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by meterplech 15y ago
Did you read the article? While the headline is about raising an entrepreneur the advice is to raise adventurous and curious children and to provide stability and dependability. Hardly threatening ideals. Sure- forcing your child down one p
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by meterplech 15y ago
Why not? Could you provide some explanation to your claim?
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by meterplech 15y ago
It's a pleasure to see someone take the stand and go against the rash of blog posts and articles against Groupon. The main point of this article is that Groupon has value in connecting the online and offline world. Even if people use Yelp t
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by meterplech 15y ago
I think you are right that this is a hugely widespread problem. Does anyone know what security solutions are out there now? Big companies better start seeking out people like tptacek and quick. More than just consulting, I think a Heroku-li
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by meterplech 15y ago
Common sense is surprisingly uncommon. You've heard about Friendster falling apart because of scaling issues? Or Kozmo.com expanding to too many cities in too little time... Many companies forget to start small and test
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by meterplech 15y ago
This is very intelligently done. I'm glad they are releasing the cards to just a small set of people first to check that everything works. People are very wary of any issues with their money/with their bank and absolutely any problem at the
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by meterplech 15y ago
Interesting. I like your description of this. I specifically think that a problem with Facebook for this is the jokes that are still there. That is another good point. I hope the press for you guys talks about the advantages of Facebook.
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by meterplech 15y ago
This seems like it would be a bad thing for 1000memories. They need to show why they are a better platform for memories than Facebook. I can definitely see advantages to them- seems a bit classier to me at least. But why they are better tha
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by meterplech 15y ago
From SFGate article about the acquisition: "Skype's huge user base- more than 660 million users, including more than 120 million active of 'connected' users." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/12/... The 500million
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by meterplech 15y ago
Yeah, but how much would you have to spend to get 500 million users, many of which you already have credit card information for? Not saying this acquisition was necessarily worth the cost at all- but it wasn't just about the technology.
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by meterplech 15y ago
I think a side-lesson from this article is how difficult acquisitions/enterprise sales are in general. When you are working with a huge organization like Google you really need to identify the few key people in favor of your deal and who ar
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by meterplech 15y ago
I don't really think it's a good answer. To me that comment is the difference between Quora, which aims to be an opinion-based Q&A, and StackOverflow/StackExchange which aim for facts. I know his question was opinion based, but is there
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by meterplech 15y ago
I hadn't thought of this angle. I will say that when I stay with a friend (early 20s) it's typical to bring beer/food and buy the other person dinner/a meal already. I think some people could circumvent the system- but many will be happy to
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by meterplech 15y ago
I think this is the killer feature for Airbnb. I have loved the idea of the service, but haven't used it because of the slight creepiness worry (perhaps unfounded, but I think common). I know I'd feel comfortable staying with friends-of-fri
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by meterplech 15y ago
The markets changed a lot. I don't know much about skype but I do think that's probably a huge part of this.
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by meterplech 15y ago
I would imagine part of it is that SaaS and PaaS startups have an easier path to revenue. For most of them, a single user means revenue, which means you have more wiggle room for salary. It's also easier to do long term planning if you have
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by meterplech 15y ago
I think that's not a fair analogy. PG isn't the curator for content on HN, and while you could argue he could algorithmically alter stories about YC companies, or manually remove stories, this isn't an editorial blog. It's a collection, and
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by meterplech 15y ago
I am pretty impressed that Twitter is still up right now. As far as I can tell there was no fail whale during this whole news break. Big moment for the site I think.
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Conquerors, Heroes, and Revolutionaries- Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You?(jkatzur.tumblr.com)
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by meterplech 15y ago
I just had office hours with Albert Wenger. The process is really great. I tried to get into office hours last round (I think they do them twice a year?) and made the waitlist. I was then contacted this time to see if I was still interested
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by meterplech 15y ago
A few companies do that actually. Their analysts/consultants will work with you for an hour or so and then try to set up a longer term deal to help you. It makes sense: the economics of even an hour long meeting aren't great factoring in cu
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by meterplech 15y ago
This is incredible. I think Google is doing a great job of transitioning from a startup to a big company. They have so many things like this, 20% time, and letting tech guys focus on tech and still get promotions. I feel like they are tryin
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by meterplech 15y ago
I think that is because investors believe in Jeff Bezos more as CEO than Larry Page. Bezos comes from Wall Street, so Wall Streeters probably have more confidence in him. Plus he has been CEO for a long time, whereas Page comes from academi
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by meterplech 15y ago
There are definitely advantages for our understanding. But, when writing highly parallelized code I always thought the linear style was somehow odd. It would be cool to see other ideas that would map more directly with that type of thinking
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by meterplech 15y ago
This criticism seems unnecessarily harsh and focused on income. There are real issues here regarding the role of a CEO in working with or talking to analysts and investors. You could make an argument that it serves Google's long-term intere
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by meterplech 15y ago
Great post, glad you are coming back to NYC! Wanted to make a comment about your website. I think you overstate cost as a deciding factor for parents. Right now, visiting your website and searching for a tutor the cost and picture are the m
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by meterplech 15y ago
I definitely think this is the best long term solution. I think culture is incredibly important to an organization. And, I liked the article overall. But- there is some glossing over of technical ability. I am one to believe that the best s
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by meterplech 15y ago
I think people who got into programming very early in life can be naturally condescending against those who found it later. There is some reason behind this: if you were programming Basic at 6, made your first mini game at 8, and had your f
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by meterplech 16y ago
You shouldn't be so quick to knock the idea. People probably said the same thing about a stupid website that was pretty much a yearbook online. It has 3milliom monthly users, he can definitely turn it into a revenue generator and is in a gr
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by meterplech 16y ago
While South Africa is more industrialized than other African countries, I think you are selling Google short here. They are intentionally expanding to the African continent- a hugely populous region currently under-served. While South Afric

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