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by nika 16y ago
Also, a suggestion for non-technical cofounders: Do not tell us a list of technologies that you think we need in order to cofound a company with you. (I've seen this happen a lot.) If you think your technical cofounder needs [java/php/rail
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by nika 16y ago
I think many entrepreneurs think they need the 12 months in runway and thus the first step for their business is to find someone to give them the money. IF you go and raise that money from investors, it will likely take you 6 months (ser
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by nika 16y ago
In my experience, you're both right. You need the agreements so that the business doesn't get killed by bickering between co-founders, and you need to not spend a whole lot of time on "corporate matters" when you should be building the pro
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by nika 16y ago
I know the site is a joke but there is a real disconnect. There is this idea of a "business person" in a startup. But I think everyone serious enough about startups to be on HN, if you'll think about it, will realize there is no "business
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by nika 16y ago
I know there's a huge difference between programming and computer science. I bet there's at least as large a gulf between business and what they teach in business school. When I was in college one of the people I got to know was a guy who
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by nika 16y ago
People tend to focus on the plug formfactor, and I am sure it will be convenient for every charger plug to fit. But such standards inherently limit what you can do. By defining a charger you are also defining a voltage and current capacity
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by nika 16y ago
Apple stores had two things the thieves needed: High value merchandise that can be fences for a good return, and a very convenient checkout process. You don't even need to go to a register in most stores, and the employee is more concerned
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Exploiting Convenience: Thieves target Apple Stores in ID scam(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by nika 16y ago|1 comments
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by nika 16y ago
Of course, I thought that way in 2007, and at the same time thought twitter was pretty absurd and a product of the silicon valley echo chamber and could not see why any mainstream people would use it. But this time, I'm really sure! Serious
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by nika 16y ago
It sounds like you have a really good friend in Tennessee. I think if you pursue this further, you can still do it in Tennessee. I think that your current "customer" isn't really interested, and that it will not be hard to part amicably, o
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by nika 16y ago
While the leaked cables have caused unrest, I suspect that, if successful at throwing off dictators, they might well deserve the peace prize. No chance they will get it, however, as the Nobels are clearly highly politically influenced.
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by nika 16y ago
I think the real problem here, or maybe the most corrosive problem here, is that there was likely no legitimate warrant provided for this closure. I haven't investigated this case, but a similar case of "siezure" by the FBI involved a compa
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by nika 16y ago
Don't know NJ well, but having been there for awhile I can say that I would much rather live in a cost effective area and have a good daily commute than work in NYC. It may be "cooler" but it is a lot more expensive, and a lot less conveni
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by nika 16y ago
As I read that, I thought of all the developers I've worked with, and as a composite character, I have worked with a rock star! I can name a developer for every characteristic. Even the guy who wore black leather pants every single da
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by nika 16y ago
Whenever I see these news releases, I instinctively look to see if there's an earthlike planet, or a likely candidate, and feel let down if there isn't one. I guess I'm ready to go!
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by nika 16y ago
The reason there is no problem with the iphone 4 antenna is not that it is impossible to obscure the signal or cause signal loss, but because the new design pulls in signals better-- over all-- than the previous design. The issues you can
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by nika 16y ago
Thanks for the advice!
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by nika 16y ago
I've edited my post to remove that line because I think it was an expression of emotion and over the top. As for Gruber, I really don't like him at all. He kinda represents a lot of the qualities I'm objecting to, as you point out.
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by nika 16y ago
Congratulations, you made absolutely the right choice, even if the startup is a total failure. As someone who has worked with many right-out-of-school CS graduates, I'd strongly suggest you pursue a lot of code writing. I'm sure you'll be
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by nika 16y ago
My app was rejected once for violating the HIG. I really missed out on a PR opportunity to write up a big story about how Apple won't accept apps from gay people! Just because Apple rejects one app does not mean it is a new policy decision
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by nika 16y ago
I'm really saddened to see that so many people have come to believe that thinking differently is wrong and should be suppressed. That coercion and violence against the innocent is the norm and that people who think that we should live free
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by nika 16y ago
Sigh, I think it is a damn shame that you were put to -1 for attempting to clarify. I'm happy to get you to zero. Personally, I prefer the term "Abolitionist" to "anarcho-capitalist." I'm an abolitionist because, just like the movement of
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by nika 16y ago
IS that the fault of the minority who thinks different and then angers the majority? Or is that he fault of the majority who is so sensitive it cannot tolerate a minority that doesn't agree absolutely completely?
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by nika 16y ago
Another aspect of that is that taking that money (which comes from taxes as you mentioned or from inflation) reduces the bottom line of businesses across the USA. The taxes directly hit the bottom line, but the taxes and the inflation boos
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Adversarial Web Search Monograph from Yahoo (food for SEO thought)(research.yahoo.com)
2 points by nika 16y ago|0 comments
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by nika 16y ago
The Phases of Interface Builder: newbie: Whoa! I can build a UI without writing any code? Cool! novice: Damnit, why isn't this working right? IB Sucks. It must be IB's fault! junior: Ah, to hell with it, I know enough code, I can just writ
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by nika 16y ago
Thanks to you and "TheAmazingIdiot" (ugh, his name makes me call him a name, the delima!) for the feedback. I'm going to try sticking around a bit.
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by nika 16y ago
Please remember that TRIM is one solution, and Apple makes the whole widget. Which is to say, Apple can make their own SSDs (or set the specs for toshiba or whoever provides the modules) and put whatever support into the OS they need. TR
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by nika 16y ago
We run our startup from two 15" MacBook Pros. For mine, I took out the optical drive and replaced it with a 1TB hard drive. Where the original hard drive went, I put in a tiny SSD. This works great. OS and apps on the SSD, and I put the i
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Three projects to create a government-less Internet, and why it is needed.(datelinezero.com)
81 points by nika 16y ago|23 comments

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