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by smoody 18y ago
“It might sound scary initially, but it would almost be on life support,” he said. “It would probably be highly dependent on someone feeding it 30 or more small molecules. It wouldn’t be likely to escape into the environment and run a
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by smoody 18y ago
HNers, I have personally known the founder of the above startup for a decade and can vouch for her abilities as both a serial entrepreneur and as a genuinely good person. This isn't her first time doing this, so she has a track record. And,
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by smoody 18y ago
Interesting, for sure. But, as an aside, look at the point size and location of those link ads! Desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess.
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by smoody 18y ago
Much needed. Long overdue!
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by smoody 18y ago
I agree with that. I used to be extremely paranoid. Now, less so. But I did have an experience once that reinforced my paranoia: A local prominent business woman visited first startup under the pretense of being a potential investor (which
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by smoody 18y ago
what's crazy is giving out your friend's cellphone number to a service that fails to mention how they might use that number in the future. Here's a potential horoscope for you: "I see SMS spam in your future." :-)
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by smoody 18y ago
"Trouble In The Clouds" - ugh -- why do they insist on overloading the word 'Cloud,' it's confusing enough. If TechCrunch goes down, would they write "we apologize, our cloud was broken."
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by smoody 18y ago
I haven't read all of the comments around this topic as I simply don't have the time, but might this be about Boxee not having the systems in place to allow Hulu to properly pay local affiliates a portion of the revenue generated from comme
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by smoody 18y ago
Does anyone here actually use a netbook as their day-to-day computer? I, for one, can't imagine coding on the small screens and typing on the small keyboards for eight hours. They make good travel companions, for sure, but that makes them a
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[New York] City Plans to Retrain, and Retain, Laid-Off Wall Streeters(nytimes.com)
1 points by smoody 18y ago|0 comments
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by smoody 18y ago
Microsoft used to have a store in San Francisco -- in the Metreon Mall. They carried a lot Microsoft-logo-covered scwhag -- the kind of stuff they give away at conferences -- mistakingly thinking that people would want to buy that stuff for
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by smoody 18y ago
someone should create a "Now with Amish!" bookmarklet (like the bacon one) that adds an image of an Amish person to any webpage. :-)
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Secure File Upload in PHP Web Applications(blog.insicdesigns.com)
1 points by smoody 18y ago|1 comments
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by smoody 18y ago
We didn't take anything too small because we were trying to keep the number of formal investors to a minimum. For smaller amounts, in the $1000 to $2000 range, I asked my friends to loan me the money. When friends of invested in a formal ro
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by smoody 18y ago
My first company was started back in 1996 and was acquired in 1998. It seems commonplace now, but we were the first company to create a service for web-based closed membership communities. The service we were developing had photo albums, ca
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by smoody 18y ago
I did both times. The first time was a big risk because it was my first startup. I don't have advice on the best way to do it, but I can tell you this: If you're anything like me, then taking money from your friends and family will insure y
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by smoody 18y ago
Thanks for posting the link. I found this particular tidbit especially useful: "The first is to create 'canary' accounts. Create accounts that have e-mail addresses, like "something-really-long-xyz-123@gmail.com". This account is not going
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by smoody 18y ago
I'm not exactly sure why the two would be compared. Isn't that like comparing the number of Worlds of Warcraft players to the number of Microsoft Word users? I understand that they're trying to make the point that StumbleUpon should be gett
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by smoody 18y ago
egads! thank you for linking to that article. Sure enough, it was there in ~\Library\Preferences\Macromedia\Flash Player\www.macromedia.com\bin Also, I should add that I did not watch the inauguration online via CNN. I think it might have
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by smoody 18y ago
nicely done!
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by smoody 18y ago
Here's a Mac example. Sometimes I keep an iCal alarm alert dialog box open for long periods of time -- I know, not a great habit, but when I'm focused on programming, I just kind of push it off to the side. At a regular interval (every 10 m
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by smoody 18y ago
"Due to the large number of relays, the original source of the traffic (you) is virtually invisible." You gotta love the word 'virtually.' It almost always means "take out the word virtually and this sentence is false." I'm not knocking Tor
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by smoody 18y ago
I didn't fail my first time. And you're not guaranteed to fail by any means so please don't let anyone convince you of that. I have never recommended a Paul Graham essay on this site (something that I'll never be able to claim again), but
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by smoody 18y ago
I remember when Jobs was caught by surprise by the then-Windows-only process of ripping and burning CDs using Winamp, etc. Apple had zero momentum in that area. I read an interview where he admitted to being 'caught by surprise' by the whol
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by smoody 18y ago
It goes beyond odd. In my uncensored opinion, it's moronic. You can't use the argument of someone having it worse as a justification for not allowing people to be scared and/or unhappy. I agree that Arrington has gone overboard, but that's
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by smoody 18y ago
Thank you. I completely agree. People get pissed because Apple introduced MobileMe before it was ready and then they get pissed because Apple is taking their time to get the push service implemented properly.
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by smoody 18y ago
I read it. Years ago. And at the time, it was one of the most influential books I had read. But it has its pluses and minuses like any book. One plus that I remember: They apply Heidegger's notion of "Readiness at Hand" to software (Simple
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by smoody 18y ago
My opinion: The online documentation. It takes a while to sort through it, but it really is a great resource as are the reader-submitted comments at the end of each page.
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by smoody 18y ago
As someone who lives in New York City, I, personally, would like to never be reminded of it ever again -- especially discussions revolving around pointless speculation and paranoid conspiracy theories. But, more to the point, I don't think
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Tracking Clicks, Building a Clickmap with PHP and jQuery(css-tricks.com)
7 points by smoody 18y ago|4 comments

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