boringkyle

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by boringkyle 12y ago
This. Definitely. Physical activity helps me survive my days so much more than coffee does. Even just 10 minutes of core exercises can give you a huge boost that lasts longer than caffeine.
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by boringkyle 12y ago
[1] to escape the daily grind - consume information (news, downloading the top apps in the app store, HN, etc), help someone in need (volunteer at random soup kitchens), write (code and/or blog posts), play (drums and/or keyboards
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by boringkyle 13y ago
Premii's too slow for me. I use Dinopost - http://hn.dinopost.com/ . I like how you can change the text size for a small phone. And it's light-weight for mobile connections - caches all the front page articles so m
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by boringkyle 13y ago
Any way to file returns for the previous years?
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by boringkyle 13y ago
Love that you have a functional page and not another one of the launchrock sites I had to click through. One alumni told me that YC was all about picking billion dollar, not million dollar businesses. In that case, could you say juniper wou
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by boringkyle 13y ago
Judging from what I see here, most applicants sent in a landing page? Or was there more to it - any demos?
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by boringkyle 13y ago
Any rejectees in Toronto want to meet up for a mind meld this weekend?
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by boringkyle 13y ago
I agree, impressive landing page. Every application round I see someone as polished as this, and then realize to not take rejection to heart. Rejections, even at YC, will have their fair share of false positives.
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by boringkyle 13y ago
Context: We sent an application in for S12 and S13. Interesting that you mentioned "serious." Looking back I don't think I was a whole lot "serious" the last time I applied, but I think my application might have been better (see my comment
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by boringkyle 13y ago
We had 4 views from the west coast the day after we applied. Another 4 this week. Last time we applied, we got over 20. PG says they only look at the videos if the application seems promising. So I guess my application got worse?
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by boringkyle 14y ago
Sorry Isaac, but it was on a blog with much similar posts to yours and swombat's. Btw, one of my all time favourite posts actually is your "Two paths to greatness" one. +1 Thanks for that.
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Ask HN: Why the next Facebook won't come out of an accelerator
7 points by boringkyle 14y ago|2 comments
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by boringkyle 14y ago
The best advice I got was: 1. Never compare your beginning to someone else's middle http://www.lifewithoutpants.com/someone-elses-middle/ 2. Don't look to the past. It's all dead back there. Also, one way my accounting friend exp
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JAM With Chrome(jamwithchrome.com)
2 points by boringkyle 14y ago|0 comments
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by boringkyle 14y ago
Thanks. Any along the lines of Peter Norvig? That I can learn from: books, udacity videos, etc.
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Ask HN: Who are your programming heroes?
1 points by boringkyle 14y ago|2 comments
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by boringkyle 14y ago
I second that, and also think parenting is a big factor to blame.
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by boringkyle 14y ago
Does flux practice readable colors on their own website? It seems like they do - I just returned to HN from reading flux's pitch, and my eyes did not take too well to the higher contrast on HN. Can anyone confirm if the colors on their webs
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by boringkyle 14y ago
Did you just compare scrolling to a black swan? :-) A good effort, I didn't realize it was a pitch for the magicscroll extension till I read it a few times.
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by boringkyle 14y ago
also vidyard, kytephone and upverter
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by boringkyle 14y ago
Anyone got one for musicians?
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by boringkyle 14y ago
They look at: - qualities of the founder/team - the product you're pitching - traction (growth rate, # paying clients, etc) If you're at the idea stage, stress how you can monetize, and how much the costs are to get to a proof of
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Ask HN: Moved to Toronto from SF? Share your experience.
1 points by boringkyle 14y ago|0 comments
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by boringkyle 14y ago
Thanks. Sorry for the ignorance, but what do you mean by LOE?
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by boringkyle 14y ago
Thanks, I'm from Toronto. I was curious to see some comments before I constrained my question to the following. The site should, like HN, help you: - Keep up to date with industry news (e.g. record labels and producers would read it
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Ask HN: A Hacker News site for musicians?
5 points by boringkyle 14y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: What do designers do during hackathons?
6 points by boringkyle 14y ago|5 comments
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by boringkyle 14y ago
- What YC or any VC would love to see is traction. - If you have a simplified version of your idea that's functional, and solicit user feedback, take it from there. - Work at it during nights at first. - If your growth rate is
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by boringkyle 14y ago
I agree, like this bomberman-inspired HTML5 game: http://powderkeg.artillery.com/