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by rguzman 16y ago
Think of this is as "networking". You have to allocate time beforehand to do that: meetups, coffee, etc. This is no different. The only difference is that instead of expecting to make small-talk the expectation is technical talk. Further,
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by rguzman 16y ago
I like this idea a lot. Maybe we'll have an option to go on the site and just say "mark me as available now". Would that be close enough?
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Do you run either of those? We'd love to integrate as much as possible.
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Yeah, you're right. We want this to be HN centric, so I think we're going to start by limiting to HN users.
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by rguzman 16y ago
Yes. We want to make it as open and community-maintained as possible. We're just kicking it off. Any help is welcome, local and remote. You can fork the repo on github or ping us for anything else.
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by rguzman 16y ago
Thank you. Just fixed the typo.
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Tell HN: We're building a "HN Office Hours" app. Help us.(hnofficehours.com)
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Chinese bioscience: The sequence factory(nature.com)
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by rguzman 16y ago
Since the work consists of adding to an existing application it is even harder to estimate than usual. In fact, so hard that it is not worth trying. A lot of the time could potentially be spent just figuring out how your application works
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by rguzman 16y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that "graphic design" and "user interface engineering" tend to get conflated. They are not the same thing, but pretty closely related. I find that the best way to proceed is to design an "overall style" for the
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by rguzman 16y ago
This seems like django with a prettier interface. As a developer, I can see the value of something like this to get something simple off the ground quick. However, in my experience, projects become complex enough to warrant actual programm
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The fundamental thing to attack when considering dating is how to get enough people to use it and keep enough people using it; not the semantics of the site. I think the basic problem with a site that operates like you suggest is that attra
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My main reaction to this is "So?" It seems to me that online music sites are a form of advertisement for the artist and his shows, which is where most of the revenues come from.
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by rguzman 16y ago
> we need to start real studies into the affects of pot before any decision can be made It seems that a decision has already been made: prohibition. That your friend didn't fully realize his potential whilst becoming a pot smoker doesn'
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by rguzman 16y ago
Hitting $1MM in revenues strikes me as "about as difficult" as raising a series A if not harder. However, having to bootstrap places constraints on the type of product/company one can build. There is also the time factor. Some products have
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by rguzman 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_bias How many people/companies start blogs and don't succeed like you guys did?
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Django 1.2.1 released(djangoproject.com)
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by rguzman 16y ago
I'm (temporarily) leaving theoretical physics, too. I'd like to continue on, but without the affiliation. Can I pick your brain about what's it like doing research outside of academia? rodguze@gmail.com.
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by rguzman 16y ago
What stops airbnb from re-purposing their tech? Nothing. The technology to do this is relatively trivial compared to the task of getting businesses to use the site.
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by rguzman 17y ago
Isn't expecting that females to be more likely to listen than males a negative sexual bias?
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by rguzman 17y ago
I doubt that it being free has much to do with "VC rules!". Given the success of fogcreek, I'd guess that they could've made stackexchanges free from the get-go. They just found a new business model. Maybe with the help of their VCs.
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by rguzman 17y ago
Is the obvious idea also obviously wrong somehow? Make a site(s) that addresses the needs of those who get scammed in a reasonable way. I realize it is difficult (chicken and egg, subtleties about dating/sex habits of males and females), bu
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by rguzman 17y ago
> I wonder how he got so rich by being so misguided. Better lucky than good.
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by rguzman 17y ago
The idea that you need to hack yourself ie trick yourself into doing things is pretty well-known and not limited to just tricking yourself by rewarding yourself somehow. We already have a point system that works: money. For all these point
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by rguzman 17y ago
>The real lesson for me is this: People want the basics done well. What "the basics" evolves at varying rates of complexity as technology changes. To the users this is mostly invisible except when it is directly related to the UI or whe
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by rguzman 17y ago
Good point! Taking care of taxes and red-tape should be scalable, though, right? Meaning that it should be possible for a company to set all that stuff up and then contract out the people. A consultancy for personal assistants. New questi
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by rguzman 17y ago
I've often wanted the same. The main problem seems to be that it is probably hard to make a living as a personal assistant at the prices you and I are willing to pay. There is also the trust issue: would you really trust a stranger enough t
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by rguzman 17y ago
Leaving aside the fact that it is really hard to judge and distinguish between "nowhere" and "somewhere", is there any evidence that a significant number smart folks go nowhere? More than 20%? More than 50%? 80%? 90%? In my experience (anec
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by rguzman 17y ago
It depends on how badly you need it. This matters in both directions, but it is a lot more relevant when picking a good place to work: if you can't pay rent next month, you'll probably take a bad gig. In the hiring direction, "how badly yo
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by rguzman 17y ago
A lot of people probably share the sentiment of Joel > Rework. I think that's because Joel reasons things out and his reasoning is nuanced, consistent, and intellectually honest. The 37s advice writing, more often than not, consists of

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