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by serverdude 16y ago
Thank you PG, Jessica and team! It was very motivating to see everyone! I did not attend personally but the videos were terrific!
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by serverdude 16y ago
Just emailed the linode folks and got a response back! Most likely I would go with linode. @mickeyben, let me know if i should give your referral or something (assuming i go with them should decide by tomorrow)...
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by serverdude 16y ago
Thanx! Is the "set up" as simple as installing stuff (tomcat/mysql/jdk) or is it more complicated? If so it should be not more than 30 minutes to an hour max?
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Ask HN: Easiest cloud solution to deploy a Tomcat/Mysql/Java app
1 points by serverdude 16y ago|4 comments
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by serverdude 16y ago
1. That humans kill each other because of differing opinions. 2. That I see only my own point of view till I live - at every moment, there are billions of folks who are living a different life and experience. 3. When we gaze at a star, we a
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by serverdude 16y ago
Thanx - I had not seen that thread. Looks like I will apply :)
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by serverdude 16y ago
Yes, assuming he likes the idea. I was told that last year there were two single founders that got funded.
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by serverdude 16y ago
Interesting idea. Personally, I prefer to hear back feedback from the actual application process itself - it is more efficient in many ways.
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by serverdude 16y ago
Thanx - this is my current thinking as well though hoping to get some more feedback from folks who went through the same situation.
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by serverdude 16y ago
I understand that but I believe all of that can be addressed by making it very clear on the outset (things like the feedback is just fyi, we wont respond back to your feedback on feedback) yada yada...I do think that it is a hard choice for
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by serverdude 16y ago
First of all, love your site (prettygraph) - kudos for having started and finished something end to end! :) Well done! I thought of emailing yc alum (Antonio from adgrok came into mind) who has been in the investment industry but could not
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by serverdude 16y ago
Thank you for the input. Yes, I understand that we can apply multiple times. What is a bit annoying is that yc does not seem to give any feedback. I understand that it is hard to give feedback on so many applications - but even a one liner
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Ask HN: Should I apply to YC as a single founder?
7 points by serverdude 16y ago|15 comments
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by serverdude 16y ago
Lovely post! I love the coined word "micro opportunities"! It is also well aligned with the philosophy of trying and being close to as many opportunities as you can so you increase your chances of being "lucky". Something that I need to con
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by serverdude 16y ago
I am a big fan of both Fooled by Randomness and Black swan. I especially love the fallacies he discusses w.r.t. human brain! I also recommend Sudhir Venkatesh's "Gang Leader For a Day".
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by serverdude 16y ago
I had an idea that may be more helpful for you (given your automatic summarizing technical knowhow) and just shot you an email. Please respond to my email if interested.
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ASK PG/HN: Question on advantages of applying early
1 points by serverdude 16y ago|0 comments
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by serverdude 16y ago
Ah - thank you, I will try my best to apply in this round!:)
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Ask PG/HN: Questions about applying to YC
15 points by serverdude 16y ago|9 comments
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by serverdude 16y ago
Nopes - even though the company I left (Netflix) is rocking now :)
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by serverdude 16y ago
Yes - I already did once (do not regret it one bit) and would probably do it again! I would like to know when I am old that I did at least try to create something of my own!:)
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by serverdude 16y ago
Thanx - sounds very intriguing. Haskell definitely would be in my list now:)
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by serverdude 16y ago
I also started looking at functional languages recently. I started with lisp (the free book) then moved to clojure (since it is lispy and probably may a better future (just a guess - i am no expert on functional languages - so no flames ple
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by serverdude 16y ago
I recently ran into this. Thought of implementing a new project in clojure and quickly defaulted to the language i am used to. One way to mitigate this is to re implement a small project that you have already implemented in your older lang
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by serverdude 16y ago
If art counts, I have sketched many portraits, did some oil paintings (nothing to boast of) and also composed a few songs in an unreleased album:)
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by serverdude 16y ago
Having worked at Netflix for 2 years (a fantastic performance driven culture - at least 2 years back), I can say I am happy for them! Netflix vs BB is one of the more fantastic David Vs Goliath stories of recent times!:)
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by serverdude 16y ago
Done - thanx!
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by serverdude 16y ago
Hi Adrian Just glanced through your profile and was wondering if it is kosher to contact you with a gist of my idea. I think you are overwhelmingly qualified to give some sane advice to me:)
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by serverdude 16y ago
Thanx - yeah - i already looked at the usual suspects including yahoo and google finance.
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by serverdude 16y ago
Hey - I don't see much info about you either on your profile:) Anyways, I put my linked in info - feel free to contact me. IF you do not mind giving me contact info of folks at HN who are interested, please do so. Thanx!

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