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by pytrin 14y ago
The legal issues behind this were posted here a few days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5449226 The original blog post was removed (for legal reasons?), here is the cached version of it - http://goo.gl/E1gKN
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by pytrin 14y ago
I'm sorry, but that's complete BS. Playing any type of guitar does not limit you to a specific style of play - you can play any style you want on any type of guitar. Some advanced techniques and progressions (i.e, solos or conversly fingers
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by pytrin 14y ago
It's certainly not difficult once you are proficient enough. I got my first acoustic after 2 years playing a classical guitar and 1 year playing an electric one. It was very similar to playing a classical guitar once your fingers are broken
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by pytrin 14y ago
(I've been playing the guitar for 16 years) - beginners should definitely start with a classical guitar, not an acoustic or an electric guitar. Acoustic is the hardest to play correctly, while electric has more setup and cost involved (ampl
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by pytrin 14y ago
Not exactly a todo list, but what about Leanspecs? https://www.leanspecs.com
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I'm Sure It Will Only Take You A Few Days To Code(danshipper.com)
6 points by pytrin 14y ago|0 comments
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Pair Design for Creative Teams(pairdesign.co)
1 points by pytrin 14y ago|0 comments
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by pytrin 14y ago
This is a good approach for non technical people, no doubt. That is if it really suites their skillset. As a non-technical founder, you are likely good at building and maintaining relationships. You are probably good at selling things. You
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by pytrin 14y ago
They create those demos to attract users to their browser - kind of defeats the purpose if you can run it using any browser. I actually downloaded mobile chrome on to run this - I usually run Firefox.
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by pytrin 14y ago
Preferably not with their own SMTP service ;)
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by pytrin 14y ago
You're technically right (and I found it annoying too) - but it is a "Chrome" expriment... naturally it would only support Chrome.
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Chrome World Wide Maze(chrome.com)
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by pytrin 14y ago
You're probably talking about this - https://github.com/kayue/WordpressBundle Not what I was talking about - this allows you to run wordpress on a symfony site and share user state (pretty trivial). I'm talking about an adapter that allo
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by pytrin 14y ago
The main problem perpetuating Wordpress' design woes is its plugin ecosystem and how it depends on Wordpress' internals. A massive hook system, scopeless globals passed around like nobody's business and overall reliance on how "things work
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by pytrin 14y ago
You reached the max nesting with your last comment so I'll continue here - I'm not playing any games. If anything, I would say you are by not specifically saying "FU money" or something equivalent (i.e, being rich) in your poll and then cla
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by pytrin 14y ago
The examples you gave (Dorsey, Zuckerburg) pointed much more in the direction of the latter. Putting it the context of the original argument, I indeed put it all on the line by stopping to work completely and living a very barebone life. Th
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by pytrin 14y ago
I lived on 2k$ a month for two years. I saved up 50k$ from contract work in order to accomplish that. I really don't think that counts as FU money.
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by pytrin 14y ago
Yet somehow, FU money is not on the poll. So I don't see how that settles anything. A more interesting poll would have been to ask that question specifically.
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by pytrin 14y ago
It's pretty shocking to me the different worlds we live in. You honestly think that most startups are created by people with FU money? And while your personal experience may differ, the vast majority of VCs are strictly "dumb money" and a
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by pytrin 14y ago
> I'd argue that many startups try to create new money too. Obviously, startups are usually a business too. The difference is what they actually do to make money - by creating value or by putting in money. > Not true. General partne
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by pytrin 14y ago
You wrote a post about VCs in general. VCs in general raise money to create the fund and then manage it. When you invest your own money, you are typically considered an "angel" investor. It might be semantics, but I'm sure you're aware of t
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by pytrin 14y ago
This post just helps reinforce the opinion that most VCs don't really know what startups do. Yes, they both raise money and some even have a website. That's where the similarities end. With some outliers, most VCs don't try to create new va
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Why your marketing campaign sucks(bothsidesofthetable.com)
1 points by pytrin 14y ago|0 comments
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Implement input type=number - Bugzilla issue from 2006(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
2 points by pytrin 14y ago|0 comments
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by pytrin 14y ago
This service makes so much more sense than Outbox. Easy to scale, allow you to mask your real address, relatively cost-efficient, allows people outside of the US to have a US address...
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by pytrin 14y ago
The effect is achieved by having a div with a specified height pushing down the article. As you scroll down the div naturally moves up with the rest of the content. The scroll event adjusts the position of the background image on that div,
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Mailbox, I quit you(theverge.com)
6 points by pytrin 14y ago|0 comments
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The Challenges of Scaling an Online Platform(platformed.info)
2 points by pytrin 14y ago|0 comments
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by pytrin 14y ago
I wouldn't say plenty - succeeding while working on a startup part-time is definitely the exception, and not the rule. I would love to hear some examples of those successful founders who succeeded while working part-time on their venture.
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by pytrin 14y ago
If this is the hardest question for you, you are not ready to do a startup. This is a filtering question - If I'm YC, if even one of the founders is not able to commit, that's probably an immediate rejection right there.

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