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   by markbao 16y ago

   Yeah, one of the things that I'm still trying to figure out is the exact amount of visual feedback that hovered elements should have... too much is gaudy, too little is not feedback-y enough. That button fell into the latter category, but I
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   by markbao 16y ago

   This, exactly.
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   by markbao 16y ago

   +1 — figuring out a monetization strategy on this for me is too much of a time investment that I don't have, but someone else does.
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   by markbao 16y ago

   Me too, but I only had 30 minutes to make that page. Ton of work today.
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   by markbao 16y ago

   Hey, I'm not monetizing it at the moment. Transferring the actual website: not sure, will have to be something we talk about.
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   by markbao 16y ago

   Glad to see this already submitted :) Yeah, I'm working on way too much stuff, and threewords.me started up as a side project that I didn't have any interest in continuing it long-term (more interested in developing http://supportbreeze.co
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   by markbao 16y ago

   Incredibly clear categorization of the types of behaviors. Diving deep into the basics of concepts like behavior change, language, game theory, and virtually any other concept really help us start to better understand what they really mean
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   by markbao 16y ago

   Thanks for writing this up—usually being TechCrunched is a very positive thing for a startup, but sometimes it's not. I'd actually say that it was, in the long run, a positive experience. You improved your product. The negative press probab
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   by markbao 16y ago

   This is like kicking current iPhone users like me when they're already down with the announcement of the Verizon iPhone. Haunting.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    I can confirm that this method is a pretty effective method for getting me off Twitter and on TextMate.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    > Thiel Applied :) > Rich Physical finances, nope. I wouldn't say so. Investing a lot of money into building some stuff (namely Avecora).
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Agreed 100%. yuvipanda, seriously, the last thing I want to do is make other (young or old) people feel like they're inadequate... some of these that I used to call 'startups' are basically half-baked MVPs with marketing on top. Don't sell
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Really appreciate the kind words, Jason. Thanks :) Some thoughts: one pretty important metric for determining whether it's a startup or not is ramen profitability. Not when the project owners' livelihood depends on the project, but when it
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    by markbao 16y ago

    thank you very much! big is http://avecora.com - I've been told it's too big. threewords.me was an MVP I built in three hours (two of them being design) that just randomly took off. never really meant it to be anything huge.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Yeah, ugh, lots of stuff to fix. Not sure why the .org site isn't working anymore. Ramamia was renamed Genevine last year ish.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Thanks for mibbit :) Somehow I still manage to fit in time for everything. [x] going to nightclubs [x] chasing girls (though at this stage a big waste of time, seriously) [x] dirt bikes [x] video games ...
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Hey, thanks! I wrote that bio when I was 16 and just added on when I started something new, so it's basically like an exquisite corpse except by only one person (but just as much as a hodgepodge.) So it's a mess. But thank you for the sugge
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Thanks for the feedback :) Yeah, I came to my senses eventually. Check it out... TickrTalk: [x] incorporated [ ] paying customers [ ] employees [ ] payroll [ ] revenue. Nope. Just so much old literature on the internet that I haven't bother
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Actually now $10 billion (not that it matters :p), but the big plan is to put 90% of that into medical/cancer research grants, life extension, political action, humanitarian action, space exploration, and other positive action, and 5% into
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Oh cool, I'm on here :D 18 now, and I've stopped calling them startups... a lot of them are just webapps :) (also no longer in high school, was going to update it two days ago until threewords.me came along, now at 1.8 million pageviews...)
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    by markbao 16y ago

    I haven't forgotten about this. I need sleep (exhausted and have been in bad health lately). Will get back to this soon.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Jacques, you are, and continue to be, one of my favorite people on Hacker News. Thank you. Shooting you an email. :)
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Upgrading to the 4 gig linode as we speak. this is getting kind of ridiculous.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Just cranked it to 2048MB. Cranked Passenger to 55 workers in the pool. Using 400% CPU still. Linode's probably not happy. EDIT: Cranked to 4096
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Ah, you're right. This is literally an MVP I threw together in 4 hours.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    User-specific assets are on S3... will need to offset the javascript and CSS there too. Good tip on Unicorn. Any benchmarks on the performance gain over Passenger+REE?
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    by markbao 16y ago

    Two hundred twenty thousand. In two hours.
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    by markbao 16y ago

    You don't even need Facebook connect to try it out, just sign up. Send the site to your friends, they give you three words anonymously, you see them. I need to up the copy on the site.
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    Ask HN: I built a site that just went ridiculously viral. What do I do now?

    370 points by markbao 16y ago|188 comments
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    by markbao 16y ago

    I have: - 7 linodes. - ~12 websites hosted collectively. - 0 problems - 0 complaints. Highly recommended.