pdaviesa

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by pdaviesa 15y ago
These are the same people who think all digital content should be free - music, movies, games, apps, etc. No matter how technically advanced our society becomes, one axiom will always remain true - there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
The minute someone says "that's impossible, there is absolutely no way that will happen", someone else begins to devise a way to make the "impossible" scenario/product/achievement possible. Incedentally, the typical HN reader falls into th
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
Jobs is also the largest Disney shareholder. Not sure if he controls a majority of voting rights though.
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
How about introducing viral replication qualities to the content. Instead of malicious intent, snippets of content can be deployed all over the web with some mechanism for a simple retrieve/compile. Ideally, the content packets would not
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
We had a strange bug that only surfaced on the last day of every month. One of our directors asked what we were doing to troubleshoot this bug. I responded that we were a bit more focused on troubleshooting bugs which occurred every day.
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
That's really the heart of the issue - no matter how good your social product is, people are only going to make the switch from facebook if a significant number of their "social network" switch as well. I wonder if the next big social site
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
A bit conspiracy theory-ish but perhaps the DoJ let this go through now to provide more anti-competitive ammo 3-5 years down the road.
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
Great story! Sure, creating the next world changing product and making millions would be awesome, but when it comes down to it, what I really want is to work on interesting challenges, make my own decisions, and support my family.
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
If you get the chance, you should swing down to Palo Alto and check out Stanford University. It's the birthplace of silicon valley, the campus is beautiful, and if you're lucky you'll catch some co-eds frolicking in the fountains :)
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
Best of luck, the bay area is awesome and you can't beat the weather, cultural diversity, and proximity to great geography (beaches, mountains, Monterey/Carmel, Mendocino, etc). Make sure you guys spend at least a couple of days exploring
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
Makes sense, are you considering relocating to the bay area permanently?
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
One question I do have, what advantage do you feel Y Combinator gives you over going straight to round A funding? It looks like your product is fairly mature with existing traction and customers. Perhaps connections in the valley?
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
Congrats on the interview! Interstate looks very cool, I can already see how the roadmap feed would improve my life and that of my developers!
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
Although you may be right, if the hackanery gets too bad the gov may have no choice but to step in. I wonder how long it will be before a special ops team from the newly formed Ministry of Information is banging down these kids' doors.
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
There is a big difference between a manager and a leader. A manager takes the credit for things that go well and looks for people to blame when they don't. A leader understands that they are only successful if their team succeeds. A mana
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
I'm beginning to worry about Google. Companies don't make these types of changes when everything is going great.
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by pdaviesa 15y ago
The problem with this approach is that engineers are going to build things that other engineers like. Add up all the engineers in the world and it's not that much compared with the rest of the global population. A good comment on the orig
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
I love etsy but this article brings up many good points. I wonder if etsy needs to look at related but new businesses in order to truly scale. Perhaps they need to look more at the physical side of their business, e.g. running custom manu
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
It's interesting to see Skynet posting on HN! How about a government where all citizens get to vote on all bills in real time by texting/tweeting/facebook "liking" yay or nay?
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
I have many friends and family members who are in k-12 education (mostly teachers but some administrators and executives). Their edu experience ranges from 10-40 years in different socio-economic districts. Every one of them says the sing
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
Well, you Canadians may not have Hulu, Skypein numbers, or full Netflix, but your beer does have a higher alcohol content - this may be a fair trade.
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
You know, that's a really good point. I may go straight to StubHub if I'm really into seeing ballgames, but am I really going to remember the hot new startups focusing on apartment rentals, spa services, or used car parts? No, I'm just go
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
I'm not sure how you use Craigslist but I've primarily used the site to sell a few big ticket items - and it flat out works. After listing a couple of cars on some larger, more feature rich sites for several weeks without any traction, I l
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
I've always wanted to pull the following April fools prank - get into the office super early and leave some controversial whiteboard sketch in several of the conference rooms (ie major reorg, acquisition, company move , etc) and just see wh
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
I'm not sure why they actually need that much money at this stage of their company's development. With that said, I certainly wouldn't turn down $41 million if someone wanted to give it to me :) However, the fact that they now need to prod
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
The idea that they already have a corporate accounting dept speaks to the root of the problem.
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
I was born and raised in the Bay Area and here's what is magical: incredible weather, unbelievably diverse set of cultures, one of the world's most beautiful cities, easy access to beaches, mountains, Monterey/Carmel, active lifestyle of re
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
So, shouldn't the first thing you learn as a hacker include how to mask your physical location so as not to have the FBI knocking on your door?
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
It's funny that there are people on this forum that believe husbands actually make decisions. A great quote from some random sitcom - "Marriage is all about compromise. My wife wanted a cat, I didn't want a cat, so we compromised and got a
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by pdaviesa 16y ago
I think the biggest difference between startups and established companies (even those that try to emulate a startup like culture) is the hunger for success. Established successful tech companies have already accomplished amazing things and

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