martythemaniak

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1951.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
Got invited for an interview! :) This was actually my third time applying to YC. First time I applied (last summer) the application and idea were pretty crappy, so we never came close. We had a slightly better application during the winter
1952.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
3 mins is more like it. 12:02am here and it still offline :\
1953.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
Using pg's criteria, the first one that comes to mind is Eugine Hutz (front man Gogol Bordello). Like others pg mentioned, he writes the music for himself not for the audiences. The sincerity and lack of compromise really comes through - hi
1954.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
Oddly, I feel like playing old-school Counter Strike. I put in some extra effort, polished my software a little and put the latest dev version of it online for the YC people to see as a demo. But having done plenty of work the last few week
1955.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
Really? Perhaps Apple should try selling their laptops with the same restrictions then? People may not use the same specific terms, but whether it's computing or politics or anything else, they don't like to be arbitrarily told they can't d
1956.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
That's actually the funniest thing I've seen today.
1957.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
I know you can jailbreak it, but you can ultimately hack anything to do anything (ie, people putting linux on every damn piece of electronics out there). And yes, it matters a lot which company you support, since not only do a significant n
1958.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
I kinda get why people would like mac notebooks, they seem to be pretty nice, but I just can't get why techies/geeks/hackers like the iPhone. Yes the hardware is pretty, but due to Apple's political decisions, it is one of the most closed s
1959.
Ask YC: jQuery vs Prototype
3 points by martythemaniak 19y ago|7 comments
1960.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
An automated front-end testing framework in javascript. Check this out: http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/coscripter/browse/about Now, instead of having users share common tasks, you use the same idea to offers developers the ability to
1961.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
I applied to TechStars and even got an interview with one of their partners, so with a lot of luck I might get to go there for the summer :) Boulder does seem like a pretty cool place though - I'd probably spend a lot of time biking and hik
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by martythemaniak 19y ago
What specifically are you looking to learn though? Do you want to learn about digital hardware - how chips and components are constructed using AND, OR and NOT gates? This will give you a pretty good idea of how hardware works, but the proj
1963.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
Heh, I actually an "Atlas Shrugged" experience - I knew a pretty girl and after adding her on facebook I noticed the book was at the top of her favourites. That really did change the way I thought of her. But more generally, I can't make my
1964.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
It might have been a joke, but you should still get one. A slightly used (02-03) 911 will cost you about as much as a nice new car. And if you guys are moving to Vancouver, you'll have a place to use that wonderful car too. Disirregardless
1965.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
Sure it's funny, but just wait until the people of 2045 dig up Ray Kurzweil's "Singularity is Near". Fourty years ago some people thought we'd have automated cars, undersea resorts and climatized, domed cities. Today some people think 40 ye
1966.
by martythemaniak 19y ago
I can't believe this is actually being discussed in technical circles seriously. The limitations around the iPhone SDK are more certainly NOT technical in nature - phones (both smart and otherwise) have had background processing and multita
1967.
Ask YC: Are you working part-time on your startup/project/idea?
26 points by martythemaniak 19y ago|43 comments
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by martythemaniak 19y ago
He's right on most of the stuff he says in that article actually. Let's have a quick breakdown: - Electronic publishing will not surpass traditional newspapers: newspapers may now be found online, but the majority of substantial content out
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by martythemaniak 19y ago
I'm writing a web app that has a PHP/JSON backend and a very javascript-heavy front end. After spending some time in JS, it really sucks going back to PHP, as the language itself lacks so many things Java/ECMAScript has. So the idea is to b
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by martythemaniak 19y ago
This is an excellent idea - and I don't think you'll have trouble finding the kinda housemates you need. Personally, I'd be all over this if I didn't have a job over here, so good luck.
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by martythemaniak 19y ago
"While some of these restrictions are valid points and are definitely worth noting, it’s also easy to forget that most people out there will not care in the least bit about them and further, will have absolutely no clue what any of it means
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by martythemaniak 19y ago
Yeah, but it's hard and can get downright depressing. I am doing this right now and while I find my project interesting, it sucks most of what little free time I have without any guarantees of actually producing anything permanent. The thou
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by martythemaniak 19y ago
Currency hedging is what you're looking for - it is a way to minimize risk when doing business with fluctuating currencies. Say you have a contract for $10000 USD due 6 months from now and the EUR/USD rate is $1.40 when you signed the contr