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by xenoterracide 18y ago
it's called don't use mysql for that. (sorry i'm a trolling postgres user, please don't mark me below -1) in a non trolling way, I'd like to see a PostgreSQL for MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle users.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
no offense but 'end user kind of thing' isn't always where the money is at, b2b is the real money. of course you are right there aren't a thousand people like jobs, you'd be lucky to find 1, but the point of it is that there are plenty of p
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Ask HN: Custom labeled flash drives/cds/dvds
1 points by xenoterracide 18y ago|2 comments
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
now I want to know why I've been marked down? I think it's a good way to look at it. my application is too far down in the pile, nothing personal, I don't think mine was worse, it just never got reviewed because there are too many applicant
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
not to mention, yc prolly has a ton of applicants, they didn't even see yours. I'll apply earlier next time myself, but hopefully I'll also have a co-founder by then.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
http://www.propable.com/ < these guys? (who have no index page at the moment, epic fail on the web server)
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
I'm talking all time, not just this time.
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Ask YC: What Non Web Application Startups have been picked?
8 points by xenoterracide 18y ago|7 comments
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
I don't know about incorporation, but an llc takes about as much in the US. it's not really an easy question generally. I'll probably end up waiting until closer to a 'production' release
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
the question is not one of 'should continue' it's one of should I go out and organize and start building the legal entity now, or should I code for 6 more months and try again.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
what I'd like to know is (yes I've been rejected again) is should I consider organizing now... or continue coding and again hope to get picked up by yc in the next round (yes I know I don't need yc). they say the don't like dealing with exi
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
if you don't need gaming, I'd get a linux box ( or a mac ), and run windows in a virtual machine.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
I'm not saying you should... but it might be a good idea to give even a generalized idea of what you are trying to build. even if it's a couple of lines, you don't have to sell your secret sauce. just show us the box.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
that's a cop out. that's why for the most part my computer never seems to get faster, because the apps are getting slower. I doubt they are getting 'more correct'. I wish more projects thought like webkit and thought that performance was on
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
interesting... but results aren't so great relevancy wise and pictures don't go with the results they are linking to. (search postgres and postgresql. separately)
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
engine yard may be an exceptional exception to the rule. I was generalizing, and speaking of managed hosting in general. Like I said, I can't speak of engine yard specifically, I haven't worked for or with them.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
or explicitly tell them how to configure their system, and what kind of a system to run it on. this doesn't help you avoid a dba, it merely avoids them having one.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
There is no easy out, if you really need to scale, regardless of infrastructure you are going to need someone who understands databases. If you're lucky you might be able to find someone who can do more than one job. e.g. dba+sys admin. Jus
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
having managed hosting doesn't mean you don't need to a dba. In my experience all the host does (worked for a managed hosting company) is set up the servers and keep them running, their help really can't help you with tweaking queries or tu
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
@detroit HEY!! no you're totally right except detroit is right next to Ann Arbor, which is actually one of the bigger tech startup area's in the nation, or so I've been told... I don't think downtown detroit could be an SV, but I think you
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
I see no "leave a comment link". in fact there is no word "comment" on the page at all. Fail at web accessibility, you know the part where your site should work without javascript. At least I assume this is added if I allow one of the 10-is
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
what do you think of mine Caleb Cushing xenoterracide@gmail.com ? would you toss my resume for that? xenoterracide is google-able, my caleb.cushing@gmail is not. I use the xenoterracide one for all my social networking, blogging, open sourc
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
oh I always put, contract or consulting on my entries. I've got like 5 contract/consulting things on my resume, 2 internships, 2 failed business attempts and 1 that I was actually fired from. I'm pretty sure I get skipped over because peopl
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
Churn: does this keep you from hiring someone? I'm unfortunately just getting started, I've had a lot of contract jobs. When my job was done I moved on. Gmail address: Seriously get a life other than worrying about who someones email provid
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
What I don't like to see on blogs, no place for comments, or registration required for comments. How dare anyone question you.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
here's an article I wrote on creating them, and having them be recoverable. http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com/2008/04/making-secure-reco...
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
in my experience people don't want the truth, most people aren't like hackers. Hackers love honesty, no matter how brutal, most people simply aren't like that. I don't mind a brutal critique so long as it includes advice on how to be better
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
posix, it still doesn't support enough posix to make all the tools I use in linux natively available. so long as I need cygwin or msys for git, it won't be good enough.
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
xp, mac, linux. most enterprise customers are on xp, not vista. Yes I've used vista, only moderately, someone wanted a new computer and even though I advised against vista, they bought it anyways. most likely everyone here knows vista's gar
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by xenoterracide 18y ago
criticism is not constructive if it cannot be. Criticizing vista is generally little other than an exercise of complaining, whining, etc. Microsoft most likely does not hear the majority of it, and therefore cannot do anything about it. You

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