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by slykat 14y ago
Grouper was part of YC's Winter 2012 class: http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/20/yc-alum-grouper-launches-in...
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What's your favorite startup of 2012?
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They will probably charge for heavy usage and enterprise connections (Salesforce, Basecamp, etc.) similar to Zapier: https://zapier.com/app/signup
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If you are in the Bay Area, finding housing can be a pain and the key is to e-mail a listing immediately after its posted so you can skip the open house and view it privately. This recipe allows you to get e-mailed as soon as Craiglist has
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by slykat 14y ago
Anyone know why tax rates heavily spiked in 1941 - 1942? Is this due to World War 2?
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There's little difference to me between public on the internet and public on Instagram. They both ignore my photo's original privacy controls (to share with a specific set of users). Regardless, it looks like Instagram's response has said t
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by slykat 14y ago
The main issue is that basically it removes the concept of private photos. The new TOS allows Instagram to use your photos any way they want and removes any responsibility of keeping private pictures private. Those pictures of you doing a k
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Google Maps for iOS hits 10M downloads in 48 hours(plus.google.com)
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Punch'd was a loyalty mobile app. It was basically the digital equivalent of the punch cards you get at sandwich shops. They have been shut down like almost every other startup acquired by Geocommerce at Google. I really hope Bufferbox does
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by slykat 14y ago
The title of this should be "Facebook is looking at ways to monetize its billion dollar investments, much like every other public company in world." I'm not sure how this is even worthy of an article.
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by slykat 14y ago
I really wish there was an equivalent of IPython in Ruby; it's one of the tools I miss the most from python.
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Uber revamps app with pricing estimates and 4sq places(uber.com)
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Any idea on where this data is from?
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I think the guys who will truly disrupt Hollywood will figure out how to produce & distribute content without the Hollywood machine. Youtube was one of the first ones to do this, and I believe there will be many more startups who will c
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by slykat 14y ago
A monopoly is usually a company which has price making power (on the whole industry) and has established barriers to entry that prevent competitors from entering the market. The key reason Apple isn't considered a monopoly is that even thou
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by slykat 14y ago
What's wrong with trying to build a Twitter? Twitter was instrumental to communication during the Arab Spring. In general, it has served as a very nimble and functional communication medium that has, in some cases, surpassed the speed and b
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by slykat 14y ago
You can make a chat a separate window that is adjustable if you want. Just click on the pop out (arrow going up and to the right) button on the upper right of any chat window. After watching my Mom use the computer, I understand why Google
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by slykat 14y ago
This will probably be hard to do in the short term but if MOOCs take off it would be good to actually verify if the reviewer actually has taken the course. I think that's one key issue with Yelp - there is no verification of reviewers so th
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by slykat 14y ago
Yea, I agree - if you are accepting payments from non-developers it's probably going to damage your conversion rate. Having an option for a "Powered by Stripe" logo would probably be a better way to build brand awareness. This will probably
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by slykat 14y ago
I think counting users that click a like button off-Facebook is probably still valid - it's likely that Facebook will be serving ads off-Facebook at some point.
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I've had a great experience with Udacity. As a bit of a background, I was an EE in undegrad so I took a few CS courses but I've barely done any coding professionally so I needed to "re-learn" programming. I like Udacity because most of the
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by slykat 14y ago
This would have been really useful when I was learning Python on Udacity and was confused by the behavior of = and += on lists and tuples. This should definitely be integrated into Udacity and other learning platforms! Most instructors have
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I think Google did guess his home in example 3. It looks like Google Now tries to build a model of where your home is based on your GPS locations during sleeping hours. The reason I think this is the case is that it kept on updating my "hom
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by slykat 14y ago
I love Google Transit directions. Can you give some examples of where Embark beats out Google Transit (screenshots if possible)? Also do you have real-time updates on arrival times with SF Muni? Google Transit does not.
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I think you are forgetting that Google doesn't sell its OS. The point of Android is to enable more eyeballs to their products since eyeballs = ad dollars. So Google will do whatever they can to get users on the Google platform (which is exa
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Apple has a Transit API which may help reduce the gap.
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I was hoping for some discussion of the new OS and phone's impact on development instead of a Droid/iPhone flame war since I've just started developing my first iOS app. What's the biggest impact to iOS developers? The only one I can think
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There is a significant difference in network coverage and bandwidth speeds. Also, until recently Sprint device selection severely lagged both AT&T and Verizon as the iPhone and many top Android models were missing. There are many factor
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I find it a bit weird that you have shifted from iOS to Rails given: 1) There is an established rails bootcamp in the area (Dev Bootcamp) while there are very few iOS bootcamps anywhere 2) Before yesterday, the website was taking applicatio
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by slykat 14y ago
There are bootcamps sprouting up in a lot of places now (NYC, Chicago, Toronto, etc.). Here's a handy list: http://www.quora.com/Computer-Programming/What-are-the-best-...

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