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5,000 | comment | joshwa | 2007-03-19T15:23:57 | null | argh, I've just upvoted and now there's nothing I can do to undo it...<p>see: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=4971">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=4971</a> | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | [
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5,001 | comment | danw | 2007-03-19T15:25:18 | null | I initially thought this was a silly idea but I'm now strangly addicted to it.. Why live my own life when I can watch someone else! | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | [
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5,002 | story | dannymo2 | 2007-03-19T15:25:42 | 5 things learned from Casey Serin | null | http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/04/5-things-i-learned-from-casey-serin-the-guy-behind-i-am-facing-foreclosure/ | 1 | null | 5,002 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,003 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-03-19T15:40:55 | null | This ties in with Clayton Christensen's work in The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution. <p>Christensen's thesis is basically that technological change is <i>continuously</i> creating Local Mins like point C, in the form of disruptive innovations. These are technological breakthroughs that target a smaller, less profitable market. Since they're less profitable, they're unattractive to established players, who're stuck at point B. However, their performance can quickly improve up to point D.<p>As a startup, you want to enter at point C and target point D instead of going for point B. If you head for point B, you'll face the incumbents, all of whom have more resource than you. If you head for point D, the incumbents have to go down through point C in order to catch you. They won't want to do so, because it's painful for them.
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5,004 | story | goodgoblin | 2007-03-19T15:51:26 | What makes early stage investment opportunties attractive to investors | null | http://www.darrenherman.com/2007/01/11/what-makes-and-early-stage-investment-opportunity-attractive-to-investors/ | 1 | null | 5,004 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,005 | comment | pg | 2007-03-19T15:55:21 | null | Shows how far behind these guys are. There <i>are</i> other ways of ordering comments. | null | null | 4,985 | 4,985 | null | null | null | null |
5,006 | comment | joshwa | 2007-03-19T16:00:18 | null | But can you do this at runtime via parameters? <p>I know I can set site-wide keywords, or section-targeted keywords on most ad sites, but that doesn't help when much of the content is user-generated AND non-spiderable... | null | null | 4,999 | 4,994 | null | null | null | null |
5,007 | story | pg | 2007-03-19T16:00:56 | Gapminder: very cool new acquisition by Google | null | http://tools.google.com/gapminder/ | 15 | null | 5,007 | 5 | [
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5,008 | comment | goodgoblin | 2007-03-19T16:02:36 | null | Why does he say:<p>10. You will probably have to replace many of your employees if you raise money from someone.<p>
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5,009 | story | ereldon | 2007-03-19T16:02:49 | "Viacom is not entirely opposed to sharing its content with others, if paid for it." | null | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/business/media/19viacom.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5088&en=6c8bb147e20f12a6&ex=1331956800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | 2 | null | 5,009 | 1 | [
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5,010 | comment | pg | 2007-03-19T16:15:48 | null | Hmm, that's true. So should I add a preview page (thereby making the bookmarklet less immediate)? | null | null | 4,971 | 4,968 | null | [
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5,011 | story | BioGeek | 2007-03-19T16:18:16 | Evan Williams tells How Odeo Screwed Up | null | http://gigaom.com/2006/09/14/evan-williams-how-odeo-screwed-up | 6 | null | 5,011 | 1 | [
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5,012 | comment | joshwa | 2007-03-19T16:33:42 | null | Add a preview page for new submissions, and remove the auto-upvote! Especially as there's no way to undo either a submission OR an upvote...<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=3902">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=3902</a> | null | null | 5,010 | 4,968 | null | null | null | null |
5,013 | story | Readmore | 2007-03-19T16:35:20 | How stable is Google? | null | http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/113/open_open-debate.html | 1 | null | 5,013 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,014 | comment | volida | 2007-03-19T16:54:21 | null | during gapminder presentation during leweb3.
playback at minute 7:09: <a href="http://portal.vpod.tv/leweb3/70070">http://portal.vpod.tv/leweb3/70070</a> | null | null | 5,007 | 5,007 | null | null | null | null |
5,015 | comment | pg | 2007-03-19T17:00:00 | null | Their logo, incidentally, was done by Alexis Ohanian, who invented the Reddit alien. | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,016 | comment | far33d | 2007-03-19T17:13:32 | null | Viacom and their confused executives are doing everything they can to maintain the economics of scarcity that have driven their businesses for 50 years. Consumers will always choose choice, this effort is doomed.
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5,017 | comment | far33d | 2007-03-19T17:15:42 | null | That is a very clever visualization of a 4D data set. I really liked the concept of Swivel.com when it released, but gapminder + google seems like tough competition. | null | null | 5,007 | 5,007 | null | [
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5,018 | story | brett | 2007-03-19T17:20:17 | I Will Teach You To Be Rich - The Myth of the Great Idea | null | http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-great-idea | 17 | null | 5,018 | 4 | [
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5,019 | comment | nickb | 2007-03-19T17:20:56 | null | Superb idea! This is the future of broadcasting! They will be able to license this platform and allow others to broadcast the same way. This will also allow people, who lead boring lives, to live through others. Reality TV is a big hit because of this and it looks like justin.tv is a huge step forward towards even a more intimate experience. I have a feeling that in the near future, some people will live someone else's lives. Scary!
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5,020 | story | jkush | 2007-03-19T17:32:11 | Who Wants a Great Startup Idea? Here's One and It's All About Blog Trust | null | http://themicrobusinessexperiment.blogspot.com/2007/03/its-all-about-blog-trust.html | 1 | null | 5,020 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,021 | story | far33d | 2007-03-19T17:33:30 | LSVP: Time Rich or Time Poor Users? | null | http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/time-rich-or-time-poor/ | 3 | null | 5,021 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,022 | comment | pg | 2007-03-19T17:38:37 | null | Unfortunately this is one of the later editions, "revised" by Carnegie's wife after his death.<p>I would only recommend reading earlier editions: <a href="http://abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=dale+carnegie&tn=friends+influence&yrh=1960">http://abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=dale+carnegie&tn=friends+influence&yrh=1960</a> | null | null | 4,991 | 4,991 | null | [
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5,023 | comment | pg | 2007-03-19T17:46:32 | null | I keep meaning to write this one, but it is extremely dangerous territory. One of the many strange things you discover when you get rich is how dangerous it is to talk about it. Most people don't mind, but occasionally one will go nuts on you in a way that is enough to make you not want to talk about the subject at all. | null | null | 4,962 | 4,960 | null | [
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5,024 | story | far33d | 2007-03-19T17:47:21 | Musicload: 75% of customer service problems caused by DRM | null | http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070318-75-percent-customer-problems-caused-by-drm.html | 3 | null | 5,024 | 5 | [
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5,025 | story | mattculbreth | 2007-03-19T17:47:40 | 10 Best/Worst Cities for software developers (by salary and cost of living) | null | http://www.delatores.com/blog/default.aspx?id=14&t=Top-10-Best-Worst-Cities-For-Software | 10 | null | 5,025 | 4 | [
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5,026 | comment | far33d | 2007-03-19T17:49:06 | null | Key Quote: <p>Musicload said that artists choosing to drop DRM saw a 40 percent increase in sales since December, and that more artists and labels are showing interest.<p> | null | null | 5,024 | 5,024 | null | [
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5,027 | comment | danw | 2007-03-19T17:53:28 | null | Quite a few news.YC users are in <a href="http://justin.tv/#justin.tv.1">http://justin.tv/#justin.tv.1</a> | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | [
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5,028 | comment | sethjohn | 2007-03-19T17:58:31 | null | If you have an idea and a management team that's good enough to make it with the help of YC, it's hard to believe you couldn't get the funding and make the connections that you need to succeed in another way.<p>I don't know a whole lot about the success of YC companies, but it looks like Reddit is their big success so far. Reddit sold for a reported 65 million (according to The Google), and they needed relatively little additional funding after the seed money. So let's say YC retained 3% of the company, they make 2 million which is a 100x return on their investment. Wow, I just did the math now...that's pretty impressive.<p>Update: A new search on The Google (link) suggests that the purchase price may have been much lower. Proponents of the "50-million my ass" school of thought are suggesting 5 million is closer to the mark. At 5 million, YC gets a 10x return on investment which is what all VC money is shooting for among successful (non-broke) companies.<p><a href="http://reddit.com/user/bmatkin/">http://reddit.com/user/bmatkin/</a><p>Larger point, if you're in it to win it you should be able to pull it off with or without YC. Sure YC connections and advice are tremendously valueable...but 5x to 20x better than the other smart VC/angel/seed money out there? No way! | null | null | 4,802 | 4,474 | null | null | null | null |
5,029 | story | Xichekolas | 2007-03-19T18:14:38 | I hate focus grabbing... any UI quirks that annoy you? | null | http://xichekolas.blogspot.com/2007/03/ui.html | 2 | null | 5,029 | 1 | [
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5,030 | comment | danielha | 2007-03-19T18:15:05 | null | They mentioned "live polling" a few minutes ago. That would be way cool. Interactive entertainment at its finest. | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,031 | story | usablecontent | 2007-03-19T18:16:25 | YCombinator - A Force to Reckon With, A Model to Replicate | null | http://www.usablecontent.com/2007/03/19/ycombinator-a-force-to-reckon-with-a-model-to-replicate/ | 7 | null | 5,031 | 10 | [
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5,032 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-03-19T18:23:16 | null | Best guesses:<p>a.) Because the VCs will fire some of them<p>b.) Because the remainder will quit over the treatment of the employees in a.)<p>VCs often like to install their own people in key positions within their newly funded companies. Oftentimes, the people they replace are well-respected nonconformists. The replacements are well-connected incompetents. There's nothing more demoralizing than some moron in a suit taking over for the guy who's helped you a hundred times. | null | null | 5,008 | 4,973 | null | null | null | null |
5,033 | comment | zkinion | 2007-03-19T18:23:40 | null | Yeah, that can expand alot in the future with wimax. | null | null | 4,952 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,034 | comment | sethjohn | 2007-03-19T18:50:16 | null | Is YC a force to reckon with?...a model to replicate? I'd love to hear some guesses about how well they've done so far.<p>I tried to estimate their return on Reddit (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=4474),">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=4474),</a> but couldn't find even a ballpark number for the sale (paul? ;) ). My best guess is that they did great, but not stratospheric. With Kiko selling for 200K, they can't have done much more than break even.<p>Perhaps seed money has different economics than later stage VC money, which traditionally looks for 10x return on 10%(+) of companies. Are they getting in early in hopes of getting 100x return on 1%(+) of companies? | null | null | 5,031 | 5,031 | null | [
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5,035 | comment | mynameishere | 2007-03-19T19:15:19 | null | Mistake #8. Causing unneeded confusion with the name:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_%28software%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_%28software%29</a> | null | null | 4,998 | 4,998 | null | [
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5,036 | comment | pg | 2007-03-19T19:17:31 | null | We have no idea how much money something like YC might make long term. VC is a well understood business, but this is completely new. We're in the black at the moment, but not buying jets.<p>We lost money on Kiko, incidentally. Their later stage investors got paid back, and the founders made a little, but YC got 38 cents on the dollar. | null | null | 5,034 | 5,031 | null | [
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5,037 | comment | theudude2002 | 2007-03-19T19:17:49 | null | I don't look solely on trackrecords. Business is hard work but to some extent also luck. Hits in the past are no guaranty for future hits.
Guy believes that entrepreneurs can change the world and make it a better place. Sounds quite naive but to me a vision is much more motivating than money and trackrecords. | null | null | 2,453 | 2,411 | null | null | null | null |
5,038 | comment | notabel | 2007-03-19T19:24:15 | null | This is an interesting adaptation of the notion of glogging / moblogging; I have to wonder to what extent these guys were inspired by the much more theoretical work done with eyetaps (amazing technology, but not really scalable). The interesting thing to see will be whether, since this is meant to be outward-facing (as opposed glogging's introspective bent), it will suffer from the lack of editorial control. Basically, does a person's life have a high enough density of interesting content that it is worth watching? If the answer is yes, then there is definite potential for radical developments in social media.<p>\me wanders off to check Joi Ito's moblog. | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,039 | comment | jwecker | 2007-03-19T19:24:22 | null | I assume the reason apps (or actually I think it's the windowing system) do this is because they assume that your grandmother will open an app and then patiently wait for it to appear, and if it accidentally appears behind another application, they'll think something is broken. I agree, it's not the best assumption.
I happen to be using gnome a lot for my window manager and it actually very rarely gives a newly opened task the focus- I don't know if that's default though or some setting I set at some point. | null | null | 5,029 | 5,029 | null | null | null | null |
5,040 | comment | jwecker | 2007-03-19T19:30:41 | null | It's interesting- I think most people would rather get the higher salary regardless of cost-of-living or spending power. Some kind of gratification to their self-worth or something. | null | null | 5,025 | 5,025 | null | [
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5,041 | comment | sethjohn | 2007-03-19T19:30:41 | null | In the black already...with more companies in the pipeline...seems like a great place to be!<p>What's so new about this model? Tapping into an under-exploited resource (hackers)? Or the economics of micro-seed funding? | null | null | 5,036 | 5,031 | null | [
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5,042 | comment | notabel | 2007-03-19T19:31:14 | null | Another possibility is that YC could maintain a higher percentage of success, at a lower individual return. Because YC attracts some of the best young talent around, is very selective in funding, and seriously optimizes their fundees chances of success, it's not unreasonable that YC could maintain a better batting average than the VCs.<p>Another possibility is that because YC tends to form definite relationships with the founders they fund, they can count on the law of large numbers within, not just between, teams. For instance, YC lost money on Kiko, but is also invested in justin.tv--if justin.tv makes it, the YC[kiko folk] relationship could still end in the black.<p>N.B. This is all complete speculation; any more insight from pg would be appreciated. | null | null | 5,034 | 5,031 | null | [
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5,043 | comment | jwecker | 2007-03-19T19:33:08 | null | Just about everyone expects DRM to disappear at some point, sooner or later, as a matter of natural order. Everyone except the RIAA and Msft. | null | null | 5,026 | 5,024 | null | [
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5,044 | comment | notabel | 2007-03-19T19:33:12 | null | Shooting in the dark, I'd say one big difference is the focus on the founders, rather than just throwing money in and hoping for something valuable to pop out. You can see that in the YC application--very different from a request for a business plan. | null | null | 5,041 | 5,031 | null | null | null | null |
5,045 | comment | usablecontent | 2007-03-19T19:34:29 | null | I haven't written about them because they are making money comparable to the likes of Sequoia, but the effect it is having and will continue to have in making smart people realize their true potential. <p>Is there any measure to transform the value of awareness, mentorship and intellectual capital into money? | null | null | 5,034 | 5,031 | null | [
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5,046 | comment | notabel | 2007-03-19T19:38:09 | null | Quantitatively and predictively, no. You can only look at the outcomes from YC-funded companies, see to what extent they beat the curve. Of course, you still have to sort out the potentially higher quality of YC fundees to begin with. It's a hard statistical problem; any takers? | null | null | 5,045 | 5,031 | null | null | null | null |
5,047 | comment | jwecker | 2007-03-19T19:40:16 | null | cross reference this post/discussion in the "best" section: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=638">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=638</a> | null | null | 5,018 | 5,018 | null | null | null | null |
5,048 | comment | Readmore | 2007-03-19T19:44:37 | null | This is crazy, it's like that movie EdTV, only geekier. | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,049 | comment | jwecker | 2007-03-19T19:44:53 | null | very interesting. This might be the first time Google ended up acquiring someone based on their Google TechTalk.<p><a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=engEDU+gapminder">http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=engEDU+gapminder</a> | null | null | 5,007 | 5,007 | null | null | null | null |
5,050 | story | paul | 2007-03-19T19:47:23 | Paul Buchheit: Equity math for startups (sometimes 0.1% equals $138 million) | null | http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/equity-math-for-startups.html | 30 | null | 5,050 | 7 | [
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5,051 | comment | jwecker | 2007-03-19T19:52:16 | null | Good stuff. Not really anything new from the YC philosophy of business, but nice to hear it from someone in the trenches. BTW- welcome back BioGeek! | null | null | 4,998 | 4,998 | null | null | null | null |
5,052 | comment | sethjohn | 2007-03-19T20:04:35 | null | Higher percentage of success seems like a plausible outcome of the YC model. Everyone involved is clearly committed to something more than the 15-20K. Perhaps that's the advantage of recruiting hackers instead of b-school graduates...it's easier to endow hackers with good business connections than it is to endow b-school types with smartness!? | null | null | 5,042 | 5,031 | null | null | null | null |
5,053 | story | joshwa | 2007-03-19T20:06:33 | Khoi Vinh Redesigns Yahoo! - awesome slide deck from SXSW | null | http://www.subtraction.com/archives/2007/0318_oh_yeeaahh.php | 3 | null | 5,053 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,054 | comment | sethjohn | 2007-03-19T20:20:06 | null | Product placement will get them generating cash pretty quick. Could be difficult to scale up though, presuming there's only one Justin. What's the chance they've managed to file a patent for this as a 'business concept'? | null | null | 5,019 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,055 | story | Readmore | 2007-03-19T20:28:32 | Failure IS an option | null | http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/failure-is-an-option/ | 1 | null | 5,055 | 1 | [
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5,056 | comment | brett | 2007-03-19T20:30:55 | null | This could be a good way to watch startup school if you didn't get in or could not make it. | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,057 | comment | notabel | 2007-03-19T20:34:05 | null | The implementation here is really the amazing part; the basic data-vis tool is pretty simple (I wrote a much uglier variant in Mathematica, inspired by a proprietary stats app), but if they can/will expose this via a clean, open API, then this sort of visualization can become much more widespread. I don't know if/how google intends to make money from this, but if it's available as essentially a commodity visualization component for the web, then everyone benefits. | null | null | 5,017 | 5,007 | null | null | null | null |
5,058 | comment | r0b | 2007-03-19T20:46:29 | null | I've just spent an hour on gapminder. So cool.
Much better than Swivel, in my opinion, though clearly more limited. | null | null | 5,007 | 5,007 | null | null | null | null |
5,059 | comment | python_kiss | 2007-03-19T21:00:29 | null | Higher percentage of success for YC invested companies certainly seems plausible. However, YC funded companies have a tendency to aim mostly for the exit strategies; having no real business plan means that those startups are more likely to financially fail.<p>Reddit was a success, though. My best guess is that Conde Nast bought it for under $3 million. This leads to an interesting question: how long would've Reddit survived, without generating revenues, had it not been bought?<p>Ultimately, all business must create financial value. YC, though an excellent opportunity for us hackers, should put a greater emphasis on the actual business model. We are all in debt to PG, Jessica, Rob, and Trevor; it would be pity if it ever shuts down due to a failure in viable return on investment. | null | null | 5,034 | 5,031 | null | null | null | true |
5,060 | comment | paul | 2007-03-19T21:04:41 | null | Cost of living is kind of misleading because it depends a lot on how you spend money. The biggest difference is housing, but other things, such as cars, are nearly the same. If you're ok living in a little apartment for now, then the difference isn't as big as it sounds. (so if you live cheaply, then you should actually be able to save more in one of the high cost/pay cities)<p>To me, the more important issues are quality of life and quality of work. There's no way that I'd want to live or work in Houston, even if the housing is really cheap. | null | null | 5,025 | 5,025 | null | [
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5,061 | story | veritas | 2007-03-19T21:07:32 | Dodgeball Vs. Twitter vs. Facebook | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/19/sxsw-showdown-dodgeball-vs-twitter/ | 3 | null | 5,061 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,062 | comment | domp | 2007-03-19T21:13:32 | null | Another issue with DRM is that the artists really have no control over if their product has it or not. When they started recalling albums at SonyBMG some artists were unaware that the label had put this protection on their product. | null | null | 5,024 | 5,024 | null | null | null | null |
5,063 | comment | zkinion | 2007-03-19T21:15:04 | null | Thats similar to a chapter in the Felix Dennis book where he talks about how execution is more than an "idea". <p><a href="http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/minisites/howtogetrich/">http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/minisites/howtogetrich/</a>
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5,064 | comment | joshwa | 2007-03-19T21:20:33 | null | whoa! where'd those 59 points come from? | null | null | 5,000 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,065 | story | Elfan | 2007-03-19T21:23:21 | The Absolute Need To Understand | null | http://codist.biit.com/fiche/thecodist/article/the-absolute-need-to-understand | 4 | null | 5,065 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,066 | comment | Alex3917 | 2007-03-19T21:24:25 | null | 1) There are hundreds of different cellphone models. You need to alter your product to work on each one. Even the cellphone companies aren't able to do this. Nokia tried to make a software program that would let you find your friends, and they could only make it work on seven or eight of their OWN phones. Yahoo has search software that works on many models of phones, but they also have 100 hackers employed to work full time on just that. You won't have 100 people.<p>2) The cell phone carriers turn off parts of the bluetooth spectrum to prevent people from downloading their own ringtones. This also prevents people from using your software if it needs bluetooth.<p>3) Cell phone carriers will never partner with you. At least not on terms that allow you to make a profit.<p>4) Even if one cell phone carrier partners with you, the rest won't.<p>5) Any software that takes advantage of the phone feature will drain the battery very fast. If you need to ping the cell tower ever five minutes, that means you have to recharge the phone every two hours. Which essentially means the phone is now worthless for making calls.<p>6) Most people don't know how to load software onto their cellphone, even if they were willing to pay for it.<p>7) Even if you can get some people using your software on their phone, to everyone else it will just look like they are sending text messages. If no one can see others using your software then it isn't viral and it won't spread.<p>8) Cell phones don't fit into the pockets of girls pants. (This is actually a serious problems)<p>9) There have been hundreds of entrepreneurs who have gone into mobile, and they have all failed. I can name two dozen companies that have tried to do social networking over cell phones. It's clearly something people want, but none have been able to release a decent product for the reasons above.<p>10) The next generation of WiFi will make probably make your product obsolete in two years anyway. | null | null | 4,969 | 4,855 | null | [
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5,067 | comment | mattculbreth | 2007-03-19T21:25:34 | null | It's a good point about spending. I live in Atlanta but have had clients in Los Angeles. I almost opened an office for a former employer in LA, and my analysis showed that housing was my only big additional cost. If I had arranged for rental housing through my employer it would have been cool. | null | null | 5,060 | 5,025 | null | null | null | null |
5,068 | story | Elfan | 2007-03-19T21:49:58 | Personality Traits of the Best Software Developers | null | http://www.softwarebyrob.com/articles/Personality_Traits_of_the_Best_Software_Developers.aspx | 4 | null | 5,068 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,069 | story | danielha | 2007-03-19T21:52:15 | Interview w/ CEO Justin Kan of Justin.TV at Tycoons Row | null | http://tycoonsrow.com/2007/03/19/exclusive-interview-w-justintv/ | 3 | null | 5,069 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,070 | comment | far33d | 2007-03-19T21:55:03 | null | Yes, but it is somewhat remarkable that the bands actually make more money without DRM. The copyright holders/labels want us to believe that bands will make less without it. | null | null | 5,043 | 5,024 | null | null | null | null |
5,071 | story | danielha | 2007-03-19T22:11:11 | Web 2.0 gives birth to Politics 2.0 | null | http://gigaom.com/2007/03/19/web-20-gives-birth-to-politics-20/ | 1 | null | 5,071 | 1 | [
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5,072 | story | danielha | 2007-03-19T22:11:47 | Interview with Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress | null | http://www.folksonomy.org/2007/03/interview_with_mattmullenweg/ | 2 | null | 5,072 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,073 | comment | joshwa | 2007-03-19T22:15:58 | null | "chat powered by Lingr"<p><a href="http://www.lingr.com/">http://www.lingr.com/</a> | null | null | 4,955 | 4,950 | null | [
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5,074 | story | phil | 2007-03-19T22:26:39 | Designing on the grid | null | http://www.subtraction.com/archives/2004/1231_grid_computi.php | 2 | null | 5,074 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,075 | story | python_kiss | 2007-03-19T22:44:03 | Entrepreneurs: Why Younger is Better | null | http://startupjourney.blogspot.com/2007/03/entrepreneurs-why-younger-is-better-by.html | 7 | null | 5,075 | 0 | null | null | null |
5,076 | story | danw | 2007-03-19T23:02:27 | Last.fm Event Pictures Greasemonkey Script | null | http://www.danshub.com/blog/2007/lastfm-event-pictures-greasemonkey-script/ | 4 | null | 5,076 | 5 | [
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5,077 | comment | bootload | 2007-03-19T23:14:12 | null | first post for politics.<p>this is a "startup" news site. plz keep the "Startup News", <i>`politics free`</i> :) | null | null | 5,071 | 5,071 | null | null | null | null |
5,078 | story | danielha | 2007-03-19T23:14:26 | Web 3.0: When Web Sites Become Web Services | null | http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_30_when_web_sites_become_web_services.php | 8 | null | 5,078 | 1 | [
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5,079 | comment | dougw | 2007-03-19T23:29:18 | null | Great post. Thanks paul! | null | null | 5,050 | 5,050 | null | null | null | null |
5,080 | comment | zach | 2007-03-19T23:36:53 | null | The company that creates companies brings you the startup about being a startup. Wow. | null | null | 4,950 | 4,950 | null | [
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5,081 | comment | immad | 2007-03-19T23:39:09 | null | I would argue that every max you hit is a local maxima, you just have to be creative / innovate to find a bigger local max (untill possibly you hit some kind of insurmountable barrier) | null | null | 4,982 | 4,982 | null | null | null | null |
5,082 | story | msgbeepa | 2007-03-20T00:03:16 | New Social Bookmark/News Launched | null | http://www.wikio.com/webinfo?id=15082704 | 1 | null | 5,082 | 1 | [
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5,083 | comment | staunch | 2007-03-20T00:12:45 | null | Yeah, that would be good I think. I usually modify the title anyway after submission, since most page's <title>'s aren't very good. | null | null | 5,010 | 4,968 | null | null | null | null |
5,084 | comment | papersmith | 2007-03-20T00:23:50 | null | Looks like a public version of campfire.
<a href="http://www.campfirenow.com/">http://www.campfirenow.com/</a> | null | null | 5,073 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,085 | story | amichail | 2007-03-20T00:36:18 | Any ideas on taking justin.tv further by allowing viewers to more actively participate in Justin's life? | null | 2 | null | 5,085 | 6 | [
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5,086 | comment | amichail | 2007-03-20T00:37:44 | null | For example, when Justin meets someone for the first time, viewers might get the opportunity to show flashbacks from Justin's life to give a first impression. | null | null | 5,085 | 5,085 | null | [
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5,087 | comment | amichail | 2007-03-20T00:41:36 | null | Another idea applicable if this sort of thing becomes more popular would be to allow viewers to click on people in the live video feed who are broadcasting their lives to switch to those people's live feed. | null | null | 5,086 | 5,085 | null | null | null | null |
5,088 | comment | danw | 2007-03-20T00:53:36 | null | Whoah, as the viewer numbers climbed rapidly the quality of conversation in the chat quickly dropped off.<p>I've seen this link posted far too many times in there: <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19">http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19</a> | null | null | 5,001 | 4,950 | null | null | null | null |
5,089 | comment | amichail | 2007-03-20T01:06:09 | null | Another idea would be to have a prediction market about all sorts of short-term events (e.g., in the next day/week) in Justin's life.
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5,090 | comment | ecuzzillo | 2007-03-20T01:06:35 | null | What was changed in the later editions? | null | null | 5,022 | 4,991 | null | null | null | null |
5,091 | comment | bootload | 2007-03-20T01:16:58 | null | thx, I'll get back to this as soon as I can. | null | null | 1,999 | 1,890 | null | [
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5,092 | comment | danw | 2007-03-20T01:20:56 | null | "How often will Justin go to the bathroom today?"<p>"How many hours will Emmett go without sleep?"<p>I can see it working, up untill the point the digg users arrive: "When will Justin totally bang a chick?!?" | null | null | 5,089 | 5,085 | null | [
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5,093 | comment | Alex3917 | 2007-03-20T01:35:53 | null | This is perhaps my second favorite, after Clean Firetrucks:<p><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/12/clean_firetruck.html">http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/12/clean_firetruck.html</a> | null | null | 4,982 | 4,982 | null | null | null | null |
5,094 | story | amichail | 2007-03-20T01:42:26 | How secret do startup proposals to Y Combinator need to be? Should applicants avoid making any of their prototypes public? | null | 3 | null | 5,094 | 13 | [
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5,095 | comment | amichail | 2007-03-20T01:45:37 | null | To complicate matters, what if your proposal is rejected in this coming round but you are thinking of applying again in the following round?<p>Clearly, not making a prototype public becomes more of an issue in that case. | null | null | 5,094 | 5,094 | null | null | null | null |
5,096 | comment | staunch | 2007-03-20T01:49:05 | null | <i>"Be Narrow," he said, "Be Tiny." Today, he flat-out admitted "I was working on Odeo at the time I wrote that, and I was ignoring most of those rules."</i><p>The difference between knowing something intellectually and actually living it. It's so easy to convince yourself you're following your own rules, even when you're not. | null | null | 5,011 | 5,011 | null | null | null | null |
5,097 | comment | danielha | 2007-03-20T01:51:25 | null | It's your company. Why would it be an issue whether or not it was secret? | null | null | 5,094 | 5,094 | null | [
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5,098 | comment | ryanr | 2007-03-20T01:52:42 | null | Great response. We are in Beta and trying to get everything looking good for our public launch. We hope to have the FAQ's updated soon and be more descriptive on our front page. Thanks for the feed-back. | null | null | 4,804 | 4,779 | null | null | null | null |
5,099 | comment | amichail | 2007-03-20T01:53:01 | null | Because they may not fund it if it is not. | null | null | 5,097 | 5,094 | null | [
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