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by humj 15y ago
just to provide even more context. In our previous system, you entered your email to be in our beta queue. You could enter 3 of your friends' emails to move up the queue. Pretty standard stuff. We didn't think much of it. In our last HN pos
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by humj 15y ago
really good point, lots of room for optimization
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by humj 15y ago
haha good job stanton. obfuscate probably would have added 30 seconds to the time it would take to hack it. If we really wanted to make it more robust, we would have added a validation to the score, a validation ensuring that time had passe
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by humj 15y ago
We're working hard to get there!
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by humj 15y ago
Hey Bobby, so made the share on facebook checkbox more visible. Also, clicking out of the modal now automatically unchecks that box. The only time it will share now is if you click "Done", with the checkbox checked, in which case, it should
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by humj 15y ago
Hey bomatson.There actually is a checkbox right under the done button to not post on FB. I think a lot of times, people just click out without looking at the modal. The whole doning and wanting experience is definitely something we're looki
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by humj 15y ago
Thanks, we changed it
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by humj 15y ago
I think you've highlighted one of the difficulties in this space. Nowadays, a lot of people expect any new ecommerce site to be some sort of deals site. It has become the default and you actually have to do work to show that you're not a de
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by humj 15y ago
I'm aware these may not be your intentions, as I stated in my post. I'm saying, be sure to step outside and think honestly about how it comes across to someone who isn't familiar with your or your business.
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by humj 15y ago
You mention a "big idea" and use the startup "team" rhetoric, but that's all par for the course. Think about all the signals you're giving off. Others have mentioned here already what the NDA signals. Contract-based pricing and vague equity
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by humj 15y ago
A few people here mentioned that their online giveaways didn't convert well. You may think, "who wouldn't try out my cool new app for a chance to win an ipad right?" But consider how this may read to your potential new users, "So they want
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by humj 15y ago
I think what you're talking about is graphics rather than design. To me, design is the umbrella term encompassing UX, UI and graphics. so I'll rephrase the question: Do graphics matter? While it may not the biggest part of design, graphics
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by humj 15y ago
The zone is something I'm very familiar with and have been aware of for a long time, even before programming. To me, the zone is a product, not only of complex problem-solving, but also, high creativity (but perhaps these are one and the sa
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by humj 15y ago
NYC is becoming a great place to do a startup, but is NYC the next silicon valley? I'd say no (I'm a New Yorker). Silicon Valley has always been the place to run a techonology company. New York has always been about commerce, finance, fas
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by humj 15y ago
To be honest, I think your question should be "how to convey to YC that your TEAM is worth funding"
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by humj 15y ago
Karma is just a metric and should be treated as such. If someone is judging someone else by their karma score, that says more about the judger than the judgee.
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Am I the only one that thinks Color is #winning?
1 points by humj 15y ago|1 comments
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by humj 15y ago
I'm the same way. dual monitors are also a must for me. Coding on on screen and refreshing on the other and looking back to the code without losing my place is just much smoother than toggling/minimizing. Another thing is, with a laptop, ur
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by humj 16y ago
PG: Paul Graham I can't really answer that for you since I dont know your situation so I can only speak for myself. I'd try to find someone who's more than an "employee". I'd want someone that's as invested as I am.
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by humj 16y ago
I think most good investors will shy away from single founders for many justified reasons. PG writes a lot about it in his essays. actually, most people in this space who write, will have written about this, so I won't spell it all out. The
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by humj 16y ago
The answer to this will really depend on what you're building. If you're asking this question, then I assume community really important to you. The best communities are pretty good at moderating themselves. Take hackernews or reddit for exa
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by humj 16y ago
fun-fact, there was a site many many years ago, back in the days of dial-up modems.. It was called "crushlink" or something, which is exactly this sort of crush-matching by email since facebook wasn't around yet. It eventually died because
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by humj 16y ago
HN is a pretty good alternative.
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by humj 16y ago
Agreed. I think we might be talking semantics here. It just depends what you consider to be asking the users. The Henry Ford quote is just meant to say that you can't take advice from users literally because they'll only tell you what they'
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by humj 16y ago
That's not to say you shouldnt ask what they want. What you have to do as a visionary is to interpret their answers into what it is that they really need.
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by humj 16y ago
I'm an architect by day (like real buildings), and sketchup is used really heavily in my field, cuz it just works. The problem with more advanced software is that with large teams, you'll get different people working in different ways and i
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by humj 16y ago
Congrats, and a note about rejection: I see a lot here on HN, that people take a YC rejection to mean that YC doesnt think they'll succeed, and the outcome is.. quit or set out to prove them wrong. Perhaps when YC doesn't accept your applic
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by humj 16y ago
So what if you were lady gaga or something? Would she not be allowed to use quora without her real name? Or are fake names okay if you have celebrity status?
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The Internet as a microcosm of humanity?
1 points by humj 16y ago|0 comments
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by humj 16y ago
I think another important lesson here is that there's a big difference between putting in the time and putting in the work. In the comments, he says the website took the developers he hired about a month. He doesn't even seem to associate h

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