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by npk 19y ago
I have not used Mathematica as a programming environment. But I've written three long numerical codes for mathematica. One was a ray-tracer for optical design, the second was a stellar model, the most recent code is a monte-carlo type sim
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by npk 19y ago
The shoot looks fun, but damn, that's a lot of white people.
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by npk 19y ago
Well, if Scribd makes it to a liquidity event, maybe YC can pass their good fortunes on to newly funded companies and offer us better valuations :)
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by npk 19y ago
Random question, when does one need to incorporate? I'm building an app slowly and only have a few $10s to spend every month. Clearly, I can not afford extra expenditures. My friends will see a private beta, and then I'd like to start loo
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by npk 19y ago
You're falling into a trap. Using the vocabulary of statistics does not mean you are thinking statistically. The classic refute, "correlation does not imply causation," applies here. I bet that the top people at top companies have high I
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by npk 19y ago
That they don't really understand statistics.
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by npk 19y ago
No, they don't exist. First of all, your question has no objective test function. Let's put aside that totally fundamental issue. In that case, you would need a test that distinguishes out of a small group of people, and would not have a
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by npk 19y ago
Assuming your test was performed ethically, I'm very curious to hear more about your result. For example, I'd like to see an example of the messages (relevant and irrelevant), I'd like the address to your web site (I understand why you did
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by npk 19y ago
I'm mostly interested in hearing from hardware and finance guys. However, the first obvious interview would be: - Larry & Sergey - Astro Teller @ Body Media - Matt Flannery @ Kiva - Ross Freeman, Bernie Vonderschmitt, and Jim Barnett @ Xil
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Tweet Volume - Comparison tool for twitter phrase volume(datamining.typepad.com)
1 points by npk 19y ago|0 comments
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by npk 19y ago
I still don't understand, don't we all agree that making the best product is not the only thing? Marketing, advertising, development, all of these are equally important. This was well summarized in this post ( http://news.ycombinator.com/
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by npk 19y ago
Really? What aspect of it is unappealing? Personally, if I were to go the startup route, I would feel pretty successful if I had a salary of ~$6M a year. I imagine you would too. So, you object to his SEO work. Why is SEO any different
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by npk 19y ago
This is an interesting idea. I wonder how you will grow it? Most University IT departments are understaffed and overworked. Even though they should provide these services, they often can't. Are you planning to charge universities for
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by npk 19y ago
Some highlights: "Software Crisis" has existed for 40 years. Basically, software is hard to make, and insecure. The "crisis" is not reported anymore -- it's obvious. Software is malleable, which is its power and curse. He posits that "So
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Douglas Crockford - Software Quality - Covers the Full Range of Emotion [video](video.yahoo.com)
3 points by npk 19y ago|1 comments
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Bad Powerpoint Humor [video](infosthetics.com)
1 points by npk 19y ago|0 comments
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by npk 19y ago
The problem is this article is using scientific buzzwords to explain something that can be explained without the buzzwords. 300 years ago, "calculus", 50 years ago FFT, 15 years ago "Chaos Theory, 10 years ago, "Wavelets" and apparently no
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by npk 19y ago
This kind of question is difficult for any of us to answer. First of all, this is a subject I have no experience in, so I can't comment on how "fair" your numbers are. I'll only offer general advice about negotiations. You and your friend
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by npk 19y ago
I second this submission. I'd like to know the mean/mode/median of (karam/# submissions) for example.
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Jogging Over a Distance - A Novel Use of Consumer Electronics(infosthetics.com)
1 points by npk 19y ago|0 comments
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by npk 19y ago
See, juwo, I + another YC user + the friggin w3 organization say the same thing: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=17339 & parents of this link, plus many more.
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by npk 19y ago
I've read in a number of places that facebook is profitable. Siince their ad revenue is so low, you've go to imagine flyers + gifts are making up for the difference. Seeing that they've hired so many engineers, you've got to reckon they'r
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by npk 19y ago
Wow, This guy's whole blog (not just the article) is based on bashing YC & YC funded companies. There are some valid cons to YC Funding: the funding comes at a low valuation, and it is scary to build a company without a clear path to monet
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Adam Greenfield's Keynote notes: Ethics of Ubiquitous Computing Lead to Better Solutions(infosthetics.com)
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Buzz - Ambient Information Software - Slowly Pushes Content to Desktop(gvu.gatech.edu)
1 points by npk 19y ago|0 comments
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by npk 19y ago
I'm not sure is useful for web2.0 companies. Websites, are different. The most important thing I've learned (from the YC community) about startups is: Pick an important problem to solve. Build the bare-minimum solution to that problem an
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Confused about Semantic Web? Watch: What is the Semantic Web? [video] (ff to 5m 10s)(videolectures.net)
1 points by npk 19y ago|0 comments
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Future of Search(datamining.typepad.com)
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by npk 19y ago
What happens if you only have one idea?
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by npk 19y ago
Possible Solution: Make people lose karma when they click the down arrow.

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