when they look the same as sunglasses or normal glasses? Fashion sense won't be as much of an issue.

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