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by useflyer 15y ago
Worry about the money second. As the technical co-founder you'll be contributing half of your time to the venture. Ideas are worth absolutely nothing, try selling one. Don't worry that it's his idea, the idea SHOULD and WILL evolve as you
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by useflyer 15y ago
Have you noticed that yesterday every comment was concise, and now that applications are open, every comment is elaborate, long-winded, and footnoted?
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Facebook seeks acquisitions to fend off Google(bloomberg.com)
8 points by useflyer 15y ago|0 comments
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by useflyer 15y ago
hilarious sea turning motion -- what web technologies did you use?
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by useflyer 15y ago
right now its free and on a donation system; currently competitors offer services which do less, aren't transparent, and are mostly faux benefit for hundreds of dollars, so we know there's value. we can easily expand this to other services
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by useflyer 15y ago
Thanks for the great feedback; we've fixed the styling on the privacy policy and TOS to make it much more legible. We're a little nervous about pre-populating information from Facebook as we want to err on the side of caution regarding per
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by useflyer 15y ago
Founder of http://meloncard.com here (robert@meloncard.com), would love your feedback
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Show HN: 1-click opt-out from websites selling your personal information
9 points by useflyer 15y ago|6 comments
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by useflyer 15y ago
Coby, Excellent synopsis of your experience starting Devotee, and congratulations on moving forward. Why was development held hostage by revenue, though? These are not mutually dependent.
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by useflyer 15y ago
If as you say, a free version doesn't have a competitive advantage or differentiator over mp3 blogs, why is the service better if you charge for it? Can you line up interesting partners, make it a community somehow, crowdsource reviews from
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by useflyer 15y ago
I envision this could work as a newsletter in a similar mold to thesixtyone.com; indie artists (and eventually labels as you say) would want to give out their music for free, in hopes of converting into paid downloads. If this were free you
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by useflyer 15y ago
this is completely amazing and a great proof of concept -- there is so much that could be built on top of this
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by useflyer 15y ago
we're privacy advocates working on a free, automated, transparent solution to opt you out of all major personal information search services...coming very very soon
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by useflyer 15y ago
super helpful founder answered my questions, seems like an interesting service
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by useflyer 15y ago
We are changing structure as well; if you independently look at A/B while also testing X/Y (of a different test), the results can be statistically misleading...in these cases we look at AX v. AY v. BX v. BY
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by useflyer 15y ago
if you have any questions, ideas, or feedback on our gem, I'd love to discuss!
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A/B Test using our homegrown open-source Ruby gem(blog.drawn.to)
16 points by useflyer 15y ago|3 comments
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by useflyer 15y ago
Amazon is cheap and easy. If you're using their platform this is an obvious choice. If you're hosting elsewhere and don't have integration synergies, I couldn't say
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by useflyer 15y ago
I've had some difficulty with HTML5 audio and can't wait to see Pandora's implementation!
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by useflyer 15y ago
not to go all CFA-ninja on the article, but the valuation paid for a minority stake is less than that for a controlling stake...this is most often demonstrated with acquisitions (you can buy a few shares at mkt, or the whole thing for far h
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I quit my job to build an alternative to Facebook Events(reddit.com)
7 points by useflyer 15y ago|2 comments
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by useflyer 15y ago
Honest feedback: I visited Tusulog (the name should be re-evaluated) and there was very little description of what it is, what it does, why its good, etc. I then registered and was told that the service was meaningless unless I invited frie
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by useflyer 15y ago
Great concept, ditch the background, improve the tagline. 'Discover new adventure' makes me think this is for extreme sports or backpacking trips, not a new hamburger joint. The backdrop probably violates copyright, is cute, but causes me
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by useflyer 15y ago
Economist/founder here. And somebody who has not yet commented on bitcoins. Watching otherwise intelligent people adopt these is hilarious. I won't speak to the tech side (I'm sure its strong). Bitcoins are, in fact, an outright disaste
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by useflyer 15y ago
what differentiates whereberry from a calendar is that you can see all of your friends calendars, too. If you want your friends to see that you're going to the beerfest, it saves a conversation/invitation the trick will be curating or cull
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by useflyer 15y ago
I've always been an adept chess player, but I never spent the required time to become truly competitive. I agree with you that skill and ability differences lead to predictable outcomes; functionally, how would an educator address this in