smakz

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Ask YC: Google Vs. Yahoo for traffic
1 points by smakz 18y ago|1 comments
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by smakz 18y ago
It's so stupid everyone's concentrating on race... seriously. You're just making the situation worse rather then better. Racism will only be gone once a minority is elected president and no one cares to mention the fact they are a minority.
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by smakz 18y ago
That's a pretty knee-jerk reaction. From what I hear Telsa under the old CEO really did have a bunch of under-performers who made a bunch of bad decisions - which directly caused the delays and transmission problems causing the first model
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by smakz 18y ago
Just curious, can you think of another company besides Amazon where 'get big fast' actually worked? "Get big fast" was actually a rather symbolic phrase for the excesses of bubble spending. It worked for amazon and few others.
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by smakz 18y ago
I agree, it's a great time to invest, but remember - the market can stay irrational longer then you can stay solvent. It may take 15-30 years for the market to "recover", can you wait it out long enough without being forced to withdraw mone
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by smakz 18y ago
It makes sense. The credit markets are imploding so it's going to be harder to borrow. Basically you need to survive by not borrowing, so get cash flow positive. I think this crash is analogous to the long depression: http://en.wikipedia.o
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by smakz 18y ago
Yup, just pray it doesn't get rapidly downgraded like wamu, lehman, bears, AIG, etc.
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Exclusivity contracts are killing entrepenenurs - can we kill them?
4 points by smakz 18y ago|5 comments
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by smakz 18y ago
wamu smartly raised private capital to the tune of 7$ billion to ride this wave out (before all the other guys failed). Wamu might fail, but I'd bet AIG fails first.
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by smakz 18y ago
The magic of chrome is basically it's javascript engine, which is the first major implementation (from scratch) of a js engine since the advent of ajex/client side heavy web applications. Your analogy with Apple is fitting I think, Apple's
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by smakz 18y ago
Sounds similar to the gmail TOS - whereby they generate ads based on the contents of your email. Seems like they will add adwords content to the browser shell at some point, if they are so inclined.
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by smakz 18y ago
Let me guess - garbage collection? ;)
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by smakz 18y ago
I also don't see what the big deal is. Having a Wikipedia article does not all of a sudden validate the Y Combinator idea, and having it deleted certainly does not invalidate the work they've done. To put it in perspective, ignition partner
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by smakz 18y ago
I'm a 10PM sleeper - the morning is a really under-appreciated hacking time. I've found, generally, that 12AM and later hacking sessions both aren't sustainable and aren't as productive as they seem at first glance. Plus, I'm usually so exc
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by smakz 18y ago
I think all the people saying it's hard to take on craigslist are right. My own spin on it is simply that craigslist has been around since the dawn of the popular web, it was founded in 1995, and started growing rapidly in 1999. The fact is
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by smakz 18y ago
You know what takes longer then 70 ms? All the js/css/other stuff facebook includes on their homepage (one server round trip each). Before they spent the millions it takes to bring up another data center they should have read this: http://
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by smakz 18y ago
Just seems hacky to me. Opening a whole data center to shave off 70ms? Now I see why they need 500+ million.
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by smakz 18y ago
Steve Yegge, we're looking at you.
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by smakz 18y ago
2000 was my last year in high school. Major regret is spending the next 4 years in university instead of building my empire.
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by smakz 18y ago
Relevant recent discussion on slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/08/1245204
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by smakz 18y ago
I hear you, please don't take my comment to heart, it was more tongue in cheek. And I agree, family is more important but you can use it to your advantage - get your kids started early. May I suggest some bed time stories? http://www.amazo
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by smakz 18y ago
http://lkml.org/lkml/2000/8/25/132
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by smakz 18y ago
Nice find, that's exactly right.
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by smakz 18y ago
Reminds me of a discussion I read a while back about a power struggle in Microsoft between the 'backwards compatible' group mentality and the 'reinvent the wheel to be better at whatever cost' group mentality. It seems to me the 'reinvent t
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by smakz 18y ago
I gave it a point, but I disagree. I don't see google as a 800lb gorilla, I see google as the new yahoo - desperately trying to diversify their technology and revenue before the inevitable hits. True, with the amount of cash they have they
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by smakz 18y ago
Not enron, but close: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Sykes