richardburton

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   by richardburton 14y ago

   The title is link-bait at its worst. An honest title would read: Scott Forstall sells 95% of his vested AAPL shares With a subtitle: ... because he's in line to get 5x more shares in the future He sold 64,151 shares but by 2016 he will ha
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   by richardburton 14y ago

   Pedant's corner ;)
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   by richardburton 15y ago

   In the interview he explains that they did not go through a proper YC batch because "the timing didn't really work out". They had been through the process before and he had got to know pg well. Hope that helps!
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   by richardburton 15y ago

   What a great interview. Thanks for sharing. He comes across extremely well. I would trust him with my company's cash-flow.
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   by richardburton 15y ago

   This is awesome. Thank you Twitter.
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   by richardburton 15y ago

   The best minds can teach. I started learning Ruby at a class from Jim Weirich and Joe O'Brien in Edinburgh. I arrived without any programming knowledge whatsoever. The rest of the class were all experienced programmers looking to dive into
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   by richardburton 15y ago

   What an incredible story. Think back 4 years to 2008. Where were you? What were you doing? Imagine going on the journey that the founders of AirBnB have had in the next 4 years. Some people out there are starting something that will grow as
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   by richardburton 15y ago

   Just over a year ago I drove my friend, Josh Buckley, from LA to SF for his YC interview. Since then I have had the pleasure of watching how YC can help transform a number of things: 1.) His product, www.minomonsters.com, has evolved from a
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   by richardburton 15y ago

   Thank you for this extra information. It goes without saying that the internet was not a one-man creation. You said it.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    This is fantastic. Payments are still so shit across the world. I have a lot of respect for startups that try and take on the task of changing them for the better.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Hi Fred. I would love to hear about examples of small companies that got it right. Have any stood out? What hiring techniques would make you happy?
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    I wonder what it feels like to change the world. I wonder how it feels to wake up every day and know that you have, in your lifetime, completely changed the way the world functions and, long after your gone, those changes will be traced bac
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Currently they are doing nothing. So I stand corrected. Faster than 0mph.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    I completely disagree with this article. I have only just picked up programming in the last couple of years (at 23). I absolutely love it. Why's poignant PDF got me hooked. I am never going to be an expert programmer but I am going to run a
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Just because it is complicated does not mean it should not be dealt with. Fast.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    I asked for your service that you were running that needed to do what you do. Thanks for the down-votes.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    I am still stunned that they respond so swiftly to this but have not dealt with SMS spoofing in years: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3509228 This is certainly bad, but SMS spoofing has the potential to do a lot more damage. People t
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    It is like the French with their food compared to the UK with theirs. The French spit bad food out, we just stomach it.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Does it? Screen-grab?
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    We just fundamentally disagree on whether this is bad or not. All I can say is that if lots people got hold of my app it would be awful.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    It is a big bug that evil people can use to their evil advantage too easily.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Just so you know, this is what Orange had to say about the site http://www.hoaxmail.co.uk : Hi Richard Although I can understand why you may be concerned over the potential misuse of the below site, this is a third-party service which is i
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    You should police your service better. Not impressed.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Sorry for not explaining the Apple reference in more detail. What I meant was I love Apple because they really care about their customers. They seem to give a damn. The networks do not. Just look at this reply from the UK network Three:
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Google tries - that is a good thing! The networks do not. Check this tweet from the mobile network 3: https://twitter.com/threeuksupport/status/162101700595957760
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Could not agree more. People trust their phone network. I think the networks do not deserve that trust.
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    So the complaint is that no one tells the world about the insecurity of text messages. And the blame is laid on a network provider. Yes. This is wrong. I agree ;) First of all I think it's a bad idea to jump on the (valid!) privacy com
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    My lack of knowledge on this subject is evident here I am afraid. Is there not a way the networks could, like Google, try and detect spam or spoof messages?
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    What service are you running?
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    by richardburton 15y ago

    Almost infinite margins! Check this out for a good read: Anyone who has industry experience knows that it's trivially possible to spoof SMS phone numbers.