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by sbraford 19y ago
I would agree. (and I'm a diehard ror guy now) I had this crufty old php4 app that started gathering dust because it was so painful to touch. The thought of rewriting all of it in ruby was just too painful, as well. (and not worth the effo
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by sbraford 19y ago
In the rails API docs (api.rubyonrails.org) next to each function you can click 'show source' to see what's going on under the hood. I hardly have to do this. But when I do, it's usually just 5-20 lines of code that's not that complex to g
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by sbraford 19y ago
"We do know that if the Fed starts printing money, Weimar style, and dropping it from helicopters, Bernanke style, we will probably have big inflation." http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/09/21/afx414376... How are we not printi
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Open Source God: 480+ Open Source Apps(mashable.com)
2 points by sbraford 19y ago|0 comments
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lolgeeks(lolgeeks.com)
4 points by sbraford 19y ago|0 comments
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On the Recent Rails Backlash in the Blogosphere [PIC] :)(sablog.com)
1 points by sbraford 19y ago|0 comments
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by sbraford 19y ago
I think the answer is different for each person. I posted this link to YC a while ago but it didn't get one single upvote: http://www.amazon.com/Happier-Learn-Secrets-Lasting-Fulfillm... The author of that book teaches the single most po
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The Forbes 400 List for 2007(forbes.com)
7 points by sbraford 19y ago|5 comments
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by sbraford 19y ago
Children playing with stacks of worthless currency, Germany 1923: http://sablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/weimar2.jpg I'm not saying it'll happen in the US, but anything's possible (especially to degrees, see current subprime crisis)
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by sbraford 19y ago
the problem seems to be that so many entrepreneurs are already dead set on an idea. unless you find the exact entrepreneur looking to do the exact same thing, you're screwed. i've tried hackrmatchr, etc. it's all guys who have a startup al
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by sbraford 19y ago
I haven't taken a look at GWT but I know of at least one ex-Googler that was trying to do a startup in Java/GWT and was hitting some major roadblocks/slowness of dev speed; they've since switched to RoR. I also worked on SproutIt's Mailroom
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by sbraford 19y ago
> "The flimsy excuses for not sharing the massive profits with employees in the past ... " Kind of a socialist sentiment, doncha think? From what I know of the whole deal, these two dudes built the core of the business in 7-30 days, and
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by sbraford 19y ago
Did they bother talking to any Netflix Shipping Center pickers? I'd imagine that's a significant chunk of employees/temps that they employ. Via: http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2007/02/working_for_net.html "After working at Netflix for a w
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by sbraford 19y ago
Problem Scenario: I'm a hacker. That's just how I roll. Last night I built a "digg/reddit for pictures" type of site. No sweat. But now I need someone to maintain/market/add content / etc. It's a huge pain, and I'd much rather stick to
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by sbraford 19y ago
Yes but the UIs are still horrible. Someone needs to make something so easy a retarted monkey could use the thing and probably not even realize "torrents" were powering the thing.
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by sbraford 19y ago
Yahoo Pipes?
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by sbraford 19y ago
an illicit social network / market could be huge. host it in Sweden / Amsterdam / offshore (or wherever it's legal). not worth the hassle from the feds though =)
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by sbraford 19y ago
My favorite is... I send an email out explaining that the staging server is staging.foo and the IP is 192.168.1.20 and that people should probably add this to their HOSTS file. Then everyday when it comes time to test on the staging server,
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by sbraford 19y ago
While I totally hear you... there's not much YC should do about it. I've got myself into sticky situations befre re: money, and have had to get out of them myself. All of the money-managing books & articles I've ever read say that one o
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by sbraford 19y ago
That's pretty sexy. I've been thinking about building something like this for a while now. Any plans for a Facebook app?
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by sbraford 19y ago
Yes. When I meet a developer who hasn't heard of YC or news.YC, I look at them like a Betamax.
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by sbraford 19y ago
The solution seems pretty simple then. Apply to YC and let's hypothetically assume you get in. Spend 20% of your time making this ridiculous amount of money you can make doing consulting, the rest on your startup. Problem solved. =) In al
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by sbraford 19y ago
There's snarkiness and then there's honest to goodness questions about whether one can afford to get into Y Combinator. (if you can get that far, of course) I personally would need to save up for a while & pay down some debt before even
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by sbraford 19y ago
Good, randomly found, motivated marketing people seem hard to find. (or maybe I just don't know where to look) i.e. let's say you've developed a little site. it launched with a little buzz but then tapered off. you've added a bunch of fe
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by sbraford 19y ago
While I think some of these people can provide valuable services without being a shyster, there is definitely that element floating around the web, especially the "Internet Marketing" space. (and the JohnChow.com crowd) I do find it hilari
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by sbraford 19y ago
If you push people hard enough... ... they will either: - not be as productive (obvious) - start being deceptive about what they're actually doing (to avoid repercussions) - finally, they'll leave for greener pastures I realize you're comin
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by sbraford 19y ago
It's not hard to find what you love to do. It's hard to find the money (or enough of it) to do what you love. For entrepreneurs, it's hard to love what you do when you're working for someone else. The only 2 options that are left: - find i
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Automating Facebook Interaction using Ruby and WWW::Mechanize(shanti.railsblog.com)
1 points by sbraford 19y ago|0 comments
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by sbraford 19y ago
Isn't there a YC startup that's related to futures markets of sorts? (or fantasy markets) ... Wisdom of Crowds was a great read, too..
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by sbraford 19y ago
From poster's profile: "Son of a school teacher got his start designing websites. Dropped out of community college freshman year to pursue clothing venture.Failed, started programming with a "Get it done!" mantra.Made first million when he

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