lemonysnicket

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Ask YC: Attack of the clones; would you take your start-up to a YC Clone?
11 points by lemonysnicket 18y ago|20 comments
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
not necessarily, although TC definitely sources articles from hacker news, and seemingly a few alley insider articles as well. does it matter to me one way or the other? nope. good journalists/writers find stories where they may, but more a
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
how many (and how often) of the major tech blogs are sourcing articles from hacker news?
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
two questions: 1. at what distance can you see the time left? 2. this still does not solve for calculating the speed necessary (for which to utilize as a benchmark if you're actually going to make it through the light). in pedestrian crossw
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
I think it should be noted that pius is an MIT alum (in EE & CS) so is obviously biased here.
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
at least now you have your iterative feedback...
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
I must say I am surprised at some of the comments that have already been left here. I would think a community like HN would be excited to see a project come out of the woodwork like this...at least I was and heck, I've already submitted a
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
That's like saying to Bill Gates "you're rich, forget about the Gates foundation, just focus on making money for yourself and creating jobs." Warren Buffet, or how bout the Carnegies, Mellons, and Rockefellers. This has got to be the least
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
a world-changing idea does not need to be not-for-profit. this is one of the biggest misconceptions out there -- an idea that solves a problem for a sub-group of humanity, does not need to run under an NGO/non-profit umbrella.
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
is the product ready? if not, great way to get iterative feedback before building product/feature set that nobody wants.
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
if you are US-based, get out of the country to learn more about mobile computing. phones are getting smarter, and now their OS are now a lot more accessible, laptops on the other hand aren't getting much smarter, but rather smaller. if you
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
"the iPhone with a keyboard." that's all you have to tell ordinary consumers (read: high school teenage girls and college-aged folks who absolutely OBLITERATE text messaging services and would never buy a mobile phone without a keyboard).
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
what he's implying is that it's (American) football season -- both collegiate and professional -- as well as grand finale of regular season baseball, great football(soccer) league matches, tennis, etc. and any curious passer-by wonders how
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
what users outside of the hacker and/or tech crowd will ever know/realize that apps are being removed (or in fact being restricted in the first place)? agree with the policy you or I may not, but let's not kid ourselves and think that the u
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
they are sacrificing long term strategy for short term gain. not sure what the margins are now, but for iPhone 1.0 total end-end cost of the phone was something like $284 for the $600 phone. whatever the fuzzy math here, with Apple on proje
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
i am still laughing. that is the funniest thing i have read in a while
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
watch illegal sporting events, tv shows, etc. -- free & live
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
the real thing the iPhone loses is exclusivity and thus has lost some of its luster -- its not the only player in the market anymore with an app store, touch screen, and all the other goodies
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
iPhone has just lost a bit more if its luster with this release.
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
don't you have to a)generate revenue or b) have an exit before you win?
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
you can't be serious. is this MySpace? understand the sentiments, but this is a tad bit ridiculous. everybody talking about doing instead of doing, and getting super excited when someone suggests more talking...
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
keep going as long as possible as you can without VC -- in fact, you need to plan to do this and not bank on getting funding. out of curiosity, with $500k how will you "expand your coverage and services" in a way that won't currently happen
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
backtype = searchyc.com re-incarnated as a start-up (rather than a completed side project)?
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by lemonysnicket 18y ago
SEO
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If you don’t “get” Facebook and Twitter, read this NY Times article (lsvp.wordpress.com)
20 points by lemonysnicket 18y ago|17 comments