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37,113 | 37,071 |
weeblyrocks
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A VC Gone Mad?
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cmer
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Fred Wilson has lost it.
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So it's time to revisit Twitter.The news today that Fred Wilson's Union Square Ventures has funded Twitter is enough to bait me back into the ring.
| 6 | 15 |
2007-07-27 17:03:43 UTC
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37,117 | 37,073 |
mattmaroon
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Startup to Take on PayPal
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drm237
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It's beyond ridiculous for an American company to attempt to process gambling transactions. I'd be extremely leery of using them for anything, as they're going to be shut down and have their funds seized without a doubt.
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A secure electronic payments startup plans to challenge PayPal, but with a twist: It permits transactions for online pornography and gambling, which PayPal does not.
| 0 | 6 |
2007-07-27 17:14:54 UTC
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37,125 | 37,123 |
tiki12revolt
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The 8 Strangest Communities on the Web
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drm237
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4chan? I dont think 4chan is one of the strangest communities on the web. It is where all horrible memes spring from and go to die.
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Every once in a while you'll stumble upon a forum or an online community that is so specific, so insane, so completely ridiculous that you are forced to conclude that you have reached the end of the Internet.
| 0 | 1 |
2007-07-27 17:36:34 UTC
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37,128 | 37,126 |
dawie
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A pic of our start-up [pic]
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blored
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More poeple should send in pics of their startups...
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This is where we are founding our summer start-up.
| 3 | 7 |
2007-07-27 17:47:46 UTC
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37,129 | 37,077 |
dawie
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3 Steps to Correct 50-80% of a Negative Credit Score
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eastsidegringo
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This has F@#$ All to do with startups. You are just pissing people off here...
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So the first step we're taking is to repair the damage done before we became Cash Money Superstars. We've met with a credit rehabilitation specialist who does all the hard work for us. Here's Step 1. The Game Plan: She helps us understand what we should pay off first and how we should do it. Sometimes paying off a debt completely is not the best strategy as it will re-age the debt on your credit record...
| 1 | 2 |
2007-07-27 17:51:12 UTC
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37,133 | 37,126 |
aston
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A pic of our start-up [pic]
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blored
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I'm actually more interested in your product than in how you look. Are you guys actually trying to take on the huge social networks head on? If your best selling point is that you're better on technical merit and/or a few small features, I don't know that you're going to find much success.
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This is where we are founding our summer start-up.
| 0 | 7 |
2007-07-27 18:03:04 UTC
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37,136 | 37,123 |
donna
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The 8 Strangest Communities on the Web
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drm237
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Loved that you put this up to share made me smile this morning, THANKS!
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Every once in a while you'll stumble upon a forum or an online community that is so specific, so insane, so completely ridiculous that you are forced to conclude that you have reached the end of the Internet.
| 1 | 1 |
2007-07-27 18:17:06 UTC
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37,137 | 37,085 |
nostrademons
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Would it make sense to give equity to your users when they invite lots of other users?
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amichail
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Man, this'd be a legal nightmare if you ever needed to take funding or make important decisions. (Disclaimer: IANAL, but I just met with one, and spent a lot of time and a good chunk of change dealing with having too many founders.)Problem is, there are many decisions - like taking investment, or big partner deals, or top management changes - that require shareholder consent. If you have lots of non-involved shareholders, you've gotta send out shareholder vote notices to all of them and hope they come back. Without the signatures, you can't do anything.Plus, if any of your shareholders have a conflict of interest (say, your product falls under their IP agreement), you potentially have a legal problem on your hands.You can ameliorate this somewhat with a voting trust or various other legal arrangements that I know little about. Check with a lawyer to make sure. But it just sounds like a really bad idea to me.
| null | 0 | 1 |
2007-07-27 18:23:40 UTC
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vlad
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The 5, 10, 20 year plan
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dawie
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Real opportunity comes from being opportunistic.
Opportunities are spontaneous, but when you're sticking to your five year plan you don't deviate. You're putting the blinders on. "This is where we're going because that's what we said!" When you don't have a plan you can pick up on an opportunity that comes along. You're taking the blinders off. "This is where we're going because it makes sense today." I'd rather stroll into the future with my blinders off.One of the best pieces of advice I've ever read from 37 signals.
| null | 0 | 10 |
2007-07-27 18:46:18 UTC
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37,149 | 37,141 |
brlewis
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Thirteen Simple Rules for Speeding Up Your Web Site by Yahoo!
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vlad
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This is one of the best collections of rules I've seen, despite the glaring omission re. keep-alive.
| null | 0 | 11 |
2007-07-27 19:02:38 UTC
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37,151 | 37,126 |
donna
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A pic of our start-up [pic]
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blored
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Did you see this research:
Top Social Networks: The Summer of Social?
http://blog.compete.com/2007/07/24/top-social-networks-june-...
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This is where we are founding our summer start-up.
| 1 | 7 |
2007-07-27 19:04:38 UTC
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37,152 | 37,071 |
donna
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A VC Gone Mad?
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cmer
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Are social networks becoming the next the dot.com bomb?
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So it's time to revisit Twitter.The news today that Fred Wilson's Union Square Ventures has funded Twitter is enough to bait me back into the ring.
| 5 | 15 |
2007-07-27 19:08:51 UTC
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37,155 | 37,112 |
myoung8
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How do you write a "terms of use" for a website?
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gcheong
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My best advice is to write it in plain and simple English. A ToS doesn't have to be written in legalese. For a good example (that got an award for being so good), check out BillMonk's ToS and Privacy Policy. They wrote it themselves with the help of a Nolo book (available at your local library) if I remember correctly.If you really want to use legalese, just find a ToS from a website similar to yours and adapt it to your specific needs.
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Is it possibly to do without a lawyer? What would it cost to have a lawyer write one? Are there any guides, templates, etc., available that give suggestions on what to cover?
| 1 | 22 |
2007-07-27 19:22:42 UTC
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37,156 | 37,146 |
tyohn
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Top 10 Ways to Communicate
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donna
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Nonverbal ~ body language, sign language, print media ~ books, newspapers, etc, DVDs, music, radio, Morse code, land line phones, semaphore, visible light communication ~ the list goes on I think I've even heard of people communicating with whistles and clicks.
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Hello, I'm compiling a list of the world's most popular ways we talk with each other. Here's what I've got so far:1. Cell Phone
2. Texting
3. Email
4. Postal Mail
5. TV
6. Skype
7. Twittering
8. Instant Messaging
9. Blogging
10. Fax
| 0 | 2 |
2007-07-27 19:23:50 UTC
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37,158 | 37,154 |
palish
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AJAX best practices?
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morris
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One way to handle it is to design your system so that it doesn't matter if the requests come back out of order. Could you give an example of where order matters, so we can work on designing it so that order doesn't matter?
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I'm new to the AJAX business and am trying to find a resource outlining the basics. In particular, I'm very concerned with handling out of order asynchronous requests, but can't seem to find a very solid recommendation on how to handle them. As of now I'm going to implement a queuing system for dynamic requests but would rather not re-invent the wheel...
| 1 | 7 |
2007-07-27 19:33:22 UTC
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37,159 | 37,154 |
jey
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AJAX best practices?
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morris
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What's the specific problem? Why do you need the results to be ordered? If you really do need to order the results, just attach a sequential ID to each request, then hold a priority queue of results sorted by request ID. Pseudo-code follows: next_request_id = 0;
next_response_id = 0;
// the following code assumes there's a PriorityQueue class implementing a
// priority queue with push(object, priority) and pop() operations
response_queue = new PriorityQueue();
function send_request(request) {
request.request_id = next_request_id;
next_request_id++;
ajax_send(request);
}
function receive_response(response) {
response_queue.push(response, response.request_id);
while(!response_queue.empty()
&& response_queue.top().request_id == next_response_id) {
handle_response(response_queue.pop());
next_response_id++;
}
}
The above code isn't very robust as it doesn't deal with requests that die in transit and never return a response, etc.
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I'm new to the AJAX business and am trying to find a resource outlining the basics. In particular, I'm very concerned with handling out of order asynchronous requests, but can't seem to find a very solid recommendation on how to handle them. As of now I'm going to implement a queuing system for dynamic requests but would rather not re-invent the wheel...
| 0 | 7 |
2007-07-27 19:38:02 UTC
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37,172 | 37,112 |
steve
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How do you write a "terms of use" for a website?
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gcheong
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thanks, I've been wondering about this too. Does the same advice hold for privacy policies?
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Is it possibly to do without a lawyer? What would it cost to have a lawyer write one? Are there any guides, templates, etc., available that give suggestions on what to cover?
| 5 | 22 |
2007-07-27 20:06:14 UTC
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37,184 | 37,000 |
bitwize
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Lisp as a replacement for XML -- any ideas?
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mojuba
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Until all Lisps standardize on Unicode (at least UTF-8 and UTF-16), Lisp will never replace XML. It's been slow going just getting Unicode support into Lisps, let alone having internal data structures (symbols, etc.) represented in Unicode.
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If I want to use Lisp syntax to store tree-like data structures (as a replacement for XML), are there any libraries, standards, or just ideas how to do it?
| 1 | 7 |
2007-07-27 20:40:09 UTC
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37,185 | 37,146 |
tyohn
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Top 10 Ways to Communicate
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donna
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Well for personal communication I use Instant Messages, email and a phone (land line and cell). But my day job is to communicate to the public thru our website.
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Hello, I'm compiling a list of the world's most popular ways we talk with each other. Here's what I've got so far:1. Cell Phone
2. Texting
3. Email
4. Postal Mail
5. TV
6. Skype
7. Twittering
8. Instant Messaging
9. Blogging
10. Fax
| 1 | 2 |
2007-07-27 20:44:10 UTC
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37,186 | 37,112 |
epi0Bauqu
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How do you write a "terms of use" for a website?
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gcheong
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There are a lot of concepts and subtleties that underly a TOS document. However, to get a decent one, all you have to do is pick a big relatively similar Internet site, and copy theirs. Replace their name with yours, and their jurisdictional information with yours (e.g. state names). That's the starting point. Then look at the other big Internet sites, and copy anything you feel is applicable. Then read it slowly. If you don't understand anything, post it here and someone can probably help you understand what it is talking about.If you really want to understand what is going on, I suggest reading this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Commerce-Ronald-J-Mann/dp/0...
and the cases and statutes it references. But this is really unnecessary to get something decent.I don't recommend hiring a lawyer. They will either go through basically the same process as described above anyway and then charge you a lot for it. If you have a specific issue with your site, you might want to hire a lawyer to help you draft specific provisions that deal with that issue. But seriously, do you have an issue that facebook/craigslist/ebay/microsoft/amazon/etc. don't?
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Is it possibly to do without a lawyer? What would it cost to have a lawyer write one? Are there any guides, templates, etc., available that give suggestions on what to cover?
| 0 | 22 |
2007-07-27 21:02:46 UTC
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37,187 | 36,964 |
daniel-cussen
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240k/year for web developer, with one catch...
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rms
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Think about it: That's 20 grand per month for a few months. After taxes, that might be 16-17 thousand per month, minus small expenses. You can quickly amass tens of thousands of dollars in seed money. I think it's a sweet gig.
| null | 4 | 9 |
2007-07-27 21:07:54 UTC
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37,193 | 37,112 |
rkabir
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How do you write a "terms of use" for a website?
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gcheong
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Interesting that the comments on here (so far) are the exact opposite of Guy Kawasaki's sentiments:http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/06/482413_for_lega.html"You could do less legal work and do it cheaper, but if you ever want to raise venture capital much less go public or get acquired for more than scrap value, this is not the place to save a few thousand bucks. If you're negotiating an investment or a liquidity event, you want someone who worked at Brobeck, Baker & McKenzie, and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati--as opposed to your uncle the divorce lawyer from Penny, Wise, & Pound Foolish or myinstantincorporation4less.com--not only for her expertise but to show opposing counsel that you're not clueless."Just some more information to think about...
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Is it possibly to do without a lawyer? What would it cost to have a lawyer write one? Are there any guides, templates, etc., available that give suggestions on what to cover?
| 3 | 22 |
2007-07-27 21:57:53 UTC
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37,197 | 37,071 |
zurla
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A VC Gone Mad?
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cmer
|
this blogger lost me when he implied the delicious acquisition was a mistake. that was a brilliant acquisition, and cheap. like in the 20M - 30M range for a very important internet property. it would sell for a lot more than 30M now.
|
So it's time to revisit Twitter.The news today that Fred Wilson's Union Square Ventures has funded Twitter is enough to bait me back into the ring.
| 2 | 15 |
2007-07-27 22:07:11 UTC
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37,198 | 37,196 |
jsjenkins168
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How do you encourage users to share/copy/evolve data while preventing competitors from copying it?
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amichail
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By data do you mean source code?As a start you can review the open source licenses commonly used:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_licenseOr in theory you could always write your own license.. But once you open your source it will be impossible to completely protect your IP. People will find ways to copy it anyway..
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What sort of license would you use?
| 2 | 7 |
2007-07-27 22:42:55 UTC
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37,207 | 37,112 |
petesmithy
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How do you write a "terms of use" for a website?
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gcheong
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Sorry rkabir, but I think what Guy's talking about is the legal work that goes into the negotiation of an investment, takeover or IPO.For a bootstrapped start-up, getting a lawyer to write your ToS and Privacy Policy would be wasteful. epi0Bauqu you've nailed it: who's got "an issue that facebook/craigslist/ebay/microsoft/amazon/etc. don't?"
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Is it possibly to do without a lawyer? What would it cost to have a lawyer write one? Are there any guides, templates, etc., available that give suggestions on what to cover?
| 2 | 22 |
2007-07-27 23:50:33 UTC
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37,210 | 37,196 |
comforteagle
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How do you encourage users to share/copy/evolve data while preventing competitors from copying it?
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amichail
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share alike, non commercialhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
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What sort of license would you use?
| 4 | 7 |
2007-07-28 00:01:36 UTC
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37,213 | 37,085 |
s_baar
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Would it make sense to give equity to your users when they invite lots of other users?
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amichail
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I don't know if it would make sense, but Cambrian House set up a co-op so that they could do this. It owns 1% of the company and is made up of 2 ch employees and 3 community members. If you need more info, you should contact them and I'm sure they'd be happy to explain it to you.
| null | 1 | 1 |
2007-07-28 00:26:15 UTC
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37,214 | 37,196 |
Hexayurt
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How do you encourage users to share/copy/evolve data while preventing competitors from copying it?
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amichail
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So what you're trying to do is prevent wholesale copying from competitors?The trick here is the agency doing the copying. You want to say that users can copy it, but that third parties can't.My suggestion would be to be very clear that what you're talking about is bulk copying by competitors, and prevent it by requiring users to initiate copies, rather than third parties.
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What sort of license would you use?
| 1 | 7 |
2007-07-28 00:41:05 UTC
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37,216 | 37,208 |
bootload
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Facebook Bankruptcy
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bootload
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"... it makes no sense to me to build inside of someone else's platform when you have the wide open internet out there to develop on ..."Probably the smartest thing I've read for a while. Is it what people want though?
| null | 0 | 10 |
2007-07-28 01:05:24 UTC
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37,220 | 37,112 |
rms
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How do you write a "terms of use" for a website?
|
gcheong
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For my bootstrapped biotech startup, I paid about $1000 for my terms of service. My terms of service are also the disclaimer, which is important in my industry because there's a serious risk of liability which just isn't much of an issue in web tech.
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Is it possibly to do without a lawyer? What would it cost to have a lawyer write one? Are there any guides, templates, etc., available that give suggestions on what to cover?
| 4 | 22 |
2007-07-28 01:43:00 UTC
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37,221 | 37,196 |
epi0Bauqu
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How do you encourage users to share/copy/evolve data while preventing competitors from copying it?
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amichail
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If I understand you correctly, you want people to be able to use your data for whatever they want except to compete with you. So why not just make everyone agree to some form of a non-compete with regards to the use of your data? Just leave it broadly defined with the right to terminate their license at any time if you feel they are violating the provisions or spirit of your TOS.
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What sort of license would you use?
| 0 | 7 |
2007-07-28 01:43:54 UTC
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37,227 | 37,223 |
jsjenkins168
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Is it wrong to make someone famous without their permission? Are there any legal issues?
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amichail
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No. Not if it's public domain like you suggest.
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Suppose you have a service that crawls the web for home pages and then displays one chosen at random every day for all to see and discuss. Is this wrong? Are there any legal issues with it?It's sort of like this Facebook app:http://apps.facebook.com/fifteen/The difference though is that people would not sign up requesting they be made famous. Rather, the service would do it without their permission.
| 1 | 1 |
2007-07-28 03:26:45 UTC
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37,230 | 37,223 |
nickb
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Is it wrong to make someone famous without their permission? Are there any legal issues?
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amichail
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Yes, there are plenty of legal issues IF you copy any of their stuff (pics, text etc). Even if you open their page in an IFRAME, they will potentially have a case. You can link and mock and parody and comment and praise any page you want though.
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Suppose you have a service that crawls the web for home pages and then displays one chosen at random every day for all to see and discuss. Is this wrong? Are there any legal issues with it?It's sort of like this Facebook app:http://apps.facebook.com/fifteen/The difference though is that people would not sign up requesting they be made famous. Rather, the service would do it without their permission.
| 0 | 1 |
2007-07-28 03:47:48 UTC
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37,235 | 37,012 |
SwellJoe
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Video tutorials from Y! Doug Cockford: The JavaScript Programming Language
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nickb
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Non-linkjacked for all of the Yahoo videos, including Crockford's fantastic series, plus the slides:http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/theater/
| null | 0 | 5 |
2007-07-28 05:11:57 UTC
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37,239 | 37,120 |
motoko
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Kedrosky: Twitter - "Business plans are overrated, and profits perhaps even more so."
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nickb
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peace is war. love is hate. freedom is slavery. profits are losses.
| null | 1 | 9 |
2007-07-28 06:25:14 UTC
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37,244 | 37,126 |
boris
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A pic of our start-up [pic]
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blored
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Wow, that's hell of a clean desk. Where are all the books, pizza boxes, paper with random notes?
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This is where we are founding our summer start-up.
| 2 | 7 |
2007-07-28 08:19:31 UTC
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37,250 | 37,126 |
Stewie
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A pic of our start-up [pic]
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blored
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The nice title you wrote today will not be soon forgotten. A pic of your start-up is actually a PIC.
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This is where we are founding our summer start-up.
| 4 | 7 |
2007-07-28 09:14:35 UTC
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37,251 | 37,246 |
rms
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Invest in foreign assets, you don't want all of your wealth to be in US dollars.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 14 | 26 |
2007-07-28 09:17:26 UTC
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37,252 | 37,246 |
dfens
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Depending on how much you have, why not invest in start ups? (No, I don't mean me.)
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 19 | 26 |
2007-07-28 09:41:34 UTC
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waleedka
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Invest some and put the rest to good use to make sure you contribute to making the world a better place: research to find cures, charity to help those in need, or whatever good cause you believe in.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 5 | 26 |
2007-07-28 10:54:56 UTC
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37,257 | 37,246 |
sri
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Have fun!! Invest in yourself. Go back to school and major in something that you were slightly curious about but never got around to learning -- I'm sure there'll be a startup idea buried there somewhere...
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 9 | 26 |
2007-07-28 11:34:44 UTC
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37,260 | 37,246 |
johnrob
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Go somewhere tropical. And hire someone to do your laundry.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 12 | 26 |
2007-07-28 12:30:26 UTC
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37,263 | 37,246 |
epi0Bauqu
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Are you talking about using your money to grow your business, grow your money, or grow your happiness?
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 16 | 26 |
2007-07-28 12:38:15 UTC
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davidw
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Apparently you're not married?:-)
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-28 12:42:18 UTC
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pg
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Many startup founders are people who like to make things. So often the kind of work they do after they have the freedom to do what they they want is to make things where they're not constrained by the need to make money.Oddly enough, YC itself is an example. We may make money eventually, but our main motive for doing it was that it was a cool idea.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 0 | 26 |
2007-07-28 13:04:27 UTC
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maurycy
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Secure your future. And do whatever you want. If you want nothing, spend some time thinking. :)
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-28 13:18:33 UTC
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muriithi
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8 Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs
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rchambers
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Was immediately put off by the awful design of the website. Why does someone put irrelevant links on the left half of a web page forcing a visitor to scroll to the right? Very annoying.The reason why PG's essays rock is not just that they are insightful but also that the content is well placed to the left of the page with minimal and unobtrusive links on the left border.The title of this article should read "How not to design a website"
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Do You Have What it Takes to Go into Business for Yourself?
| 0 | 6 |
2007-07-28 13:28:11 UTC
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euccastro
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Give me that problem. :)
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 24 | 26 |
2007-07-28 14:11:11 UTC
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budu3
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What can you do with money?
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some
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I think you should secure your future and that of your future family. So invest the money. You can use some of it to pursue or fund projects that you like.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-28 14:13:10 UTC
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ivankirigin
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Excellent startup to anonymously review and rate your doctor experience
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szczupak
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The room for growth in IT in health is absolutely astounding. I have a friend working on a kiosk style device. If you're interested, email me.One problem is regulation. To get "in the loop" at offices, some things need to be clarified. A simple example: when an insurance company pays for a specialist to give you an x-ray, which of the three parties owns the data? Another problem is secure access to private information. Another friend was working in IT at a hospital, and they almost got sued because they didn't follow proper procedures when copying data -- between servers for regular/transparent backups!It's a mess.
| null | 0 | 6 |
2007-07-28 14:48:08 UTC
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ivankirigin
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What can you do with money?
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some
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A very comfortable yearly income is $100K-$200K. Immediately put the necessary base in an interest bearing account (~5%) to earn your comfy yearly income off the interest. $200K/0.05 = $4M.Then you'd really never need to work again, and you can focus on making interesting things.There is plenty of life automation that you can do. Laundry, grocery delivery, maid services, restaurants, financial planner. You can easily spend $1M on travel for months, building a dream house, etc.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-28 14:58:20 UTC
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jsjenkins168
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Apple now worth double Dell's market value
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drm237
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Can you say over-valuation? AAPL is trading at >40x earnings. iPhone or not that is a high multiple!
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Today, in intraday NASDAQ trading, Apple's market value passed 2 times that of Dell's, $127.81 billion vs. $63.65 billion.
| 0 | 11 |
2007-07-28 15:08:12 UTC
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ragni
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Does anyone knows of a good mobile address book backup service?
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rokhayakebe
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try http://zyb.com - easy sync for any phone
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2007-07-28 15:12:42 UTC
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ivankirigin
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economics: pokerbots and online reputation
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davidw
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I love that blog. Arnold Kling is spot on when he writes about entrepreneurship. Bryan Caplan is as close to a sane anarcho-capitalist as you can come.At CMU's Robotics Institute a few years ago, a friend made a poker bot that was pretty good. It was for a machine learning class -- but it used a lot of standard techniques like constraints and search. Another guy made a parser to take the screen from a popular online poker system, and input the state into any software you want. The final step -- to automatically make moves and plug-in a simple chat-bot to counter accusations of non-humanity, was not done by them.I am 100% certain it has been done many, many times. Of course, why would you hear about it in the news?
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2007-07-28 15:14:51 UTC
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tt
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What can you do with money?
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some
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http://philip.greenspun.com/materialism/early-retirement/
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-28 16:11:02 UTC
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mynameishere
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Startup brings free wifi to SF
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drm237
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When your rent is 2000/month, is 20/month for DSL really such a stretch? Just asking. If the goal is to provide internet access to people traveling in between their wifi-activated homes to their wifi-activated coffeeshops to their wifi-activated offices, well...
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A California startup is relying on civic-minded volunteers in San Francisco to accomplish a goal that so far has eluded the city's government leaders: provide residents with wireless internet access that's free and dependable.
| 2 | 12 |
2007-07-28 16:44:05 UTC
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vegashacker
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Startup brings free wifi to SF
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drm237
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Here's the link to the actual project: http://sf.meraki.net/
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A California startup is relying on civic-minded volunteers in San Francisco to accomplish a goal that so far has eluded the city's government leaders: provide residents with wireless internet access that's free and dependable.
| 1 | 12 |
2007-07-28 16:46:58 UTC
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davidw
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"Building a Better Search Engine." How many times have you heard that technology 30 years in the works is about to change everything?
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ivankirigin
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Enough that I have a suspicion that trawling for stuff that didn't quite work out and was more or less abandoned 20/30 years ago might yield some interesting nuggets.
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2007-07-28 16:59:32 UTC
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aswanson
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"Building a Better Search Engine." How many times have you heard that technology 30 years in the works is about to change everything?
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ivankirigin
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This rant pretty much sums it up:http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061005-095006
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2007-07-28 17:25:19 UTC
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sabat
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"Building a Better Search Engine." How many times have you heard that technology 30 years in the works is about to change everything?
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ivankirigin
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I like the rant (on searchenginewatch) and I think he summed up a lot of valid points.I can still imagine a useful natural-language search engine, though.This morning, for example, I was trying to remember the name of a podcast. One of the hosts' first name is Jeanette, and I know she has a Spanish last name. Now, if I could've typed in something like:podcast with host Jeanette who has a spanish last nameand it actually were able to figure it out, then I think the search engine could cause a paradigm shift.What I'm really talking about is closer to pure AI, not just natural language concepts. Apple == a company and a fruit, depending on context -- that's natural language. What a Spanish last name is -- that's AI in my book.So maybe we need to be pursuing an AI search engine rather than a natural-language search engine.
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2007-07-28 17:51:01 UTC
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mdolon
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Buy a Ferrari F430! Actually I'd probably invest in another business first if I had the money. Donating to charities is also a good call, or perhaps helping out your local (young) entrepreneurs who are in need of some financial support.Don't forget the Ferrari though. ;)
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-28 18:17:05 UTC
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menloparkbum
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Excellent startup to anonymously review and rate your doctor experience
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szczupak
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"I like forums and blogs here, it's really an informative to non-medico, and you can get lots of information in forum in different categories. This gives more traffic to website. Also blogs are very much informative in s similar capacity. Even I got lots of information cancer and pregnancy."
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2007-07-28 18:17:41 UTC
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nickb
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"Building a Better Search Engine." How many times have you heard that technology 30 years in the works is about to change everything?
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ivankirigin
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To say that I'm highly skeptical is an understatement. Problem with all these new search engines is that they are trying to change the way people input queries into that search box. For 10 years, we've been taught to type in a term or two and get what we want. Now Powerset is trying to change that by forcing us to type in sentences and long queries. I don't think their success will happen overnight.
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2007-07-28 18:18:13 UTC
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nickb
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Excellent startup to anonymously review and rate your doctor experience
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szczupak
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Remember that 'rate your lawyer' site and the flurry of lawsuits that followed? This is another one of those risky startups. Good luck to you but beware negativity...
| null | 1 | 6 |
2007-07-28 18:25:36 UTC
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hello_moto
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What can you do with money?
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some
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You make software?If yes, build/help to make open source (and free) software better and more "commercial" looking so open source+free software can be used widely.Basically be a disruptor. Make the next Perforce (either support git or make a new one). Make the next IDE (a complete one like Visual Studio) for Python so that Python can become the main language for enterprise.One example of disruptor in this area that is starting to rise is Ubuntu.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-28 19:13:35 UTC
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hello_moto
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Apple now worth double Dell's market value
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drm237
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Will it stay? That's a better question.
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Today, in intraday NASDAQ trading, Apple's market value passed 2 times that of Dell's, $127.81 billion vs. $63.65 billion.
| 2 | 11 |
2007-07-28 19:24:26 UTC
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pg
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Startup brings free wifi to SF
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drm237
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I love this sort of thing. While Google and the city govt are mired in negotiations about how to give SF free wifi, a little startup just goes around them and does it.
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A California startup is relying on civic-minded volunteers in San Francisco to accomplish a goal that so far has eluded the city's government leaders: provide residents with wireless internet access that's free and dependable.
| 0 | 12 |
2007-07-28 20:03:39 UTC
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mattmaroon
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economics: pokerbots and online reputation
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davidw
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Poker bots are far from a problem yet. They excel at heads up limit hold'em, but as more players enter the table they get progressively worse. Even the best of them can't yet beat a low limit full table.Eventually they will though. And there will be no real way to stop them. We've got some time, and how much depends on who you ask. Also, the human vs computer match cited doesn't really mean much, for reasons I'll leave for a poker blog entry.
| null | 0 | 6 |
2007-07-28 20:54:31 UTC
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vegashacker
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[time change] San Fran news.yc meetup - this eve 8.30pm onwards in North Beach
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sharpshoot
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So, how'd it go?
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Tonight 8.30pm onwards 2140 Taylor street. Bring drink & food. People will be most likely arriving around 8.30-8.45. See you there..
| 0 | 6 |
2007-07-28 21:46:37 UTC
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matt
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Startup brings free wifi to SF
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drm237
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btw, meraki injects their own search box at the top of all html pages when you use their wifi. didn't see that mentioned anywhere in the article...
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A California startup is relying on civic-minded volunteers in San Francisco to accomplish a goal that so far has eluded the city's government leaders: provide residents with wireless internet access that's free and dependable.
| 3 | 12 |
2007-07-28 22:26:24 UTC
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AF
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Money is overrated. If you aren't happy without it, you won't be happy with it. Just imo.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 13 | 26 |
2007-07-28 22:30:22 UTC
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portLAN
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Apple now worth double Dell's market value
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drm237
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Funny, I noticed that a week or two ago after reading iCon.
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Today, in intraday NASDAQ trading, Apple's market value passed 2 times that of Dell's, $127.81 billion vs. $63.65 billion.
| 1 | 11 |
2007-07-28 22:41:28 UTC
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thingsilearned
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Usually the problem is the other way around. You have an interesting scenario :). My suggestions:Start another.or Spend a year in Argentina reading and building a boat. This is my plan upon retiring (2.5 years to go!)
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-28 23:02:40 UTC
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rms
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How Much Is A Facebook User Worth? At Least 30 cents.
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rms
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So I submitted this with the title "Three Facebook advertising experiments" and it sat at one point for a while.Now it's at five points with a different title. Was this resubmitted by someone else/multiple people and the software changed the title? Or PG, did you manually switch it?
| null | 0 | 3 |
2007-07-28 23:02:43 UTC
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rms
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Sam Altman of Loopt is #4 on Inc.com's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30
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dannyv
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I'm really looking forward to living a location-based lifestyle in about five years or so, and at this point, Sam Altman seems to be the primary enabler of such a lifestyle.But seriously, this list invalidates itself by not even including Mark Zuckerburg, let alone not giving him number one.
| null | 0 | 8 |
2007-07-28 23:03:34 UTC
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portLAN
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What can you do with money?
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some
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There's no requirement that you have to immediately spend lots of money just because you have it. It's a very normal reaction to not know what to do with a large amount of extra dough. You want to avoid the consumerist trap of retail therapy -- buying things to make you happy, which wears off 5 minutes later. Go ahead and hold on to what you've got and keep on doing what you're doing to make more -- you'll figure out good applications for money over time.This TED talk says that the key to fulfillment is to grow, so you have more to contribute to others:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5625548517080716077
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 2 | 26 |
2007-07-28 23:23:53 UTC
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paul
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What can you do with money?
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some
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What can you do with freedom?
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
| 6 | 26 |
2007-07-28 23:40:48 UTC
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Skyhoper
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Mentor other startups. I have been actively seeking a personal mentor and guidance developing my startup.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-29 00:50:50 UTC
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motoko
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The 5, 10, 20 year plan
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dawie
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Make 5, 10, 20 year plans anyways.
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2007-07-29 00:56:21 UTC
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rokhayakebe
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What can you do with money?
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some
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If you are asking for things to do,then it is clear that you are now unchallenged by your company. By some land near the city and staret building a house. I personaly like prefabs that you can put together.Then stuff that bad boy with books from the earliest centuries to the latest "the world is flat". Read about topics other than "javascript". Subscribe to newspapers. I like FT,NYT,WSJ,USAtoday and some magazines like DWELL.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-29 01:09:34 UTC
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rms
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The Entrepreneurial Generation
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rchambers
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We're entrepreneurial because we don't have much of a choice. Without self-starting, most of us are doomed to a lifetime of pumping coffee while society collapses around us.
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New technologies, a proliferation of resources, and a disenchantment with the corporate world are making Generation Y the most entrepreneurial in history. From magazine publishing to delivering fresh-baked cookies, the rising business stars named to our annual 30 Under 30 list are transforming existing industries and blazing trails with new ones.
| 0 | 9 |
2007-07-29 01:21:33 UTC
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pg
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Wikipedia's founder builds an open-source search engine
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michael_nielsen
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Wow, a Salon article you don't have to watch an ad to read. Finally.
| null | 0 | 4 |
2007-07-29 01:22:19 UTC
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rms
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What can you do with money?
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some
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With enough money, you could stage a coup and take over Equatorial Guinea. It's ripe for the takeover, just take care not to fuck it up like Margaret Thatcher's son did.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-29 01:48:18 UTC
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ivankirigin
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Evolutionary algorithms now surpass human designers
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nickb
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Evolutionary algorithms require quantitative object functions. The set of problems that have those are pretty small. Lots of design has to do with beauty, which almost by definition isn't easily quantifiable. Another issue is the complexity of the problem, which might make convergence on even a semi-optimal solution difficult or extremely time consuming to find. Complexity, even of a quantitative problem, makes for difficult objective functions. Different dimensions of optimization require fairly arbitrary weighting.But the future is still exciting. iRobot is working on a new software architecture for robotics, called Aware2. It will allow EA to permute fairly high level pieces of code and behaviors. The system is still under development, but it has great potential. If you're curious, it is in C++ for component speed with boost.Python for glue & configuration. Similar systems can be made for other complex problems, not just robotics.
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2007-07-29 02:03:39 UTC
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rkabir
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The Dilbert Blog: The Secret - Is success socially contagious?
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paul
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Scott Adams talks about Affirmations here: http://www.mindhacks.org/2007/01/18/scott-adams-affirmations...A friend showed me the chapter at the end of The Dilbert Future - I definitely recommend giving it a once over.
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2007-07-29 02:40:37 UTC
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jdvolz
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What can you do with money?
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some
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Figure out what you want to have, do and be. The have part is easy, most people can work that out on their own. What do you want to do? Do you want to learn something new (foreign language, to tango, a new programming language, etc)? Do you want to do something physical (run a marathon, achieve weight lifting goals, swim the English channel,etc). Do you want to be a philanthropist? Do you want to run a non-profit organization? Figure out 3-5 things you want to do.Be is harder IMO. Do you want to be a husband? father? grand father (you need help on this one obvious)? Do you want to a champion whatever? These are the questions I would ask myself. With the answers, you can start taking concrete steps.
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Question to the successful guys amongst you: Did you find out what to do with the Money?I run a successful startup. I dont make a fortune, but all of a sudden I have a lot more money then ever before. And guess what - I have not clue what to do with it.Today, I read this:www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/27/DIME.TMPAnd there is a sentence: "The person who sold the dime is Oakland businessman Daniel Rosenthal, who was unavailable for comment, perhaps because a person newly in possession of $1.9 million has got better things to do than answer a lot of questions."I really would like to know: What are these "better things"?What are those better things I could do then chillin on my sofa and reading ycombinator and stuff?
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2007-07-29 04:22:53 UTC
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parker
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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Hi Robin,You bet, I never miss YC News! I'm in Calgary, AB
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 05:21:38 UTC
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inklesspen
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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I'm a dual US/Canadian citizen, does that count? I'm currently residing in the US, but plan to move to BC within the next year.
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 05:24:51 UTC
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arasakik
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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I'm from Calgary, AB - currently residing/working in Seattle, WA.
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 05:39:19 UTC
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rasmus4200
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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yup - calgary also
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 05:40:08 UTC
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dawie
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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I am in Calgary too. Lets have a Calgary meetup!!!
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 06:16:48 UTC
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dean
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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I'm in Ottawa.
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 06:17:35 UTC
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robin_bb
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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I'm in Fredericton.
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 06:21:17 UTC
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sharpshoot
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Thanks Jamie, Sumon, and Tim
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dbosson
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Hey Dave, great to meet you too. While we're in the san francisco area we hope to do another one of these meetups. Just leave a message if this would be of interest and any feedback you had on making it better.Everybody is welcome for the next one which we will put on soon :) shoot me an email.
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I appreciate you guys opening your doors last night for an entrepreneurial get together. I had a lot of fun and look forward to watching everyone's ventures.
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2007-07-29 06:37:40 UTC
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cperciva
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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Yes, from Vancouver.
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 06:43:35 UTC
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someless
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Sam Altman of Loopt is #4 on Inc.com's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30
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dannyv
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this is a useless list
the sites are not even on alexabestparking -> 600k +
loopt jus 100k users lol
http://www.collegeprowler.com/ - 255k wow http://www.inc.com/30under30/2007/26-hamilton.html do people even use this it is a good loser list at best!!http://www.mentalfloss.com/ - 35k lol
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2007-07-29 06:52:13 UTC
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mac
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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Yes, i'm near vancouver
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 06:54:52 UTC
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semigeek
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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Originally from New Brunswick, living in Cleveland Ohio now.
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 07:02:19 UTC
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neilc
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Are you a Canadian YC News reader?
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robin_bb
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Yes -- originally from Toronto, but I've recently moved to the Bay Area.
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Are there any Canadians reading YC News? Please respond and/or vote up, if yes.
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2007-07-29 07:02:34 UTC
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motoko
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How I Did It: Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab
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bootload
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how i make furry secks?
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2007-07-29 07:05:11 UTC
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