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by malanj 13y ago
I would think that as CTO he would have at least 1% equity [1]. If that's the case then he has increased his net worth by about $20m. <also pure speculation> [1] http://www.askthevc.com/wp/archives/2007&
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Ask HN: How much did John Carmack make?
5 points by malanj 13y ago|5 comments
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by malanj 13y ago
Yeah - it seems like Facebook thinks their stock is currently overvalued. Compare that to Warren Buffet's strategy of preferring to never use Berkshire stock in acquisitions but rather pay cash.
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by malanj 13y ago
I am shattered right now. I was SO happy for Oculus VR, I wanted it to become big, I wanted it to become something truly special. You might be a bit premature with that comment. Mark Zuckerberg is not an idiot. He's probably smart en
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by malanj 13y ago
Facebook is rapidly becoming a seriously dominant technology player. I used to think of them as a "flavour of the year" play, but I'm having to readjust that perspective pretty hard. It looks like they really are driving a lo
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by malanj 13y ago
I think that's a standard Google thing. They announced Gmail (and the then insane 1GB free storage) on 1 April too.
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by malanj 13y ago
I had serious WFIO case a few years ago. We were building a crypto solution on J2ME phones. The solution was days away from roll-out with our first big corporate client. Late on a Friday afternoon we were busy with final field testing - pay
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Four signs that your startup is succeeding(lessfail.com)
1 points by malanj 13y ago|0 comments
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by malanj 13y ago
The JVM is an awesome piece of tech - it still boggles my mind that runtime performance can get <2x native C speed for many applications. Java itself less so. It is just far too verbose. I found that I would get completely frustrated cod
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by malanj 13y ago
I recently signed up for a really cool (and cheap) weekly organic produce delivery. What really struck me was that suddenly I was eating fruit that weren't all perfect. For example: the apples often have a blemish or even a worm. Perha
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Supernormal stimulus(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by malanj 13y ago|1 comments
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by malanj 13y ago
Yeah - I found that you had to be pretty good at moving off that build asap if you were scouted and the other player realised what you were up to.
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by malanj 13y ago
I used that strategy a few times when it came out. I found it interesting to see how fast humans could responded and nullify the advantage. I think after 3-4 wins with the strategy I started getting countered effectively. So it took a few d
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by malanj 13y ago
Interestingly the entry doesn't mention that the original finding was linked to an observation about the worn out chairs in the doctor's reception. The cardio patients (type A's) wore out the front edges of the chairs because
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by malanj 13y ago
I guess HN will pretty much just work fine?
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by malanj 13y ago
Perhaps because woman are the fastest "big" gain they can do? There are lots of woman in the world (far more than any minority group), yet very few doing startups. It's the biggest market inefficiency. edit: You could also ar
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by malanj 13y ago
It seems pointless to encourage specific demographics that would not apply, to do so. I think you're missing the point that there could be reasons that females (or any demographic other than white American males) do not apply to YC t
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Ask HN: Is the YC application frenzy justified?
1 points by malanj 13y ago|1 comments
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by malanj 13y ago
I might be being naive, but I don't agree. We've decided to enter YC 3 days ago with an new idea. Surely the fact that we have not spent months preparing betas before the YC entry deadline doesn't effect our chances of buildi
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by malanj 13y ago
A quick hack that lets you update (not submit) your Y Combinator application from a Google Document. We found using a Google Document for collaborative editing of our YC application worked great, but pasting in the data to the form manually
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Show HN: Apply to YC directly from a Google Doc(docs.google.com)
3 points by malanj 13y ago|1 comments
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by malanj 13y ago
It seems like this is one big false dichotomy. A venture funded startup doesn't have to be a death slog. Some people just like working harder than others. Don't slate them because it doesn't suit you. 100 hour weeks aren&#x27
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by malanj 13y ago
Thanks. I guess the increased applications will probably pollute the data enough to make it impossible to find evidence (if it exists) of seasonal effect. I had hoped one could perhaps see the effect of something like Subsyndromal Seasonal
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Ask HN: Does season affect Y Combinator results?
8 points by malanj 13y ago|4 comments
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Snowden at SXSW(theguardian.com)
2 points by malanj 13y ago|0 comments
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by malanj 13y ago
I wonder if other (smaller?) countries trying to be more competitive will be able to outperform California over the long term. I.e. if a small country focuses on changing its laws to be the best in the world for startups, can that break thr
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If you're going to read startup books, read these(lessfail.com)
4 points by malanj 13y ago|0 comments
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by malanj 13y ago
I think that you can get a lot of the benefits by being smart about organising your work and social life. You don't need to sleep in the same place as other cool people to work/hang out with them. Crappy living conditions seriousl
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How I could have saved $6m and jump-started my company(lessfail.com)
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by malanj 13y ago
Yes - there is a market. Having duplicates of the same animal is seriously useful if you're developing medicines or doing other kinds of R&D

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