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by rantfoil 17y ago
I stopped reading when I saw "Bill O'Reilly vs. Richard Dawkins" -- how could Bill O'Reilly ever possibly be a legitimate and intelligent counterpoint to Dawkins?
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Behind the Scenes: Creating a visual identity for the game Braid(gamasutra.com)
2 points by rantfoil 17y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Me too -- saw issues previously with other github links posted here. Is github having issues with a portion of its app servers?
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by rantfoil 17y ago
If we want to talk about media, then a door-to-door salesman isn't quite the right analogy. I think the closest analogy would be the Pennysaver or those throwaway used car classifieds that you find at supermarkets. But the point is that is
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by rantfoil 17y ago
The point is that ads conveyed status and authenticity at some point in the past, and fail to do so today. Explain how it doesn't fit.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Is that really true? With many web services, if I have to see an ad for it, then my perception of it actually goes down somewhat. If it was that good, would I need to see an ad for it? See Mozy vs Dropbox, for instance.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
very weird, still can't bring it up here.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Is this project gone? Got a Project Not Found error.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
I just shared some photos from the summer with Dan on my blog. I am just so freaking shattered thinking about how that was just a year ago, and now this. http://garry.posterous.com/dan-haubert-1984-2009-we-will-mis...
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by rantfoil 17y ago
In the words of Jeremy Mims -- Dan really was the heart of our YC Summer 08 batch. He was always quick to smile, share a good laugh, and share sharp insights into all things startup. We will miss him always.
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A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away(ticketstumbler.com)
626 points by rantfoil 17y ago|133 comments
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Silicon Valley is coming back strong and here's why(alex.posterous.com)
22 points by rantfoil 17y ago|6 comments
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by rantfoil 17y ago
He's a designer, and that's an essential part of the pie. A technical portion as well.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Who am I being biased towards? I'm confused. See reply earlier -- never said you could do it alone. But if you get closer to being able to do it alone, you will find cofounders with greater ease. Nobody wants to join a team that will fail w
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Disagree. I wrote this article because I kept meeting people who were non-technical but they were afraid of technology. If they learn to code, even if they don't do it well, they will be able to talk the same language and get people on th
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by rantfoil 17y ago
We've never claimed to be a microblog. This has been on the roadmap from the beginning. It's very simple: we listen to users and implement features to delight them and make the service more valuable for them.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
I know many. Dustin Curtis is one. Its more common than you think. The idea that you can hire your way into good design / good user experience is pretty tough to implement though. If your founding team doesn't have a great visual and user e
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by rantfoil 17y ago
The intro for this app needs a re-do-- its too self-referential. You are fighting the back button on this one -- you need to prove that you're interesting and useful to someone in 5 seconds flat. The text on this page is too much about Sque
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by rantfoil 17y ago
If you're a startup, what you really want is people who can do all of the above. And even better if that person is you.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
I agree -- was immediately looking for the dcurtis navigation and then realized it wasn't him. Dustin has redefined the blogazine. He should be flattered.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Thanks for the support friends!
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by rantfoil 17y ago
1) If you don't like the article, don't upvote it. As for how newsworthy it is, this isn't some pork barrel IT project -- it's computer science being deployed to catch terrorists in the field. 2) This is one of the first pieces of mass medi
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by rantfoil 17y ago
I used to work at Palantir (full disclosure). This is hardly spam. They're legit -- they've raised $30MM over four years and cracked a market they said a startup could NEVER crack: the government. If this isn't a remarkable story, I don't k
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Fighting terrorism the Silicon Valley Way [video](online.wsj.com)
45 points by rantfoil 17y ago|13 comments
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by rantfoil 17y ago
One is willing to go to the place of highest potential for success in order to... maximize one's potential for success. Come hell or high water. You do what you have to do. So perhaps talent is not the right word, but it is rather motivatio
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Team Apart (YC S08) hosts group meetings online for free(gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com)
35 points by rantfoil 17y ago|5 comments
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Secondary revenue streams anyone? I know we'd be interested in becoming a customer if Backblaze at some point decided to monetize this part of their knowledge too. This seems like an opportunity to disrupt from the low end of the market for
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Maybe just anecdotally I know more entrepreneurial immigrants, but I just have not seen that to be the case. n=1, ymmv.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
I've seen H1B essentially lock up some of the brightest people I've worked with... for years. Even a decade or so. You have to get sponsored, and you can't leave your corporate home. It's a strange, watered down form of identured servitude.
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by rantfoil 17y ago
Even within YC, our own Summer 08 batch, there are several startups by non-Americans that have been very successful at building useful products, raising money, and altogether creating value for the US economy. But those same startups have t

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