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by richerd 13y ago
While its true for a lot of Bitcoin users, one of our goals was to make bitcoin more accessible to the public and the average person who is interested in bitcoin but doesn't quite know how to get started. We are using Facebook as a tru
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by richerd 13y ago
I had some super interesting housing arrangements the whole time I was there. One of the more interesting ones... http://richerd.com/2011/09/03/sleeping-on-the-streets-of-kua...
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by richerd 13y ago
I occasionally did some consulting jobs. Put it this way, some people make about $500 a month in Malaysia (which is more than enough to survive comfortably on). When you charge $100+ an hour you can make more in a day than the locals make i
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by richerd 14y ago
I probably shouldn't say yet, suit is still ongoing and isn't settled yet.
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by richerd 14y ago
- PairMixer - http://pairmixer.com - Find someone to Pair with (got sued for this one had to take it down) - Sink or Ship - http://sinkorship.com - Ship Your Project In Time, Or Else...
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The £10 cardboard bicycle you can ride in the rain(dailymail.co.uk)
3 points by richerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by richerd 14y ago
Just got my HM in my in box, and as always it looks beautiful. Congrats on the two year milestone :)
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by richerd 14y ago
dcovery.com looks promising, but its not released yet.
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by richerd 14y ago
Sadly no, I had to adjust the ship time. bearwithclaws is now $5 richer. But we shipped!
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by richerd 14y ago
Then you beat the system :) but then why pledge yourself in the first place?
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by richerd 14y ago
thats a great idea. We are just testing the concept out right and scratching our own itch/problem. Figured $5 was the simplest thing we could do to start.
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by richerd 14y ago
We had a few ideas on how to iterate from here. a kick-starter model is something we considered, but wanted to start with something really small for people to try out first.
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by richerd 14y ago
Starting is easy, shipping is hard. I have a folder on my computer with a number of unfinished/unshipped projects. We created Sink or Ship to address the problem of following though and shipping what you started. http://imgur.com/BdtwZ
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Show HN: Sink or Ship - ship your project in time, or else...(sinkorship.com)
94 points by richerd 14y ago|40 comments
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by richerd 14y ago
Today is a bad day to ask PG. YC interviews just started.
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Ask HN: How many project have you started but haven't shipped?
9 points by richerd 14y ago|10 comments
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by richerd 14y ago
In the Menu, Product > Archive. If you want to distribute your application you'll need to make sure that its properly code signed. And checkout Testflight https://testflightapp.com/ they have lots of resources on how to build and dis
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Ask PG: Interview advice for no idea applicants?
6 points by richerd 14y ago|0 comments
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Snapstagram, like PicPlum (YC S11) but just for Instagram(kickstarter.com)
2 points by richerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by richerd 14y ago
They detected my fake Facebook profile http://imgur.com/CCPUU
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How We Built and Launched PairMixer(pairmixer.com)
31 points by richerd 14y ago|8 comments
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PairMixer Lets You Thumbkiss a Stranger (betabeat.com)
3 points by richerd 14y ago|0 comments
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by richerd 14y ago
The problem is that we launched on HackerNews which generally has a more Male audience. We are going to try to get more females on PairMixer though other channels.
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by richerd 14y ago
Thanks, how about access to your API :)
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by richerd 14y ago
False. Everyone on the site is real.
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by richerd 14y ago
thanks for the feedback. Editing your personal profile is a requirement after signing up, if you would like to view other members. As for the leading questions great suggestion, our goal for launching was just to get things going first.
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by richerd 14y ago
it was a placeholder. We fixed it.
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by richerd 14y ago
No its not a real testimonial. Thanks for the heads up. It was left over from our designs. We've changed it.
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by richerd 14y ago
After Pair was released, I wanted try this "thumbkiss" thing to see what it was all about. The problem was I had no one to pair with. So I figured hey wouldn’t it be fun to create directory of singles to pair with, and so I created PairMixe
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by richerd 14y ago
I wanted to try Pair to see what this "thumbkiss" thing was all about. The problem was I had no one to pair with. So I figured hey wouldn’t it be fun to create directory of singles for people to pair with, and so I created PairMixer over th

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