kshcho

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by kshcho 15y ago
at first, i also thought it was stupid that they required you to tether it to a blackberry. then i realized that i kind of like that fact that you don't need to buy two $80 / month data plans (though tethering a blackberry by bluetooth kill
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by kshcho 15y ago
Sorry for the broken link, and thanks for looking out. Should be fixed now.
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by kshcho 15y ago
Interesting point - the "friend ranking" numbers are different when I checked Mozilla vs. Chrome. In Mozilla, the first person ranked was at -6.2650374; on Chrome, it was -7.2581474 (I go back and forth with this person quite a bit). Also,
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by kshcho 15y ago
hey, really appreciate the feedback. we're working hard on it and it'll be out in the next few weeks. if you want to see more on what we're about and what we're doing, check out our blog at http://midtownrow.com/blog . if there are any coo
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by kshcho 15y ago
Agreed that (1) is not by definition intelligence gathering. It's a fine line, but it should be pretty clear if you reflect carefully on what was asked. Using finance as an example (since veyron mentioned it), it's one thing to ask an inter
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by kshcho 15y ago
I'm just throwing this out there, but is there a way to make it such that other people congratulate you? people already do this on facebook (e.g., weddings, babies, graduations, new jobs, etc.), so you might have some adoption issues, but t
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by kshcho 15y ago
I think AMC's doing something along these lines, where people with their loyalty card get deals on concessions. They probably throw in a free ticket after several visits. I think I remember hearing some doing packages (e.g., tickets + popco
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by kshcho 15y ago
So basically, as a customer, you'd have to assume you're going to 4-7 movies per month to break even on this (depending on how much movies cost in your area - $6.50 matinees or $13+ a ticket in Manhattan). A bunch of mid-2000s polls suggest
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by kshcho 15y ago
While "cold calls" with strangers sometimes do work out, I've found one way to form productive mentoring relationships is to start with people you have some connection to - that could include teachers (e.g., if there is one, the comp sci te
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by kshcho 15y ago
I won't say it's common practice, but I'm aware of people at a few companies (not just startups, but some Fortune 500 ones as well) who use "interviews" to gather competitive intelligence and ideas. Given your (1), it sounds like you might
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by kshcho 15y ago
At first, I was going to say it's tiny relative to the overall DoD budget... but if true, it's actually pretty ridiculous: - 0.5% of the US federal budget overall (including entitlement programs) - 3-4% of the overall defense budget - More
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by kshcho 15y ago
i realize this might be a bit of an experiment here, but i think it would be really cool if i could get an hour with a YC alum, for example, to get their feedback on my business plan. whether it's a call or just sitting down to get coffee (
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by kshcho 15y ago
pretty funny - i'd like to see the data cut by box office, since some people have consistently made terrible movies but those movies may have made a lot of money. of course, you'd get a bunch of random people who no one knows because they'r
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by kshcho 15y ago
for this to be remotely useful and interesting, you do need some critical mass of people interested in discussing these topics. i'm sure you've thought of these already, but if i were you'd, i'd ping every legislator i could about the site