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16,300 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-24T12:46:58 | null | The regular expressions approach to URL management is a good one IMO. It's a clean way of managing dynamic urls without using querystring parameters. | null | null | 16,263 | 16,063 | null | null | null | null |
16,301 | comment | startupper | 2007-04-24T12:52:16 | null | Paul looks very happy in that photograph. I wonder why. | null | null | 16,284 | 16,284 | null | [
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16,302 | comment | brlewis | 2007-04-24T12:59:39 | null | "Proper tuning involves keeping as much database information in RAM as possible while not adversely affecting other areas of the operating system."<p>The section on write-ahead logging is informative.
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16,303 | comment | ced | 2007-04-24T13:03:28 | null | While I think he makes some good recommendations, his listing of "Advanced algebra" under "High school" makes me think he might not have gone that deep down the math rabbit hole. | null | null | 16,006 | 16,006 | null | null | null | null |
16,304 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T13:04:41 | null | No, this was a side-project inspired after the rejection. I figured that with at least 50 or so startups continuing their original plans after being turned down (including us), there might as well be a place where the rest of us can get the same sort of hacker atmosphere as the yCombinator companies. | null | null | 16,280 | 16,234 | null | null | null | null |
16,305 | story | Sam_Odio | 2007-04-24T13:05:55 | WIRED journalist won't do email interviews--ironic. | null | http://www.calacanis.com/2007/04/24/wired-journo-wont-do-email-interviews-ironic/ | 2 | null | 16,305 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,306 | comment | ced | 2007-04-24T13:06:01 | null | "It may be true that no programmer with any sense would work for him". Why? Did he do anything particular? | null | null | 16,201 | 15,995 | null | [
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16,307 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T13:07:59 | null | I likely will re-brand/re-position it based on feedback here. Different domain too. Unfortunately, my graphic design skills kinda suck (as I'm sure you noticed) - my cofounders usually handle that, but this was a bit of a pet project, and they've been working on our main idea while I tried to get this out without spending too much time on it. | null | null | 16,288 | 16,234 | null | [
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16,308 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T13:10:31 | null | You mean the "4 main reasons to go with yCombinator" and then listing 5, or was there something more substantive? | null | null | 16,249 | 16,234 | null | [
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16,309 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-24T13:11:17 | null | Very interesting but a bit misleading. Where's the recommended feature? Where are the comments? <p>If I know anything, it's that the devil is in the details. Building something that simple doesn't take much code at all but I'm willing to bet that the misssing features would add quite a bit more code.
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16,310 | comment | ced | 2007-04-24T13:12:51 | null | It's silly to focus on your rejection like that. Create a self-assembled group of startup founders if you will, but don't define it in a negative way. | null | null | 16,234 | 16,234 | null | [
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16,311 | comment | dpapathanasiou | 2007-04-24T13:14:58 | null | Maybe it should be called "WhyCombinator?" -- position it as an open community of startups which compete (in a serious but friendly manner) to the official YCombinator companies. | null | null | 16,307 | 16,234 | null | [
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16,312 | story | Sam_Odio | 2007-04-24T13:17:04 | Paul Graham's 06 RailsConf Keynote address | null | http://blog.scribestudio.com/articles/2006/07/17/david-graham-railsconf-2006-keynote-address | 4 | null | 16,312 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,313 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T13:22:34 | null | That's probably better, but I'm thinking it may be better off with a name that doesn't derive from yCombinator at all. After all, there's YEurope too, which got similarly panned for ripping off the name.<p>Unless it were a name with an obscure wordplay in it. For example, we could call it Ackermen.com because the Y-combinator is a function that lets you bootstrap recursive functions, while the Ackermann function is one of the simplest examples of a function that is not primitive recursive. ;-) | null | null | 16,311 | 16,234 | null | [
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16,314 | story | mattjaynes | 2007-04-24T13:23:09 | FON, Time Warner Cable link up for free WiFi | null | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070423-fon-time-warner-cable-link-up-for-free-wifi.html | 1 | null | 16,314 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,315 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T13:23:51 | null | I don't know - "may be true" is just conceding the point to the grandparent, because I have no personal knowledge of Greenspun, and from his username, it appears that the grandparent worked at Ars Digita. I've heard that Greenspun's management-style was pretty abrasive and he could very egotistical, but this is all hearsay. | null | null | 16,306 | 15,995 | null | null | null | null |
16,316 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T13:25:27 | null | "I got rejected like many of you did, but YC and anything YC related isn't going to influence my success/failure. I'm sure there are myriad of venues to launch your startup."<p>That was sort of the point of this site - to provide yet another alternative for launch <i>and development</i> of your startup. The name and logo was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, taking a rejection and making something good out of it. After all, it could be read as "NOT rejected from YC"...<p>Anyways, I'm looking for a new name & positioning. Ideas? | null | null | 16,238 | 16,234 | null | [
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16,317 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T13:26:05 | null | Response here: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=16316">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=16316</a> | null | null | 16,310 | 16,234 | null | null | null | null |
16,318 | story | mattjaynes | 2007-04-24T13:28:22 | Amazon readying DRM-free music service | null | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070423-bring-it-on-itunes-amazon-readying-drm-free-music-service.html | 1 | null | 16,318 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,319 | comment | omouse | 2007-04-24T13:29:34 | null | It looks sexy, but how does it compare to Bluefish? | null | null | 16,212 | 16,212 | null | null | null | null |
16,320 | comment | dpapathanasiou | 2007-04-24T13:32:06 | null | But unlike YEurope, which is just a copy-cat, your source of members (at least initially) are those whom YC didn't accept.<p>And in terms of fostering a (again, friendly) rivalry with YC, it's a neat conceit (especially if any of the YC rejects outshine those that got accepted). | null | null | 16,313 | 16,234 | null | [
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16,321 | comment | omouse | 2007-04-24T13:33:24 | null | He's lording his superiority over the Ruby on Rails crowd, "Fear my Lisp!" | null | null | 16,301 | 16,284 | null | null | null | null |
16,322 | story | veritas | 2007-04-24T13:39:35 | Seth's Blog: The brand formula | null | http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/04/the_brand_formu.html | 1 | null | 16,322 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,323 | comment | ntoshev | 2007-04-24T13:42:44 | null | Keeping all data in RAM and just saving changes to a log file is a great architecture. It is a pity that the current "hip" tools/models for web development impose unnecessary cost for using it.<p>The problem is that the Ruby / Python / PHP stacks typically have one process per request, and they do not share memory. When you use memcached in such environment, it is a separate process and communication with it is rather slow - it involves marshaling the data, which would not be necessary if all requests were just threads in a single address space.You don't have this problem if you use Java/C++.<p>I have used with some success a huge mmaped file as persistent memory to store my data. It's not exactly using disc as sequential device, that depends on the application and data locality. There are just a few tools available to support that scheme. | null | null | 16,098 | 16,098 | null | null | null | null |
16,324 | story | Goladus | 2007-04-24T13:53:00 | Metaphors in Negotiation | null | http://adrr.com/adr4/metaphor.htm | 2 | null | 16,324 | 1 | [
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16,325 | story | transburgh | 2007-04-24T13:56:32 | James Hong (HOTorNOT) on the Move from Paid to Free | null | http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/4/24/james-hong-hotornot-on-the-move-from-paid-to-free/10139/view.aspx | 3 | null | 16,325 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,326 | comment | Goladus | 2007-04-24T13:59:13 | null | Actually using these techniques is difficult and takes a lot of practice, even though most of us do it to some extent by accident.<p>One of the keys is to use what Psychologists call "Miller's Law" to identify the dominant metaphor being used by the other party. Miller's Law says "In order to understand what another person is saying, you must assume that it is true, and try to imagine what it could be true of."<p> | null | null | 16,324 | 16,324 | null | null | null | null |
16,327 | comment | colinschlueter | 2007-04-24T14:10:29 | null | There's a video here:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7846959339830379167&hl=en">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7846959339830379167&hl=en</a> | null | null | 15,939 | 15,906 | null | null | null | null |
16,328 | comment | whacked_new | 2007-04-24T14:10:53 | null | haha, yes, that; it's a silly mistake to make in writing, which is why I didn't want to point it out. While trivial, that alone got me wondering how much you planned out your analysis. | null | null | 16,308 | 16,234 | null | [
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16,329 | story | dmarques1 | 2007-04-24T14:19:04 | Serial young entrepreneur and previous 2x Y-Combinator applicant launches new venture revolutionizing real estate industry. | null | http://www.atomicbrokers.com | 1 | null | 16,329 | 1 | [
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16,330 | comment | mojuba | 2007-04-24T14:21:32 | null | 16. Any advice given by others has a huge potential to harm you and your plans. | null | null | 16,139 | 16,139 | null | [
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16,331 | story | mhidalgo | 2007-04-24T14:23:24 | Python or Ruby ? | null | http://blog.cbcg.net/articles/2007/04/22/python-up-ruby-down-if-that-runtime-dont-work-then-its-bound-to-drizzown | 8 | null | 16,331 | 11 | [
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16,332 | comment | vegashacker | 2007-04-24T14:27:35 | null | This is a pretty old interview, fyi.
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16,333 | story | usablecontent | 2007-04-24T14:47:28 | MySpace Lifts The Ban On Photobucket Videos | null | http://startupmeme.com/2007/04/24/myspace-lifts-the-ban-on-photobucket-videos/ | 1 | null | 16,333 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,334 | comment | zaidf | 2007-04-24T14:54:12 | null | Now I'm a big fan of marching against the super paranoid who can't share a word about what they are doing.<p>But even I'd be cautious about posting my potential future ideas on a site that is specifically made for folks looking for great ideas. | null | null | 16,270 | 16,270 | null | [
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16,335 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T15:05:14 | null | I wrote it at 3:00 AM. And there initially <i>were</i> only 4 points: I had put advice & connections together, but realized that advice was important enough to list separately. | null | null | 16,328 | 16,234 | null | null | null | null |
16,336 | comment | imp | 2007-04-24T15:05:55 | null | I've thought the same thing myself and I usually assume that it's a combination of #2/#4. The geniuses are out there, and those who work directly with them know that they're geniuses, but they won't get wide-spread recognition until much later. Probably because they're working on ideas that won't (can't) be implemented until much later.<p>Actually, it might be that there are many groups of geniuses out there, but only those whose work ends up being useful (depending on random future events) are later regarded as geniuses. Like the article said, the demand for computers didn't really increase until WWII. | null | null | 15,961 | 15,770 | null | null | null | null |
16,337 | comment | whacked_new | 2007-04-24T15:12:01 | null | My karma shot up mysteriously sometime in the past few days. I thought people were replying to my posts but no, my posts were still lonely.<p>If this isn't a bug, the request is for a more transparent karma system. | null | null | 363 | 363 | null | null | null | null |
16,338 | comment | sharpshoot | 2007-04-24T15:15:58 | null | Great content never goes stale ;) | null | null | 16,332 | 16,284 | null | null | null | null |
16,339 | comment | madanella | 2007-04-24T15:23:12 | null | Interface = the part of the software application seen by the most common user of the application<p>Best = Most optimal as in fastest or easiest to program, most flexible, has best support for visually appealing and easy to use designs | null | null | 16,267 | 16,176 | null | null | null | null |
16,340 | story | interfun | 2007-04-24T15:31:52 | Sun's 25th Anniversary | null | http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/features/25years/index.jsp | 1 | null | 16,340 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,341 | story | usablecontent | 2007-04-24T15:35:04 | YouSendIt Raises $10 Million in Series B Round | null | http://startupmeme.com/2007/04/24/yousendit-raises-10-million-in-series-b-round/ | 6 | null | 16,341 | 10 | [
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16,342 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T15:41:25 | null | "This setup is difficult to replicate because not only do you need the right people, you need the right money, and the right money and the right people."<p>I'm not really trying to replicate YC. As you mention, there's already Techstars, Highland, and YEurope for that, and any attempt to replicate YCombinator runs up against the fact that they're simply better at what they do. Heck, even if this site was successful, I'd <i>still</i> probably prefer YC funding.<p>However, YC doesn't scale. So there are hundreds, probably thousands of other startups out there with worthy ideas that won't make the cut. Simply because it's a numbers game.<p>Some of those are going to start up anyway, and probably apply either to a later YC round or to local angels. That's our plan, for our "real" startup. But many more of them will give up because they think nobody's watching and nobody cares. I don't think that's a reflection on their character, I think it's the rational thing to do. Thing is, everybody loses out because those startups don't get started.<p>So the goal here is to provide an environment where the 90% of us who <i>don't</i> get YC/Techstars/YEurope funding continue with our startups, and have something we can show local angel groups. As I understand it, the main problem facing angels is they're afraid founders will give up and send the angel's money down the tubes. This would give founders a place to develop and test their ideas in the critical probably-a-flop-but-could-be-useful stage before taking it to an angel. | null | null | 16,249 | 16,234 | null | null | null | null |
16,343 | comment | dawie | 2007-04-24T15:43:31 | null | Rails | null | null | 16,331 | 16,331 | null | null | null | null |
16,344 | comment | dawie | 2007-04-24T15:44:55 | null | Giving good ideas to hackers is a bad idea... People on YC can probably implement my idea in a night. | null | null | 16,270 | 16,270 | null | [
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16,345 | comment | imp | 2007-04-24T15:45:26 | null | When the cost is $100 - $700 per month that's pretty good. | null | null | 16,281 | 16,265 | null | [
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16,346 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T15:46:17 | null | Your idea must not be worth much then. ;-) | null | null | 16,344 | 16,270 | null | [
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16,347 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T15:49:51 | null | I think the point is to throw off all your ideas that you'd like to see implemented but don't have the time or resources to implement. At best, you might manage to implement a dozen or so ideas in a year. I have a dozen or so ideas a week.<p>Plus, startup success is much more about being passionate enough about the idea to do a bang-up job implementing it than having a good idea in the first place. You need <i>many</i> good ideas, not just one. You get more good ideas by letting people help you. | null | null | 16,334 | 16,270 | null | [
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16,348 | comment | mojuba | 2007-04-24T15:50:27 | null | Cool. Simple, clean, minimalist and I'm glad you are not begging someone to fix your CSS :) Congratulations.<p>Now, a couple of important features, and it would be just perfect. I'll try to post suggestions here a bit later. | null | null | 16,270 | 16,270 | null | [
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16,349 | story | rjam | 2007-04-24T15:54:27 | Even CEO can't figure out how RadioShack still in business | null | http://www.theonion.com/content/node/60924?utm_source=onion_rss_daily | 12 | null | 16,349 | 3 | [
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16,350 | comment | brlewis | 2007-04-24T15:59:31 | null | What's the barrier to entry here? It looks easy to implement.
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16,351 | comment | jamongkad | 2007-04-24T16:02:09 | null | Funny thing his blog is written in Ruby hehehe but seriously it's good to see that someone is hitting a wall. Never knew it was the runtimes fault that led to issues. | null | null | 16,331 | 16,331 | null | null | null | null |
16,352 | story | dpapathanasiou | 2007-04-24T16:05:38 | Landlords who also want to be your Investor, start a VC Fund (a sign that the Bubble is Back?) | null | http://venturebeat.com/2006/03/17/amidzad-the-rug-merchants-turned-venture-capitalists/ | 3 | null | 16,352 | 3 | [
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16,353 | comment | pg | 2007-04-24T16:09:04 | null | Though the article is recent, they've been doing this for a long time. | null | null | 16,352 | 16,352 | null | [
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16,354 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-24T16:15:47 | null | It is, apparently. I've switched to SendSpace ( <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/">http://www.sendspace.com/</a> ), and there's also MegaUpload ( <a href="http://megaupload.com/">http://megaupload.com/</a> ) | null | null | 16,350 | 16,341 | null | [
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16,355 | story | pg | 2007-04-24T16:23:48 | major labels: the problem with music | null | http://www.arancidamoeba.com/mrr/problemwithmusic.html | 3 | null | 16,355 | 2 | [
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16,356 | story | jcwentz | 2007-04-24T16:25:53 | VentureBeat: Creating a killer team | null | http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/17/creating-a-killer-team/ | 2 | null | 16,356 | 1 | [
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16,357 | comment | BrandonM | 2007-04-24T16:31:43 | null | Yeah, it was actually submitted here before. | null | null | 16,332 | 16,284 | null | null | null | null |
16,358 | story | mattculbreth | 2007-04-24T16:34:54 | First, second, or third is great--anything else and you have problems | null | http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/04/1st_2nd_or_3rd_.html | 5 | null | 16,358 | 11 | [
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16,359 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-24T16:37:24 | null | I know this is way off topic but every time I see that pic on his blog, I become unnerved. I'm not sure he's a real person. He's kind of plastic looking. It's almost like he's Steve Ballmer's avatar. | null | null | 16,358 | 16,358 | null | [
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16,360 | story | mattculbreth | 2007-04-24T16:38:46 | Google releases code for MySQL enhancements | null | http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-releases-patches-that-enhance.html | 12 | null | 16,360 | 2 | [
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16,361 | story | entrepreneur | 2007-04-24T16:40:05 | What is a Niche Expert? | null | http://mindfulentrepreneur.com/blog/2007/04/24/what-is-a-niche-expert/ | 2 | null | 16,361 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,362 | comment | mojuba | 2007-04-24T16:40:59 | null | One thing that comes to mind is the ability to "lock" (grab, block - whatever) ideas. Someone decides to implement an idea and posts a special comment that says, ok, I take it, and gives a web site address where it's supposed to happen. The "locker" may get back and edit that comment, and possibly trigger an "implemented" status for that idea. | null | null | 16,348 | 16,270 | null | [
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16,363 | story | amichail | 2007-04-24T16:42:48 | How would you export users' data in a note taking service? Which format would you use? | null | 1 | null | 16,363 | 5 | [
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16,364 | comment | amichail | 2007-04-24T16:45:03 | null | I would like to add an export feature to Study Stickies:<p><a href="http://studystickies.com">http://studystickies.com</a><p>It's unlikely that many people would use this service much if there's a chance they could lose their data. So an export feature is critical.<p>I was thinking of HTML since the stickies can have HTML tags in them. However, I recently added a math mode that uses TeX syntax. So stickies can be a mixture of HTML and TeX.<p>Any suggestions on a good export format?<p> | null | null | 16,363 | 16,363 | null | [
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16,365 | comment | damien | 2007-04-24T16:47:02 | null | I agree with him that Python is more useful right now as a general programming environment... mainly because it's been around longer, it's a more mature and stable platform, has better libraries in general, better performance, etc. | null | null | 16,331 | 16,331 | null | [
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16,366 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-24T16:47:28 | null | RSS.
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16,367 | story | danw | 2007-04-24T16:47:54 | What the Bubble Got Right | null | http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html | 1 | null | 16,367 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,368 | comment | far33d | 2007-04-24T16:49:10 | null | It looks a lot like the yc site. | null | null | 16,265 | 16,265 | null | null | null | null |
16,369 | comment | sabat | 2007-04-24T16:50:40 | null | Python is only four years older than Ruby. The rest ... YMMV. | null | null | 16,365 | 16,331 | null | [
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16,370 | comment | erdos2 | 2007-04-24T16:50:42 | null | I'd recommend reading Knuth's TAOCP. <p>Example: Knuth introduces the Grey code permutation of the natural numbers in The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4 Fascicle 2, Generating All Tuples and Permutations (2005). Knuth gives the following equations defining Grey code sequences of length 2^n<p> G_0 = () [the empty list]<p> G_{n+1} = 0G_n 1G_n^R<p>where 0G_n means prepend 0 to everything in the list G_n,
and G_n^R means reverse the list G_n, and juxtaposition is concatenation of sequences. Successive elements of the list differ in precisely one bit position: this is obvious inductively, since if G_n does, so do 0G_n and 1G_n^R, and since the last element of G_n is the first element of G_n^R, the last element of 0G_n differs from the first element of 1G_n^R in the first digit. So this is a Grey code. <p>
We get<p>G_0 = ()<p>G_1 = (0 1)<p>G_2 = (00 01 11 10)<p>G_3 = (000 001 011 010 110 111 101 100)<p>...
<p>The sequence of G_n's induces a map g:N-->N
recursively by<p> g(0) = 0<p> g(k) = 2^n + g(2^n -1 - r)<p> for k = 2^n + r with 0≤r<2^n, <p>Here's an algorithm in Lisp for the function g.<p>The function MSB below kills off everything but the high-order bit of the binary representation of a non-negative integer.<p>(DEFUN MSB (n)
(LET (( x (LOGAND (- n 1 ) n)))
(COND ((EQUAL x 0) n)
(T (MSB x)))))<p>The MSB can be used to compute the Grey permutation
GREY:N-->N<p> (DEFUN GREY (n)
(COND
((= n 0) 0)
((= n 1) 1)
(T (LET ((x (MSB n))) (+ x (GREY (- (- x 1) (- n x))))))))<p>
Restricting the domain and range of the GREY map to [0, 2^n -1] is a (well-defined) permutation; for example:<p>CL-USER> (MAPCAR #'GREY '(0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15))<p>(0 1 3 2 6 7 5 4 12 13 15 14 10 11 9 8)<p>And for fun, in my CMU common lisp system (under SLIME,
the Superior Lisp Interpretation Mode for Emacs):<p>CL-USER> (GREY 192873918237981273981279381729837127365712653712301098
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5270836893<p>Much larger numbers can be handled. | null | null | 16,006 | 16,006 | null | null | null | null |
16,371 | comment | amichail | 2007-04-24T16:55:48 | null | Users may specify some of their stickies to be private, so how would that work with RSS?<p>Also, it would be desirable to have an export format that the user can easily edit and perhaps even import into some other app/service. | null | null | 16,366 | 16,363 | null | [
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16,372 | comment | far33d | 2007-04-24T16:59:36 | null | Marshall: What's the new startup you funded from the Kiko team?<p>Paul: I can't say yet, but it is certainly the most entertaining idea we've ever funded. In fact, insane might be a better word. But it's what they wanted to do. | null | null | 16,284 | 16,284 | null | null | null | null |
16,373 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-24T16:59:55 | null | Give them a private key they can append to the RSS url request? They can use that private url to pull out stickies that are for their eyes only.<p>Example:
www.studystickies.com/rss/privatekey<p>As far as having an export format, if you target specific apps/services then you'd have a better idea of what format to use, since it would be a format those apps/services would support.<p> | null | null | 16,371 | 16,363 | null | null | null | null |
16,374 | comment | far33d | 2007-04-24T17:02:10 | null | Funny... GE's policy was that they wouldn't be in any business they couldn't be first or second in. <p>But suddenly, we've added third. Because MSFT is 3rd in search. hah. | null | null | 16,358 | 16,358 | null | [
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16,375 | story | mattjaynes | 2007-04-24T17:03:14 | How We Learn (Is it the same for you?) | null | http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/Glasser.htm | 9 | null | 16,375 | 11 | [
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16,376 | comment | create_account | 2007-04-24T17:06:36 | null | He thinks you're a sharp looking guy, too <p>:D | null | null | 16,359 | 16,358 | null | [
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16,377 | comment | create_account | 2007-04-24T17:07:42 | null | These "absolutes" are a little tiring.<p>You can always find an outlier or exception.<p>Don't these guys understand probability theory? | null | null | 16,374 | 16,358 | null | null | null | null |
16,378 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-24T17:08:01 | null | I would agree that teaching someone else is the best way to learn. The reason why is because when you teach someone else you are forced to understand how something works.<p>Learning why 2 + 2 = 4 is true is much more important than memorizing the multiplication table. Never been a big fan of rote learning for that reason.
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16,379 | comment | create_account | 2007-04-24T17:09:05 | null | So they got lucky because PayPal leased their space.<p>Yeah, you can survive a long time with a payoff like that.<p>But do they really understand tech investing? | null | null | 16,353 | 16,352 | null | [
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16,380 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-24T17:10:11 | null | null | null | 16,376 | 16,358 | null | null | null | null |
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16,381 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-24T17:10:19 | null | I suspect you might actually be Don Dodge. Is that true? Judging by your comments, you don't seem to be a very big fan of YC.<p>:D<p> | null | null | 16,376 | 16,358 | null | [
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16,382 | comment | create_account | 2007-04-24T17:10:37 | null | Yes, it's called FTP.<p>Remember that article about webifying unix commands? This is yet another example.<p>And they got $10m! The bubble is back! | null | null | 16,350 | 16,341 | null | [
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16,383 | comment | create_account | 2007-04-24T17:13:43 | null | In general, the YC idea of small seed amounts is a good one.<p>I'm also an entrepreneur myself.<p>It's just when the bubble mentality starts creeping back, I feel the need to call bullshit.<p>Just think of me as the proverbial grain of salt.<p>EDIT: No, I'm not Dodge. That creepy guy can write his own comments. | null | null | 16,381 | 16,358 | null | null | null | null |
16,384 | story | usablecontent | 2007-04-24T17:14:13 | Viacom Admits Error-Takes Steps To Protect Fair Use | null | http://startupmeme.com/2007/04/24/viacom-admits-error-takes-steps-to-protect-fair-use/ | 1 | null | 16,384 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,385 | comment | mattjaynes | 2007-04-24T17:15:07 | null | Great article. I especially liked this part:<p>"I have noticed that in technology we're surrounded by very smart people. IQ is virtually a commodity. However, there are those who are analysts - can ask 1 million questions, and be skeptical of everything; then there are doers, people who apply their intellect and resourcefulness to find solutions. Find those people and keep them close to you. Stay a 100 miles away from the former." | null | null | 16,356 | 16,356 | null | null | null | null |
16,386 | comment | far33d | 2007-04-24T17:19:16 | null | Steve Albini is the man. A great producer and musician, and his analysis here is dead on. | null | null | 16,355 | 16,355 | null | null | null | null |
16,387 | comment | jey | 2007-04-24T17:28:51 | null | Yes, but Python gained a lot more mindshare in its early years than Ruby. Ruby is only now really gaining popularity, and therefore support. | null | null | 16,369 | 16,331 | null | [
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16,388 | story | mattjaynes | 2007-04-24T17:29:39 | Great RSS Explanation for your girlfriend/grandma (video) | null | http://startupmeme.com/2007/04/24/rss-in-plain-english/ | 2 | null | 16,388 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,389 | comment | nickb | 2007-04-24T17:34:24 | null | Don't forget about rapidshare... the 900lb gorilla. | null | null | 16,354 | 16,341 | null | [
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16,390 | comment | nickb | 2007-04-24T17:35:08 | null | What they need all that money for is beyond me. I guess VCs need to prop it up even more before they flip it. | null | null | 16,341 | 16,341 | null | [
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16,391 | comment | zaidf | 2007-04-24T17:42:16 | null | Makes sense.<p>This past weekend while waiting for our connection in Atlanta we got what we think is a super great idea(mainly because it involves solid revenue from the beginning--and not from ads). We got into YC less than 24hrs later so for now we've to put it on hold. I doubt it's going anywhere though. <p>The irony is even though we consider this the greatest idea, from the few unsuspecting folks I've shared it with in middle of conversations, it hardly gets them THAT excited. But hear this: as we elaborate more on the idea and engage their mind, you can see them get more excited. It just proves that merely a sentence or two is no where close to communicating the 360 degree thought process behind your idea. <p>What I want to be CAUTIOUS(not paranoid) of though is inspiring 10 other brains to start working on my idea while I am busy with something else. | null | null | 16,347 | 16,270 | null | null | null | null |
16,392 | comment | brett | 2007-04-24T17:45:29 | null | Before I read your comment I was actually thinking, "I wonder if someone has a greasemonkey script to get rid of Dodge's head" | null | null | 16,359 | 16,358 | null | [
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16,393 | comment | mattculbreth | 2007-04-24T17:55:23 | null | Note to self: remove picture from blog before posting my own articles to news.yc.
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16,394 | story | far33d | 2007-04-24T17:56:10 | Why iPhone Will Win | null | http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/04/24/five_reasons_wh_1.html | 15 | null | 16,394 | 7 | [
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16,395 | story | dawie | 2007-04-24T18:02:11 | We used to think that the enterprise was the hardest customer to satisfy, but we were wrong. | null | http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2007/04/mag_schmidt_trans?currentPage=all | 5 | null | 16,395 | 0 | null | null | null |
16,396 | comment | pg | 2007-04-24T18:07:01 | null | I agree with the ordering, roughly, but these numbers are complete bullshit. | null | null | 16,375 | 16,375 | null | [
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16,397 | comment | dimitry | 2007-04-24T18:10:46 | null | Wow, this is crazy. I've been working on and off on a similar site for a few weeks now.<p>Most of the features are done. Just need to finish up, clean up code and release.<p>I was in the same boat are you Maurycy. It's crazy how identical our ideas on website full of ideas is (if that makes any sense!)<p><a href="http://idealarm.com/comp/">http://idealarm.com/comp/</a> (Just a mockup of the look, no real code). | null | null | 16,273 | 16,270 | null | null | null | null |
16,398 | comment | Sam_Odio | 2007-04-24T18:10:48 | null | Nice software - but $79 seems a little pricey. I'm not yet convinced the features justify the $30 markup over textmate.
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16,399 | comment | danw | 2007-04-24T18:17:12 | null | And dropsend. Theres no shortage of apps in this space | null | null | 16,389 | 16,341 | null | null | null | null |
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