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   by randall 16y ago

   I know of some guys working on a project called NowJS that should take care of some of your socket woes. http://nowjs.com/
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   by randall 16y ago

   I understand this is primarily about comment quality, but I had an idea for keeping story quality high: Score votes via bookmarklet as higher than a standard vote. That'd be one way to ensure that someone actually read a story, rather tha
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   by randall 16y ago

   Slippery slope... I think Digg is the ultimate example of where the "elder statesmen" become the only people that matter. Anyone who's smart should be able to contribute w/o passing some sort of exclusionary bar.
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   by randall 16y ago

   Just for the record... this is an April Fools joke.
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   by randall 16y ago

   I freaking hate today. I'm always the April Fool when I read stuff like this.
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   by randall 16y ago

   I think it's turnabout here. Spamming, being crappy business people, I think this is their 74 minute way of getting the people to never call them again.
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   by randall 16y ago

   My buddy Seth Porges has a great place to stay in bklyn. http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/24143 Stay there, you won't regret it.
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   Typo.js: Client-side JavaScript Spellchecking(chrisfinke.com)

   5 points by randall 16y ago|0 comments
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   by randall 16y ago

   Like anything, I'd suggest thinking of something that is a bit past "trivial" but working on something you need. For a lot of Node.JS projects, that typically means doing something realtime-comminicatively, that typically wouldn't scale in
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    by randall 16y ago

    Plus, the original "spiritual" founder, Dorsey, is back. It's not like the suits totally won or something.
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    by randall 16y ago

    Or the Monopoly guy.
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    by randall 16y ago

    Access to the F train, for one, and amazing manhattan views, for two. We were either going to live on Roosevelt Island or in Queens, and we ended up saving some money in Jackson Heights.
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    by randall 16y ago

    Also, no mention of how much it sucks to do the canister-in-a-bag thing, or telecine-ing the film so it can be edited. Or the free cost of bits. (ok I'll stop.)
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    by randall 16y ago

    I'd argue because it's really not that hard. Prototyping a product, and implementing said prototype, are hallmarks of people with vision and determination. If you have an idea but can't execute, why bother? Bare minimum reason: You understa
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    by randall 16y ago

    Yeah, the plan is to do SlideShare and PDF viewers (scribd, crocodoc) soon enough, before launch.
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    by randall 16y ago

    Reminds me of that crazy Arcade Fire video. http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
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    by randall 16y ago

    Anyone who's interested in popcorn might want to give my little tech demo a spin. Works with YouTube right now, but enables syncing of website slides to a YouTube video. For now, this is just a tech demo (creation isn't done yet) but would
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    by randall 16y ago

    I'll add my $.02. So for the last few batches, I've started doing a/v and random behind-the-scenes stuff for demo day, and it's the two weeks a year I look most forward to. It's great to see how pitches can go from confusing and meandering
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    by randall 16y ago

    Review: A clickable link makes it easier to review rather than a text submission. :) Clicking through to the video is clunky. Probably should load on the same page. I click to say "i want to watch a video" and then have to click again to wa
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    WebOS now officially supports Node.JS background services(developer.palm.com)

    6 points by randall 16y ago|0 comments
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    by randall 16y ago

    Yeah, I mean Groupon seems like a sham (3 years to $25 bil. valuation?!) but rumor has it they're going to pull in $1bn+ in rev which would only be 12-25x, a seemingly logical multiple.
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    by randall 16y ago

    I'd say we're in pre-2008 post 2003 again. Web2.0 (the conference) in 2007 had a ton of non-startuppy attendees. In fact, IIRC, there were a ton of similar "OMG BUBBLE!" articles at the time.
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    by randall 16y ago

    I just did my first AirBNB experience (actually am still in the middle of it) and I can say that it's actually been surprisingly smooth. It's almost like a paid way to make friends. The hosts who I'm staying with are so cool, and since I'm
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    by randall 16y ago

    Not to mention the feedback was "we don't like that you didn't absolutely love our movie."
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    by randall 16y ago

    sidenote- Blogsmith, the AOL blog editor, does the tag optimization for spacing / hyphens automatically.
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    by randall 16y ago

    I don't have any inside knowledge w/ Josh / Nilay's exit, but I can say Enagdget editors tend to last about three years. Peter "left" and worked on rcrdlbl right after AOL acquired Engadget (twoish years into the site's life), then Ryan lef
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    The Drive - why a true entrepreneur has to be an entrepreneur (areallybadidea.com)

    25 points by randall 16y ago|4 comments
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    by randall 16y ago

    If you skip the rest of the article, at least check out the slides. http://www.slideshare.net/sblank/engr245-session-01-course-o...
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    by randall 16y ago

    The original post is much more insightful. http://www.businessinsider.com/business-insider-the-full-mon... and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2297351
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    by randall 16y ago

    Wow. I hadn't heard about this. Hugely useful.