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The Meaning of Bill Gates(economist.com)
3 points by uuilly 18y ago|0 comments
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by uuilly 18y ago
There is a lot of talk in this thread about your target market. They're right, you'll never beat bloomberg. But... I come from a family of Wall St. people and I can attest to the fact that most "street" news is consumed by non-insiders.
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by uuilly 18y ago
For what it's worth I searched for "google.com" and got "The International Society for Cryptozoology" as a top hit. Not sure how useful it was but I did learn that there was such a thing as Crytozoology and my day instantly got 10% better.
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by uuilly 18y ago
The Last Lion - Churchill
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Beyond Threaded Comments
10 points by uuilly 18y ago|4 comments
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by uuilly 18y ago
Though I don't use FriendFeed it sounds a bit like it...
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by uuilly 18y ago
Watching NVidia make this transition has been fascinating. The world changed when a guy wrote a log(n) sort in a graphics shader. GPU's were really dumb parallel processors that could only work w/ 4x4 matrices. Now they are much smarter
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by uuilly 18y ago
Same answer to the question, "Why take LSD?" If you have to ask, you don't understand.
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by uuilly 18y ago
This all based on a ton of speculation. There are three big unknowns as I see it: -Nobody really knows the details of the offer. -Nobody really knows what Xobni has in store. -Nobody really knows how much say the VC's had. Most companies s
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by uuilly 18y ago
uuorld.com bounce Rate < %20 Our product is pretty visual though and it doesn't take much effort to stay for 10 seconds.
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by uuilly 18y ago
I don't like the word stress. It implies helplessness. What people call stress is just the world telling your brain to tell you that you're doing something wrong and that you should correct it. Exercise helps cool some of the excitement,
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by uuilly 19y ago
I think the tulip bubble was the Dutch, not the Ottomans. Either way, great book on the subject: http://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Madnes...
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by uuilly 19y ago
I've been quite surprised by the "get more traction" argument. It's like, if I had traction, what the hell would I need you for! Aren't you supposed to be the cowboys of investing? Sheesh. Tell me my idea sucks, that I suck or that my m
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by uuilly 19y ago
You'll start hearing the same thing again and again. Expect much more focus on how you're going to get to what market than you would for a yc app. Google "angel forum" for starters, make a list and start applying. Email me for more specifi
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by uuilly 19y ago
Honestly if you don't know why you were rejected then you need to pitch to more investors and friends. There are tons of angel forums out there. Move to sv and start combing the circuit. YC is a great program but other angels will be way be
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The U.S. Congress is doing its best to lose the global talent war(economist.com)
20 points by uuilly 19y ago|11 comments
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by uuilly 19y ago
If you really want to do a startup then get used to the rejection thing. Even if you get into YC you will probably have to get funding afterwards. To do so you'll need to make the case that you are building a company that will eventually
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Animation - History of Global Internet Use(uuorld.com)
1 points by uuilly 19y ago|0 comments
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by uuilly 19y ago
I think the US should put satellites in orbit that provide free internet to people with the proper dish. We could distribute small digitally identifiable satellite dishes to less free countries. By default they would be disabled. But if a
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by uuilly 19y ago
Yes! I remember learning infinite series in college and thinking about Calder. His work is similar to measuring the area under an infinite curve that approaches zero. Infinite line, finite area area. Calder has the recursive mobile(s) a
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by uuilly 19y ago
Also worth noting that a Calder sculpture is on the cover of a common Algorithms book: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WDWECWVCL._SS500_.jp...
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by uuilly 19y ago
Winston Churchill would top my list. Definitely passes the PG criteria. Post WWII: Churchill's Grandson (after running into his office without knocking): "Grand papa, is it true that you're the greatest man in the world?" Churchill: "Yes
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by uuilly 19y ago
Right on. Combine that with an ambient fear that coffee is bad for you and we may have an explanation.
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by uuilly 19y ago
Yes and no. Not all medical research is created equal. The tobacco industry has done a lot of "research" that's not scientifically honest. Google news used to be my home page and once a week in the health section there was an article abo
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by uuilly 19y ago
This reminds me of "The Suit is Back" phenomena pg expressed in his submarine essay. I see so many articles that say coffee is healthy that it actually makes me question it more.
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by uuilly 19y ago
It's unfortunate, but a polished presentation making a strong case for a large market share is more likely to get you angel funding than a working product with relatively few users. I say this after seeing a bunch of angel forums / VC work
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by uuilly 19y ago
I graduated CS from CU. Great place, epic surroundings, depressing engineering building. Godspeed man...
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by uuilly 19y ago
This is often true. I downloaded a simple world border set from NGA and it took days of cleaning. It's about the only part of my code that's commented b/c it took a mess of code to clean up a mess of data. But still, cost effective or no
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by uuilly 19y ago
Most major bay area law firms are happy to gamble on startups they like. Email me and I'll tell you more. Not sure it's my place to blow up my Lawyers on a public forum. I can certainly ask them if they want me too, but I'd rather not do
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by uuilly 19y ago
C++ is like French. There are lots of idiosychrasies. Bad syntax leads to an inexplicable reaction (from the complier or Frenchman.) For the first few years you'll sound like a buffoon. But once you get the hang of it, it rolls off the

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