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Reddit's Advice On Cheap Marketing(static.scribd.com)
30 points by jward 19y ago|14 comments
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by jward 19y ago
Don't thousands of them offer it already?
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by jward 19y ago
username at wardtek dot ca
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by jward 19y ago
I've noticed this as well. I start at 1 and anything higher adds one. The karma formula just seems to be very simple. Add one for every up vote and subtract one for every down vote you get from other people on anything.
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by jward 19y ago
I'd suggest emailing Apple. It would probably be more effective.
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by jward 19y ago
I'll second the call to Python. There's a fairly large community around it, it has a lot of libraries to use in your code, the source is very easy to read both because of it's enforced formating rules and the clarity of the language itself
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by jward 19y ago
The flaw in your reasoning is you present different areas and don't consider overlap. The way you explain it, you make it sound like a hacker / coder is a beast more constrained by his class than a twelfth level paladin. A successful start
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by jward 19y ago
Step 1) Make a realistic five year forecast and sum all revenues over this set. Step 2) Apply pixie dust and happy thoughts. Step 3) Adjust ratio depending on quality of data set and desired outcome. Basically you're pulling a number out of
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by jward 19y ago
Unless you're targeting a specific gender / race / etc I'd suggest getting advice and opinions from as many people of diverse backgrounds as possible.
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by jward 19y ago
The killer features I see with Silverlight is it's ability to run javascript four orders of magnitude faster than the current average browser. Firefox 3 is apparently taking Adobe's ECMA script engine which kicks the speed up a few notches
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by jward 19y ago
Kind of a neat tool, but I didn't see anything that caught my eye. Except the price. A hundred bucks for a logo I design myself online with no designer even telling me it's crap is just a little excessive. My recommendation is to find a d
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by jward 19y ago
Necessity is a powerful motivator. Until you need to learn something the drive isn't cranked up.
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by jward 19y ago
I don't myspace and such people who I can just go for a beer with. A meetup would be best, but I'm not of the mind to spend a grand or so to fly to another country. Not even counting the travel time, I'd probably spend more time just in s
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by jward 19y ago
I have to admit I'm a touch jealous but also excited. I can't wait to see what you and your group get going.
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by jward 19y ago
My guess is the same reason I felt compelled to click on the link. OS X is the best desktop Unix experience I have ever had. It has all the tools I use, all the power underneath, and it comes wrapped in a pretty pretty wrapper. Linux to m
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by jward 19y ago
Incorporation was really easy and fairly cheap. My corporation has one shareholder, just me, and no real rules outside the formal ones needed to exist. I did this for three main reasons. First, I wanted to experience the paperwork and has
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by jward 19y ago
I wouldn't exactly call that negative PR. They didn't blame you, or come out and call you a monster. It was more of a casual reference. If my company was featured that way in a large publication I'd be fairly happy. As a side note, nice
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by jward 19y ago
We just code fast.
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by jward 19y ago
I'd recommend this tutorial as a starting point then: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial01/ It's the official tutorial and is very fast, simple, and introduces a very good portion of Django.
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by jward 19y ago
I'm not really sure what this has to do with startups. Perhaps reddit or digg would be a better place?
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by jward 19y ago
You might also want to look into Cambrian House. http://www.cambrianhouse.com/
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by jward 19y ago
Techstars stole the app. These guys stole the entire site.
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by jward 19y ago
If you find what you're missing, please tell me. I really don't get it either. It's a list of common keywords arranged in a magic cloud with visual intensity feedback. It's good for a quick overview of what the site is about. But I think
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by jward 19y ago
I really like the fact that comments count for something here. In fact I'd be happy if posts counted for nothing and only comments did. It promotes and rewards discussion, which is what I come here for. Articles are good and all, but the
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by jward 19y ago
Link for instant gratification: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=363 Also, there's a link at the bottom of the main page to Features. It does get read a lot.
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by jward 19y ago
Spend some time on the internet and that will change quickly. There's always enough stupid to go around and astound you. Either this guy is full of bs and is an attention whore, or YC's interview process has just been validated. Anyone wi
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by jward 19y ago
Python is, because Ruby sucks. In all honesty, both are great. People who use either love their language and will pretty much tell you to start with the one they use. Both are free and have good tutorials online with large user communitie
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by jward 19y ago
I read what you wrote and my finger was sweeping down to click your up arrow. Then time slowed and the realization of what you're doing hit. Why do you torture me like this? It's not humane.
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by jward 19y ago
Paul has said before that he doesn't look so much at karma but instead at the quality and type of comments and submissions. When I heard that he was going to be using YC News as a way to filter applicants I was more than a little put off u
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by jward 19y ago
When I was working at the University of Alberta last year, Ken Thompson came and gave an informal talk for anyone who was interested and he talked about this. The gist if you don't want to read the article is you put code into your c compil

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