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   by rohamg 14y ago

   Thanks for posting this. I too am alarmed at the HN community's response. It is surprising how such strong talent can feel so powerless- you'd think hackers would be less susceptible to giving up given that we can change things with our ba
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   by rohamg 14y ago

   This is right. I'm shocked at the "suicide apologists" in this thread.
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   by rohamg 14y ago

   Fascinating. Also not to be ignored: the psychological blowback from the parents' stress and anxiety. Anyone who has dogs or rides horses can tell you - if you're confident and focused, the animal is too. If you're skittish, scared, overly
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   by rohamg 14y ago

   It embarrasses me how ego- and emotion-driven European regulators are. The title of this post, the quotes from the commissioner.. These guys see themselves not as inspectors but practically as clergymen. I don't know if its just me, but whi
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   by rohamg 14y ago

   A bit unfortunate. FS grew too far too fast and too much at the whims of her VCs. The product now stands at an amorphous juncture between yelp, path, and Facebook, confusing users. I still believe strongly in the need for a mobile foursquar
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   by rohamg 14y ago

   Cool proposition but because of your onerous terms you are self selecting for bottom barrel. In startups (where there is a power law distribution of outcomes) it would be much preferable to offer more generous terms and simply be more picky
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   by rohamg 14y ago

   Nice article, great recommendations. Proper instrumentation and aggregate metrics are essential, but its also impt to know the user on an individual basis- intercom is the only one on this list designed to help do that. If I was writing thi
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   by rohamg 14y ago

   pg- when i first read your comments i was surprised at the categorical ad hominem dismissal of svbtle's critics. scrolling down, i see what u mean- the level of negativity and vitriol engendered by seemingly innocuous facts is surprisingly
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   by rohamg 14y ago

   im afraid its not this easy. continuing your stock exchange analogy, trading volume at the individual stock level will be too sparse and unevenly distributed to make an unassisted exchange workable except at massive unprecedented scale (whi
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Samsung is frequently referred to as "the only android carrier that makes any money". One wonders whether such Apple-sque upgrade forcing has contributed to their financial success.
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Sounds like a lot of work just to waste time more efficiently..
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Grantoo was founded in Paris before moving to SF :) Europe is very much on the radar.
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    not vaporware. tech is built and already in use.
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    Show HN: PropellerSDK – add tournaments and monetize your game(propellersdk.com)

    9 points by rohamg 14y ago|10 comments
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    I see this as a positive, not at all a negative. Programming is rare in that the field lends itself very well to creative destruction / natural competition / evolution, for many of the reasons you describe. The process is chaotic on an indi
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    that's why we call them startups
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Here's the thing- if it's based on location, social data, influence, hair color, none of that is illegal. Two things are illegal: 1) discrimination in the -ism sense of the word, and 2) price discrimination based on proximity to competitors
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    Ask HN: Anti-arrogance reading list (aka public face-plants)

    1 points by rohamg 14y ago|1 comments
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    i was merely correcting that Facebook copied the product. If SnapChat had a business (users + revenue + customers + relationships + goodwill), it would have been much more difficult to "copy".
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    What took them so long to move on this?
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Really creative! Big props, super geeky but guaranteed to be a winner. Money quote: "...giving his girlfriend a big surprise when she imaged his electrophoresis gel."
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Snapchat is a product, not yet a business.
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    me too. except add "needy" after "worthy".
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Quora's approach of first-party sourcing "enforced" with social transparency seems to work quite well for many subjects.
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Actually, no. In the UK pardons are usually given when there is a presumption of innocence. In Turing's case, he was in fact guilty of a crime according to the laws at the time.
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    Onion browser on iOS professes tor based anonymity
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    What about something like http:// tubes.io
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    You don't see the contradiction in your post? Startups arent fresh air and flowers, the ones that succeed are the ones that power through the tough times for uncertain reward. You need to love the thrill of the risk in and of itself.
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    Ask HN: Domainers, where do you park your domains?

    1 points by rohamg 14y ago|0 comments
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    by rohamg 14y ago

    i'd be interested in taking em and building some kind of open/transparent/legal something on top of it..