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Ask PG/HN: Is it bad form to mail YC with new info about application?
10 points by subhash 15y ago|4 comments
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Ask HN: Are ImagineK12 invites out yet?
1 points by subhash 15y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Did you get a confirmation for your ImagineK12 application?
1 points by subhash 15y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Tools for recording product ideas
14 points by subhash 17y ago|23 comments
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by subhash 17y ago
I had similar grudges about my school, but money and location didn't favor me, so I just bore it grudgingly. From what I have heard about the US, I am assuming the following might actually be possible: - Convince your school to miss classes
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by subhash 17y ago
"What chance has she .. in understanding and possibly rejecting religious dogma when she can't do the same with obvious nonsense like tooth fairies"
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by subhash 17y ago
They are resenting the fact that you are an outlier, a 'free spirit' and even if you had succeeded in your startup, they wouldn't see the relevance of that success to a (seemingly boring) desk job. UK companies read a lot 'between the lines
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by subhash 18y ago
Dying languages seldom get the attention that monuments and historical artifacts do even though they are more indicative of history and culture
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by subhash 18y ago
Aim for mediocrity because you'll pretty much get there anyway. And restrain your kids so they don't think big. Perfect recipes for a boring life.
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by subhash 18y ago
You seem to be considering only cities in the US because it doesn't seem practical to ask startups to move across countries, especially if they are very different. As a corollary, a city might benefit instead by exploiting the local peculia
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by subhash 18y ago
When a good startup compares two funding offers, it does not automatically pick the one that gives the highest valuation. It has to consider the other intangibles like VC advice, contacts, good PR etc. Given this, a city offering just money
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by subhash 18y ago
It seems funny to me that he chose to discuss the technology behind the voice synthesis as that seems to weaken his argument. It is clear that the audio experience (the effects to make it sound like a human voice) is largely a result of the
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Ask HN: I want to make a webapp. Where do I start?
14 points by subhash 19y ago|34 comments
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How Not to Die(paulgraham.com)
169 points by subhash 19y ago|143 comments
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Perils of Credentialism(blogs.adventnet.com)
12 points by subhash 19y ago|7 comments
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by subhash 19y ago
Hee. I guess I do lag. Which is the equivalent Web 2.0 site?
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Easiest way to create cool logos(cooltext.com)
4 points by subhash 19y ago|8 comments
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by subhash 19y ago
Do you mean YCombinator should come to India? Or have such a phenomenon work in India? Personally, I think angel funding is not very relevant in India because the startup costs are extremely low. Also, VCs are not as prevalent as in the US
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by subhash 19y ago
Include the wife as a co-founder? :) I am trying that, and the biggest advantage I can see is that our interests and intentions are more aligned than can be with other co-founders.
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by subhash 19y ago
That is encouraging. If folks with no previous design experience (assuming) can dish out beautiful html and css, that is indeed encouraging to the rest of us :) Any pointers to templates or design guides?
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The websites of all the YC companies look similar. Have they all been worked on by the same designer?
10 points by subhash 19y ago|10 comments