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541.
by noodle 16y ago
a lot of those things you're asking for just don't exist together. you can't have a powerful processor and graphics card and have long battery life. and you especially can't have all 3 AND be weightless.
542.
by noodle 16y ago
you have an idea for YC? build it yourself. that'll build your skills enough to maybe get yourself a job later on, and you'll have a nice website to use as a portfolio project.
543.
by noodle 16y ago
> I sometimes get the feeling that the HN crowd is a bit (understandably) myopic and focuses too much on simplistic websites. i disagree with the simplistic notion. but i'd note that it focuses on software because that is YC's wheelh
544.
by noodle 16y ago
the difficulty there (as it relates to this article, at least) is whether or not they'll sponsor someone's visa. it seemed difficult for a friend of mine to find something that would.
545.
by noodle 16y ago
since i can't edit anymore: instead of giving them money, go create a few more dummy accounts and see if the same thing happens to them. that would also be sufficient proof, imo
546.
by noodle 16y ago
indeed. beyond that, i think that a dating site that is truly effective inherently means that you're constantly losing good customers as they no longer need the site (though perhaps the natural attrition rate is lower). its also hard to
547.
by noodle 16y ago
CC chargeback. for the average consumer, obviously, you would want to avoid it. for TC doing some journalism on a company they once supported and gave praise, PR, traffic, and the buzz to get funding, i would've expected a bit more. but ma
548.
by noodle 16y ago
it is conceivable. it is possible. it is, however, not at all likely. like i said in another response, they're almost definitely doing shady business. call them out on it. but call them out on it with facts , not speculation. TC is su
549.
by noodle 16y ago
call out woome. the situation looks bad. it probably is bad. but call out woome with facts, not speculation. that is the notion.
550.
by noodle 16y ago
i'm not splitting the difference. if any messages were fake, its shady and legally liable. my point is, how can he know this for sure? all he's doing is saying that it is probably true, and not investigating. $30 from TC to sign up for
551.
by noodle 16y ago
> it's the whole concept of showing nothing unless you hand over your credit details this is how a lot of dating sites work. no contact unless you pay, no receiving messages unless you pay. its also how classmates.com works, not just
552.
by noodle 16y ago
i've had a thought on how to run an online dating site rattle around in my head for a while. always wanted to give it a shot, but i'm still busy working on something else. i even coughed it up on a HN ideas thread a while back, just to se
553.
by noodle 16y ago
i agree that its most likely fake, but it seems like TC would be able to comp him for the $30 for a membership it would take to lend weight to the story. are the messages fake? again, yeah, probably. but its also concievable that one or t
554.
by noodle 16y ago
fwiw, to provide a counterargument, i'm stuck with paypal. i applied to a "real" payment gateway and was denied due to low estimated processing volume.
555.
by noodle 16y ago
sounds like its time to open up a free site that doesn't store passwords in plaintext and doesn't get sold to the terrible dinosaurs. one can only hope it doesn't turn out badly. intuit hasn't yet ruined mint, so its theoretically possibl
556.
by noodle 16y ago
good point, i forgot about the factory work. although, thats the case for most first world countries, really. i imagine there's a good bit of fanboy culture creep in any job that allows foreign applications. does a megacorp software posit
557.
by noodle 16y ago
i think you're misreading. $16,500 is what the post states are transportation costs in the US. $4000 is the stated cost for AUS, which is more reasonable considering a flight. i think 16.5% is probably off base, but not that far off. clo
558.
by noodle 16y ago
i've also heard that JET experiences were all over the map. for example, i know one guy who spent most of his time cleaning. on a slightly different topic, do you have any thoughts on the availability of non-teaching positions for people w
559.
by noodle 16y ago
why not both? single serving things as appropriate via micropayments, or unlimited via sub.
560.
by noodle 16y ago
it seemed that the pivot they were taking at the end was in a similar direction to what lanyrd is doing. just a thought, is all.
561.
by noodle 16y ago
reimnds me of eventvue before it died.
562.
by noodle 16y ago
its relatively new. not all sites that do this are going to have made that jump. github might. other sites that have problems definitely don't. its also still totally possible to screw up html5's state management.
563.
by noodle 16y ago
yes, its possible. there are lots of sites that do make use of it well/correctly. the reason why its difficult is because it turns the app into a ajax state machine. navigation is much more programmatic, which makes the possibility of som
564.
by noodle 16y ago
i didn't mean to imply a correlation there between work time and cashing out. my point was more, you can be an entrepreneur and build a healthy business irrespective of things like raising funds or working 80 hour weeks.
565.
by noodle 16y ago
i'd point out that you can be an entrepreneur without working crazy hours. lifestyle businesses are perfectly legitimate, you just probably won't get any of the cashouts that people seem to (somewhat unrealistically) idolize and strive for
566.
by noodle 16y ago
depends on location.
567.
by noodle 16y ago
just thought i'd note (since you're new-ish) that you're getting downvoted because you stated an opinion without backing it up with any information. why doesn't it make sense to you? it makes sense to others.
568.
by noodle 16y ago
i knew about it, but every single issue i've ever had to call for has needed to be resolved by a service order. its never something technical. i've had my cable mistakenly disconnected a few times, or a line cut from utility work. i'd also
569.
by noodle 16y ago
comcast's end product is not bad at all, compared to what is available in america. their problem is customer service and their corporate policies. i avoid calling them at all costs and only do so once i know for sure that my problem is unf
570.
by noodle 16y ago
you have an idea, you don't have a startup. everyone has "good" ideas. a good startup/business is made in the execution. my suggestion would be to either learn to code on your own and start doing it by yourself, or pay someone to do the c

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