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by wehriam 18y ago
Amazon EC2 has a large VM if you don't want to purchase or lease hardware yet: "Extra Large Instance 15 GB of memory, 8 EC2 Compute Units (4 virtual cores with 2 EC2 Compute Units each), 1690 GB of instance storage, 64-bit platform" $0.80/h
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by wehriam 18y ago
I've had a lot of luck with Adsense in the left column, with similar font and color to the primary content. Click-throughs were twice what they were with the same ad in the right column.
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by wehriam 18y ago
I can't afford a Ferrari, but I can get the best laptop on the market. And that's the Macbook Pro. You may be able to find a better value, but you won't be able to find a better machine. If you have the money, get one.
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by wehriam 18y ago
And when all else fails, ask Google - http://www.google.com/search?q=domain+name+attorney
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by wehriam 18y ago
That's correct. My understanding is that the company has been unable to win in court.
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by wehriam 18y ago
There are fundamental differences that are more significant than speed or administration. SimpleDB is "eventually consistent" - that is, when you write, a subsequent read might not immediately reflect the change. There's also no such thing
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Ask HN: Valuation of domain for sale to large corporation?
12 points by wehriam 18y ago|16 comments
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by wehriam 18y ago
Took a swing at this one a few years ago - http://whosgoing.com
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by wehriam 18y ago
We were never rock stars.
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by wehriam 18y ago
LiveJournal isn't a failure! It has millions of users! It is responsible for substantial open source projects! It pioneered social media! It made a few people rich! I don't drive a Model T, but a lot of people did. Show some respect.
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by wehriam 18y ago
Are their any financial types that have listened to this and can verify their claims? In typical fashion they did a great job with storytelling and production. However, I hear conflicting reports about some of the underlying causes, includi
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by wehriam 18y ago
What is YC's hit rate? What is TechStar's hit rate?
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by wehriam 18y ago
Management. The more companies I work for, the more I realize that coherent decision makers are the foundation of successful enterprises.
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by wehriam 18y ago
I'm no stranger. (To the point that I disassociate!) I couldn't agree more on the futility of trying to bend Wikipedia to your will. But I reject the "play along, or else, I don't care" methodology. Democracies are often wrong. We have to h
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by wehriam 18y ago
I'm starting to see Wikipedians as cops with big mustaches. Mostly harmless, generally the good guys, but often symbolically overstepping their bounds. I acknowledge the rigorous formalized system, but even a speedy response does not justif
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by wehriam 18y ago
I've used both and like Tumblr + Disqus. It's simple, customizable, and a joy to use. It's also free to use your own domain.
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by wehriam 18y ago
Not legal in what sense?
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by wehriam 18y ago
Four years is a lifetime! While I'm sure there is a good explanation (jail, military?) I'm having a hard time imagining what you're up to. As you're apparently captive, I'd recommend making the most out of it. Technologies and trends shift,
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by wehriam 18y ago
This would create a feedback loop. Users that exhibited a certain type of behavior would quickly amass a large amount of karma. Unfortunately Pagerank is not inherently resistant to spam. To extend your metaphor, this would be good if we ha
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by wehriam 18y ago
I'm sorry for your loss. Some milestones, perhaps self-imposed professional ones, can wait. Others, like doing well on finals, can't. We all have responsibilities. Prioritize as best you can. Now might be a good time to call in some favors
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by wehriam 18y ago
This seems like a low-end disruptive innovation. Neither 1 or 2 have to be true for the upstart to become a problem. I don't advocate over-allocating resources towards a competitor who may or may not be a threat. But submitter is already lo
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by wehriam 18y ago
Perhaps you could lower the initial price, raise the support contact cost, and add a sunset clause. This may appeal to those in charge of funding (who you mention are absent anyway) by shifting dollars around. More diligent clients would se
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by wehriam 18y ago
Best of luck to the submitter, but I'm not sure this would be of interest to TC's audience. Editorial oversight is not a petty game.
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by wehriam 18y ago
Very few people are hiring based on an understanding of objectivism. Data structures and algorithms on the other hand...
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by wehriam 18y ago
There will always be a level at which technology can't be commodified.
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by wehriam 18y ago
The big deal is that it's honest, and funny, and still kind of crappy. In good fun, "knows what bootstrap means and likes it" translates to "minority share and you'll be doing all the work."
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by wehriam 18y ago
I use Fabric - http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Fabric/ - with a series of build scripts. I can create and update several different types of EC2 servers (database, app, etc) with a single commands. The update command does something like this:
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by wehriam 18y ago
I found Capistrano a little too Rails-centric. I've had a lot of luck with a Python equivalent, Fabric. It works well with the Boto Amazon AWS library to manage EC2 instances. Capistrano has limited AWS support but it seemed immature at the
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by wehriam 18y ago
That said, I'd hire one good intern and pay him 120% of market value. One person who feels valuable and respected will do twice the work of a team who think they should be paid more.
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by wehriam 18y ago
If they were normal early stage employees I expect they'd get about a 3% stake vesting over four years. 3 / 48 * .03 = 0.001875. So, a 0.1875% stake in the company would be reasonable over three months. If you make a ten million dollar exi

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