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by vlad 18y ago
Apple designs a single, specific product with no more than two or three distinct configurations that looks good, functions well, and is sold at a premium, first and foremost. Then, they collect feedback from users, and make a change in one
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by vlad 18y ago
I tried it maybe 2 years ago. I signed in a month later and noticed there was a vendor button (or something like it) where it listed my name and address in public location for everybody to see, along with that of all other users. I think
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by vlad 18y ago
Thanks for the response. That's very true today. But I am assuming that among Microsoft/Google/Apple, 3rd parties will use their SDKs Android's open source to create business applications and integrations that will make the Blackberry loo
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by vlad 18y ago
A good benefit of renting is that you could travel anywhere you want to for months or years, especially if you're in a startup in the digital space that focuses on making money every month instead of raising Venture Capital. You could trav
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by vlad 18y ago
I like and have always congratulated Xobni ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6477 ) but I don't think the product is killer yet (though they might be referring to the stuff they have in development that they can't show to anybody yet.
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by vlad 18y ago
Good advice!
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by vlad 18y ago
I've done that. Then what?
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by vlad 18y ago
People like saving money.
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Homeowner vs. Renter: Why Should You Ever Buy a House (at all)?(patrick.net)
33 points by vlad 18y ago|61 comments
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by vlad 18y ago
Desktop software has the benefit of perceived privacy and being easily scalable, as you pay for a filehost and installations are done on each user's computer. However, the problem with this is that once any user sees a bug, screws up their
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Yahoo! buys Safari 3.0 browser search plugin(webware.com)
2 points by vlad 18y ago|0 comments
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by vlad 18y ago
Exactly. But I wasn't touting Windows Mobile, which I have never used. I am touting the proven track record Microsoft, Apple, and Google have of serving developers more than any other company (Amazon might be another one because of AWS, a
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by vlad 18y ago
Thanks for your response. If HTC, Palm, Sony, Nokia, or anybody else releases a great Google Android or Microsoft Windows Mobile phone for business use that comes with a great keyboard and is equivalent in functionality to a Blackberry, wi
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by vlad 18y ago
I like iPhone now through next summer, an iPhone/Android 60/40 split afterward over the following year, by which time (two years from now) RIM should be in trouble, possibly even worse than Microsoft, who knows how to make software, hardwar
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by vlad 18y ago
Both RIM and Palm (or PalmOS, AccessOS, Palm again, Garnet OS, or whatever their OS is now--Windows Mobile?) must think the complete definition of developer support is to enable third party access. The iPhone does so much more, with a Stor
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by vlad 18y ago
In the Startup Junkies series on iTunes, EarthClassMail borrowed the money to buy servers from a special bank made up of former venture capitalists who specialize in loaning money strictly for the purchase of physical hardware, also used as
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by vlad 18y ago
He's a former software developer, for those who don't know.
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by vlad 18y ago
Great point. I was just watching some Saturday Night Live clips on NBC's web site. I was surprised that so many commercials one's forced to watch in their video area do not fit the mood of the site at all. Even on the Internet, when the
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by vlad 18y ago
Which means what? I'm pretty sure they didn't know or care about one another when they were used privately. I'm not arguing which one was more influential.
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by vlad 18y ago
I don't think Django was inspired by Rails, but I could be wrong. CakePHP definitely was. In fact, I learned CakePHP by watching Ruby on Rails screencasts because I couldn't get RoR installed on a VPS way back when, while CakePHP installe
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by vlad 18y ago
Sitting is very bad for backs. Standing is very good. This is what many experts on the subject of computer ergonomics remind us every year. I think the whole logic behind this is simply that if your body becomes accustomed to sitting, yo
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by vlad 18y ago
Sounds like a great event! I think some News.YC users, many attendees of the most recent Startup School, were reacting to the purposely chosen words "Startup School" in the submission title, which begged for a comparison.
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by vlad 18y ago
Their startup is one I've thought would be a good idea (a universal inbox), and it sounds like they already have a calendar and some other features built-in.
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by vlad 18y ago
Microsoft and Yahoo! are probably in the top 5 at purchasing startups, other than Google and Amazon.
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by vlad 18y ago
Massachusetts now has student, employee, employer, self-employed, and low income earner insurance for free or at large subsidy, between the Commonwealth Connector and the Insurance Partnership programs.
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by vlad 18y ago
Thanks, I'm straight, too.
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Dancing in a Hotel For Fun After Startup School 2008(youtube.com)
1 points by vlad 18y ago|0 comments
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by vlad 18y ago
I agree with the other post here that it's important to genuinely care, so this Startup School, I visited justin.tv and scribd; incidentally, I danced at the hotel afterwards (coincidentally to a french song) because I was genuinely happy
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Failed Microsoft/Yahoo! Deal -- Google Comes Out Even Stronger?(abcnews.go.com)
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by vlad 18y ago
Rarely do math and science instructors teach material the way it is discovered. Also, math and science courses are typically taught the way history or English is taught--you have some topics, you have things to memorize, you're given quest

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