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   by randall 13y ago

   Network effects. :) I'm not going to swap stripe for balanced at this point, but would happily offer customers the ability to pay with a bank account if they prefer.
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   by randall 13y ago

   Love it. Awesome for Ray to get some extra support in the form of a CTO.
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   by randall 13y ago

   I'm most interested in the inverse... allowing customers to send us cash directly from their bank accounts for $.25 per transfer (instead of the bullshit credit card company fees). I'm sure there's some serious fraud implications that Strip
4. 544.▲
   by randall 13y ago

   I've been having an awesome time with Heap for the web. Their response time is fantastic for user feedback too. Glad they exist.
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   by randall 13y ago

   PG commented on it forever ago. The thinking (if I can speculate) probably is that if an item was submitted that didn't make it to the homepage, but it gets resubmitted a year later and does make it, it's worth everyone seeing it again. Or,
6. 546.▲
   by randall 13y ago

   Actually, there's some number of items that are new enough that they're dupes, but after a certain period, they can be resubmitted.
7. 547.▲
   by randall 13y ago

   Anyone know how to make DNS redundant? Is it as simple as adding them as extra nameservers, and then copying all the records? I'm thinking about using Linode's DNS as a failover.
8. 548.▲
   by randall 13y ago

   I love the idea of this for prototyping, but what happens after you're done prototyping? Do they expect you to just use their backend forever? I feel like most folks outgrow a service like this at some point... is that ok with you, Cole? Or
9. 549.▲
   by randall 13y ago

   I think he's saying the OP is being contradictory. "I don't mean to boast, but I'm awesome" would be a similar statement. Trying to defeat criticism by deflecting the critique at the root, while actually fulfilling said critique is a common
10. 550.▲
    by randall 13y ago

    Have you ever had to use this yourself? Or was this more a technical exercise?
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    Pixar's Chris Horne Sheds New Light on Monsters University(thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com)

    321 points by randall 13y ago|115 comments
12. 552.▲
    by randall 13y ago

    http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Larry_Middleman
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    by randall 13y ago

    For the record, ICQ's issue was needless complexity. Lots of extra clicks for no good reason. Nobody hated it, but pressing "enter" on msn messenger meant more words per minute, and for us teens at the time, it seemed more fun.
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    by randall 13y ago

    This makes me think Angular 2.0 hopefully will trim some of the conceptual cruft in a few years. Interesting! Thanks for the insight.
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    by randall 13y ago

    But it's not like it's some "real" CNN writeup. It's Dan, and it's Fortune. Dan is currently my favorite inside baseballer in VC-land. He actually knows his beat really well. Apparently Fortune (TW owned) eschewed its own domain (much like
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    by randall 13y ago

    No Boo.com reference? [1] The OP has a lot of knowledge about the dot-com bust, and is a smart dude. It's unsurprising he sees it through this lens, though I don't quite see it the same way. Marissa Mayer has a better sense for product (fro
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    by randall 13y ago

    *swisher
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    by randall 13y ago

    Love it! Yay!
19. 559.▲
    by randall 13y ago

    I think they meant to allow click to call from any device, ala Twilio.
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    by randall 13y ago

    To be clear, the bad guys are not the startup founders. They're the old school VCs and lawyers spoken of, who are used to taking advantage of startup founders. YC is a force for good in that without doing anything, bad actors are weeded out
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    by randall 13y ago

    This is why you work with YC. If you're going to get into the SV ecosystem, in order to stay away from the bad actors, I think you have to align yourselves with the forces for good. You think anyone will fuck with a YC company like that? On
22. 562.▲
    by randall 13y ago

    I'd like to know that too. I mean Xero has offices in the US certainly, so they'd be able to be served and the sort, but what about NZ exclusive shops?
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    by randall 13y ago

    No. That would be "Shit".
24. 564.▲
    by randall 13y ago

    It really depends on what you're trying to do. I think running gittip as an art project / science experiment is good for them... but does missing a mention in techcrunch positively affect the outcome of their business? Business / product de
25. 565.▲
    by randall 13y ago

    IE Google Fiber, and all the excitement that's generating.
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    by randall 13y ago

    chromium-dev@chromium.org would be an awesome place to ask that question.
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    by randall 13y ago

    Yay Eric!!!
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    by randall 13y ago

    I worked in an environment like this once. I'll never do it again. Did it make me a better person? Maybe. Hard to say. I know I made some really long lasting friendships there, but I'm not sure it was net positive, especially for the long-t
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    by randall 13y ago

    The issue I've had is from not being able to use keyboard or mouse entry for some random (3-5 seconds?) amount of time. Anyone else seen that? rMBP, fwiw.
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    by randall 13y ago

    Did you read the article? HQP sounds like a great way to start.