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by sawyer 15y ago
I know they have funded Canadians, though I cannot speak to the details of how they legally remain in the US (or even if they all do) during and after the program.
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by sawyer 15y ago
Glad to hear these guys are going to make a NaCl option available. The interesting thing about NaCl long term is that in order to compete with mobile and desktop for developer attention any browser that supports it will likely require an ap
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by sawyer 15y ago
Since when can you buy food in exchange for stocks?
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by sawyer 15y ago
This effect goes both ways; resourceful people should be wary of people who are hard to listen to. I feel like when I'm speaking to someone on the same wavelength about a specific topic it's quite easy to take shortcuts through a lot of th
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by sawyer 15y ago
I call balogna; it probably takes longer to go through the purchase / registration process for a service like this than it does to fire up your own IRC server on one of your available boxes.
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by sawyer 15y ago
Very interesting idea I hadn't heard of yet; does anyone know how they deal with services that do not have APIs conducive to this type of application? Or are all of the recipes pre-constructed by the IFTTT team to be sure the data in/data
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by sawyer 15y ago
Just for what it's worth; the first thing I noticed when I saw your logo was how much it resembles a breast (including nipple!) Also, you should have a link to your "marketing site" somewhere near the top of the right column of your blog.
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by sawyer 15y ago
Here's an example of a public company using a non-GAAP measurement that makes a little more sense: For the last few years EA has been including deferred net revenue as the largest item in their non-GAAP numbers. This value reflects the esti
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by sawyer 15y ago
The list of futuristic gadgets this technology enables is extremely underwhelming. Example: "Transparent e-readers so you can watch the ground as you walk and read"
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by sawyer 15y ago
I think adding Tame style CPS to CoffeeScript would be amazing; it looks like an incredibly clean way to write the async code necessary for complex Node apps. From my understanding of the prior work the issue with adding defer or <- to
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by sawyer 15y ago
Love the insight into BT's process. I'd love to hear some more about pair programming, has anyone here done it extensively enough to shed some light on the pros and cons? My gut is that it would be less productive than a simple code review
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by sawyer 15y ago
If any of the "Braintreeps" are here, could you comment in more detail on the Blockbuster -> Netflix'esque transformations in the payments industry? Other than Square and possibly a mobile phone wallet I can't think of many major sea ch
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by sawyer 15y ago
Sequoia should definitely hire pgbot to keep them from making blunders like this.
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by sawyer 15y ago
Great story; definitely an example of why many investors focus on teams rather than ideas. I'd be curious to learn more about the company's current plans and product; if any of the company's founders are here and willing to share.
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by sawyer 15y ago
Negative, it's the fact that you maintain a two party system where both parties are beholden to lobbyists and financial backers. Edit: Hehe, no not you personally; I should have said "your nation." :)
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by sawyer 15y ago
That doesn't mean they have carte blanche to do what they want with it. This is like implying the police should be allowed to break the law.
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by sawyer 15y ago
Starcraft 2 is a great competitive game that requires sport like skill to excel at. Husky's definitely one of the most energetic casters but you should check out Day[9]'s Daily podcast for a glimpse behind the curtain. http://blip.tv/day9t
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by sawyer 15y ago
I personally prefer the league model of GOMtv.net or MLG.com to the individual user channel structure that Justin.tv has pursued here. When people sit at home watching sports they want to see the latest game from the NHL/MBA/NBA/NFL, etc, n
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by sawyer 15y ago
The question is; why can't/aren't they? What are they using the money for?
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by sawyer 15y ago
The problem is that now Sony's laughable security has become a meme that's growing in strength with every breach. In the last week I've mentioned Sony's situation to a number of lay people who've never owned a Sony gaming machine but have a
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by sawyer 15y ago
Not yet; however I appreciate the reply! You're right, no one has time to try every game released; however don't you feel that the generic store rankings already do a pretty good job filtering out the noise? I'm not saying your product will
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by sawyer 15y ago
That's true; although my friends do not use HN to the best of my knowledge, and they don't have my taste in games. I know this argument comes up every time social discovery is brought up, however I feel that it's valid.
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by sawyer 15y ago
Totally agree. I wonder how much value a news outlet derives from their follower communities and whether or not they've A/B tested the effect asking viewers to tune in on FB/Twitter hurts their ratings.
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by sawyer 15y ago
As absurd as it is, I'm pretty sick of every media outlet on earth attempting to herd me to their FB/Twitter page every time they're on air or commercial.
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by sawyer 15y ago
I'm skeptical that a market consisting of products which range in price from free to one dollar requires sophisticated discovery systems. Most mobile games (and virtually all web games) are free to try - there's no need for social proof. Th
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by sawyer 15y ago
The problem with PaaS and cloud hosting in general is price. Most experienced hackers are used to managing hardware, so why not stick with dedicated or colo and retain affordable scalability?
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by sawyer 15y ago
Is it time to build the darknet yet?
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by sawyer 15y ago
This is the worst title / description of a company I have ever heard. It's confounding to try and imagine the fusion of Twitter, LinkedIn, and IMDB - far simpler to just describe the product.
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by sawyer 15y ago
I find the idea of automatically calculating and tracking one's "social capital" disturbing.
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by sawyer 15y ago
Hahaha, I love that they snuck the word pivot into their description of a startup's journey: "from the planning, to finding the target market, to the coding and then pivoting"

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