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901.
by zaidf 16y ago
Or may be after a while our perception about something changes disproportionate to the actual change? That's basically boredom--and it can happen even if you consume something good for a long time. That "good thing" doesn't change so mu
902.
by zaidf 16y ago
Also not always true. Think Twitter. Taken out of context. Twitter wasn't a result of good or bad QA. In fact, it's got nothing to do with that.
903.
by zaidf 16y ago
So essentially it is ok to store data infinitely as long as you are updating it every 24hrs?
904.
by zaidf 16y ago
TC wasn't that easy to get through either when they really started kicking ass ;)
905.
by zaidf 16y ago
I'm thinking the app would have to store the present status on its server in order to know of a status change. But isn't storing profile data server-side a violation of FB TOS?
906.
by zaidf 16y ago
Once upon a time, TechCrunch was about start-ups and gosh they were killing it. I miss those days! Anyone else? That said, I'm assuming their change in direction over the years has been a business decision. I will always respect that even
907.
by zaidf 16y ago
Being an HN member does not grant you magical survival abilities. There is nothing magical about a large percentage of HN's members possessing a valuable skill(ie. programming, hustling). Also, despite being an awesome place to be, SF is
908.
by zaidf 16y ago
I don't think it is a big risk. I don't think you have to ruin your safety. And stability in your late teens and early 20s is overrated imo. Knowing what the average HN user is capable of, I don't think moving to SF is a huge risk in term
909.
by zaidf 16y ago
I learned taking time off does not have to equal dropping out. You can return and finish your degree, if you choose. I gained a lot of perspective when I took off and moved to SF to run my start-up. When I returned to school couple year
910.
by zaidf 16y ago
When you market to 100M+ people, you can find 50K-100K people to love almost any product. That does not make the product good nor a success for the company that created it.
911.
by zaidf 16y ago
Not sure if you read the NYT article but it goes into some detail.
912.
by zaidf 16y ago
India is generally conservative about financial issues. In this case, it puts them on the wrong side. But their conservative approach also shielded India from the banking crisis experienced by US etc. From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26
913.
by zaidf 16y ago
Two words: longterm outlook. I think people see Zynga as having already reached a lot of its potential while not so much for facebook.
914.
by zaidf 16y ago
And I definitely know that Twitter ain't worth 10 billion dollars. That's a lot like saying "I know x startup will fail." You are probably right considering vast majority of startups shooting for the stars fail. But you also don't get ver
915.
by zaidf 16y ago
Everything will be whitewashed when they announce a 100M donation to these organizations during prime time. Once they do that, people may even get the humor.
916.
by zaidf 16y ago
It's bad for the business of programming because now customers expect to be able to find a free solution to every problem. Isn't this suggesting border-line price fixing?
917.
by zaidf 16y ago
Going further, I'm starting to get the feeling that the pomodoro technique is becoming too hip for its own good. I find it easier to follow my own flow than try to manipulate it with intense time management. I lack self-discipline and mos
918.
by zaidf 16y ago
...that came directly from Google's algorithm That is a lie. 1. User searches for specific string 2. Google pulls up the results 3. User clicks on the result Bing makes a corelation between the user's search string and the URL they end up
919.
by zaidf 16y ago
Microsoft is copying Google search results. Clickstream data != copying search results.
920.
by zaidf 16y ago
A search engine performs the task of narrowing 1 trillion URLs into the 10 that are most likely to be what you are looking for. Associating a query with those 10 results takes teams of software engineers and datacenters full of computers.
921.
by zaidf 16y ago
Contact data is not the same as a search engine. Elaborate? Bing didn't steal Google's source code. They intercepted some linkstream data with the user's permission.
922.
by zaidf 16y ago
By that standard, Google should also quit trying to integrate invite-your-fb-friends feature, right? Cuz it's essentially facebook who has figured out how to get massive user signups with their real data and it's google trying to leech. Ins
923.
by zaidf 16y ago
Similarly, I did not graduate with a CS degree, have been programming since 5th grade and yet feel I cannot program 'professionally' for a big firm that is loaded with CS geeks while I'm just an amateur programming for 13 years. In this c
924.
by zaidf 16y ago
We don't really know if they are encrypting the password while storing in the db.
925.
by zaidf 16y ago
In one of my landing pages for a product, I showed a Starbucks cup with its price. And next to it I showed my service's price--less than the price of one visit to Starbucks. I had a similar idea: help people establish a frame of reference
926.
by zaidf 16y ago
Google should also quit trying to build the invite-your-facebook-friends feature in order to get virality for their services. Because, you know, it does a big disservice to their engineers and marketing people that they must rely on faceboo
927.
by zaidf 16y ago
Typo: Movies are delivered adds free.
928.
by zaidf 16y ago
Agreed.
929.
by zaidf 16y ago
Well, let's humor this idea and goto the other extreme: that Twitter etc. had very little impact. Now, let's remove Twitter and the media completely . What do we get? So we had a revolution in Tunisia that was very well televised and com
930.
by zaidf 16y ago
They've decided that, some portion of the time, the single best search result they can return is whatever Google is returning. Sounds like a very rational position. Anything less could be termed 'delusion' on Microsoft's part. And for the

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