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by phlux 16y ago
exactly, that is how reddit does it... I wonder if YC has heard of them ;P
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by phlux 16y ago
Greets! -- spell out those acronyms, please. If we are trying to educate people on services etc... dont assume they know what everything means.
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Ask HN: Why is the damn HN:Next timeout so short??
17 points by phlux 16y ago|4 comments
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by phlux 16y ago
<...Users don't care about portability or ease of multiplatform development. CONSUMERS dont care about this - enterprise and medical applications should. When you access an app/session from one device and seamlessly transition to anothe
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by phlux 16y ago
I agree with your statements, but I have a question. If I am getting a groupon that gives me 50% off $100, and I actually spent the $50 of which groupon takes ~50%... at what point don't retailers start offering "groupon like rates" directl
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by phlux 16y ago
no offense, but video is slower to be consumed than reading - you can't easily copy video and paste it into an email/im/tweet with the same efficacy as text. May I make a suggestion: transcripts. If you are going to provide video - provide
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by phlux 16y ago
Not restricting - I currently have domains on all 3 of them and want to move to one.
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by phlux 16y ago
TC is doing so because they are trying to produce more and more "pieces of content" to map to the AOL plan to have X "pieces of content" so that in the next few months arrington can get a promotion to VP of content or some BS at AOL. it's a
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Ask HN: Best Registrar (To which should I consolidate?)
4 points by phlux 16y ago|7 comments
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by phlux 16y ago
Can you give more details? I have up on the block: flightr.com jotbox.me jotbox.im branchdb.com witjot.com cirrostrat.us healthstrat.us medstrat.us imbued.us volitical.org I am pretty good at thinking up names depending on your context....
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by phlux 16y ago
No offense to the OP, but I am wary about any such offers now on HN. After a similar offer - I took the chance and after submitting materials to the HN offerer - was told "Oh, I cant give you feedback on your document because I am working o
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by phlux 16y ago
Find out their monthly burn rate and divide by 600MM So, in may 2008 they were said to burn 150MM / year. Lets assume thats doubled - so, 300 MM per year. 300/12 = 25MM per month 25/600 = .04 cents per month, per user.
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by phlux 16y ago
Oh - also Greg Herlein is selling a decent one: http://blog.herlein.com/2011/02/selling-my-linux-notebook/ he's on HN as Herlein I think...
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by phlux 16y ago
If you don't want to spend a ton on a laptop but want a decent machine, get a dell latitude D820 used on CL - you can get them for as much as $300 - runs ubuntu great.
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by phlux 16y ago
I am in the process of starting one. There are a lot of issues around what you are offering; the barriers are varied and many. But they are all surmountable - though you need to take a shotgun approach. For example - if you went to Health 2
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by phlux 16y ago
We are going to meet on Mondays at 6pm at NoiseBridge if anyone is interested.
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Offer HN: Office/Network/Datacenter design work
1 points by phlux 16y ago|0 comments
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by phlux 16y ago
Exactly, HVAC design Janitors Construction Nannys PLumber Cable Pullers Architects Landscaping All of these are compan types that would never have groupons.
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by phlux 16y ago
I am. Post when where, and I'll be there.
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by phlux 16y ago
http://startupdigest.com/classifieds/ http://www.quora.com/jobs http://www.eventbrite.com/jobs/ http://foursquare.com/jobs https://www.airbnb.com/jobs http://www.cloudera.com/company/careers http://www.squareup.com/ http://ex
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by phlux 16y ago
Anyone running FusionIO products on membase or couchDB layers? If not - take a look at them.
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by phlux 16y ago
I have been doing this! However – we are still just two founders, so we haven't expanded beyond the 2gb freebie. Though I use the following structure: NEWCO: - DOCS – then dirs Doc, XLS, PDF, NDA, PPT, Legal, Research - GRAPHICS – All graph
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Ask HN: Android Dev Meetup at NoiseBridge SF
3 points by phlux 16y ago|1 comments
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by phlux 16y ago
Assuming NFC works the same way Lockheeds RFID system works - you havea tag ID which is read against a back-end DB which holds the tags value, where the tag/card holds no value data itself, how can this work with SF Transit police checking
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by phlux 16y ago
I've always thought that it would be a good idea for a clothier site to ask you what your preferred size is when you sign up for an account - then by default always show you that size - but give you a link to select other sizes if you wish,
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by phlux 16y ago
Sorry, you're an easy target simply because you have put yourself out there so much. You do deserve a bit more respect - just some of the things you have written really hit a nerve with me. :)
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by phlux 16y ago
Thats cool - I wasnt calling anyone out. I have ADHD tendencies and I procrastinate a lot. I am not "lazy" I get a lot done -- sometimes though, its not what should be high on my priority list. Lots of people get called arrogant, but there
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by phlux 16y ago
And I am sure they were making money off them, thus didnt do anything about it.
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by phlux 16y ago
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ravi-simhambhatla/1/283/982 http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwysong Search your contacts for intros. I have a shared connection with Ravi - whom I could ask to connect you. But you need to build the example fir
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by phlux 16y ago
I had some thoughts on sponsorship: Make it so you can brand a version of the site. e.g. build a verrsion for Virgin America only flights. Make it embbedable widget. License it to the airlines as a widget they can give the link to any affil

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