sam_in_nyc

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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
If a car has unlocked doors and the keys are in ignition is it legal to take that car? I'm not talking about stealing a car. That would be hijacking or shutting down the entire website. If you want to go the "car analogy" route, then put
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Ask HN: Why is "exploiting" a website illegal?
4 points by sam_in_nyc 18y ago|11 comments
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
Not happening to me... try deleting your cookies for nytimes.com
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I apologize.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
Thank you for explaining what his post said. And thank you again for then paraphrasing his post. And, a third thanks, for ignoring the main argument in my last post, and continuing to nullify the types of e-mails that I pulled out of my a
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
Wow, fine, whatever. Then use your god damn imagination as to what the strata could be. My point is that they could have prepared more than one type of rejection e-mail. That's the significant thing I'm adding to the discussion, so plea
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
Disclosure: Downvoted for ass kissing.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
That's actually quite shitty.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I was thinking there might be a few strata of e-mails... like "sorry" then "sooo close" then maybe a "waitlist" e-mail if some other group drops out.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Without the video it's very difficult to explain. If you care to go back, follow instructions in the "get started" box on the upper right.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
Lol. Thanks.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
At which case, I could ignore the feedback. I don't see any room for argument here: the lack of feedback is a loss of information.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
A few notes on Dashler: 1) After you add the bookmarklet, open it on any webpage. 2) Highlight text, and it fills it in. 3) Click the window button the right of an menu item to open it in a floaty window 4) Go to the Dashler menu,
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
All valid points, but really has nothing to do with what I said ;) I was just hoping they could provide feedback, since I assume they make a conscientious decision about each application.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I think two years ago, the last they posted their numbers, there were 421 applications. This year, I'm just guessing, but likely somewhere between 2 to 4 times that. They are no longer posting their numbers, so don't ask. Source: http://n
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
Sure, other things matter more, but getting feedback certainly wouldn't hurt. Especially feedback coming from YC, because I respect their opinion and tend to think they know what they are talking about. And, obviously, if I got feedback, I
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I wonder if all the rejection e-mails had the same text. Mine started with "We're sorry" and ended with "Y Combinator Staff" and has the following MD5: f459a7d636ac85cdcd680b135bcfc521 Edit: easy multi-line md5 here: http://www.webhost.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I didn't want to post here, but alas, I am. I wish they would have included some feedback.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I didn't know that. I just figured selling a CD or DVD with the OS on it, in addition to their own computers, would only make them more money. How would this not be the case?
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
When the book "Best of HN 2009" sells, who gets money? The people who wrote the comments? HN? The business that printed the book?
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I agree completely about the hardware pricing issue. I'd gladly buy the OS from them, but not pay such absurd amounts for pretty looking hardware. It's just not my style. When Apple announced Intel support, I thought for sure this was a t
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I'd rather be the ad agency that managed to do a better job than Apple, with Microsoft. It seems like a better long term strategy to me.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I think it most amazing that Twitter has ubiquitized the short URL. And, also, I agree.. URL shorteners suck. At least improve user experience by showing the original URL in the title attribute.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I would pay for that. And also, for somebody to sneak into my apartment and set all the clocks fast by 10 minutes.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I use Zecco... but unfortunately didn't check it out for April Fool's. I guess I was thinking too rationally, at the moment. But if I did see a balance for millions, being a hacker, I certainly would have invested every dollar of it into s
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
Not being a Flickr or Delicious user myself, other than created an account to try it out, I don't know all the end-user effects of the Yahoo acquisitions. But it seems like Flickr and Delicious have turned out alright!
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
I agree, it's a pretty elegant solution. However, I like seeing how many points a comment has, before I vote, for several reasons: * I often don't vote * to see how, exactly, the community feels about it * to see if I should actually read
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
That's incredibly honorable of you guys, and thank you! But the explanation I don't buy. If you dislike a group, and choose not to fund them, their idea still might be pretty good. (IIRC, one or some of your essays mention that the great
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
They wouldn't have to brand it as Google. Think: Yahoo buying Flickr. I also could imagine some pretty terrible things happening to Twitter... like, for example, the site displaying "FUCK OFF" on every page load, forever.
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by sam_in_nyc 18y ago
also as i understand it, adding a title attribute would break the purpose of using a URL shortener - i could see the link with title would take up more space than the original URL in HTML code. I always thought URL shortening was just to

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