mixmax

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811.
Bringing Down a Copycat Site(xequte.com)
142 points by mixmax 17y ago|25 comments
812.
by mixmax 17y ago
That was my reaction too, I'm from Scandinavia as well.
813.
by mixmax 17y ago
Absolutely, nothing wrong in disagreeing. As a matter of fact some of the best insights spring from respectful disagreement.
814.
by mixmax 17y ago
I think you're mistaken. RMS has changed the world exactly because his convictions are so strong that he lives by them in every little detail. If you notice it people that change the world almost always religiously live by what they preac
815.
by mixmax 17y ago
You underestimate the signal he sends by instisting on free software. If you look at the isolated incident of RMS insisting on only using machines where the software is free (as in freedom) it doesn't make mucha of a difference as you say.
816.
by mixmax 17y ago
This is amazingly well done advertising. Notice the following: - Tom dickens is perfectly casted, geeky yet funny and very likable. Oh, and guys in lab-coats are always believable, which is why they're used so often in tv ads. - The graphic
817.
by mixmax 17y ago
Better to have loved and lost than never having loved at all.
818.
by mixmax 17y ago
There are so many mediocre me-too ideas out there - how refreshing to see one that isn't. Best of luck.
819.
by mixmax 17y ago
Maybe facebook should acquire dropbox...
820.
by mixmax 17y ago
I learned exactly what you're pointing out. Also to better engage in a two-way conversation about the product, which features should be implemented, why we should or shouldn't do something based on technical merits, etc. I've always had a l
821.
by mixmax 17y ago
I've actually had some experience on both sides of the table. When I did my first software startup I had no idea how to code, but since I'm pretty good at convincing people, calling bullshit, diplomacy, etc. I managed to get funded and got
822.
by mixmax 17y ago
Oopps. I should have read this article before submitting: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html
823.
by mixmax 17y ago
Not yet unfortunately - launch early and launch often.
824.
by mixmax 17y ago
There's also the problem of availability of unique status updates, the lower your character count the fewer unique status updates there will be. If you launch a service with only 1 character there will only be 25 possible status updates. Pe
825.
by mixmax 17y ago
Sure, I'll give a free premium account to anyone on HN that asks. I have a blog over at http://www.maximise.dk/blog but it's boring and there are definitely no posts that are only 14 characters.
826.
by mixmax 17y ago
That's a very good point. But the scalability issues are easier to adress when you approach zero characters.
827.
by mixmax 17y ago
Not quite sure yet, but neither is Twitter and it doesn't seem to stop them. The about page addresses the subject briefly: http://twittewittewit.com/about.php
828.
by mixmax 17y ago
I'm going to get both of them in one shot: The hard thing about scaling a service like this is the social graph, AKA. when users have a lot of followers. So I'm going to use the freemium model and let users follow 10 or 20 people for free,
829.
by mixmax 17y ago
I've thought that a sailing app would be great. Using the compass you can put your iphone on the deck and have an arrow point you to your next waypoint that you have plotted on Google maps beforehand. You can also record the route you've sa
830.
by mixmax 17y ago
Journalists are paid too, can't you trust them either?
831.
by mixmax 17y ago
Apple's elephant in the room is Steve Jobs. He's undoubtedly one of the greatest, if not the greatest business leader of the twentieth century, and a lot of Apple's fortunes can directly be ascribed to him being at the helm of the company
832.
by mixmax 17y ago
Doing some numbers: When you add the acquisitions together you get $56 mill. Assuming that YC has an average stake of 7% they've made $3.9 mill from the acquisitions so far. If you assume the expenditures to be $10.000 per startup that's $1
833.
by mixmax 17y ago
The problem isn't the product - the problem is the politics.
834.
High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace(wired.com)
7 points by mixmax 17y ago|0 comments
835.
by mixmax 17y ago
Attach the pin to the package with a piece of wire or thread. When the happy customer pulls out his new monitor the pin will automatically fall out. Easy.
836.
by mixmax 17y ago
That was an amazing read. And it shows that the winners get to write the history books.
837.
by mixmax 17y ago
Skype was sold to Ebay in 2005 for 2.6 billion US$, so one would think that the founders have plenty of money. Why did they just raise what seems to be a petty amount instead of just ponying up themselves? Is it risk management, to work wit
838.
by mixmax 17y ago
That's great - We'll really be looking forward to hearing more and seeing some numbers. Thanks in advance for being so open about it, so the rest of us can learn from you.
839.
by mixmax 17y ago
Too long; Didn't read.
840.
by mixmax 17y ago
It fits emacs very well in that regard.

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