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   by subbu 16y ago

   The wufoo link goes to a 404 page.
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   by subbu 16y ago

   There are 2 things involved in this. 1. Setting up the initial server involves quite a bit of labor. 2. It involves skill. If your customer is trying to avoid the labor but has enough skill to maintain it later then this makes sense. If he
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   by subbu 16y ago

   Thanks
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   by subbu 16y ago

   Looks like you were startupping since 2000. Except NamesDatabase there haven't been any other exits. So how did you feed yourself until then? I am guessing your later projects were taken care by that exit.
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   by subbu 16y ago

   How about storing chat history as part of StackOverflow archives? This could solve the problem of findability. But then it might contain too much junk.
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   by subbu 16y ago

   This is one of the reasons why you should learn Ruby throughly before you could become a Rails master. The value of last expression executed within the function becomes the return value of the function itself.
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   by subbu 16y ago

   True. NN4 was the reason I moved to Flash.
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   by subbu 16y ago

   I think it all started with Joel's "Language Wars" article http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/09/01.html for which DHH responded with "Fear, Uncertain, and Doubt by Joel Spolsky" http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000596.html . They h
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   by subbu 16y ago

   I think he is talking from his user's point of view. Not all of them could be proficient in various distros of Linux and their Python versions. So if something doesn't work for them, it means its broken.
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    Why the snooping ex Google engineer is in trouble(techeye.net)

    3 points by subbu 16y ago|0 comments
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    by subbu 16y ago

    Quoting from his website "Yehuda Katz is a member of the Ruby on Rails core team, and lead developer of the Merb project. He is a member of the jQuery Core Team, and a core contributor to DataMapper. He contributes to many open source proje
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    by subbu 16y ago

    I wish my country was like yours too!
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    Why Alcohol Is Good for You(wired.com)

    39 points by subbu 16y ago|42 comments
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    by subbu 16y ago

    I have found it to be true too. I have gotten answers to some business related questions that others treat as secrets.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    It applies to everyone. Not just mechanical turk folks. When someone says they 'will use' your product they are non-committal. (I have done this so many times for the fear of offending the person who is asking me). When its time to take out
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    by subbu 16y ago

    Though blogger was a big hit he wasn't the founder/co-founder of it. Evan Williams was credited with 100% success of blogger. I am not sure about his association with xanga though. But with Twitter he gets an equal footing. That's what I th
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    by subbu 16y ago

    Could you please post post-TC coverage traffic and conversion rates if you don't mind? That gives a good idea of how TC traffic converts.
18. 168.▲
    by subbu 16y ago

    Your persistence has finally paid off. Congratulations and good luck.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    I was the one who suggested that. Thank you.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    Thank you.
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    New Trends In Startup Financing Explained For Laymen(kalzumeus.com)

    95 points by subbu 16y ago|11 comments
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    by subbu 16y ago

    I like your version so much that I have submitted this as a separate story. Link: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1656606
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    by subbu 16y ago

    I think this is worthy of a blog post. That way its indexed by Google and Co and is more searchable. Otherwise this gem will be buried deep down in the comments.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    Welcome! You will make this place better.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    I clicked on it thinking its LessCss but had to come back.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    Startups in 137 chars: Make something someone specific needs, launch fast, let users show you what to change, change it, repeat last two. More like these please.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    I didn't notice it until 1:20 or so. Then you see that!
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    by subbu 16y ago

    They are white and they are rich as with most other top ranked countries on that list.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    It'd be even more interesting to see these 2 plotted next to each other. Countries you can go to without a visa V/s Citizens of countries that you let in without a visa.
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    by subbu 16y ago

    The reverse is also true. For every obfuscation tool there will be an unobfuscation tool. They may not give back 100% of the original source but they can go close.