ryanwaggoner

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1. 2041.▲
   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   I have my criticisms (or concerns to be more charitable) with PG and the YC model, but I don't think this is fair. In addition to people who have pointed out the survivorship / selection bias, as well as the number of companies YC has funde
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   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   This might be a ludicrous way to approach it, but would we be having this same conversation if a lesbian had made the comment, or better yet, a gay man to another man? I think it's still obviously inappropriate sexual harassment but it does
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   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   You're comparing a professional developer who chose to dress comfortably to women chosen for sex appeal by a restaurant which is only a step away from a strip club. You're arguing a straw man. I didn't say anything remotely close to that;
4. 2044.▲
   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   That does sound like a pain in the ass, but surely the problem is that the range is too narrow, not that there is a range in the first place. If a female coworker showed up at work one day in lingerie, is that really not supposed to mea
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   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   There's a running joke on Reddit that the best way to avoid being labeled creepy when hitting on a woman is to: 1. Be attractive. 2. Don't be unattractive. And there is definitely truth to this.
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   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   Are you sure? Of course I'm not sure . But when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. Why do all the waitresses in Hooters wear low-cut tops? Is it for comfort? Is it because they couldn't afford the other 30% of the shirt? Or is
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   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   Mens' clothes are completely different from womens', though, particularly in what constitutes "sexually attractive" clothing (which the term "low-cut dress" seems to imply). Do women have a higher body temperature that they have to wear les
8. 2048.▲
   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   "Katie's got the low cut dress on today! I know where I'm sitting!"...As I'm getting older, I see how sexist and demeaning this is. At the risk of revealing myself to be a chauvinistic jerk, is this kind of response sexist and demeaning
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   by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

   I downvoted you, because: 1. You didn't provide any source for this (and I can't find anything online to back it up; granted I only searched for a few minutes). Facebook isn't listed in their portfolio, for example: http://www.carlyle.com/
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    In my county, we spend $90 million per year for our libraries - about 0.5% of property taxes. As a home owner, neary 15% of the cost of your home, is being funneled to the library system. Huh? I'm not understanding your math here at all..
11. 2051.▲
    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    Yeah, that's the point. Democracy sucks. But what's the alternative?
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." - Sir Winston Churchill
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    Those look nothing alike.
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    Prediction: an A-list director will fund a film on Kickstarter in 2012(ryanwaggoner.com)

    2 points by ryanwaggoner 15y ago|0 comments
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    I would love to chat about this if you could spare me a few minutes. Can you email me at ryan@dailypath.com?
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    That's true, they do give a shit about their users.
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    Not to mention Microsoft, Craigslist, Broadcom, Godaddy, SAS, Dell, Siebel, Oracle, Cisco, Github, Zoho, Atlassian, Mailchimp, and more. Oh wait...those were all started and built to very significant revenues without VC (at least not until
18. 2058.▲
    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    Here are a list of things that iOS apps can't access by default: - location (only accessible via permissions dialog) - existing photos and videos (only accessible via apple-provided picker dialog) - reading email or SMS (never ac
19. 2059.▲
    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    Umm, hell yes I'd hire them. And so would any major software engineering company in the world. You seriously think that this is out of the ordinary or unusual? How many huge privacy fiascos has Facebook had? And yet, they're about to IPO fo
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    As I emailed to Path's support, our 3-4 year old children's schools, bus companies, physicians, pharmacies and our family lawyer were in that contact list Ok, I'm going to pick on you for a second. Hold the downvotes everyone! Let me expl
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    Honeywell Files Patent Lawsuit Against Smart Thermostat Developer Nest(techcrunch.com)

    292 points by ryanwaggoner 15y ago|108 comments
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    But whatever future lies beyond the next election cycle is of zero interest to any important person in any of the federal government’s three branches, so the band plays on. Fortunately, not true for the judicial branch.
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    For a lot of people, it's not a false dichotomy; there is no middle ground. And I'm not necessarily talking about alcoholism either (though that qualifies); the insidious thing about alcohol is that it clouds your judgement and makes abuse
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    I'm sure there are fines, but how would they even know with this level of disorganization? Do you know how much un-permitted construction happens in SF?
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    With regard to the hole between the restaurant and the club, what if you just went ahead and did it? It seems likely that a city with this level of disorganization and incompetence would never find out, let alone do anything about it if the
26. 2066.▲
    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    I found this interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-dollar_salary
27. 2067.▲
    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    You're definitely the right amount of upset about this. Maybe, just maybe , the lack of all the things you mentioned is an indication that this is not intended for you at this point? Are you trying to do an ironic troll thing on a thread a
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    This might be a stupid thought, but I wonder if there's a psychological issue at play for iPhone apps in particular where people subconsciously think small form factor = pretty simple = pretty cheap. Of course, the reality is usually exactl
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    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    Sorry, but I think you're being a little overly dramatic. I'm relatively new to iOS development (just over a year of doing it full-time) and I've built quite a few apps for clients for <$10k and for somewhere between $10k and $20k. Ther
30. 2070.▲
    by ryanwaggoner 15y ago

    Not sure why someone down-voted you, but as someone who has been hired to build lots of iOS apps, it sounds like what you're saying is NOT that it should be cheaper to build iOS apps than it is, but that being able to explain how the develo