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YC's Approach to Finding and Helping Startups Become Big Winners(techcrunch.com)
4 points by rdin 12y ago|0 comments
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Caviar (YC S11) is looking for Rails Engineers(trycaviar.com)
1 points by rdin 12y ago
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by rdin 13y ago
That is a very open ended question and it depends on what you want to get out of it. Are you particularly looking to study EE, CE, CS, or a mix of them all? The major can be very broad and if you don't know what you'd like to spec
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Y Combinator Startups Now Have A Combined Valuation Of $13.7 Billion(techcrunch.com)
45 points by rdin 13y ago|23 comments
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by rdin 15y ago
I agree, quitting isn't for everybody. But one thing everybody can do is at least consider other options that fit with their risk profiles
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by rdin 15y ago
Congrats to BT- though my site doesn't use them, their mentality of trying to cut out fine print for CC processing is a good step in the right direction.
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by rdin 15y ago
I used to work at EA (now doing a YC company), you can change your password here: http://profile.ea.com Though it doesn't fix any of the encryption limitations that they are using.
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by rdin 15y ago
4G networks will have to fall back on 3G networks sometimes, which is one of the reasons why AT&T is still building out its backhaul for its 3G network. Though I agree, it would be nice to have interoperable phones
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by rdin 15y ago
Wooops- meant MicroSD! =S
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by rdin 15y ago
Hopefully this will address some of the issues with the Nexus S, particularly: -No dual ATT/Tmobile HSPA support -Lack of MicroSIM
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by rdin 15y ago
I think the point of the article is "In order to use your financial and legal counsel less, you're going to have to self-educate." Note that the author says to use professional services less, but does not say to completely eliminate them. T
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by rdin 15y ago
Building web applications is just a small part of programming in general; I too would agree on learning HTML and CSS first. Once you can master static pages, you can start learning how to introduce dynamic components to build rich web apps.
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by rdin 15y ago
Well said- congrats!
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by rdin 15y ago
I would recommend clearing out student debt before doing a startup full time. One can always work full-time at a big company, and do a startup at the same time on the side
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by rdin 15y ago
You can thank AT&T for that one
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by rdin 15y ago
I think part of it is that everybody has their own opinion of where others should start. For example, some people think that new programmers should start low-level (such as with C) and learn how memory management works; others think that a
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by rdin 15y ago
"The technology behind them is far from cutting edge: Anyone with an email program can start a company." The tech is slightly more complex than that :D
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by rdin 16y ago
Unfortunately, it's been invalid for awhile. You can check it out for yourself here: http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js vs https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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by rdin 16y ago
Forming a startup without a real lawyer is very difficult, especially if you have to create contracts with outside parties. For a basic incorporation and issuing of shares, you are looking at a few thousand in legal fees. Though it may seem
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by rdin 16y ago
We had some issues integrating 3rd party systems, such as the Twitter button, which has had an invalid certificate for months now. If your site can live without these bells & whistles, then you should investigate and see if your site ca
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by rdin 16y ago
Using Pandora on my Atrix keeps giving me LivingSocial ads from Seattle, but I haven't lived there in 2 years; I'm not sure how tightly integrated the GPS information is.
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by rdin 16y ago
As a part of this team, I'm very excited to help launch this site. Check back soon for great deals!
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by rdin 16y ago
The problem with this is that Nokia has invested a significant amount of resources into its own systems already. If it partners with Microsoft for WP7, Nokia will just be another player in the market with not a whole lot to distinguish itse
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by rdin 16y ago
Surprising that it has an integrated CDMA/GSM chip, but useless without a SIM card and the proper amplifiers/antennas.