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12,100 | comment | kyro | 2007-04-11T23:38:57 | null | Personally, I don't use tag clouds. I have browsed many sites with tag clouds and I view them as mere space fillers. | null | null | 12,073 | 12,071 | null | null | null | null |
12,101 | comment | bootload | 2007-04-11T23:48:13 | null | <i>'... Without the invention of the printing press to make books available to more people, William Shakespeare might never have been inspired to write some of the world's most famous plays. ...'</i> [0]<p>I was going to reply about <i>'paradox of choice', 'consequences of non choice'</i> and <i>'constraints of choice'</i>. [1] But thinking more about it I asked, <i>"would Shakespeare have hesitated in releasing his writing to the printing press?"</i> [2] What about the Internet? [3] Then I saw the above quote. <p>It's the quality of the words and ideas, not the transmission medium. So make one choice.<p>
Reference<p>[0] Maggie, 'Printing Press'<p><a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00451/printingpress.htm">http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00451/printingpress.htm</a><p>[1] Barry Schwartz, ITConversations, 'Less is More, 54m, 25mb'<p><a href="http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail252.html">http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail252.html</a><p>[2] Shakespeare lived from 1564 - 1616 and the Gutenburg printing press was invented in 1445. So from the time Shakespeare was writing his most important works from 1586 - 1612 the press was over 100 years old. But did he release his works to print in his lifetime?<p>[3] Wikipedia, William Shakespeare "Asking the question, <i>'Did he print his works in his life time?'</i>. Found the following observation ~ <i>'... Some of Shakespeare's plays first appeared in print as a series of quartos, but most remained unpublished until 1623 when the posthumous First Folio was published by two actors who had been in Shakespeare's company ...'</i>"<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare</a> | null | null | 11,899 | 11,814 | null | null | null | null |
12,102 | comment | run4yourlives | 2007-04-12T00:01:26 | null | ...and so, the diggification (as witnessed on reddit) begins on news.ycombinator... | null | null | 12,079 | 12,079 | null | [
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12,103 | comment | bootload | 2007-04-12T00:01:33 | null | em's are not shown. check my bio for em ~ <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bootload">http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bootload</a> | null | null | 11,848 | 11,825 | null | null | null | null |
12,104 | story | far33d | 2007-04-12T00:03:01 | Job Boards suck... What would make them better? | null | 1 | null | 12,104 | 2 | [
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12,105 | comment | far33d | 2007-04-12T00:07:05 | null | The biggest suffer because they are too popular: it's like trying to read through my Yahoo Mail - too much spam, recruiters making huge lists of keywords, etc. It must be just as bad on the receiving end: imagine how many terrible responses you must get to a C++ developer post on Monster. <p>The blog based ones are more focused, but almost to a fault. There must be a better way for people who don't want to start companies to find companies with similar interests. LinkedIn sort of helps, but there's so many recruiters on there that it feels just like Monster. <p>Just looking to see if anyone has any thoughts or insights. I've found all my jobs through friends... <p> | null | null | 12,104 | 12,104 | null | [
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12,106 | comment | bootload | 2007-04-12T00:09:32 | null | null | null | 11,848 | 11,825 | null | null | null | true |
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12,107 | comment | mukund | 2007-04-12T00:15:32 | null | hmm bulls eye and thats what we were trying to solve :) | null | null | 12,105 | 12,104 | null | null | null | null |
12,108 | comment | far33d | 2007-04-12T00:15:46 | null | Blank url posts are sometimes hard to follow because the order of the comments is not chronological -- hence, It's hard to find the first comment, the actual question. <p>It might be nice to have a chronological sort, or maybe, for just blank url posts, to have the first comment always appear first. | null | null | 363 | 363 | null | [
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12,109 | comment | Sam_Odio | 2007-04-12T00:19:25 | null | It's great that we're all networking - but I'm not sure the news.yc discussion threads are the place to do it.<p>I was thinking about setting up a wiki to help co-founders post their bios & connect with others in their area...<p>Anyone think this would be a good idea? | null | null | 11,665 | 11,665 | null | [
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12,110 | comment | ryantmulligan | 2007-04-12T00:23:06 | null | Google Checkout has rates of 2% + $.2 per transaction with no extra/hidden fees. | null | null | 12,093 | 12,010 | null | [
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12,111 | comment | rms | 2007-04-12T00:36:13 | null | You got it! | null | null | 12,094 | 11,800 | null | null | null | null |
12,112 | comment | whacked_new | 2007-04-12T00:44:10 | null | I'm curious, does a 2-3x increase in speed very perceptibly better the user experience? I can understand a 15 second to 5 second reduction. What about a 2 second to 0.6 second reduction?
What about balancing by faster hardware?<p>(asking because it's directly relevant to me) | null | null | 11,924 | 11,924 | null | [
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12,113 | story | joshwa | 2007-04-12T00:48:24 | Google Answers takes entire archive offline | null | http://answers.google.com/answers/ | 2 | null | 12,113 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,114 | comment | budu3 | 2007-04-12T01:00:01 | null | I did send my resume some time back. The least you guys could have done was to send me a regret letter. | null | null | 11,623 | 11,551 | null | null | null | null |
12,115 | story | jkopelman | 2007-04-12T01:17:19 | Get your fouls! | null | http://redeye.firstround.com/2006/03/get_your_fouls.html | 16 | null | 12,115 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,116 | story | amichail | 2007-04-12T01:19:12 | Can you think of variations on the likebetter.com idea? For example, can you use it to detect cheating in online chess? | null | 1 | null | 12,116 | 1 | [
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12,117 | story | jeffkward | 2007-04-12T01:28:29 | NameMyApp.com - An exercise in branding a web-app | null | http://www.namemyapp.com/ | 2 | null | 12,117 | 2 | [
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12,118 | comment | nickb | 2007-04-12T01:39:22 | null | Absolutely! I'm amazed at how far ahead this man was thinking... slap some nice UI on top of his workflow and you've got yourself an amazing system that can run circles around modern stuff. | null | null | 10,238 | 9,852 | null | null | null | null |
12,119 | comment | munch | 2007-04-12T01:45:30 | null | Neat idea, I'll keep my eye on this.
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12,120 | comment | henryw | 2007-04-12T01:50:15 | null | I've been on godaddy dedicated for over a year now, and there's been no problems at all. | null | null | 11,894 | 11,687 | null | null | null | null |
12,121 | story | HectorPapi | 2007-04-12T01:55:29 | Diary of a Teenage Runaway | null | http://www.violentacres.com/archives/158/diary-of-a-teenage-runaway | 1 | null | 12,121 | 3 | [
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12,122 | comment | HectorPapi | 2007-04-12T01:55:54 | null | Really good story. Knocked my socks off. | null | null | 12,121 | 12,121 | null | null | null | null |
12,123 | comment | mukund | 2007-04-12T02:00:08 | null | Is this news for information about startups or for pointing to any of the blog links? :| | null | null | 12,121 | 12,121 | null | [
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12,124 | comment | sripanyam | 2007-04-12T02:05:23 | null | Not communicating and collaborating with other "geeks" in Uni, especially being one myself. I had always been interested in doing my own projects at Uni, but never had it struck me that it would be very beneficial to form a group and start something (like a startup?).
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12,125 | comment | whacked_new | 2007-04-12T02:09:06 | null | the snowball is rolling. i'm interested in pg's strategy for dealing with this. | null | null | 12,123 | 12,121 | null | null | null | null |
12,126 | comment | budu3 | 2007-04-12T02:12:46 | null | I got accepted into a Phd program. I'm putting of the decision for as long as possible. Has anyone here managed to do their startup and their Phd. | null | null | 12,001 | 12,001 | null | [
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12,127 | comment | eli | 2007-04-12T02:21:03 | null | Sounds like a perfect example of the Inner-platform effect: <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/inner-platform-effect">http://www.answers.com/topic/inner-platform-effect</a> | null | null | 11,336 | 11,336 | null | [
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12,128 | comment | amichail | 2007-04-12T02:24:18 | null | Maybe we could address cheating in online chess by showing various images throughout a game.<p>The intuition here is that these images will have some impact on your thinking patterns. <p>So the idea is to see whether you are reacting as a typical human being would when viewing these images while playing chess.<p>For example, some images may have a negative effect in tactical positions.<p>One can have players play a against a computer every once in a while without telling them to see if they are cheating. | null | null | 12,116 | 12,116 | null | null | null | null |
12,129 | comment | Elfan | 2007-04-12T02:34:24 | null | I specifically avoided phrasing the article as a "list of X things" for that reason. I submitted it because this article had a mix of suggestions that I found particularly interesting and sufficiently relevant. | null | null | 12,102 | 12,079 | null | null | null | null |
12,130 | comment | Leonidas | 2007-04-12T02:40:41 | null | Justin.tv is amusing to watch from time to time but I feel bad for Justin sometimes. Just because he's in his early 20's, finding a lady you really like and exposing her to that kind of stuff...must tear a guy apart. <p>I'm glad he turned his camera off - he respects the girl enough to do so. Very cool. <p>There are plenty of ways to catch a viewer's attention, their team just needs to think more outside of the box.
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12,131 | story | gibsonf1 | 2007-04-12T02:41:30 | A Comparison Between Scheme and Common Lisp | null | http://pschombe.wordpress.com/2006/03/11/a-comparison-between-scheme-and-common-lisp/ | 3 | null | 12,131 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,132 | story | gibsonf1 | 2007-04-12T02:45:16 | Real Criticisms of Scheme | null | http://pschombe.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/real-criticisms-of-scheme/ | 5 | null | 12,132 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,133 | comment | gibsonf1 | 2007-04-12T02:49:33 | null | Ok, this truly piques my interest in Scheme. (If only we could get our hands on ARC!.) | null | null | 11,994 | 11,924 | null | null | null | null |
12,134 | comment | gibsonf1 | 2007-04-12T02:51:47 | null | Before the upgrade, if you were to load a page with alot of comments, there was a noticeable delay. That is no longer the case. | null | null | 12,112 | 11,924 | null | null | null | null |
12,135 | comment | mukund | 2007-04-12T02:54:16 | null | This is another classic example of an offbeat topic posted in here. No algorithm or methods can stop these things. The posters need to be more responsible in their postings | null | null | 12,088 | 12,088 | null | [
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12,136 | comment | yaacovtp | 2007-04-12T03:00:15 | null | 1 karma
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12,137 | comment | eli | 2007-04-12T03:00:18 | null | Yikes. I'd be afraid of my ISP cutting off service for TOS violations at an inopportune time. | null | null | 11,927 | 11,915 | null | [
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12,138 | comment | eli | 2007-04-12T03:00:47 | null | Solaris and Windows have VPS solutions too | null | null | 11,997 | 11,915 | null | null | null | null |
12,139 | comment | RyanGWU82 | 2007-04-12T03:03:50 | null | oops, see my post to the main topic. | null | null | 11,954 | 11,950 | null | null | null | null |
12,140 | comment | RyanGWU82 | 2007-04-12T03:04:13 | null | 1. Offer money. Seriously, if you need someone to design your web application or do your accounting, don't be too cheap about it. Freelancers are professionals and need income like everybody else. You may not be able to offer market rates, so do what you can in-house, and make reasonable offers for the things you need to outsource.<p>2. Beg for favors from family and friends. With people you know well, you <i>can</i> get away with asking for favors for little or no remittance. It becomes a team effort. Of course, your friends' goodwill is a limited resource. Spend it wisely. If a graphic designer friend makes a logo for your company, and you lose interest two weeks later, she won't be as willing to help on your next project.<p>3. Be persuasive. There are great ways to get people to help you out, and you can learn to pitch your request so that it sounds better than "just based on promises." ;-) I'm not an expert on this, but two books that get rave reviews are "The Psychology of Persuasion" and "Getting to Yes". You can persuade people to help you out if you know how to ask. Make it a win-win situation.<p>I don't suggest offering equity to contractors right off the bat. A friend who will work for equity will probably also work for free, with just a few tokens of your appreciation. And if you're asking someone to do so much work that they <i>need</i> some compensation, maybe they should be a co-founder?<p>Nor do I suggest getting services on loan. ("We'll pay you once we're funded.") Investors want you to use their capital to do new work and achieve new milestones, not pay off old debt. Employees get impatient when they're owed money. And if you never get funding, it pretty much impedes any ongoing relationship with these people.<p>Hope this helps -- good luck! | null | null | 11,950 | 11,950 | null | null | null | null |
12,141 | comment | hello_moto | 2007-04-12T03:26:58 | null | Sorry I couldn't resist to reply. I just checked xobni job page and was surprised that they're looking for someone with C# knowledge. I assume they're building something based on ASP.NET ? (or at least .NET technology)<p>So right now the list of startup companies that use .NET has grown to 2 in YCombinator? Xobni and Loopt (arguably one of the most successful YCombinator investment).<p>PG, any thought on that? | null | null | 11,623 | 11,551 | null | [
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12,142 | comment | dhbradshaw | 2007-04-12T03:38:04 | null | Half of the value of this example is the chance to see beautiful code. Looking at it has improved my programming.<p>That makes me wonder: are there repositories of quality code out there for us to use as training sets? Links? | null | null | 10,967 | 10,967 | null | null | null | null |
12,143 | comment | acheung | 2007-04-12T03:49:59 | null | I'm in the middle of attempting to do a PhD and a startup at the same time but it's damn hard. I basically don't sleep. Meeting with my co-founder has become sparse as my research demands increase and it's really affecting our progress -- especially since I'm the coder. In short, if I want this to succeed, I have to leave, which basically I've decided to do at the end of this semester. | null | null | 12,126 | 12,001 | null | null | null | null |
12,144 | story | amichail | 2007-04-12T03:56:20 | inspirational videos to push you forward when you're down | null | 2 | null | 12,144 | 3 | [
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12,145 | comment | amichail | 2007-04-12T03:57:46 | null | Here's a commercial I like:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No1MxAnHuJM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No1MxAnHuJM</a><p>And a news story that you might recall:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6cOp6EDFlI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6cOp6EDFlI</a><p>A commencement speech:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA</a><p>Which ones are your favorites? | null | null | 12,144 | 12,144 | null | [
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12,146 | comment | jpuskarich | 2007-04-12T04:16:33 | null | I'm also flying out from Boston. Where were you able to find nonstops for $600+? Is that the best you could do? All I can find are nonstop fares starting at $800 for my travel dates. | null | null | 12,041 | 12,008 | null | null | null | null |
12,147 | story | gustaf | 2007-04-12T04:24:21 | Free: a Tactic, not a Business Model | null | http://gigaom.com/2007/03/13/free-a-tactic-not-a-business-model | 1 | null | 12,147 | 2 | [
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12,148 | comment | gustaf | 2007-04-12T04:24:56 | null | Great Comment: <p>Anne,<p>Offering your content or service for free implies that you need to rely on an advertising based business model. If you aspire to build a big online media business (say $50m in revenues) you can do it in one of three ways:<p> 1. If youre broad reach, you need to grow to be one of the top 10 websites in the US by traffic
2. If youre demographically targeted, you need to grow to be one of the top 25 websites in the US
3. If you have content that attracts endemic advertisers, you need to grow to be one of the top 150 websites in the US<p>Analysis and math that gets to these conclusions is at the Lightspeed Venture Partners blog (click on my name in this comment).
jeremy liew on March 13th, 2007 at 12:27 PM | null | null | 12,147 | 12,147 | null | null | null | null |
12,149 | story | staunch | 2007-04-12T04:50:15 | Flixster Uses Message Bots To Trick Their Users into Logging In | null | http://www.flixster.com/friends.do?displayComments=&friendsUserId=549716000 | 5 | null | 12,149 | 4 | [
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12,150 | comment | rms | 2007-04-12T04:50:34 | null | So are off-topic posts completely banned here? Clearly the focus of this site is business and startup news, but I think it's up to the community to decide what ends up on the front page. | null | null | 12,135 | 12,088 | null | [
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12,151 | comment | vlad | 2007-04-12T04:52:18 | null | null | null | 12,117 | 12,117 | null | null | null | true |
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12,152 | story | vlad | 2007-04-12T04:56:12 | More Proof You Should Release Now: Others Likely Have Similar Observations | null | http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/04/led-older-than-we-thought.html | 2 | null | 12,152 | 1 | [
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12,153 | comment | startupdaze | 2007-04-12T04:56:40 | null | its a joke from on startup founder to others...fucking relax
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12,154 | comment | vlad | 2007-04-12T04:58:49 | null | While the author focuses on rewriting history books, I think of bigger importance is the lesson that two unrelated entities can come up with the same ideas. It's more important to release first. There are also examples (I forget the specific word for this, maybe somebody here knows?) where people living far away from each other came up with the same ways to cope with nature, without any possible way to know of anybody else's ideas. | null | null | 12,152 | 12,152 | null | null | null | null |
12,155 | comment | rms | 2007-04-12T04:59:19 | null | Not a video, but... this is the only inspirational thing I have ever read. A blind entrepreneur gets a stem cell transplant and he can see again, but his brain has to learn how to process information.<p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20040401192741/www.senderogroup.com/mikejournal.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20040401192741/www.senderogroup.com/mikejournal.htm</a> | null | null | 12,145 | 12,144 | null | null | null | null |
12,156 | comment | erik | 2007-04-12T05:01:09 | null | I would like to see an rss feed of individual user's comments. An rss feed of <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=pg">http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=pg</a> etc. | null | null | 363 | 363 | null | null | null | null |
12,157 | comment | vlad | 2007-04-12T05:05:49 | null | There are some crazy good comments.<p>(Josh Morgan):<p>The "business model" for many of these companies is to get acquired before their money runs out. If that is the "actual" business objective, as opposed to the publicly stated one, then FREE is a business model because it allows them to grow more quickly.<p>On a personal note, I don't think this is sustainable or smart for the long run. | null | null | 12,147 | 12,147 | null | null | null | null |
12,158 | story | vegashacker | 2007-04-12T05:19:08 | Justin.tv on NPR (includes link to audio) | null | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9516623 | 14 | null | 12,158 | 17 | [
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12,159 | comment | mukund | 2007-04-12T05:23:58 | null | Reddit is there for all other news but this one i think is for startups. | null | null | 12,150 | 12,088 | null | null | null | null |
12,160 | comment | startupstarter | 2007-04-12T05:29:44 | null | Hi Ryan,
First of all, sorry I didn't reply you in my previous YC post. I was going to but got sidetracked looking in the startup hub thing.<p> Thank you for the advice. To me Burlingame is not far at all from SF. I was thinking I'm forgoing all the south bay people since it's quite a drive from down there. But from SF, it isn't too far, especially when this location is right off the 101 freeway exit. But more importantly, I was not really trying to suit everyone. Actually, yes, I _was_ trying to suit most people at first. But after not getting much replies, I figure I had to go a different route. I figure that I may have to choose a location first, and then let them decide if that's what they want. So I try to look at different locations available and imagine what I can do with the space. Once I can imagine what I can do with it (how I can setup and divide up the space), I let everyone know about it. Those who happen to be close to that location will be "lucky". Those who aren't will have to decide whether they want to make the commute or try to setup carpooling or forget about it. So if this location doesn't work out (still not too much response so far), I'll see what the next location brings. That may be in SF or further south. Hope you get a better idea of what I'm trying to do here.<p>oh, yes, this Burlingame location is right between 2 Bart stations, but I won't call them close by since it's like 1 mile away from each station.<p>thanks again for the reply,
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12,161 | story | nivi | 2007-04-12T05:38:59 | Focus on your share price, not your valuation | null | http://www.venturehacks.com/articles/share-price | 7 | null | 12,161 | 2 | [
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12,162 | story | KB123 | 2007-04-12T05:41:53 | community-centric content management platform | null | http://www.cylive.com | 1 | null | 12,162 | 1 | [
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12,163 | comment | RyanGWU82 | 2007-04-12T05:56:05 | null | Yup, that all makes sense. I bet the San Francisco response depends a lot on whether or not you own a car. My impression of San Franciscans is that none of them own cars, and don't want to drive, because my 3 or 4 Frisco friends are like that. If most of your target market does own cars and is OK with a commute, then my hunch is totally wrong. ;-) | null | null | 12,160 | 11,808 | null | [
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12,164 | comment | danielha | 2007-04-12T05:57:49 | null | Was this what you were referring to in your talk earlier? Heh heh heh... | null | null | 11,991 | 11,991 | null | null | null | null |
12,165 | story | ivan | 2007-04-12T06:11:02 | Partnership agreement sample | null | 1 | null | 12,165 | 1 | [
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12,166 | comment | ivan | 2007-04-12T06:11:21 | null | There are many articles on the internet where we can read about how important is to start a startup with partner, but nothing about how to do it and how to avoid some mistakes. If you have some links related to this topic and partnership agreement samples, please post them here.
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12,167 | comment | henryw | 2007-04-12T06:17:42 | null | Pretty funny. Either someone did that on purpose to make it seem like Flixster uses bots or the coder is lazy, probably underpaid too.
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12,168 | story | rms | 2007-04-12T06:20:31 | Microloans for entrepreneurs in developing countries, loans that change lives | null | http://www.kiva.org | 6 | null | 12,168 | 10 | [
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12,169 | story | bootload | 2007-04-12T06:20:44 | MySpace to content providers: it's OurSpace | null | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070412-myspace-to-content-providers-its-ourspace-were-in-charge.html | 3 | null | 12,169 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,170 | story | bootload | 2007-04-12T06:22:15 | a/s/l? Xerox patent gives the answer | null | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070411-asl-xerox-patent-gives-the-answer.html | 2 | null | 12,170 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,171 | comment | zach | 2007-04-12T06:23:33 | null | Wow, I hate all of those. | null | null | 12,117 | 12,117 | null | null | null | null |
12,172 | comment | aston | 2007-04-12T06:24:29 | null | $50k in funding from YC (or maybe just from PG)? That's impressive. Over twice the typical amount.<p>What kind of valuation are we talking, here?
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12,173 | story | bootload | 2007-04-12T06:24:33 | Higgins project: anonymous authentication | null | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070411-ibms-higgins-project-offers-anonymous-internet-logins.html | 5 | null | 12,173 | 4 | [
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12,174 | comment | dfranke | 2007-04-12T06:26:21 | null | Definitely learn a Lisp, but I doubt the release version of Arc will still use mz. | null | null | 12,075 | 11,924 | null | null | null | null |
12,175 | comment | kyro | 2007-04-12T06:28:31 | null | I browsed the site for a bit and read their about section. I'm still unsure as to what the purpose of the site is and what specifically does it enable me to do. I read their 'What can you do with Cylive' list and it seems as if they're trying to do a bit too much. However, that's just like my opinion, man. | null | null | 12,162 | 12,162 | null | null | null | null |
12,176 | comment | pg | 2007-04-12T06:32:19 | null | It was a one-off deal. This startup wasn't in one of the regular YC batches, though their original one (Kiko) was. | null | null | 12,172 | 12,158 | null | [
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12,177 | comment | brett | 2007-04-12T06:44:34 | null | This is really relevant from the employee point of view. When the first company I worked for gave me stock options I was content to just know the number of shares I was getting because I did not know any better. Had I know enough to ask I would have found the shares I was given were close to worthless. I'm still amazed how often people don't ask this sort of stuff; without asking a bunch of questions about a company's financials knowing the number of shares you are getting is worthless. | null | null | 12,161 | 12,161 | null | null | null | null |
12,178 | story | bootload | 2007-04-12T06:45:27 | XIOS web operating system | null | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070408-dreaming-in-the-cloud-with-the-xios-web-operating-system.html | 1 | null | 12,178 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,179 | story | bootload | 2007-04-12T06:47:01 | early review of mozilla's social networking tool | null | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070410-the-scoop-on-the-coop-an-early-review-of-mozillas-social-networking-tool.html | 1 | null | 12,179 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,180 | comment | aston | 2007-04-12T06:48:12 | null | Fair enough. Is this the first startup to get that sort of treatment? | null | null | 12,176 | 12,158 | null | [
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12,181 | story | bootload | 2007-04-12T07:07:00 | Hiring and retaining high quality programmers | null | http://darwinianweb.com/archive/2006/338.html | 5 | null | 12,181 | 3 | [
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12,182 | comment | rms | 2007-04-12T07:18:17 | null | Browsing the current and previous loans is truly fascinating. I like how there is a story behind every loan.<p>Here's a good one.
<a href="http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=408">http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=408</a> | null | null | 12,168 | 12,168 | null | null | null | null |
12,183 | comment | celoyd | 2007-04-12T07:20:54 | null | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcredit">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcredit</a> is a good overview. It amazes me that this doesn't get more coverage, especially after the Nobel.<p>One of many interesting details is that women get the majority of the loans because they're usually far better credit risks. | null | null | 12,168 | 12,168 | null | [
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12,184 | comment | maliciouskitty | 2007-04-12T07:22:59 | null | If your startup is looking for an Asian market, you can try PayDollar. I used PayDollar at Fleur.hk <a href="http://fleur.hk/">http://fleur.hk/</a> , which is a WebObjects site I made for a flower shop.<p>They offer Paypal style redirection but the meat is their API which does not cost extra. The trick part is, you have to ask and you have to implement your own POST routines if you are not using Java. Wouldn't be hard if you are a STARTUP right?<p>Most Asian based cc gateway only needs CC number, name and expiration date for transaction, which is a "plus" to get you paid. You have to be careful about potential fraud though.
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12,185 | comment | maliciouskitty | 2007-04-12T07:28:24 | null | I started out using java with WebObjects for a year, then found Django, never look back again.<p>Python is a lot better than Java for agile startups. | null | null | 10,748 | 10,748 | null | null | null | null |
12,186 | comment | paul | 2007-04-12T07:30:55 | null | Here they are:<p>I've dwelled on my failures today because, as graduates of Harvard, your biggest liability is your need to succeed. Your need to always find yourself on the sweet side of the bell curve. Because success is a lot like a bright, white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you're desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it in any way.<p>I left the cocoon of Harvard, I left the cocoon of Saturday Night Live, I left the cocoon of The Simpsons. And each time it was bruising and tumultuous. And yet, every failure was freeing, and today I'm as nostalgic for the bad as I am for the good.<p>So, that's what I wish for all of you: the bad as well as the good. Fall down, make a mess, break something occasionally. And remember that the story is never over. If it's all right, I'd like to read a little something from just this year: "Somehow, Conan O'Brien has transformed himself into the brightest star in the Late Night firmament. His comedy is the gold standard and Conan himself is not only the quickest and most inventive wit of his generation, but quite possible the greatest host ever."<p>Ladies and Gentlemen, Class of 2000, I wrote that this morning, as proof that, when all else fails, there's always delusion. | null | null | 11,959 | 11,923 | null | null | null | null |
12,187 | comment | themotie | 2007-04-12T07:31:56 | null | You seem to labor under a few misconceptions.<p>Sure, you CAN make money while bringing happiness to the people. As long as it doesn't touch you bottom line, that is. There is a landmark legal case from 1916 (Dodge vs Ford), that's now codified in most countries, that's illustrative of corporations priorities. <p>Ford (the man) wanted to use some of his company's huge profits to do good and make the customers happy. He paid his workers more than the going rate and reduced the price on the company's cars. He figured his company wouldn't have been where it was if it hadn't been for his customers. So this was a way for him to say "thank you" and be a responsible community citizen.<p>He got sued by some of Ford's (the company) stock holders, who argued that Ford (the man) had no business giving away their money, however good his intentions, and however happy the customers (in this case) would be. The stock holders won handily, and Ford (the man) was severely rebuked by the judge. So the law nowadays expressly forbids companies to do anything that may jeopardize the bottom line and the stock owners dividends.<p>Of course, companies can make people happy _as long as that's the best way to make more money_. But given the choice of making a lot of money while making customers happy and making more money by screwing them the corporations have no (legal) choice but to screw the customers.<p>As to your definition of altruism, that will have to stand for you. It's not a definition shared by very many. If you continue to use words with a definition you invent yourself, it's going to be difficult to communicate meaningfully with your peers. Not that I believe true altruism actually exist. But self interest can frequently masquerade as altruism quite effectively, and be virtually indistinguishable from it.<p>Your implied idea that capitalism has some monopoly on "free" trade is also so patently ridiculous that I can't even be bothered to comment on it.<p>And as to "free choice" in the capitalist countries of today, what choice do I have, for example, if I want to watch my movies, or TV shows, or sports events, or news without commercials? None. Other than that Alaskan cave you mention. And even if I take the draconian step of not watching TV at all, because I dislike the commercials so much, I STILL have to pay for those commercials every time I go shopping. Some choice, huh? I can give you more examples like this if you're interested.<p>And returning to trade. You're not , even in the US, allowed to trade in everything you like. You're for example forbidden to trade in heroin, where you actually face that gun you were speaking about if you don't comply (or his brother, the chair). But maybe that's socialism, what do I know?<p>As a concluding remark, I find it interesting that everytime any of the serious organizations (american mostly) compile reports on the happiest countries in the world, the US are beaten by this or that "socialist" country. But I guess these organizations must be socialist themselves. An no, I'm not paranoid. I swear! They're REALLY out to get me!!! | null | null | 10,656 | 9,770 | null | [
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12,188 | comment | vikram | 2007-04-12T07:37:58 | null | Lisp and Javascript | null | null | 10,748 | 10,748 | null | null | null | null |
12,189 | story | staunch | 2007-04-12T07:40:56 | The Utility Belt: How MySpace's pride is destroying it | null | http://blogs.business2.com/utilitybelt/2007/04/how_myspaces_pr.html | 5 | null | 12,189 | 1 | [
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12,190 | comment | maliciouskitty | 2007-04-12T07:41:17 | null | C'me.... with the age of EC2 and S3, there are no reason you cannot bootstrap the whole thing yourself? <p>And there are tons of other ways to make money, if you are smart enough to build a startup. <p>Surely is nice to have somebody written you a $10,000 check to start of with... but believe me, you will never forget the moment you received the first payment from the credit card gateway company. <p>It is better if you can grow your business with your own money, if you have a choice. | null | null | 11,502 | 11,502 | null | null | null | null |
12,191 | comment | staunch | 2007-04-12T07:41:49 | null | Small team. I'm pretty sure its an official bot. My account got the same thing. It's no secret that they're "aggressive" in their marketing. I think they've crossed over into doing evil though. | null | null | 12,167 | 12,149 | null | null | null | null |
12,192 | story | staunch | 2007-04-12T07:47:40 | Justin.tv Gets $50,000 From YCombinator in a Special One-off Deal | null | http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=12176 | 9 | null | 12,192 | 0 | null | null | null |
12,193 | comment | mukund | 2007-04-12T07:53:45 | null | null | null | 12,176 | 12,158 | null | [
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12,194 | comment | staunch | 2007-04-12T08:00:23 | null | Damn. What was this? :-) | null | null | 11,991 | 11,991 | null | null | null | null |
12,195 | comment | blader | 2007-04-12T08:01:01 | null | Now I know what to call it. Thanks! | null | null | 12,127 | 11,336 | null | null | null | null |
12,196 | comment | blader | 2007-04-12T08:14:11 | null | chrome://browser/content/browser.xul (Firefox Only)
^ This is funny if you've read the post ... | null | null | 11,336 | 11,336 | null | null | null | null |
12,197 | comment | startupstarter | 2007-04-12T08:20:21 | null | great! let me know when you do. | null | null | 12,061 | 11,808 | null | null | null | null |
12,198 | comment | staunch | 2007-04-12T08:24:22 | null | null | null | 12,060 | 11,744 | null | null | null | true |
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12,199 | comment | mukund | 2007-04-12T08:25:51 | null | Great points. I agree with what the author says. In short they must be given freedom/independence | null | null | 12,181 | 12,181 | null | null | null | null |
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