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ivankirigin
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Lisp Cycles
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Keios
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You should invite Randall Munroe to the demo day :)
| null | 0 | 29 |
2007-08-01 13:42:38 UTC
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38,347 | 38,028 |
samb
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Stuff - Paul Graham
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samb
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in 2000 i was moving around a bunch. everything i owned had to fit in the back of my station wagon. that included bed, furniture, musical instruments, computers, books, etc.i slept on an inflatable mattress for several years. i also lived in a walk-in closet for 6 months. all those things were actually really good. it was an exciting time. living in a closet added to the subversion factor. i was invisible.with marriage came the consolidation of things, and wedding presents, and now i'm one of the people with a garage full of stuff. strange things. not useful things. bags full of old hammers. children's things that we're saving. the good silverware. a desk that's too big to go in the house.we live in a large-ish 3 bedroom house and i only spend time in a closet/office, the bathroom, the bedroom, the deck, and the kitchen. i have no use for 800-1000 square feet of my home. but the kids like it.it's still a very exciting time, but there's lots of stuff. marriage is compromise, and stuff can be a part of that compromise. we have 2 gravy boats. one for everyday gravy and one for special gravy. of course, we only have gravy once every few years. but that's ok. i still work in a closet. somewhat invisible.
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Too much stuff is a bad thing. Everything I owned in 2000 would fit in the back of my station wagon. If it wouldn't fit in the wagon, it was out. Now I'm married, and covered up with stuff. When you get married, it's custom for people to give you more stuff. Most of it you don't need. Or want. But you can't just throw it away, after all, it's free stuff. (Sorry if this has already been posted, I didn't see it in the list and can't search....)
| 29 | 105 |
2007-08-01 13:47:46 UTC
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38,348 | 38,320 |
Lockheed
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Team Room in Flex2.0
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hira_khan
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I would like to know ,why you chose flex over flash IDE for development. Time constrains?
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As part of its ongoing commitment to provide human capital, GeniTeam (www.geniteam.com), today announced alpha release of "Team Room" to support their virtual team model. This product is designed to enhance collaboration between team members dispersed across different geographical locations. The business model coupled with the product, shall allow high tech startup to hire remote teams and save significantly on operating cost.
Beginning in January 2008, GeniTeam will also include video conferencing in application. Startups hosting their virtual teams with GeniTeam will be able to enhance management of their virtual teams through Team Room, after beta launch, expected in winter 2007. The application is developed using Flex 2.0, hibernate 3.0, spring and Java.
| 1 | 1 |
2007-08-01 13:50:27 UTC
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38,356 | 38,287 |
aarontait
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Thoughts on using SQLite?
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jamongkad
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Yea, like they said, it isn't really for Client-Server stuff. It is a super fast file format though! If you do Mac/Cocoa development you can use SQLite for free with Core Data. By free I mean you don't have to write any custom code for serialization. :-D
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Hey guys has anyone YCer use SQlite in a production environment? For as long as I can remember I've been using MySQL, and I want to know if SQLite is a viable replacement.
| 4 | 9 |
2007-08-01 14:19:47 UTC
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38,359 | 38,344 |
jamongkad
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Filipino startup working on remote iPhone music application
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drm237
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Drm237 are you by any chance filipino? Your submissions seem to be filipino centric.
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A Filipino software startup who quietly launched an online backup and recovery service for iTunes last month is also working on a homegrown web service that will provide Apple's iPhone users remote access to their iTunes library.
| 0 | 5 |
2007-08-01 14:41:10 UTC
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38,368 | 38,028 |
miannini
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Stuff - Paul Graham
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samb
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The more possessions you have the thicker the prison walls constructed around ones life. Minimalism creates freedom.
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Too much stuff is a bad thing. Everything I owned in 2000 would fit in the back of my station wagon. If it wouldn't fit in the wagon, it was out. Now I'm married, and covered up with stuff. When you get married, it's custom for people to give you more stuff. Most of it you don't need. Or want. But you can't just throw it away, after all, it's free stuff. (Sorry if this has already been posted, I didn't see it in the list and can't search....)
| 35 | 105 |
2007-08-01 14:58:26 UTC
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38,371 | 37,810 |
kingkongrevenge
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Cringely: Is Google on Crack?
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pg
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Cringley mentioned the precariousness of Google's position as the #1 search engine. I switched away from google to search.yahoo.com months ago. Every now and then I run queries on both and I am consistently getting better results from yahoo. I'm failing to remember the specific examples, but twice in the last week google failed to provide a relevant link on the first page at all but yahoo succeeded.Has anyone else found that google search has degraded?
| null | 8 | 26 |
2007-08-01 15:02:42 UTC
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38,373 | 38,287 |
inklesspen
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Thoughts on using SQLite?
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jamongkad
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Use PostgreSQL instead of MySQL. SQlite in a production environment on anything but the most database-light site ever will make you cry.
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Hey guys has anyone YCer use SQlite in a production environment? For as long as I can remember I've been using MySQL, and I want to know if SQLite is a viable replacement.
| 1 | 9 |
2007-08-01 15:04:02 UTC
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38,384 | 38,250 |
omouse
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HitForge: Another YC clone?
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omouse
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I just discovered an article about it: http://gigaom.com/2007/04/25/hitforge/
| null | 7 | 13 |
2007-08-01 15:38:17 UTC
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38,387 | 38,289 |
twism
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Disqus: A YC Company Powering Discussions on Any Page?
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staunch
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hmm... I'm working on something similar with a social bookmarking spin on it, with some borrowed elements from News.YC.
| null | 1 | 7 |
2007-08-01 15:41:30 UTC
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38,392 | 38,069 |
nuh102
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Anyone here in phoenix, az?
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gregp
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Yep, moved here a year and a half ago from the east coast. Love it here.
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Just curious : )
| 2 | 3 |
2007-08-01 15:55:27 UTC
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38,394 | 38,362 |
pg
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I lost all my points (karma).
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blored
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You're right. Someone went on a downmodding spree.I restored your karma. Now I'm going to have to write some software to prevent this kind of abuse. Great. As if I didn't have enough to do...
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When I woke up this morning my 19 points had turned to zero points. I suspect that someone was down-modding me. Firstly, I didn't even know there was a way to down-mod people, secondly, is there any way to get these points back and/or stop that person from down-modding me in the future.
| 0 | 20 |
2007-08-01 16:11:07 UTC
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38,398 | 38,320 |
hira_khan
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Team Room in Flex2.0
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hira_khan
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I think we choose Flex for following reasons of Flash
1. Components are far more improved
2. Data integration is lot better
3. Charting componentsI found a good article for comparision
http://www.flashmagazine.com/1061.htmI hope this answer your question. Btw : Did you like the concept ?
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As part of its ongoing commitment to provide human capital, GeniTeam (www.geniteam.com), today announced alpha release of "Team Room" to support their virtual team model. This product is designed to enhance collaboration between team members dispersed across different geographical locations. The business model coupled with the product, shall allow high tech startup to hire remote teams and save significantly on operating cost.
Beginning in January 2008, GeniTeam will also include video conferencing in application. Startups hosting their virtual teams with GeniTeam will be able to enhance management of their virtual teams through Team Room, after beta launch, expected in winter 2007. The application is developed using Flex 2.0, hibernate 3.0, spring and Java.
| 0 | 1 |
2007-08-01 16:28:06 UTC
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38,403 | 38,235 |
palish
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New Study: Top 50k blogs had $50 million in 2006 Revenue
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rchambers
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New Study: 50k software engineers making at least $50k a year had over $2,500 million in 2006 revenue
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A new study being published by the University of Texas and Chitika says that the top 50,000 blogs may have generated around $50 million in aggregate 2006 revenue.
| 0 | 5 |
2007-08-01 16:51:00 UTC
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budu3
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YC News traffic has propped up our Alexa ranking [stats]
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blored
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What does ClutterMe.com do? There's no 'about' page.
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Before submitting a "a pic of our start-up [pic]"
our Alexa one week rank was slightly over 1 million.After submitting our Alexa rank in the past few days has jumped to 320 000 and now 295 803.This was a result of about 700 unique visitors from YC News which also resulted in about 50 sign-ups for our release.
Mark
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2007-08-01 17:04:08 UTC
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Caligula
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I lost all my points (karma).
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blored
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Downmodded as irrelevant to startup news.
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When I woke up this morning my 19 points had turned to zero points. I suspect that someone was down-modding me. Firstly, I didn't even know there was a way to down-mod people, secondly, is there any way to get these points back and/or stop that person from down-modding me in the future.
| 2 | 20 |
2007-08-01 17:19:18 UTC
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blored
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I lost all my points (karma).
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blored
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Thanks for restoring my karma everyone.
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When I woke up this morning my 19 points had turned to zero points. I suspect that someone was down-modding me. Firstly, I didn't even know there was a way to down-mod people, secondly, is there any way to get these points back and/or stop that person from down-modding me in the future.
| 1 | 20 |
2007-08-01 17:25:06 UTC
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samb
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Oldie but Goodie: The Physics of Passion
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samb
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i wish kathy sierra was still blogging.
| null | 0 | 1 |
2007-08-01 17:38:19 UTC
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38,419 | 38,396 |
horatio05
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Scale Your Website Like YouTube - A Look at YouTube's Architecture
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nickb
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Very interesting article, it's good for entrepreneurs who are wondering what will happen when (of course ;-)) their websites start getting hammered with traffic.
| null | 0 | 30 |
2007-08-01 17:46:10 UTC
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38,428 | 38,021 |
9898123912837
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Facebook down...
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far33d
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/facebook-is-back-th...wasn't just an outage...
| null | 1 | 12 |
2007-08-01 17:59:10 UTC
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38,433 | 37,881 |
palish
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Pmarca: Why brainstorming is a bad idea
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abstractbill
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"In 1958... psychologists let groups of four people brainstorm about the practical benefits or difficulties that would arise if everyone had an extra thumb on each hand after next year."Wait.. What?The power of brainstorming is apparent when two people are thinking about something they will both use. If it's directly useful to both of them then two heads are about four times better than one, if not closer to ten times better.
| null | 3 | 21 |
2007-08-01 18:26:54 UTC
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38,438 | 38,407 |
patrickg-zill
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An Unorthodox Approach to Database Design : The Coming of the Shard
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nickb
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I think this is a re-invention of relatively well-known ways of optimizing databases. still interesting to read about however.
| null | 3 | 18 |
2007-08-01 18:54:08 UTC
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sanj
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An Unorthodox Approach to Database Design : The Coming of the Shard
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nickb
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There's something familiar about this approach. It reminds me of JMP vs. LJMP commands in processor instructions sets that had partitioned memory sets. Or had a JMP command that was distance limited (often to +/- 32k).Effectively, sharding takes advantage of the locality of information. As soon as you need information outside of that locale, you need to make a more expensive request.
| null | 2 | 18 |
2007-08-01 19:07:44 UTC
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nostrademons
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What to do when you are waiting
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luccastera
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I did some of these, wish I'd done some of the others, and have one more to add:12. Hone your technical skills, particularly in the area you hope to be working in.When I joined my employer, I figured I'd make sure I gave them 2 years of solid work, then I'd start doing side-projects and if it looked like one of them had promise, I'd quit and pursue it. So I purposely did my best to work on absolutely commercially useless stuff for the first year. I learned a whole lot about compilers, a whole lot about type systems and purely functional data structures, a whole lot about Haskell and Scheme, but very little about dynamic languages or the libraries available for them. I got some practical knowledge from my job, but it turned out to be less transferable than I'd hoped for.As a result, when a friend came knocking with "Hey, you wanna start a startup" after only a year, I was far less familiar with the technology we'd be using than I would've liked. I was pretty fluent in two webapp technologies (PHP and JSF) that I knew I didn't want to use, but didn't have much practical experience in Rails or the Python frameworks that I did want to use. And knowing how to design and implement a programming language doesn't do too much good when you just want to use one.
| null | 0 | 3 |
2007-08-01 19:14:09 UTC
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Tichy
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XSLT : good? bad? outdated?
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Lockheed
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I think it is outdated. It is fairly complicated, but what really annoys me is the "entity" problem. That vision of passing a document through a series of XSLT filters does not work, because the defined entities get transformed after the first pass (ie something like   don't remember correct syntax). Maybe I just couldn't figure out how to make it work though - which leads back to point #1, too complicated.
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Is it a good move to use XSLT?Does it affect the performance in general? Do you personally prefer the use of XSLT? I would love to hear what the hackers here at news.y think about this.Any response would be highly appreciated.
| 1 | 7 |
2007-08-01 19:25:16 UTC
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38,451 | 38,362 |
menloparkbum
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I lost all my points (karma).
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blored
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If you can't downvote away people's karma, how do you make people who suck go away?
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When I woke up this morning my 19 points had turned to zero points. I suspect that someone was down-modding me. Firstly, I didn't even know there was a way to down-mod people, secondly, is there any way to get these points back and/or stop that person from down-modding me in the future.
| 3 | 20 |
2007-08-01 19:34:54 UTC
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run4yourlives
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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I can't believe I'm agreeing with Dvorak, but (generally) he's right. Where he's wrong:1. It won't be as bad as dot-bomb.2. It has nothing to do with the type of product, and everything to do with investment hype and greed.
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 3 | 6 |
2007-08-01 19:36:34 UTC
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chaostheory
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Inventiveness
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donna
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on the bright side, the US isn't number 1 in the amount of patent trolls...
| null | 0 | 4 |
2007-08-01 19:41:03 UTC
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38,461 | 38,287 |
samb
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Thoughts on using SQLite?
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jamongkad
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not a viable replacement, but definitely has it's place. it doesn't require a server environment.
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Hey guys has anyone YCer use SQlite in a production environment? For as long as I can remember I've been using MySQL, and I want to know if SQLite is a viable replacement.
| 3 | 9 |
2007-08-01 20:02:53 UTC
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38,466 | 38,442 |
paulgb
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"FP is a real competitive edge for a company" - The commercial potential of OCaml/FP [PDF]
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paulgb
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Here is an longer article from the same company on their experience with OCaml: http://www.haskell.org/sitewiki/images/0/03/TMR-Issue7.pdf
| null | 2 | 8 |
2007-08-01 20:16:32 UTC
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jsjenkins168
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Where do startup companies find employees?
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transburgh
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Are you in school or recently graduated? Try talking to your school buddies. Chances are they're at a stage where they don't like the idea of working for a big company anyway.If you're currently working at another company, you can approach co-workers who are your friends. But be very careful with this... This could be used as evidence that you are violating an IP or non-compete agreement.If neither of those works, might want to check out computer science career fairs at a few of the good universities. Some of the guys graduating could be quality hackers willing to take risk.The traditional means recruiters use to get Sr people (like LinkedIn) might turn up people who cost too much (and generally suck), but could still be worth a shot.Good luck.
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We're looking for the best strategies for finding people for our startup. What have you found was the most effective?
| 0 | 5 |
2007-08-01 20:21:53 UTC
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38,473 | 38,396 |
ivankirigin
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Scale Your Website Like YouTube - A Look at YouTube's Architecture
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nickb
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YouTube probably requires more bandwidth per user than all the YCombinator funded sites combined. Maybe Justin.tv is the exception.
| null | 1 | 30 |
2007-08-01 20:25:14 UTC
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38,475 | 38,447 |
aston
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XSLT : good? bad? outdated?
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Lockheed
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I don't like XML, much less its derivative/associated file formats. But if I needed to transform from XML to XML, I would almost certainly use an XSLT stylesheet. It's the right tool for the job.
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Is it a good move to use XSLT?Does it affect the performance in general? Do you personally prefer the use of XSLT? I would love to hear what the hackers here at news.y think about this.Any response would be highly appreciated.
| 0 | 7 |
2007-08-01 20:32:05 UTC
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pg
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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He's wrong. I was in the middle of the first Bubble, and I don't think things are nearly as bad now.Lots of lame startups are getting funded, but for far less money apiece. And it is the scale of investment that defines a bubble, not the number of companies.
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 0 | 6 |
2007-08-01 20:33:53 UTC
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38,482 | 38,393 |
Alex3917
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Seven Startup Lessons from Intuit
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icenine
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The ITConversations interview with Scott Cook is one of the most useful on the site:http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail523.html
| null | 0 | 17 |
2007-08-01 20:54:49 UTC
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38,484 | 38,450 |
ivankirigin
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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One huge difference is that you don't have an insane fund raising model:
1) Buy domain
2) Go public
3) Build product
4) Get users
5) MonetizeIt is harder to have an equity collapse when companies are small and barebones.
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 10 | 6 |
2007-08-01 21:01:24 UTC
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augy
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The Flip Side of Entrepreneurship
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far33d
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I would rather miss a market than put out something I was not fully proud of.
| null | 1 | 25 |
2007-08-01 21:06:08 UTC
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38,490 | 38,450 |
mechanical_fish
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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I think we're stuck in a Bubble Bubble. (Or is it the Metabubble?)You'd think that after living through two real bubbles we might develop some higher standards. Instead, the word "bubble" is getting applied to every fad, era, technology, and press release that comes along.
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 2 | 6 |
2007-08-01 21:09:12 UTC
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pg
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Startups and Angel Investment
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noelchurchill
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The market decides.They'll decide what valuation to offer you; you'll decide whether or not to take their offer.
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I'm starting a startup with clear methods of generating revenue and although I hope it becomes successful beyond my wildest expectations, I honestly don't have any clue as to how successful it will become and how many customers I will be able to get and how long it will take to get them. I don't think any startup can know these numbers.I'm speaking with investors about receiving some angel funding. Without an accurate projection of revenue and expenses, how do I know how much of the company to offer them?
| 0 | 3 |
2007-08-01 21:17:28 UTC
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darius
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Where do startup companies find employees?
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transburgh
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Try posting your job opportunity in places like this one. I'm sure there are people interested in startups that read yc news but that are not working on a startup right now.
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We're looking for the best strategies for finding people for our startup. What have you found was the most effective?
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2007-08-01 21:21:41 UTC
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spiralhead
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The Flip Side of Entrepreneurship
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far33d
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excellent article. I agreed with most of it--especially about startups attracting freaks and misfits. I can vouch for that. haaha
| null | 2 | 25 |
2007-08-01 21:22:27 UTC
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jmtame
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Where do startup companies find employees?
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transburgh
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The startup I was in looked primarily towards referrals from the investors and the existing employees. We also submitted a gig to the 37 Signals board, and I think there were some good candidates there. Most of those people seem to be on top of their game and favor the simplicity and ease that 37 Signals preaches (which I consider to be a very good thing).
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We're looking for the best strategies for finding people for our startup. What have you found was the most effective?
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2007-08-01 21:25:04 UTC
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pg
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Where do startup companies find employees?
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transburgh
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In the most successful startups the first employees are usually people the founders knew in school.In fact, that's probably the main reason startup hubs tend to form around universities.
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We're looking for the best strategies for finding people for our startup. What have you found was the most effective?
| 1 | 5 |
2007-08-01 21:25:15 UTC
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horatio05
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An Unorthodox Approach to Database Design : The Coming of the Shard
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nickb
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How would one know what data to place in shards? Are there any "RDBMS to Shard" resources out there?
| null | 4 | 18 |
2007-08-01 21:25:51 UTC
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pumper
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Where do startup companies find employees?
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transburgh
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I'm struggling with the same thing. A post i wrote recently (http://www.pumperknickel.com/?p=300) covers a couple of suggestions. To date I've had most success with craigslist ads. Cheap at $75. But you need to be very clear (not like your typical job ad) in your posting to make sure you really get what you need.Good luck!
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We're looking for the best strategies for finding people for our startup. What have you found was the most effective?
| 2 | 5 |
2007-08-01 21:27:10 UTC
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augy
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Unwired Nation, BlueGrind turning online text into audio
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augy
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YC News in the car - could be nice!What about a radio station that reads the top stories on digg or reddit?
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YC News in the car - could be nice!What about a radio station that reads the top stories on digg or reddit?
| 0 | 1 |
2007-08-01 21:52:03 UTC
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natrius
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The reason Facebook was down... it wasn't a proxy issue
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rms
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The article doesn't say it wasn't a proxy issue. There definitely was a security problem, but that doesn't mean it wasn't caused by proxy issues.
| null | 0 | 3 |
2007-08-01 22:37:17 UTC
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38,515 | 38,246 |
simpleenigma
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The Netflix Prize: 300 Days Later
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nickb
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Great article and speaking a someone who is actively working with the Netflix prize data on a daily basis the summarize some of the more bizarre quirks of the dataset pretty well. The other problem that he didn't really get into is the sheer size of the dataset, the .txt files are about 4GB in size to hold the 100,480,507 ratings ...Beyond that I think he missed the really interesting ideas behind the recommender system possibilities. Once a user has enough ratings on movies and there is enough of a cross section of other users rating the same movies the math of the problem starts to create a profile of the user. With that profile it is more likely to be able to find the things the user will find interesting instead of just what the crowd voted most popular.The real trick is not to use some artificial error measuring method to validate how your algorithm is working but instead to focus on how the recommendation system changes the way the user interacts with your website.The Netflix prize did a few things that where wonderful for the process of recommendation system, they brought a lot of attention to the field and they gave a huge dataset for people to compare their results with. In the long run, even if no one wins the grand prize, they will have give much more to the field of study then the $1 million.Oh yeah .. and maybe this January there will be one more YC start-up doing recommendation systems.
| null | 0 | 32 |
2007-08-01 22:47:53 UTC
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Jd
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Ask News.Yc: What is social bookmarking lacking today?
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twism
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One word: community.
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I know, i know...they are a tons of social bookmarking sites out now, but they all seem cluttered, slow, and confusing to me. Im trying to get a feel of what features poeple like, dislike or they would like to see implemented. News.YC is sort of a bookmarking app (at least the way I use it).It works great for me because its fast, has a clean layout and it just so happens to deal with web pages I would typically bookmark. but the internet isnt all about startups and entrepreneurship.Any input would be great. Thanks
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2007-08-01 22:50:53 UTC
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nickb
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Is it ethical to keep a copy of the code or designs you did for your employer, for your reference?
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juwo
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OK, I was contracting in my previous life so I've seen these issues pop up many times before. Here's few words.A) is illegal. You have no ownership of ANY code or IP that you work on at the company that employs you. That's what they're paying you for, after all.B) is also illegal. Unless the company in question has open sourced their code and allows anyone to use it under some kind of a BSD-like license, you have absolutely no right to use that code or IP.Not only are both of these cases illegal, they're also highly unethical. Also, if you're forming a company around someone else's IP, you're gonna crash and burn.When I worked as a contractor, I would use my own libraries to save me some time but before I used them, I notified the management that I was using them and told them that I own the code and that I give them full right to use it without any licensing fees and I also told them I would use them on my other contracting jobs. They always accepted these stipulations an I've never had any problems. They loved the fact that I was not wasting my time and their money re-implementing the wheel and that I was solving their problems in record time. The key is to be open and put it all on the table before you start working.Also, after I'd finish working on a project and if I was using my own computer, I'd wipe my computer clean of all of their code. I would do that on the last day of my job and I ALWAYS made sure that someone from the management was there to witness it. Sure, that might be going overboard but trust me... it's worth it. It shows them that you care about these sorts of things and it also makes sure that they won't have a strong case if they ever decide to sue you down the road because you end up inventing something amazing that's in their marketspace or you end up working for competition.
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Please comment on the two:A) Extreme case:[deleted]B) Normal Case:You keep a copy of your work and designs so you can reuse the ideas and perhaps even snippets of code. It is also a record of your work.
This is for 'normal' work that took lots of thought and effort, not patented stuff.
Qs: How many of you regularly do B? Please also comment on A
| 0 | 10 |
2007-08-01 22:53:52 UTC
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38,520 | 38,495 |
s_baar
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Answer to the question: "How's your startup going?"
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uuilly
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And their families have no idea if they'll ever be home...
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We all get this question a lot. I now have an answer that everyone can understand:
My startup is like mission control in the movie "Apollo 13." There are a bunch of nerds running around talking intensely about things that nobody understands. Machines are lighting up making sounds that continually overturn the already chaotic nerd anthill. We've solved a number of complex problems with very limited resources and lots of duct tape. A bald guy is loosely in charge. (Specific to our startup.) We will probably not make it to the moon but if Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon make it back alive it will be a huge success. They just went out of radio contact on the dark side of the moon and we won't know if we'll ever hear from them again. There are a number of huge outstanding issues that we will have to solve at the last minute. The ending will be very happy or very sad.
| 1 | 1 |
2007-08-01 22:54:19 UTC
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38,522 | 38,518 |
scrob2
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Say someone wants to buy Loopt for $20MM...
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aswanny
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dude loopt so scammy they dont have users lol
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Can Sam go back to the investors and say, "Here's your money back plus x, I'm doing it" since he has the majority ownership? Can you structure a deal such as long as they get the investment back, you can sell at whatever price you want?
| 2 | 3 |
2007-08-01 22:55:25 UTC
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38,523 | 38,407 |
simpleenigma
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An Unorthodox Approach to Database Design : The Coming of the Shard
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nickb
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I've been working with a programming language called Erlang for about two years now, and their RAM based database called Mnesia almost forces you into this 'sharding' style.In Erlang you also get the ability to have the same database on multiple computers or fragment the database into different servers that hold only a certain piece.It certainly was a trick to unlearn normalization techniques I had been using for years, but once you get he hang of it the data really becomes or efficient.
| null | 0 | 18 |
2007-08-01 22:57:42 UTC
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38,525 | 38,442 |
stuki
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"FP is a real competitive edge for a company" - The commercial potential of OCaml/FP [PDF]
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paulgb
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For the perhaps less hardcore, and less Blub averse, F# is a caml implementation/extension? on .net. Less/no need to write homegrown, production quality c/c++ interfaces, since it integrates with the rest of .net. It will compile some/most ocaml code without too much change. I can't help but think using it, or at least being aware of it, can benefit some software startups.
| null | 1 | 8 |
2007-08-01 23:03:45 UTC
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38,526 | 38,485 |
edw519
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Is it ethical to keep a copy of the code or designs you did for your employer, for your reference?
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juwo
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Both are unethical and NEVER acceptable. Run, don't walk, the other way from those who rationalize this behavior.(Why is it that when it comes to ethics, what was once clear cut is now "fuzzy"?)
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Please comment on the two:A) Extreme case:[deleted]B) Normal Case:You keep a copy of your work and designs so you can reuse the ideas and perhaps even snippets of code. It is also a record of your work.
This is for 'normal' work that took lots of thought and effort, not patented stuff.
Qs: How many of you regularly do B? Please also comment on A
| 6 | 10 |
2007-08-01 23:15:05 UTC
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38,527 | 38,450 |
Readmore
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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Dvorak is so horribly bad at his job! I don't understand why they even let him on the Internet anymore.
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 8 | 6 |
2007-08-01 23:15:46 UTC
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palish
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Bezos to Wall Street: I told you so.
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joshwa
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Man.. $2.89 billion. Can you imagine it? Creating something and being able to say, "This brought in $2.89 billion this quarter." I wonder what it feels like.What's it feel like to create something that turns a profit?
| null | 0 | 14 |
2007-08-01 23:35:51 UTC
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38,532 | 38,518 |
scrob2qqq
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Say someone wants to buy Loopt for $20MM...
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aswanny
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guys looopt sucks.. it is run by gay sam and has no users
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Can Sam go back to the investors and say, "Here's your money back plus x, I'm doing it" since he has the majority ownership? Can you structure a deal such as long as they get the investment back, you can sell at whatever price you want?
| 3 | 3 |
2007-08-01 23:39:14 UTC
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38,533 | 38,485 |
mojuba
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Is it ethical to keep a copy of the code or designs you did for your employer, for your reference?
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juwo
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Perhaps you can use your ideas but certainly not your code.I managed to open-source some parts of my code (basically some generic libraries) under a very liberal license and to reuse it in other companies. Not without agreement with the employers, of course.
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Please comment on the two:A) Extreme case:[deleted]B) Normal Case:You keep a copy of your work and designs so you can reuse the ideas and perhaps even snippets of code. It is also a record of your work.
This is for 'normal' work that took lots of thought and effort, not patented stuff.
Qs: How many of you regularly do B? Please also comment on A
| 4 | 10 |
2007-08-01 23:40:03 UTC
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38,534 | 38,450 |
stuki
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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It could very well be that, for most people working 'inside the bubble', this one may, in retrospect, have ended very similarly to the last one. A lot of people essentially spent a bunch of years working for chump, in widely shared anticipation of riches that never materialized. At the same time, since not nearly as many outsiders are betting their life savings on the 'bubblers', the economy wide impact of even the most devastating sector wipeout, won't be nearly as bad as dot bomb. In that respect, how you'll come to view it will depend largely on where you stand. It could also be that what we are seeing is the leading edge of PG's predicted trend for more young people to enter working life by doing a startup, rather than going to work for someone. This would probably in and of itself lead to an economic landscape looking a bit 'bubbly' by historical standards. I guess only time will tell.
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 1 | 6 |
2007-08-01 23:41:26 UTC
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38,536 | 38,485 |
menloparkbum
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Is it ethical to keep a copy of the code or designs you did for your employer, for your reference?
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juwo
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It may or may not be illegal or ethical, but it is rarely useful. I used to keep most of the code I've written for employers over the years, but I never once looked at it.
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Please comment on the two:A) Extreme case:[deleted]B) Normal Case:You keep a copy of your work and designs so you can reuse the ideas and perhaps even snippets of code. It is also a record of your work.
This is for 'normal' work that took lots of thought and effort, not patented stuff.
Qs: How many of you regularly do B? Please also comment on A
| 2 | 10 |
2007-08-01 23:47:55 UTC
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38,544 | 38,450 |
extantproject
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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All I see are a lot of statements without supportive reasoning. The article reads something like this:"We're in a bubble!""CD-ROMs ... Pad Comp--SPREADSHEETS!""People are talking to each other on the Internet! Even in Second Life! It's crazy!""There are videos on the Internet!""People are making things on the Internet!""Google thought of something I wish I had!""Widgets!"
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 5 | 6 |
2007-08-02 00:16:14 UTC
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38,548 | 38,450 |
drm237
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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I disagree. I think the last bubble was marked by the high number of tech IPOs that were so over valued. Now, we're not seeing as many IPOs of these companies with virtually no product. Instead, we're seeing a lot of VC money being thrown around and a lot of acquisitions. So, I don't believe it's really going to burst. When everything catches up, a lot of VCs will be out of a lot of money, but if you have a good idea and a solid audience, you'll be ok.
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 4 | 6 |
2007-08-02 00:37:11 UTC
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38,554 | 38,450 |
webwright
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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There is a bit of craziness going on... A lot of people are spending a LOT of money on eyeballs and a lot of people have lost track that eyeballs and revenue don't necessarily mean the same thing.There also seems to be a general disregard for business models (which I know can come later, but it's GOT to come SOMETIME).
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 6 | 6 |
2007-08-02 00:42:06 UTC
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38,560 | 38,518 |
s_baar
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Say someone wants to buy Loopt for $20MM...
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aswanny
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Usually institutionalized investors have agreements in the term sheet specifying under what conditions the founder can sell. Someone else will have to tell you what those terms are exactly, though.
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Can Sam go back to the investors and say, "Here's your money back plus x, I'm doing it" since he has the majority ownership? Can you structure a deal such as long as they get the investment back, you can sell at whatever price you want?
| 1 | 3 |
2007-08-02 01:13:20 UTC
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38,566 | 38,250 |
naval
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HitForge: Another YC clone?
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omouse
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So I'm the guy behind Hit Forge.It's changed - that PR is obsolete (Thanks PG, for helping with the strategy shift).We're a straight early stage seed-investment fund. We invest in social-media early-stage web startups, putting in between $100-$500k. We maintain specialist resources to help with SEO and Viral Marketing. We provide free office space to our companies, if they want them. We have a one-page no-hassle termsheet, where we buy something that looks a lot like common stock. We don't try to control the company. We help with future fundraising (see my blog at http://www.venturehacks.com). And we decide very quickly.PG pointed this out to me as a gap in the market for early stage web companies, and he is absolutely right.See you all at Y-Combinator D-Day.
| null | 0 | 13 |
2007-08-02 01:26:28 UTC
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extantproject
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Is it ethical to keep a copy of the code or designs you did for your employer, for your reference?
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juwo
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What agreements have been made with the employer? Hire an intellectual property lawyer to read and discuss the implications of any written contracts and agreements made with the employer.
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Please comment on the two:A) Extreme case:[deleted]B) Normal Case:You keep a copy of your work and designs so you can reuse the ideas and perhaps even snippets of code. It is also a record of your work.
This is for 'normal' work that took lots of thought and effort, not patented stuff.
Qs: How many of you regularly do B? Please also comment on A
| 3 | 10 |
2007-08-02 01:41:27 UTC
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38,571 | 38,518 |
pg
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Say someone wants to buy Loopt for $20MM...
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aswanny
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That's not even the right number of digits, incidentally.
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Can Sam go back to the investors and say, "Here's your money back plus x, I'm doing it" since he has the majority ownership? Can you structure a deal such as long as they get the investment back, you can sell at whatever price you want?
| 0 | 3 |
2007-08-02 01:53:54 UTC
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38,574 | 38,509 |
jamesbritt
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Scoble Declares 20's vs. 40's Age War
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soapdev
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"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." -- someone, no doubt old and treacherous
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Scoble's Top 10 Facebook Apps vs. TechCrunch's Top 10 Facebook Apps
| 1 | 2 |
2007-08-02 02:07:55 UTC
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38,575 | 38,568 |
paulgb
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how do you reset your pass on YC.News?
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jliew
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At the moment you can't. It has been requested (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363) a few times though.
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I couldnt find this information anywhere!
| 0 | 1 |
2007-08-02 02:08:58 UTC
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38,578 | 38,435 |
altay
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The Flip Side of Entrepreneurship
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far33d
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wow, that's the best thing i've ever read on his blog. and it wasn't written by him.
| null | 0 | 25 |
2007-08-02 02:43:47 UTC
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38,579 | 38,450 |
jamiequint
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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Wait! Wait! Everybody stop innovating, innovation brings change and change might be BAD! The sky is falling, aaaahhhh....Give me a break, or at least some evidence of a second IPO craze and examples of growth before profit companies you think are doomed. This is mostly sensationalism, little fact.
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
| 7 | 6 |
2007-08-02 02:56:11 UTC
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38,584 | 38,393 |
sherman
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Seven Startup Lessons from Intuit
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icenine
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Though this was over 20 years ago, it's an example of a founder who was an expert in business. Now what I wonder is how the two found each other. Was Cook the one generating the ideas and product vision? Then along the way he found Proulx?
| null | 1 | 17 |
2007-08-02 03:39:10 UTC
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38,586 | 38,568 |
rms
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how do you reset your pass on YC.News?
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jliew
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email pg and ask nicely?
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I couldnt find this information anywhere!
| 1 | 1 |
2007-08-02 03:47:16 UTC
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38,587 | 38,502 |
ragav
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Ask News.Yc: What is social bookmarking lacking today?
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twism
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Waleed asked something similar recently.See this thread for some ideas : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31244 I think he posted a summary of sorts here http://selfdebugging.com/Perhaps you should ping him and see if you can join up ;-)
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I know, i know...they are a tons of social bookmarking sites out now, but they all seem cluttered, slow, and confusing to me. Im trying to get a feel of what features poeple like, dislike or they would like to see implemented. News.YC is sort of a bookmarking app (at least the way I use it).It works great for me because its fast, has a clean layout and it just so happens to deal with web pages I would typically bookmark. but the internet isnt all about startups and entrepreneurship.Any input would be great. Thanks
| 0 | 4 |
2007-08-02 03:47:45 UTC
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38,588 | 38,507 |
sherman
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Disney Acquires Club Penguin in $700 Million Deal
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dawie
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Wow, I have younger cousins who spend every moment they get on Club Penguin. Not thinking much of the site and the games they provide at the time, I thought it was just another virtual kid's playground like Nick Jr. This does indicate a an interesting user population though. How young can we start embedding a brand into the minds of children (www.askforkids.com) ?
| null | 0 | 1 |
2007-08-02 03:48:48 UTC
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38,592 | 38,454 |
electric
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Where do startup companies find employees?
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transburgh
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Are you an early-stage, pre-VC startup? If so then the only people crazy enough to join you are the people who trust you. Friends might end up working with you and friends will vouch for you.
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We're looking for the best strategies for finding people for our startup. What have you found was the most effective?
| 4 | 5 |
2007-08-02 04:04:27 UTC
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38,593 | 38,545 |
sherman
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5 Distractions To The Nesting Entrepreneur
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Agathos
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For me, a guaranteed paycheck is definitely a distraction. We've been formed our whole lives to believe that going to school and getting a job was the path to go. Slowly, I'm beginning to realize how to break free from that. If I go for a period of time without a steady income, so what?
| null | 0 | 1 |
2007-08-02 04:07:48 UTC
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38,595 | 38,485 |
sripanyam
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Is it ethical to keep a copy of the code or designs you did for your employer, for your reference?
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juwo
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well it is certainly illegal ... ethics are fudged... using the source code or work derived from the code is certainly unethical (i think) because your code was paid by the employer..but the actual idea? well where would you guys classify this? i think the actual idea unless protected by a patent is open.. also a lot of companies put a no-compete clause forbidding working for another company in the same domain ... (even though in some countries thats against the law)
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Please comment on the two:A) Extreme case:[deleted]B) Normal Case:You keep a copy of your work and designs so you can reuse the ideas and perhaps even snippets of code. It is also a record of your work.
This is for 'normal' work that took lots of thought and effort, not patented stuff.
Qs: How many of you regularly do B? Please also comment on A
| 5 | 10 |
2007-08-02 04:35:02 UTC
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38,597 | 38,442 |
prakash
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"FP is a real competitive edge for a company" - The commercial potential of OCaml/FP [PDF]
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paulgb
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Jane St. is also doing the OCaml Summer Project: http://osp2007.janestcapital.com/
| null | 4 | 8 |
2007-08-02 05:17:23 UTC
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38,606 | 38,407 |
menloparkbum
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An Unorthodox Approach to Database Design : The Coming of the Shard
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nickb
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The sharding approach seems to be gaining popularity. It seems like a good datapoint in favor of the anti-database crowd. Why even bother using an RDBMS when you end up having to take this approach in the end, anyway?
| null | 1 | 18 |
2007-08-02 06:06:20 UTC
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38,613 | 38,599 |
natrius
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YouTube Architecture
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mmpcse
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This is copied wholesale from http://highscalability.com/youtube-architecture. It even cites it at the end.Note to the author: Citing the source doesn't make copying the entire article okay.
| null | 0 | 3 |
2007-08-02 07:19:37 UTC
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38,614 | 38,495 |
matth
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Answer to the question: "How's your startup going?"
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uuilly
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There are good days and there are bad days. And with each day, there are good moments and there are bad moments.Today has been a bad day, with very few good moments. I just sat down with a beta tester and watched him go through the joining process. Part of the problem is that joining is, in fact, a "process". Watching him use the site also revealed a plethora of glitches that are going to keep me up all night and well into tomorrow. Days like today force me to think about each and every mistake I've made so far, where I went wrong in each instance, and how easily each mistake could have been avoided had I done X - whatever X may be.Ugh.
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We all get this question a lot. I now have an answer that everyone can understand:
My startup is like mission control in the movie "Apollo 13." There are a bunch of nerds running around talking intensely about things that nobody understands. Machines are lighting up making sounds that continually overturn the already chaotic nerd anthill. We've solved a number of complex problems with very limited resources and lots of duct tape. A bald guy is loosely in charge. (Specific to our startup.) We will probably not make it to the moon but if Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon make it back alive it will be a huge success. They just went out of radio contact on the dark side of the moon and we won't know if we'll ever hear from them again. There are a number of huge outstanding issues that we will have to solve at the last minute. The ending will be very happy or very sad.
| 0 | 1 |
2007-08-02 07:21:10 UTC
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38,623 | 38,601 |
menloparkbum
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So how do I write an intellegent freelancing contract so I can keep a roof over my head?
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falsestprophet
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Your question is too broad and vague, but I think you want to read this:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1413300871/sr=8-1/qid=11543...
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I have been wary of businessmen since I read Catch-22 in middle school, but it is a bit difficult to avoid them and eat for any extended period of time.I want to know what to look for in a freelance contract for programming work and what to include if I have the opportunity to write one myself. I imagine many of you have been in my situation; I appreciate your help.In the absence of experience, idle speculation will do.(edit: Let me recommend middle schoolers avoid Catch-22)
| 0 | 1 |
2007-08-02 08:20:04 UTC
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38,625 | 38,485 |
jgamman
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Is it ethical to keep a copy of the code or designs you did for your employer, for your reference?
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juwo
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if the code is a crystallisation of their business idea then using it again is equivalent to re-using their business idea and i think that is highly un-ethical. if you are talking about reusing some CSS templates and changing the colors - meh.
personally, i err on the side of caution and never take work with me from one company to another - often i can condense 6 months of learn-by-doing into a couple of weeks of do-over since it is the overall direction and knowing what is definitely wrong that saves time.
/note: i'm a scientist not a programmer but i think the same situations apply
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Please comment on the two:A) Extreme case:[deleted]B) Normal Case:You keep a copy of your work and designs so you can reuse the ideas and perhaps even snippets of code. It is also a record of your work.
This is for 'normal' work that took lots of thought and effort, not patented stuff.
Qs: How many of you regularly do B? Please also comment on A
| 1 | 10 |
2007-08-02 08:26:31 UTC
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38,626 | 38,442 |
Zak
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"FP is a real competitive edge for a company" - The commercial potential of OCaml/FP [PDF]
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paulgb
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As mentioned in the presentation, using any LFSP provides a huge advantage when hiring: most of the people who aren't smart enough have already been weeded out.
| null | 3 | 8 |
2007-08-02 08:29:19 UTC
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38,630 | 38,629 |
mf
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Peter Seibel: How to write a book
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mf
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Peter's sites are paced with info check them out.Coders at Work Question List http://www.codersatwork.com/questions.htmlList of Interviewees - Name Sorter http://www.codersatwork.com/shuffle.fhtmlPeter's Blog http://www.gigamonkeys.com/blog/
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Peter's sites are paced with info check them out.Coders at Work Question List
http://www.codersatwork.com/questions.htmlList of Interviewees - Name Sorter
http://www.codersatwork.com/shuffle.fhtmlPeter's Blog
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/blog/
| 1 | 1 |
2007-08-02 08:42:54 UTC
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38,632 | 38,627 |
mf
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Coders at Work
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mf
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Is Jessica Livingston going to write a second book?
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Is Jessica Livingston going to write a second book?
| 1 | 10 |
2007-08-02 08:43:58 UTC
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38,634 | 38,406 |
mynameishere
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Amazon Architecture - Early and latter years lessons
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nickb
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Jeff Bazos would give an old Nike shoe as "Just do it" award to those who innovated.Uh...huh. And to the loser, a stinky dead half-eaten seal, as a "swim faster when you see a Walrus" award.Get big fast.Another tip: Make big revenue. Another: Put money in bank. Another: Left shoe on left foot; right shoe on right.Hire a Bob."Sorry, Sal, we were looking for a 'Bob'. Orders from the top. But tell me, what do you think of marine life?"
| null | 0 | 7 |
2007-08-02 08:45:18 UTC
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38,635 | 38,502 |
nreece
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Ask News.Yc: What is social bookmarking lacking today?
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twism
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CoReap is one service that I've started using more frequently off-late. It combines social search and social bookmarking with a no-frills browser sidebar for bookmarks management and a browser extension for social search integration. See: http://www.coreap.com
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I know, i know...they are a tons of social bookmarking sites out now, but they all seem cluttered, slow, and confusing to me. Im trying to get a feel of what features poeple like, dislike or they would like to see implemented. News.YC is sort of a bookmarking app (at least the way I use it).It works great for me because its fast, has a clean layout and it just so happens to deal with web pages I would typically bookmark. but the internet isnt all about startups and entrepreneurship.Any input would be great. Thanks
| 2 | 4 |
2007-08-02 09:02:47 UTC
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38,651 | 38,393 |
jamongkad
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Seven Startup Lessons from Intuit
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icenine
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Is it just me or FitzBlog's website design is all over the place. I'm using FF btw.
| null | 2 | 17 |
2007-08-02 11:34:15 UTC
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38,653 | 38,346 |
mynameishere
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Ning (and some Andreessen background)
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drm237
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According to [some dumbass]..."The reality is that Facebook ... has moved up the food chain and is no longer competing with anyone who is a social network."Note to wired: Just because you're quoting someone doesn't mean you can print blatant falsehoods as truth.
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And then there's the issue of market competition from other social-networking players. Translation: What about Facebook?
| 0 | 10 |
2007-08-02 11:44:02 UTC
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38,654 | 38,509 |
jgamman
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Scoble Declares 20's vs. 40's Age War
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soapdev
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young = time but no money
older = more(ish) money and less time.
i still see facebook as something people fool around with in their dormrooms, a kindof tv/DVD kind of thing - if you want to sell to this demographic, sure facebook is king. i just don't see any utility to it for the older set (who incidently, are not without disposable income of their own...)
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Scoble's Top 10 Facebook Apps vs. TechCrunch's Top 10 Facebook Apps
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2007-08-02 11:50:30 UTC
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38,661 | 38,442 |
staunch
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"FP is a real competitive edge for a company" - The commercial potential of OCaml/FP [PDF]
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paulgb
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OT: Note to anyone who knows the Scribd guys, please have them create a feature that lets me do something like this:http://www.janestcapital.com.pdf.scribd.com/yaron_minsky-cuf...That way I don't have to download/upload or worry about copyrights but I can still view it on scribd automagically. I promise it will make them more popular.
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2007-08-02 12:26:30 UTC
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38,664 | 38,287 |
dgl
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Thoughts on using SQLite?
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jamongkad
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Not YC, but I know of quite a large web application (in the order of a million users, but not that heavy traffic) that makes use of SQLite.I don't think it's the right tool for every job but in this case no data is shared between users. Therefore partitioning is achieved by having an SQLite database per user.Don't underestimate the power of SQLite (and to some extent other flat file databases like BDB, TDB or CDB for fast lookups).
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Hey guys has anyone YCer use SQlite in a production environment? For as long as I can remember I've been using MySQL, and I want to know if SQLite is a viable replacement.
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2007-08-02 12:34:37 UTC
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38,686 | 38,468 |
fuelfive
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Startups and Angel Investment
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noelchurchill
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If you're pre-revenue, offer them convertible debt.
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I'm starting a startup with clear methods of generating revenue and although I hope it becomes successful beyond my wildest expectations, I honestly don't have any clue as to how successful it will become and how many customers I will be able to get and how long it will take to get them. I don't think any startup can know these numbers.I'm speaking with investors about receiving some angel funding. Without an accurate projection of revenue and expenses, how do I know how much of the company to offer them?
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2007-08-02 13:44:48 UTC
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38,689 | 38,629 |
BrandonM
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Peter Seibel: How to write a book
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mf
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I think this should really be called "How to write a nonfiction book", or even more specifically, "How to write an instructional/informational book". In reading about the writing methods of several great authors (e.g. Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams), they tend to have an idea of where they are going but write linearly, hammering things out line-by-line. This makes a book much more narrative, gives it a better flow, adds a natural sort of suspense, and ensures overall coherence. Even a nonfiction book which is giving a narrative-like account on some topic would benefit from this linear approach.So while the article is good for certain applications, I feel the title should have been clarified. To me, the methods laid out seem to take a lot of the fun and spontaneity out of writing. Personally, even for something as brief as an essay, I don't use an approach nearly as thorough as what he laid out, and I regularly get good marks on my essays. Just my 2 cents.
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Peter's sites are paced with info check them out.Coders at Work Question List
http://www.codersatwork.com/questions.htmlList of Interviewees - Name Sorter
http://www.codersatwork.com/shuffle.fhtmlPeter's Blog
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/blog/
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2007-08-02 13:56:22 UTC
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38,690 | 37,593 |
aitoehigie
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What will come after web apps and social sites?
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daniel-cussen
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web apps and social sites are the main thing for now and in the coming years. Desktop apps are so,so outdated, so we shall see most applications being ported to the web. thereby making the web the new operating system, finally putting the last nail into microsoft's coffin.
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A lot of startups seem to be doing these two things. While there are plenty of opportunities in these areas, what do you think the next big thing will be?
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2007-08-02 14:03:23 UTC
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38,696 | 38,450 |
mojuba
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Bubble 2.0 coming soon
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eposts
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Valuable and powerful things can survive any bubble, and they did in the past. Only those who are making money on viral/pyramidal schemes or otherwise just bloated ideas born in VP of Marketing office have to worry about all these apocalyptic predistions. Wasn't it obvious?
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John Dvorak has a bad record spotting success stories. So if he is calling it a bubble... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Dvorak
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2007-08-02 14:33:10 UTC
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38,704 | 38,687 |
pg
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Is it hot or not? Ranking of user modded content.
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ivankirigin
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The way I do it is points divided by age in hours
(plus two) to the 1.25th power. This is probably not optimal, but it's simple. (= gravity* 1.25 timebase* 120)
(def hotness (s (o gravity gravity*))
(/ (- (realscore s) 1)
(expt (/ (+ (story-age s) timebase*) 60) gravity)))
I avoid reranking all the stories by keeping them in
sorted order, and whenever I generate a frontpage for
someone logged in, reinserting one randomly
chosen story near the top (where all the change is).
I also reinsert any story that gets voted on.
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Reddit and News.YC share a feature: hotness. Users mod up and down -- but hotness is more than total points.How should I do it?Positive correlation with number of votes.
Negative correlation with submit time.
Perhaps negative correlation with time since mean or median time of mods.
Perhaps adjust for rates -- a surge implies extra hotness.How do you make the front page efficiently? I hope not to recalculate hotness for each page view -- but a naive approach might think it necessary given the continuous time decay.A parallel service could periodically troll through the entries from the past N days and calculate their hotness -- which serves the front page. That could be updated and chached in memory inependent of front pageview count.
| 0 | 13 |
2007-08-02 15:11:41 UTC
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