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by sbraford 19y ago
lol but you have to admit GMail was pretty freakin incredible when it first came out. (still is, we just take it for granted now =))
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by sbraford 19y ago
Amazon Prime makes this even worse -- especially easy to accumulate books that you'll only eventually skim through or half-read. Moving out of a bigger apartment/house into a smaller one, especially under a tight deadline, can be a great wa
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by sbraford 19y ago
rot13: cyrnfr qb abg srrq gur gebyyf
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by sbraford 19y ago
I think this subject is ripe for a reality tv series. People (men and women) would love to see awkward rich guys falling on their face while trying to pick up women.
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by sbraford 19y ago
You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...
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by sbraford 19y ago
Yes where are all the "Minority Report"-inspired Y Combinator startups? =)
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by sbraford 19y ago
... the race has begun.
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by sbraford 19y ago
I dunno, possibly it could use more polish? (not my opinion, just theory on what they might not like about it) It'd be nice if the books on the main page all had thumbnails at least.
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by sbraford 19y ago
Trailing slashes (or forgetting them) can also lead to problems. Luckily the guides are pretty explicit about telling you to specify them. (RoR at least)
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Faceball: your face, our balls(faceball.org)
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by sbraford 19y ago
Having a bit of reserves in the bank before applying / getting into YC seems like it'd be a major help. Although it appears that many YC startups haven't had any trouble getting angel funding after their initial funding runs out. Just trad
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by sbraford 19y ago
ok - here's one. just like with _any_ other language, if you are not careful you can end up writing some sloppy RoR code. especially once you get into the 50-100+ migrations apps - your first few might suck unless you have some good guidanc
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by sbraford 19y ago
I've heard some pretty heavy hitters are jumping into web-based MMORPGs big time. Expect to see some YC apps this fall based around games. Speaking of which, are there any YC game startups? (can't remember offhand)
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by sbraford 19y ago
OT: yeah, but have you ever passed a really, really large one? For a few seconds there, you think you're about to meet your maker.
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by sbraford 19y ago
A while ago some knitting site sold some $100k+ of knitting kits in a few days. Their merchant provider froze their account because they feared it was due to fraud, or whatever. (don't have the link offhand)
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by sbraford 19y ago
"pretty much a cofounder"? with about 1% overall or 5% of a real cofounder's stock. the guys at the new startup I joined work pretty hard, but I'll never work 80 hours a week for 1% or .01% of a company.
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by sbraford 19y ago
Nice first RoR app. =) Mine was much less slick.
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by sbraford 19y ago
Exactly. Man I wish I had rich parents, even helping out $10k a year or so could go a long way when you're fresh out of school and expenses are still low. An ex of mine got something like $25k cash for her college graduation present. Assu
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by sbraford 19y ago
juwo: give it a rest dude. ever applied to Harvard, MIT, etc? even kids with IQs off the charts, SAT scores through the roof, etc. get rejected. It's simply the law of large numbers - YC can cherry pick the cream of the crop of the cream o
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by sbraford 19y ago
A VPS at the moment, while it's still being developed.
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by sbraford 19y ago
Would that be of the street variety or pharmaceuticals? (con prescription) This guy has done very well by himself and gets little press (he's 22-24 now or so): http://www.ryanallis.com/blog/ His companies do several mil a year and have pr
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Warcraft "Support Group" Funded(thealarmclock.com)
1 points by sbraford 19y ago|0 comments
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Is the bubble back? Bleeding red CampusU Files for IPO(thealarmclock.com)
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Valleywag Jobs: Engineers Wanted (a few startups)(valleywag.com)
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Facebook Frenzy: Facebook Apps Getting Acquired(mashable.com)
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LinkedIn IPO Looming?(mashable.com)
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by sbraford 19y ago
Mod +1 for something like this up in SF.
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by sbraford 19y ago
Lol. Yeah, the poster must not have Tom Leykis on the air in his town. He'd do well to listen to a few episodes. Or just man up.
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by sbraford 19y ago
If he is a coder, how is it harder to judge the "talented" aspect of the equation? People/soft skills are very important, but what % are they relative to coding quality/output/volume? I've telecommuted for almost a year before, working for
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by sbraford 19y ago
Build something cool. Throw it up online; see if it catches on. The best gigs I ever landed were obtained without the use of a resume. Simply an email + a link to a cool site that I've built.

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