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by pud 14y ago
Tech press comes in handy for biz dev, marketing, and fundraising purposes: You can send the article to potential partners and it makes you look legit. Side-note: This article is on the front page of HN now (congrats to the author, well pla
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by pud 14y ago
Off topic, but I think that's the most beautiful illustration I've ever seen accompanying an article. And the animation - just wonderful. (I've visiting from my laptop. Assuming mobile version probably doesn't look the same.)
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by pud 14y ago
In that case: Learndot: "Our company is called learndot." Customer: "Learn dot what?" Learndot: "Learn dot nothing - that's the name of the company." Customer: "Learn dot nothing?" Learndot: "Well, dot com." Customer: "Learn dot com? Why di
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by pud 14y ago
According to the article, one of the reasons they changed the company name is because it was hard for people to understand the old name when spoken verbally. Their new name seems to have the same problem. For example: Learndot: "Email me at
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by pud 14y ago
Beautiful until I consider the slow internet speeds I'd likely have to live with.
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by pud 14y ago
I like this. One thing I would add, is the ability for users to submit a YouTube URL (add a new video). For example, Mitch Hedberg[1] is my favorite comedian. I'd like to submit a clip of his in hopes you'll match me with women who like it.
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by pud 14y ago
There's an awkwardly worded survey question at the top of that article: "Do you know if your blood pressure is in the normal range?" It could mean "Do you have normal blood pressure?" or "Do you know your blood pressure?" I think grammatica
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by pud 14y ago
Tell landlords they can offer the service to tenants for $10/mo. Split proceeds 50/50. Call every landlord in town. Landlords love upselling tenants (parking spaces, storage space, etc.)
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by pud 14y ago
Aargh. It's some bug with the new Skitch. Is everyone getting the same error?
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by pud 14y ago
Here's an image of both logos next to each other. http://tinyurl.com/c32hw83 Kim got rid of the 3D, made the colors more bold, and removed some of the outlines. The changes also had the effect of making the word "AdBrite" appear larger, e
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by pud 14y ago
I can vouch for Kim's positive traits. He also has negative traits, as do we all - but I don't know much about them. However he was a customer of AdBrite (a large ad network I founded around 2000) and I spoke with him via Skype many times a
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by pud 14y ago
A good example of this being used is Facebook. Click a picture in your newsfeed, get a popup. Even though the hover shows a URL. Command-click it to open in new tab, as expected.
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5 PRINT "WHAT'S YOUR FIRST NAME?" 7 INPUT NAME$ 10 X=1 20 D=1 30 FOR Y=1 TO X 40 PRINT " "; 50 NEXT Y 60 PRINT NAME$ 70 IF X=0 OR X=39-LEN(NAME$) THEN D=D*-1 80 X=X+D 90 GOTO 30 RUN
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10 X=1 20 FOR Y=1 TO X 30 PRINT " "; 40 NEXT Y 50 PRINT "HELLO" 60 IF X=34 THEN LEFT=1 70 IF X=0 THEN LEFT=0 80 IF LEFT=1 THEN X=X-1 90 IF LEFT=0 THEN X=X+1 100 GOTO 20 RUN Notes: Use ^C to stop it. Type LIST
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by pud 14y ago
> It isn't them using basic ideas like a top nav or usernames By "basic ideas" I assume you mean "ideas that are better and more useful, and therefore more widely ripped off." Your argument reminds me of when people say such-and-such ba
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by pud 14y ago
Zynga is a company that makes online games. And people often criticize Zynga for making games (online games, Flash games, Facebook games, casual games, etc.)
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by pud 14y ago
Startups are hard. Even big startups are hard. Zynga is startupy, even though they're public. There's a lot of schadenfreude on HN when it comes to Zynga. Articles about Zynga's problems regularly make it to the top of HN. Some people think
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by pud 14y ago
I love the audio too. Sounds like a real underwater recording. Is it? Creepy (in a good way)
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by pud 14y ago
On the social network I run, I call them members. I think it's a lot nicer than users. I also sometimes refer to them as musicians (since it's a site for musicians). If I called them customers, they'd think I were trying to sell them someth
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by pud 14y ago
Ever used the search box on Amazon.com? Then you've used A9.
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by pud 14y ago
Update: They just said that it's just the visor heat that's broken -- not helmet heat. Visor heat are the wires in the glass that keep it from fogging, like the rear defroster in your car. And it seems they're not sure if the heat is broken
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by pud 14y ago
In theory, Facebook's (and Google AdWords') auction model protects you against this. In theory, you're tracking conversions/effectiveness, and if the number of bots that click your ad double, that means the ads are worth half, so you adjust
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by pud 14y ago
Facebook gives you the option when promoting a post. (A) Just show to people who like you? (B) Also show to their friends.
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by pud 14y ago
Because I host on windows and don't have Git installed.
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by pud 14y ago
Does it work over SFTP? I might be able to use something like that.
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by pud 14y ago
Google has some kinda fancy browser caching, such that it's not a great way to test if your internet connection is working. Even with a shift-refresh.
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by pud 14y ago
I love this because it reminds me of BBS's, doors, ANSI art, and pre-web telnet sites. For example, "telnet cdnow.com" was a great way to buy music CDs.
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by pud 14y ago
> A list of startups that failed before 2001 Disclosure, I wrote this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1416577939
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by pud 14y ago
If they made the email link stop working after initial use, that would solve a bunch of these problems. (not sure if that's how it works or not)
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by pud 14y ago
Reading HN -> Saw this post -> Clicked -> Saw http://www.flipmeme.com/image/raKHs -> Bought two pieces of this guy's art

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