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8,100 | comment | inklesspen | 2007-04-02T02:13:00 | null | Lisp, obviously.<p>(Happy April 1st!) | null | null | 8,010 | 8,010 | null | null | null | null |
8,101 | comment | inklesspen | 2007-04-02T02:15:53 | null | "Each instance predictably provides the equivalent of a system with a 1.7Ghz x86 processor, 1.75GB of RAM, 160GB of local disk, and 250Mb/s of network bandwidth."<p>I'm not seeing where you can't host that DB on EC2. It might not be the optimal platform, but my guess is that EC2 will do a pretty good job for the money. | null | null | 8,061 | 7,935 | null | [
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8,102 | comment | epall | 2007-04-02T02:17:47 | null | Isn't there a bit of a privacy issue here? If your site involves logging in, wouldn't TapeFailure record the user typing in their username and password? | null | null | 7,903 | 7,903 | null | null | null | null |
8,103 | comment | amichail | 2007-04-02T02:23:22 | null | See:<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=6777">http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=6777</a> | null | null | 8,099 | 8,099 | null | null | null | null |
8,104 | comment | e1ven | 2007-04-02T02:41:16 | null | It's this sort of tradition that helps build corporate culture, and helps people feel like a group a friends doing something, rather than just a job.<p>Dilbert often mocks team rituals, and things that help unify people, but it these little things...<p>There's been three companies that I've worked at that tried to bring peopel together-<p>The first, a 500+ person monolith did the traditional Company picnics- It helped to connect people together, but it felt generic. It felt like anyone could have been doing that because, well, everyone was ;)<p>Years later, when I was working at a Video Game company working on a 3d shooter, we brough everyone out for paintball. It was Fun, and it meant more because it was more about what we were doing.. It wasn't just generic company stuff- I remember some of the programmers talking about shots they made in the paintball, and how they could implement those in the engine.<p>Later still, I worked at a startup. Working at a startup we were all closer to one another- We often put in long hours to try to get the next revision out, or the next round of bugs squashed. While we haven't done any massive outings yet, we've developed out little in-house traditions. We "always" go out to Foo for food, or "always" do Halo games after a hard night of code.. It doesn't matter that it's easy, what matters is that it's what -we do-..
We develop out own little in-jokes, and it helps everyone to feel like they're on the same journey, rather than just in the same office.
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8,105 | comment | vlad | 2007-04-02T02:45:32 | null | Since ideas are nothing without great execution, what are some good ideas? | null | null | 7,953 | 7,950 | null | [
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8,106 | comment | sf2007 | 2007-04-02T02:49:08 | null | Good point. Different kind of challenge, I say..<p>I'm just saying there are inherent hurdles to innovation in a bigger/public company - no matter how innovative the company is. | null | null | 8,073 | 8,008 | null | null | null | null |
8,107 | comment | igrigorik | 2007-04-02T02:55:03 | null | 1) The data is not persistent -- meaning, if your server dies, you loose your database with it. Rebooting the server gives you a clean slate.<p>This theoretically can be addressed with a complex backup/redundancy model, but frankly, it's not worth the trouble. Alternatively, you can use a distributed filesystem based on S3, but the performance will be poor. Long story short, your database is your bread and butter, and EC2 simply can't provide the basic services required to run a DB efficiently. <p>2) Dynamic DNS. Extra headaches, simply not worth it. <p>EC2 was not designed for persistent data storage, it's a compute cloud. | null | null | 8,101 | 7,935 | null | [
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8,108 | story | nostrademons | 2007-04-02T02:58:49 | Why You Have to Work for a Startup | null | http://evang.eli.st/blog/2007/4/1/why-you-have-to-work-for-a-startup | 6 | null | 8,108 | 1 | [
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8,109 | comment | nandan | 2007-04-02T03:01:18 | null | "Equity is like shit. If you pile it up, it just smells bad, but if you spread it around, wonderful things will grow." - Jerry Kaplan talking at Stanford<p><a href="http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=22">http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=22</a> | null | null | 8,085 | 8,057 | null | null | null | null |
8,110 | story | whacked_new | 2007-04-02T03:06:25 | The case for a relative popularity meter | null | 2 | null | 8,110 | 1 | [
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8,111 | comment | whacked_new | 2007-04-02T03:06:42 | null | Here are some thoughts I have regarding popularity meters on news sites and such. Maybe some people would find it interesting or possibly useful. I would also love to hear other opinions, so do share.<p>I am sure many readers here have seen the new SlashRating box, which sports digg-esque (generally speaking) number ratings for each article. Maybe you noticed that the Gmail Paper article (<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/07/04/01/0631243.shtml)">http://slashdot.org/articles/07/04/01/0631243.shtml)</a> and the X-Files article right after it (<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/07/04/01/1231211.shtml)">http://slashdot.org/articles/07/04/01/1231211.shtml)</a> have substantially different SlashRatings (1000x+ difference). Humor aside, they may both be valid ratings. Readers familiar with digg (easy example) have seen ratings ranging from the single digits, to way through the thousands. I believe there is a limit to the informativeness of the number rating. And while many services have jumped onto using similar number-based displays of popularity, here I make a case for the relative measure.<p>As a passer-by, casual reader on digg (which is most readers), when you see a page full of ratings in the hundereds, you probably process only two things from the score: the digit length and leftmost digit. When a 1000+ rating appears, you immediately know from the digit length that it is a magnitude more popular. More than what? More than the surrounding articles. Naturally, your eyes will notice the highest ratings within the page. If you reach a page full of articles rated in the thousands, readers probably apply the same strategy: scan the digit length and the leftmost digit. Unless two or more articles are rated on a higher order of magnitude than the rest, readers would likely ignore the less significant digits -- and when such a comparison is required, the articles are probably popular enough that you read them all.<p>After you mentally shift to a scale of comparison, you ignore details on other orders of magnitude; this is, for example, how your eyes adjust to consistently bright, or dark, environments. Of course numbers are easy to output and fast to read, and details may be interesting and important to the developers, but for browsing efficiency, most readers do not care, nor need to know, if something is rated 4903, or 4692, points, as long as a reference exists for comparison. And this reference will always depend on the number of participating users at a given moment. A better system should thus display only a relative measurement of popularity within a given timeframe. This idea is not necessarily new, but I believe it is definitely a better approach to popularity measurements, and moreso if you are expecting your project to eventually support a large votership.<p>An existing example to illustrate good use of this is something like a community download site. Say something is "popular" when over 50% of the users download it. It makes more sense then, to just write "popular" when total_downloads / total_users 0.5, rather than showing "1,040 downloads!", or even "5,503,395 downloads!" (okay, millions is different... but if your users were, like, ants, big deal). In the end, "popularity" is a relative measure.<p>I'm sure many folks here have thoughts on related issues; let's hear them :) | null | null | 8,110 | 8,110 | null | null | null | null |
8,112 | comment | plusbryan | 2007-04-02T03:12:24 | null | one word: plastics | null | null | 8,105 | 7,950 | null | null | null | null |
8,113 | comment | pg | 2007-04-02T03:18:01 | null | 2nd and 3rd | null | null | 8,099 | 8,099 | null | [
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8,114 | comment | pg | 2007-04-02T03:20:18 | null | Not as annoying as the ACM charging people to read articles. I bet that doesn't last too much longer. | null | null | 8,083 | 8,083 | null | [
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8,115 | comment | pg | 2007-04-02T03:23:57 | null | I disagree that most ventures fail because of problems between founders. That is fairly common, but the commonest cause of failure is that the product is a dog. | null | null | 8,057 | 8,057 | null | [
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8,116 | comment | colmworth | 2007-04-02T03:24:28 | null | darn, I just rushed to have my application done by tonight. Oh well! | null | null | 8,113 | 8,099 | null | [
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8,117 | comment | zkinion | 2007-04-02T03:25:27 | null | There is certainly not enough attention on this subject, yet it should be a real concern to entrepreneurs.<p>Basically, you need to be aware of other means needed to kick-start traffic, especially if you have a site who's user experience depends on the other users. The first problem is the chicken or the egg problem, and further on you reach the problem of getting the site into full blown disease mode. <p>Guerilla marketing, giving incentives to users (paypal), and ethical to semi-ethical spamming (myspace,facebook) are not out of the question. Theres a big difference between using these tactics to get initial traffic, to actually basing an entire business model off of their continued use. <p><p>If you have a niche site, or one that isn't as catchy, you're probably going to be doing all and even some new methods of kick starting that aren't even known to you yet. <p>SUMMARY: Getting a techcrunch article or some alpha blogger love doesn't always fix chicken or egg problem problem and you might very well be doing some of the methods stated above. On the bright side, this can create a minor "barrier of entry" and can keep other startup founders from emulating your idea over night. | null | null | 8,048 | 8,048 | null | null | null | null |
8,118 | comment | colmworth | 2007-04-02T03:26:29 | null | well said. I took danielha's advice and made my personal deadline 11:59 on april 1 | null | null | 6,858 | 6,777 | null | null | null | null |
8,119 | story | sf2007 | 2007-04-02T03:36:36 | Students give up social networks for Lent - CNN.com | null | http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/03/29/no.facebook.lent/index.html | 1 | null | 8,119 | 2 | [
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8,120 | story | Alex3917 | 2007-04-02T03:42:23 | Magic Ink: "Pretty much the best software design paper ever written." | null | http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/ | 21 | null | 8,120 | 1 | [
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8,121 | comment | colmworth | 2007-04-02T03:44:13 | null | was an official application account released? not worried, just curious | null | null | 8,099 | 8,099 | null | null | null | null |
8,122 | comment | colmworth | 2007-04-02T03:45:20 | null | curious as to know if an official application count has been released thus far for the Summer of funding 2007 program. | null | null | 7,953 | 7,950 | null | null | null | null |
8,123 | story | colmworth | 2007-04-02T03:46:40 | How did you answer the final application question?! | null | 9 | null | 8,123 | 26 | [
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8,124 | comment | pg | 2007-04-02T03:47:01 | null | We don't only accept 13 startups. There just happen to be 13 in the current batch. Our policy is, and always has been, to accept as many as we think are good enough.<p>And incidentally, that claim about funding hundreds of companies is characteristically bogus. That number must come from all the investments made by VC funds during the time Brad Feld et al worked for them. That's like claiming that because you worked for Microsoft for a while, you wrote millions of lines of code.<p>And even so the big winners they "point at" are not much more valuable than the companies YC has funded, despite the fact we're only 2 years old. | null | null | 8,056 | 7,829 | null | [
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8,125 | comment | zkinion | 2007-04-02T03:50:25 | null | I'm not applying to this cambridge based YC, but I'm going to apply for the next bay area YC. I'm not going to have an entire business built in second life, but will use it as just another way get traffic/users (new approach to online gambling). You might want to make your idea seem more "robust" and not entirely dependent on another platform.<p> | null | null | 8,079 | 8,079 | null | null | null | null |
8,126 | comment | domp | 2007-04-02T04:14:13 | null | Center Networks got some invites for this company so if you want to try it out go to the link and ask for one.<p><a href="http://www.centernetworks.com/we-have-tapefailure-invites-to-the-private-beta">http://www.centernetworks.com/we-have-tapefailure-invites-to-the-private-beta</a> | null | null | 7,903 | 7,903 | null | null | null | null |
8,127 | story | mgandhi | 2007-04-02T04:31:10 | How to handle the first VC meeting | null | http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/12/how_to_handle_t.html | 2 | null | 8,127 | 1 | [
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8,128 | comment | python_kiss | 2007-04-02T04:33:22 | null | The only reality that counts is what's already in the prospect's mind. Coca-Cola came before Pepsi, so even a century later, it continues to dominate the market. Aside from being displeased, YC shouldn't feel threatened by TechStars; Y Combinator is ahead of its competition by leaps and bounds especially since it was first in their prospect's minds. For startup founders and bloggers, TechStars will always come off as the "clone".<p>There is understandably some heat between us and the replicant. Wouldn't it be a good idea to just send David an email (David[@]coloradostartups.com) to reach some common ground? This might just be an opportunity to expand Y Combinator beyond Boston or Mountain View. | null | null | 8,124 | 7,829 | null | [
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8,129 | story | domp | 2007-04-02T04:36:06 | Get a Tapefailure beta invite | null | http://www.centernetworks.com/we-have-tapefailure-invites-to-the-private-beta | 2 | null | 8,129 | 2 | [
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8,130 | story | domp | 2007-04-02T04:38:13 | Changes over at Topix | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/01/5497/ | 2 | null | 8,130 | 1 | [
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8,131 | comment | domp | 2007-04-02T04:40:42 | null | I noticed a lot of people were digging this startup. Center Networks just posted that they have some invites to give out. | null | null | 8,129 | 8,129 | null | null | null | null |
8,132 | comment | rms | 2007-04-02T05:01:17 | null | Kevin has discovered the universe's greatest civilization: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Attractor">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Attractor</a> | null | null | 8,123 | 8,123 | null | [
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8,133 | comment | greendestiny | 2007-04-02T05:04:28 | null | It's an interesting attitude but I think she's wrong. A big company is already serving billions of customers so they have a lot to lose. If a big company launches a service and its not an immediate success people will attack the brand. Also you get a lot of exposure at an early stage and the users aren't as sympathetic. | null | null | 8,073 | 8,008 | null | null | null | null |
8,134 | story | phil | 2007-04-02T05:21:12 | Magic Ink (oops, dupe) | null | http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=8120 | 1 | null | 8,134 | -1 | null | null | true |
8,135 | comment | semigeek | 2007-04-02T05:25:05 | null | Every market is going to have multiple players (Pepsi vs Coke, Microsoft vs Apple, Goldman Sachs vs Fidelity, Google vs Yahoo); competition is healthy and usually indicative of a solid market. While there may be some heat between YC and TechStars because of the Application Form, they're both great additions to the Venture Capital Field.<p>Both teams have great members and mentors; PG being at the top of the list for YC, Brad Feld being up there for TS. An aspiring serial entrepreneur will do well to learn and be accepted by either company, of that I'm sure. | null | null | 8,128 | 7,829 | null | [
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8,136 | comment | python_kiss | 2007-04-02T05:31:00 | null | "I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day." - Van Gogh <p>Images of galaxy clusters always sadden me. Our insignificance in the Universe is laughable. | null | null | 8,132 | 8,123 | null | [
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8,137 | comment | pg | 2007-04-02T05:36:29 | null | I actually care a lot about the last question. It often makes me give an application a second look. I don't think the other 3 YC partners care very much about it though. | null | null | 8,123 | 8,123 | null | [
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8,138 | comment | JMiao | 2007-04-02T05:44:06 | null | Hehe, that's a fun site. | null | null | 8,070 | 7,916 | null | null | null | null |
8,139 | comment | python_kiss | 2007-04-02T05:48:15 | null | I talked about choice and the sensory overload it often causes. We have reached a point where the only type of cell phones we can't buy anymore are cell phones that are just a phone. The suppliers, however, cannot be held responsible for this. Afterall, they are simply trying to satisfy the users constant demands. So eventhough this mental toxin often makes us feel miserable, it is preferable by consumers over having less choice. And this fascinates me.<p>I am contemplating writing an article about choice and relating it to Web 2.0. Here is an excerpt from another article I wrote that relates to this: "...if a choice is present, perfectionists spend a ridiculous amount of time over simple decisions. Such is the mentality governing users of today's social networks. We are caught up in a web of choices; indeed, the core reason behind MySpace's success is that users rule. MySpace might suck, but it gives its users ample of choice. Once a user has invested an hour of their life customizing their profile, they are not likely to leave the site anytime soon." | null | null | 8,123 | 8,123 | null | [
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8,140 | comment | JMiao | 2007-04-02T05:59:00 | null | Caterina established Brickhouse at Yahoo! and hired Salim Ismail to run it. Brickhouse, of course, is a product of her strategic role at Yahoo! | null | null | 8,098 | 8,008 | null | null | null | null |
8,141 | comment | vlad | 2007-04-02T06:05:45 | null | Remember, there is no reason to feel guilty about having future expansion plans above and beyond what you are offering right now. You absolutely do not have to tell them ahead of time, "by signing up, you may have to switch billing systems by the end of summer" in the sign-up application. There is no need.<p>Instead, just mass e-mail them the link and directions to do so when the need comes (if ever.) People are used to typing in their name, address, and e-mail into forms.<p>Remember, the second time around, you are no longer asking a new customer to commit to you. Your customers already know you and your service, so 100% of them will gladly follow simple directions to update their address information. Trust me.<p>I would spend the extra few days working on the main product or service instead, until you need to use the more complex shopping cart.<p>Please let me know what you think! | null | null | 8,093 | 8,060 | null | [
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8,142 | comment | DanielH | 2007-04-02T06:10:37 | null | Well it's not that hard... Normally smart people don't realize that they are smart because they have higher standards and often if they reached those they set them even higher. So from their perspective they normaly never reach their own standards. The problem is that smartness and self-confidence often seem to be diametrically opposed.<p>The point is: Don't hesitate too much and learn to deal with your doubts (especially if you start a startup :o)). | null | null | 8,068 | 6,668 | null | [
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8,143 | comment | zaidf | 2007-04-02T06:17:01 | null | Yeah the methodology I use to decide between Auth.net and PayPal is if the stuff I am doing is for part-time or longhaul. For parttime thing PayPal or some 3rd party is cool. <p>But for longhaul, you might as well spend the extra week and learn the art that you will eventually have to. And dealing with merchant account is indeed an art and study of its own.<p>Another thing - when you have an intermediary like PayPal you are more at risk at your money being frozen for some stupid reason, This can happen with merchant account too but never as often as I have come across torturous PayPal or 2checkout stories.
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8,144 | comment | zaidf | 2007-04-02T06:19:01 | null | Sweet! Now we need a social network JUST for these people. Of course we'll call it Anti-Social Network Support Group. | null | null | 8,119 | 8,119 | null | null | null | null |
8,145 | story | blakeross | 2007-04-02T06:20:01 | Summer jobs at Parakey | null | http://parakey.com/jobs/summer.html | 21 | null | 8,145 | 21 | [
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8,146 | comment | marcell | 2007-04-02T06:29:21 | null | <a href="http://www.likebetter.com/quiz/results?quiz_id=1029869490&user_list_id=6">http://www.likebetter.com/quiz/results?quiz_id=1029869490&user_list_id=6</a><p>Does anyone remember The Spark's gender test? It's a specific case of this kind of test: <a href="http://community.sparknotes.com/gender/">http://community.sparknotes.com/gender/</a> (use bugmenot.com for login) | null | null | 7,684 | 7,684 | null | null | null | null |
8,147 | comment | python_kiss | 2007-04-02T06:34:52 | null | Revenue earned vs. number of ad spots on a site is probably an inverted parabola; after a certain point is reached, each successive ad spot actually reduces revenue along with pageviews.<p>As a side note, here are several good case studies for adsense users:
https://www.google.com/adsense/success | null | null | 8,083 | 8,083 | null | null | null | null |
8,148 | comment | kul | 2007-04-02T06:37:29 | null | Awesome piece, thanks for submitting. Has implications too for managing a team. | null | null | 640 | 640 | null | null | null | null |
8,149 | comment | zaidf | 2007-04-02T06:50:41 | null | "Great ideas can be implemented badly and fail; stupid ideas can be done well and succeed; key is to settle on a great idea and implement it well."<p>Copy me someone:) Please? | null | null | 8,123 | 8,123 | null | null | null | null |
8,150 | comment | zaidf | 2007-04-02T07:02:22 | null | It is sort of ironic(and of course, debated) that the concept of viral marketing came out of a VC's mind:) | null | null | 8,020 | 8,020 | null | null | null | null |
8,151 | story | kul | 2007-04-02T07:25:59 | Facebook open-sourcing Thrift, their software framework | null | http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=2261927130 | 14 | null | 8,151 | 7 | [
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8,152 | comment | jward | 2007-04-02T07:44:27 | null | Use what you know best. I don't like the feel of writing Java personally and never had to take any Java programming classes to force me into it. PHP on the other hand is very easy and natural to write, but the code can end up damn ugly. I also haven't looked into it too much, but I think Java beats out PHP for performance speed. Both have pros and cons.<p>If it were me I'd suggest Python. I need to look into web.py some more, but I currently use Django for most web things. It's easy to write the code and doesn't end up looking like ass so it's easier to maintain. | null | null | 8,036 | 8,010 | null | null | null | null |
8,153 | comment | zaidf | 2007-04-02T07:59:59 | null | Topix lost me when they went forth with the domain change and lost tonnes of search engine traffic overnight. And to top it off they tried to blame the search engines for it - that too in a national newspaper story. | null | null | 8,130 | 8,130 | null | null | null | null |
8,154 | comment | brett | 2007-04-02T08:05:45 | null | I am way more curious to hear about the best answers to this one you've heard from this or previous rounds. Someone should remember to ask again after the 10th. | null | null | 8,137 | 8,123 | null | null | null | null |
8,155 | comment | herdrick | 2007-04-02T08:13:03 | null | Are you kidding? The whole reason to go with YC is all the advice and help they give you. What kind of advice, connections, and overall support can these Techstars people give you? <p>Folks, this is a local Economic Development Committee quasi-government operation. They are there for the good of Colorado, only secondarily to make money by funding successful startups. This is bad because their interests are less aligned with you than the YCs', because they aren't (apparently) putting much of their own money in this, because it's more important for them to make Colorado <i>look</i> good than to actually succeed, and because those picked to run this thing are politically connected first, competent second if at all. One of the main four people is a <i>politician</i> for Pete's sake: <a href="http://jaredpolis.com/">http://jaredpolis.com/</a> . Run don't walk. | null | null | 7,829 | 7,829 | null | null | null | null |
8,156 | comment | startforfun | 2007-04-02T08:28:14 | null | Question about co-founders. Say one guy came up a good idea and has worked on it for some time. He wants to find a co-founder as you suggested. But how should the two co-founders split up the pie? Is each having 50% reasonable? If not, will the new co-founder accept a less share? How do you value the past work of the 1st co-founder and the new value that the 2nd guy brings in? It seems stupid to argue this when nothing has achieved, but this delicate and sensitive issue has impeded many cooperations. Your insight is very much appreciated.
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8,157 | story | brett | 2007-04-02T08:33:12 | Ask the Wizard: Venture Terms - Liquidation Preferences and Participation | null | http://www.burningdoor.com/askthewizard/2007/04/venture_terms_liquidation_pref.html | 3 | null | 8,157 | 3 | [
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8,158 | comment | python_kiss | 2007-04-02T08:38:28 | null | wow Blake Ross is actually on here. I hope you make a googolian dollars out of Parakey...you deserve it! :) | null | null | 8,145 | 8,145 | null | [
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8,159 | comment | danielha | 2007-04-02T08:38:53 | null | It's interesting how these social networks have become vices to so many. I think a lot of people who initially found true value in these sites (staying connected) have to now make conscious efforts to break away. It's getting crowded in the social network space, but there's still room for services that are superficially desirable but don't leave a sour taste in the user's mouth after 3 hours of usage. | null | null | 8,119 | 8,119 | null | null | null | null |
8,160 | story | danielha | 2007-04-02T08:54:20 | Sonopia: create your own mobile carrier | null | http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/01/with-sonopia-you-too-can-be-a-telecom-mogul/ | 2 | null | 8,160 | 0 | null | null | null |
8,161 | comment | brett | 2007-04-02T09:01:16 | null | Definitely heard about this before, but it was good to see examples. Also one thing that was glazed over at startup school (and at the other ones I listened to) is that it is an exclusive or sort of thing because these terms are specifically for a "subpar exit". Preference and participation OR conversion to common stock. Now it seems obvious, but before I was kind of thinking, "participate percentage-wise? don't they get to do that already because they have stock?" | null | null | 8,157 | 8,157 | null | null | null | null |
8,162 | comment | brett | 2007-04-02T09:01:39 | null | There seems to be agreement that better investors are much less likely to ask terms like fully participating preferred or a 5x preference multiple which are more onerous for founders. At what point then do you worry less about the terms you are getting and more about the investors you are getting such terms from?<p>Along the same lines, if you're having to scrape the bottom of the barrel for VCs, should you take that as a powerful sign that YOU are doing something wrong? Are there examples of good teams with good ideas that just had to take crappy terms from crap investors and lived through it to succeed?
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8,163 | comment | danielha | 2007-04-02T09:07:03 | null | It's quite ridiculous. A bit sleazy, even.<p>( a popular read for the unfamiliar: <a href="http://www.nhplace.com/kent/PFAQ/acm.html">http://www.nhplace.com/kent/PFAQ/acm.html</a> ) | null | null | 8,114 | 8,083 | null | null | null | null |
8,164 | story | jamiequint | 2007-04-02T09:08:30 | Facebook Thrift - scalable cross-language services development framework | null | http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/ | 4 | null | 8,164 | 1 | [
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8,165 | comment | jamiequint | 2007-04-02T09:10:48 | null | ah. you beat me to it, just realized. | null | null | 8,151 | 8,151 | null | null | null | null |
8,166 | story | brett | 2007-04-02T09:23:22 | Rails 1.2-stable vs. 1.1-stable Performance Report - the new one's slower | null | http://railsexpress.de/blog/files/reports/rails1.1-stable_vs_rails1.2-stable/report.html | 2 | null | 8,166 | 0 | null | null | null |
8,167 | comment | whacked_new | 2007-04-02T09:30:39 | null | A side comment; after rechecking after I submitted, the system seemed to chew up plus signs and ampersands. After I submitted and rechecked again, pretty much everything after an ampersand sign was erased, including the sign. I don't know if this is an issue. | null | null | 8,099 | 8,099 | null | null | null | null |
8,168 | comment | andreyf | 2007-04-02T09:47:54 | null | "Many large corporations are famous for keeping this type of tool under lock and key, but we think we stand to gain much more by collaborating with other smart companies and developers."<p>Is Facebook in some unique position to be releasing big parts of their infrastructure like that? Why don't companies do it more often?<p>Although this isn't the same thing as Ruby on Rails, and not to be overly cynical, but could this be a new form of community-building-based PR... in the sense that the goodwill/PR value of the FOSS community is worth more to Facebook than the value of keeping Thrift proprietary? | null | null | 8,151 | 8,151 | null | [
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8,169 | comment | theoutlander | 2007-04-02T10:01:40 | null | There is an issue if you paste from word .... | null | null | 8,099 | 8,099 | null | [
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8,170 | comment | ced | 2007-04-02T10:05:47 | null | I thought that "discovered" was very ambiguous (was it intentional?)<p>I wanted to write something offbeat, like, "The Dawson City mayor stole cable TV for all its citizens in 1996" or "DNA-polymerase can synthesize 10000 nucleotides/second" (I can't find the actual number on the net, but it's crazy high)<p>I solved the problem by not applying at all. | null | null | 8,123 | 8,123 | null | null | null | null |
8,171 | comment | MEHOM | 2007-04-02T10:09:25 | null | There is great knowledge in the classics. Patterns of human nature always repeat. WhenI know the mind of the other person, I know who their allies are. I also know their team and the position they stand in. Now take this point of view and apply it in your software app. It is a paraphrase from Sunzi AoW Chapter 3. | null | null | 8,123 | 8,123 | null | null | null | null |
8,172 | comment | MEHOM | 2007-04-02T10:19:24 | null | Those who want to work for a startup (that has a great idea), has the aspiration to either make headlines or create history. | null | null | 8,108 | 8,108 | null | null | null | null |
8,173 | comment | MEHOM | 2007-04-02T10:19:58 | null | Team Collaborative Strategy that is above technology, distance and project culture. | null | null | 8,105 | 7,950 | null | [
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8,174 | comment | MEHOM | 2007-04-02T10:22:32 | null | Focus on the problem of a particular marketing niche
Explain the causes of it
Present your solution
(1) the origins of it
(2) the technical benefits
(3) general benefits in terms of global marketplace and how do you and your solution fit into the big picture. | null | null | 8,127 | 8,127 | null | null | null | null |
8,175 | comment | rms | 2007-04-02T10:49:20 | null | Hey, props for being the only one trying to solve the usability problems inherent in today's computers.<p> | null | null | 8,145 | 8,145 | null | null | null | null |
8,176 | comment | rms | 2007-04-02T10:50:29 | null | <a href="http://www.jitterbug.com/">http://www.jitterbug.com/</a><p>Jitterbug phones is a MVNO with a custom-made Samsung phone that is really just a phone. | null | null | 8,139 | 8,123 | null | null | null | null |
8,177 | comment | volida | 2007-04-02T10:50:38 | null | maybe they are preparing us for the electronic paper
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper</a> | null | null | 7,954 | 7,954 | null | null | null | null |
8,178 | comment | MEHOM | 2007-04-02T10:51:16 | null | The skill begins by defining the core points of the problem.
Then delineating the critical path to the core center of the problem.
Problem solving and trouble shooting are two skills many ppl lack. | null | null | 2,367 | 2,367 | null | null | null | null |
8,179 | story | usablecontent | 2007-04-02T11:03:00 | Startup Meme: Topix Becomes a Socially Editable Online NewsPaper | null | http://startupmeme.com/2007/04/02/topix-becomes-a-socially-editable-online-newspaper/ | 1 | null | 8,179 | 0 | null | null | null |
8,180 | story | usablecontent | 2007-04-02T11:05:20 | Google Joins DoubleClick Bid | null | http://www.startupmeme.com/2007/04/02/google-joins-doubleclick-bid | 1 | null | 8,180 | 0 | null | null | null |
8,181 | comment | ced | 2007-04-02T11:25:34 | null | What project do you have in mind? | null | null | 8,043 | 8,043 | null | null | null | null |
8,182 | story | mattculbreth | 2007-04-02T11:33:46 | Will DRM die today? | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/02/will-drm-die-today/ | 2 | null | 8,182 | 0 | null | null | null |
8,183 | comment | sharpshoot | 2007-04-02T11:37:22 | null | If you read founders at work, sabeer bhatia of hotmail argues that DFJ claim they came up with the concept. I wonder if this is true :)
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8,184 | story | usablecontent | 2007-04-02T11:50:23 | Startup Meme: The Empire of DRM is Falling, EMI First Soldier Down | null | http://startupmeme.com/2007/04/02/the-empire-of-drm-is-falling-emi-first-soldier-down/ | 5 | null | 8,184 | 0 | null | null | null |
8,185 | comment | guyinblackshirt | 2007-04-02T12:01:07 | null | hey i could use an invite too!.......
[email protected]<p>thanks in advance if you are reading this :)
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8,186 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-02T12:33:14 | null | Well - I took your advice aglarond and applied anyway. :)
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8,187 | comment | brlewis | 2007-04-02T12:59:25 | null | Code generation...isn't that what macros are for? | null | null | 8,151 | 8,151 | null | [
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8,188 | comment | brlewis | 2007-04-02T13:04:47 | null | "Groups that submit early have a slight advantage because we have more time to read their applications."<p><a href="http://ycombinator.com/s2007.html">http://ycombinator.com/s2007.html</a>
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8,189 | story | usablecontent | 2007-04-02T13:05:48 | Startup Meme: Slashdot Tries to Clone Digg Once Again | null | http://startupmeme.com/2007/04/02/slashdot-tries-to-clone-digg-once-again/ | 1 | null | 8,189 | 0 | null | null | null |
8,190 | comment | nostrademons | 2007-04-02T13:06:59 | null | One of my cofounders came up with our answer:<p>"In 2005, Matt discovered the best way to deal with Nigerian 413-scams on CraigsList: when someone offers thousands of dollars for your stereo via some phony money-wiring organization, just request a receiver-pays-shipping slip and FedEx them 40 pounds of bricks." | null | null | 8,123 | 8,123 | null | null | null | null |
8,191 | comment | volida | 2007-04-02T13:11:24 | null | <a href="http://www.futuroscope.com/eng/attraction-cosmos.php">http://www.futuroscope.com/eng/attraction-cosmos.php</a><p>I had the chance while in France to visit Futuroscope by luck. When I found my self in this Cosmos attraction, a huge sphere room watching the universe as a spectator like you are among the stars, has caused me one of the most undescribable, fascinating feelings in my life.<p>I advice it highly, if you ever find your self in France, go to Futuroscope!
Most of the attractions are in AMAZING 3D! | null | null | 8,136 | 8,123 | null | null | null | null |
8,192 | story | jkush | 2007-04-02T13:11:45 | Is there a common theme in the submitted YC apps? In other words, does YC get a good sense of what's brewing in the startup world? | null | 5 | null | 8,192 | 3 | [
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8,193 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-02T13:15:17 | null | I ask because I think it would be fascinating to just read through all the submissions! | null | null | 8,192 | 8,192 | null | [
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8,194 | story | veritas | 2007-04-02T13:20:19 | Seth's Blog: Digital realities | null | http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/04/digital_realiti.html | 1 | null | 8,194 | 0 | null | null | null |
8,195 | comment | jkush | 2007-04-02T13:22:06 | null | Looking up at the nigkt sky has that effect on me too. What makes it worse is that whenever I mention it to anyone else they clearly don't understand why. | null | null | 8,136 | 8,123 | null | null | null | null |
8,196 | comment | jadams | 2007-04-02T13:29:06 | null | Isn't that a bad thing? | null | null | 8,129 | 8,129 | null | null | null | null |
8,197 | comment | whacked_new | 2007-04-02T13:29:41 | null | Not sure if it would ever appear among YC apps, but you could probably make a very appealing submission by devising a way to give eye massages from the computer monitor. :) | null | null | 8,193 | 8,192 | null | [
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8,198 | comment | dawie | 2007-04-02T13:36:29 | null | I am going fo RightCart. I argree that I can change later. Thanks for your feedback and ideas. | null | null | 8,141 | 8,060 | null | [
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8,199 | story | aglarond | 2007-04-02T13:36:40 | Venture Capital Deal Algebra | null | http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/000097.html | 1 | null | 8,199 | 0 | null | null | null |
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