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by jpark 13y ago
Just curious. Did the author get the proper permissions to use the MBTA logo in his map? It would be ironic if the map itself violated MBTA IP.
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by jpark 14y ago
Definitely need a clarification. By comparison, Supercell which has the #1 top grossing app (Clash of Clans) and #4 top grossing app (Hay Day) was reported to have $15M in gross monthly revenue, which is far less than Vesterbacka's statemen
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by jpark 14y ago
Yes, that is why it is very difficult to get a change of venue out of the Eastern District. That's just one of the reasons why ED Texas is so deadly. Others: In the ED, it is extremely difficult to get a motion to stay pending review of the
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by jpark 14y ago
It's the result of an incredible bd and ad sales team. If you look at the senior team, esp in sales, it's a lot of very senior CNET veterans who took along most of their experience and contacts from CNET to Meebo. This is not something dupl
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by jpark 15y ago
Shouldn't you narrow down "build a big business charging consumers"? Even in just digital goods, there are general software companies (Microsoft, Intuit, McAfee), gaming companies (Zynga, EA, Valve), online dating companies (Match, Eharmony
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by jpark 16y ago
Actually, at very high volumes (where the non-recurring engineering cost is sufficiently amortized), the larger equivalent component is more expensive, since you are using more material to manufacture the component. Obviously, other factors
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by jpark 16y ago
Even with that definition, there was Shozu, which was founded in 2001 and raised over $36M. At least by 2005, they had significant traction with their mobile photo sharing tools.
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by jpark 16y ago
close. Lucky Goldstar
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by jpark 16y ago
I would totally disagree that the theory is sound. The fact wrist-based actigraphy correlates at all with REM phases is not scientifically validated in any robust way.
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by jpark 16y ago
videoegg
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by jpark 16y ago
mint.com is/was another one
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by jpark 16y ago
linkedin, hulu, rapleaf, flixster, zillow
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by jpark 16y ago
I'm not entirely convinced that "society starts conditioning for gender roles very early". You'd have to show me hard data. On the other hand, there is fascinating evidence to prove the reverse: Case in point is David Reimer, who received t
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by jpark 16y ago
Many companies would find similar behavior among their employees to be unethical and cause for termination. For instance, large retailers have strict gift rules in place so that suppliers cannot "bribe" the retail buyers to get their stuff
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by jpark 16y ago
Here's one tragic result of forced gender assignment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Reimer plus anecdotes from friends and family: ""When I say there was nothing feminine about Brenda," brother Brian Reimer later recalled, "I mean th
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by jpark 16y ago
What's sad is that the longest comment thread in that post was about Java vs other languages. Not getting into analysis paralysis about technology is probably another lesson to insert into that post.
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by jpark 16y ago
posting this as an example of highly misguided thinking. though I am curious about "Three-fourths of executives at venture capital-backed startups say patents are vital to getting financing, according to the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey". Wh
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Inventing Our Way Out of Joblessness(nytimes.com)
3 points by jpark 16y ago|1 comments
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by jpark 16y ago
"Regardless, in the end a judge is going to be asked if a $1,000 passive investment really should be worth billions of dollars in 6 years. The answer to that question in our country is 'no.'" I would hope that in this country, if the invest
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by jpark 16y ago
If you can make the cut at a top investment bank, hedge fund, PE firm, etc, it's fairly trivial to accumulate $1M in liquid assets after 10 years of work. Much much easier than trying to sell your startup for > $1M.
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by jpark 16y ago
Since that quote is straight from the 1984 commercial, I guess I am learning from the master of hyperbole and reality distortion himself.
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by jpark 16y ago
sorry, most of that early work was done by Woz. please demonstrate any significant code written or schematics created by Jobs.
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by jpark 16y ago
Btw, it's this type of close-mindedness and insularity that leads to tremendous abuses in society. Witness the Catholic abuse scandals. Can one criticize the Church without being a member or part of its leadership structure or even without
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by jpark 16y ago
hmm...ok, so a political dissident can't criticize a brutal dicatorship because he's never created a brutal dictatorship before?
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by jpark 16y ago
We already know how much Steve likes the use of "freedom from"... "We have created for the first time in all history a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests of any contradictory true thoughts." Yes, Ste
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by jpark 16y ago
and what has Steve Jobs literally made himself as opposed to telling others what to make? Jobs has made less than probably most people on HN. Let's hear it for the countless thousands of engineers and designers who break their backs for
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by jpark 16y ago
I would say any startup CEO worth their salt. and most cases, esp on HN, they're actually involved in building it, not just telling people that it must be built.
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by jpark 16y ago
If we follow that train of thought further... Guess which will have the majority of apps and developers? unless it becomes way too hard to target a sizable chunk of the Android market due to hardware spec fragmentation.
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by jpark 16y ago
"Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory
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by jpark 18y ago
Sorry, but IBM is one of the largest patent trolls in the world. You just don't hear about it because they target corporations who don't have an extensive IP portfolio to fight back with and cross license. Here's what's happened at the comp

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