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by nfc 11y ago
Does Fast Forward accept applications from non-US organisations?, I couldn't find an answer after skimming their website.
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by nfc 11y ago
I'm in the process of bootstrapping a tech company whose goals are "non-profit". The product is finished although in the webpage http://www.alfiv.com the model and description of the product are outdated and incom
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by nfc 11y ago
Just an observation. There are perhaps 10xers in 'software development productivity' but a company should pay based on a different metric, 'business value productivity'. There is nothing saying that a 100% increase in so
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Y Combinator Fellowship 2015 Websites(topchart.io)
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by nfc 11y ago
I added a new list for the websites of the projects rather than the videos of the founder http://www.topchart.io/lists/ycombinator-fellowship-2015-web...
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by nfc 11y ago
I created an alternative list where you can link your project website rather than your videos since I thought that could be more interesting http://www.topchart.io/lists/ycombinator-fellowship-2015-web...
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by nfc 11y ago
Amazing job, I'll become soon one of your paying customers :) After playing with it for a while a first suggestion. I noticed that it's possible to export the frequency of the words so you have this information, for my use case it
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by nfc 11y ago
The idea is to have alternatives to work around the flaws of the system. The difference between using what the state provides and creating such a "patent fund" is that with the former you just accept the status quo. It's obvi
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by nfc 11y ago
Yes, I suppose for this system to work companies'd have to commit some non core patents, that would be the "price to pay" for the insurance the system provides. I've never applied for a patent, mostly for ethical reasons
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by nfc 11y ago
It certainly wouldn't protect against patent trolls, more against the big companies the article is talking about. I don't know enough about the american patent system as to know whether such a system would help much with those.
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by nfc 11y ago
You are right that there's a tradeoff. I'd say the tradeoff is not so bad if at least they get to be large before being sued out of existence. A way to address some of the problems that would arise for the protection of IP (what h
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by nfc 11y ago
Wouldn't it make sense for small companies to commit their patents to a mutual "patent fund" that would protect them in case they are sued?, are there legal reasons why this has not been done? An ideal version of this mechani
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by nfc 12y ago
Seems like in this study though there is no incentive for those "who know nothing" to bow out since there is no penalty in guessing wrong. I'd say that the population that constitutes the prediction market should be "con
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by nfc 12y ago
It has always struck me how Magic Realism seems to be so prevalent in the literary tradition of such distant and otherwise unrelated areas as South America and India. I am no expert in any of the fields that could try to provide an answer t
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by nfc 12y ago
RIP. I felt a shock when I discovered this when I woke up. He is probably the author that has influenced me more strongly in my literary tastes. Gabo wasn't just a great writer but loved by many in spanish speaking countries. His maste