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by backspace 13y ago
There's Even on Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prasio.eve... ) which uses powers of 2. It's really addictive!
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by backspace 14y ago
Sure, you can be a good manager and write great code at the same time. But not on the same project or company. Maybe your pet project outside of work or an open source project. To be clear, I'm making a distinction between a great tech lead
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by backspace 14y ago
Step back from the marketing speak hyperbole and read that last sentence again. All you're saying is that "this app lets you take a picture and print it".
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by backspace 14y ago
Ever read Techcrunch?
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by backspace 14y ago
5 people in a small startup and not many mainstream users. It's very much early adopter.
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by backspace 14y ago
Simply put: that's a risk you take for being an early adopter. Deal with it, there's a good chance it will happen with any/all early adoption startup products out there.
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by backspace 14y ago
Actually, there is no risk at all (if you know what's behind the covers). She is stagnating at Google. She had high ranking high influence positions at Google but over the years has been relegated to a position that has little visibility an
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by backspace 14y ago
I'm sorry but I find it so hilarious. I worked at Yahoo and Google both. I know both their cultures (and especially the culture at Yahoo after all the good engineers left). IMHO, she is status quo - no different than the horrible string of
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by backspace 14y ago
Wow, haven't read such a vaporware article in awhile. The author promises a "I'm going to change 30+ years of email UI/UX" and instead proposes 4 different labels and a workflow that works for him. Yup, you revolutionalized email alright.
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by backspace 14y ago
Sure, I understand you now. You're taking the content-centric approach vs. the social-centric approach. Which I guess should have been your question all along if you were adding the +1 button in the first place? In your specific case, it so
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by backspace 14y ago
I don't understand your logic here. If your site deals with a niche subject, wouldn't you want Google to recommend more in-site links to your visitors (especially ones you care enough to +1 your content)? Basically, Google is enabling you t
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by backspace 14y ago
I'm so fortunate that I don't know anyone who needs a wheelchair. There's no market for that kind of useless thing really. Aren't crutches enough?
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by backspace 14y ago
Adding to what you said, someone who discovers, attempts and solves this solution is already better than 70% of the programmers out there. They show promise of being motivated to crack a puzzle that robs them of their sleep, and take the ti
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by backspace 14y ago
While your pitch deck is beautiful (no argument here), your usability is less than average. If those navigational elements are meant to be sections, why do you not support back/forward navigation? As an investor, these sorts of omissions ma
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by backspace 14y ago
This is exactly why I both love and fear the power of Kickstarter. It enables half-thought out ideas (claimed as "projects") to have a way to sucker good people out of their money.
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by backspace 14y ago
Couldn't agree with you more. I can't even fathom how ludicrous this idea is. What possible reason is there for a language to have a TLD? Let's make custom TLDs for .py, .java, .c, .h, .php... really? Really?
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by backspace 14y ago
This is Hacker News. Where hard working entrepreneurs look for advice, hope, reality checks, and support. Yes, Facebook has wildly exceeded what most people expected. But to build a social honey pot isn't to inspire other hackers/entreprene
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by backspace 14y ago
A great engineer is superior to an average engineer mostly due to their communication skills.
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by backspace 14y ago
Usual practice in most companies. It protects them from exactly these sorts of things. Most companies that have this agreement in place also have a similar agreement when joining the company that if you forego signing the exit agreement, yo
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by backspace 14y ago
Yes, debt can be (and usually is) zeroed out when you leave a company. As I explained in another comment, most companies (don't know about Miso) make you sign an agreement during your exit interview that the company does not owe you anythin
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by backspace 14y ago
I agree with your central theme that more data is better. That's why as I suggested, he should have handled it on his own and taken legal action against them, so that there was a clear legal record of such behavior by Miso.
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by backspace 14y ago
No they cannot refuse to send him his last paycheck. I can't speak for the paperwork involved when leaving Miso, but most companies make you sign an agreement (often in the exit interview) that you are not entitled to/owed anything more tha
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by backspace 14y ago
Your stance is very black or white - either you're for the employee or you're a founder. I don't think it's quite that clear. As an employee, I wholeheartedly agree that he should have been paid if he had some written form of agreement (ema
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by backspace 14y ago
I disagree. Handling things professionally and keeping people honest are two different things. There is no "service to the SV community" that this guy is doing by airing dirty laundry. If you've been wronged by your former company, handle i
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by backspace 14y ago
VC's are working for their investors, and this startup is probably more apt for Kickstarter funding. But my salient point is that average consumers cannot and usually will not do their due diligence on whether the people who are raising the
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by backspace 14y ago
Never argued that Kickstarter is a bad thing. Like I said originally, it is a very good thing and as you stated, it is great for certain types of projects (too small for VC's, not large enough return, etc.) VC's have to judge if there's a m
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by backspace 14y ago
I humbly offer a contrary view. It's the fashionable thing to joke about VC's making wrong investments, investments at bubble prices, not knowing what they are doing, etc. But let's face it, it's their job to make sound investments. Sure, t
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by backspace 14y ago
Don't quite follow the logic in your argument here. Correlation != Causation failure?
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by backspace 14y ago
You can try to make it easier (probably a UX challenge) but most people don't take the time to be meticulous with setting up their filters. e.g. Gmail filters, Twitter lists, etc.
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by backspace 14y ago
Yeah, let's make things more complicated yaay! Filters, and more filters - now I have to remember exactly which one does what. Stop thinking like an engineer and think like a non-technical common user.

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