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by rudiger 16y ago
Someone should try living only off Y Combinator companies, like that guy who's living only off Groupons.
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by rudiger 16y ago
One way? Simplicity. My feeling is that the iPad is considered better than laptops and netbooks because the Big Three operating systems (Windows, Mac, and Linux) are too complex for the vast majority of users. Of course, a simple OS should
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by rudiger 16y ago
To be fair, portability is a huge deal.
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by rudiger 16y ago
We do the same thing with getX and setX; it would be interesting to see more "meaningful" function names in a language.
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by rudiger 16y ago
Well, smaller constant factors could be better :)
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by rudiger 16y ago
Mr. Shaw giving an "extreme talk" on using ZeroMQ, Advanced Network Architectures With ZeroMQ , should be interesting. For those that don't know ZeroMQ and why it's so useful, here's a few links: http://nichol.as/zeromq-an-introduction
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by rudiger 16y ago
Let's apply this to feudalism: If we (the serfs) are truly creating so much more wealth for these lords than we take in salary, it should be easy (ish) to turn that into more money for ourselves, even if the lords don't want us to do that.
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by rudiger 16y ago
B2B startups need to be on Twitter? Based on my experience with B2B, you don't even need a website .
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by rudiger 16y ago
If Google can't match $600-800 dollars for a tablet device, that's just embarrassing.
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by rudiger 16y ago
From the link, it seems like you get four of Mr. Tufte's books for the price of $140; if you're planning on buying the books.
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by rudiger 16y ago
For those that don't know what it means for a data structure to be "intrusive", here's a link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5004162/what-does-it-mean...
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by rudiger 16y ago
To serve a single client, it doesn't matter, but when you're serving more than a few thousand of clients concurrently, there's benefits to a faster web-server. I mean, more concurrent clients on the same hardware, better average/worst-case
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by rudiger 16y ago
Coffee doesn't help women cope with stressful men?
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by rudiger 16y ago
How does a site like "shizzlr.com" go about getting a syndicated AP news article?
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by rudiger 16y ago
I don't think this is the right attitude to have. You should judge IE9 by its own merit, not by past misgivings. You can't (and shouldn't) be compelled to try IE9, but the reason you aren't using it should be that another browser works just
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by rudiger 16y ago
What are your plans for monetization? Advertising to such a targeted audience could be very lucrative, and I'm sure lots of startups would be interested in advertising here! Currently, all we have is "organic" advertisement through interest
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by rudiger 16y ago
Not true. Generally, a female porn actress will make less than $1,000 for a standard scene and a few $100 more if it includes anal. Male porn actors make around $200-300 for a scene. Also, it's not "an hour or so of work". A scene can take
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by rudiger 16y ago
PageRank hasn't been their main algorithm for years. PageRank remains prominent because Google was so open to talk about their ranking algorithm in the early years (to be fair, Messrs Brin and Page were PhD students at the time). They won't
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by rudiger 16y ago
This is a classic example of observation bias. We literally only observe the prominent cases, but forget that the vast majority of Google hires (and there are thousands of them) are NOT "high-profile" developers or startup founders.
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by rudiger 16y ago
Check out MutualMobile at http://mutualmobile.com/ They're the only one I know that can handle building iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and mobile Web apps on time with their level of quality.
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by rudiger 16y ago
http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html
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by rudiger 16y ago
Why doesn't it bode well for them? Google is a great company. It's also a big company ($200B market cap, 20,000+ employees). Given their size, it's a tautology that they'll appeal to the larger number of people who want to work at a great
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by rudiger 16y ago
No, he's saying that the data that OKCupid inferred from Match.com's public filings are not completely accurate.
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by rudiger 16y ago
If I had known you'd be quitting after 50,000 karma, I'd have downvoted more of your comments!
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by rudiger 16y ago
That's a lot of 'bergs.
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by rudiger 16y ago
I always hesitate when someone says there's "no downside" to accepting large sums of money.
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by rudiger 16y ago
What happens if there is no exit or "liquidity event", but the startup is profitable and never takes additional funding? When does the $150K become equity?
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by rudiger 16y ago
Not unlike quantitative easing here in the USA resulting in peoples' pensions and savings being given to VCs and funds.
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by rudiger 16y ago
After reading this explanation, it's hard not to acknowledge this as a disruptive gamechanger. I mean, this completely changes the game for YC and every one of their successful applicants.
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by rudiger 16y ago
How many thousands of people apply for YC every year? Someone should offer a service: $500 to prepare you for a successful YC application.

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