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by suprasanna 11y ago
Here's another person who had a very cool implementation with the actual Amazon Dash button. They messed with it (software only) to track baby data! You could use the same method to track many other things if you got creative. https:&
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by suprasanna 11y ago
I think it's important to note this was from last October (2014). And here is somewhat of a response blog post from Suster (investor) around that time: http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2014/11/05/the-ca
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by suprasanna 11y ago
As a quick 'part answer' to your question, a lot of the reasoning behind so many rounds for many companies is actively choosing to stay unprofitable by pouring would-be profits (and new investment dollars) into gaining more custom
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by suprasanna 13y ago
I'm visiting India currently from the States and the biggest hurdle to launching delivery sort of services here must have been effecively locating homes. Addresses that most "western" countries consider expected (ex. 1 Apple Loop, City, Sta
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by suprasanna 13y ago
Agreed. Also part of the issue: staying up all night DOES impress (just not to professors aka no impact on your grade). Students stay up late with friends; complain about 90% of the time; plan fun stuff to do 'after they study'. And so, in
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by suprasanna 13y ago
I'd agree with you that not much can be done because it's not like education is advocating this take on studying per se, it's just a relic that gets passed down through the various waves of freshmen every year. To this end, for those so inc
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by suprasanna 13y ago
As a University student in the States, I can say that, other than academics themselves, this is mostly propagated by a "I slept fewer hours than you so clearly I work harder look at me and feel bad I'm so stressed kbye" mindset. I have seen
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by suprasanna 14y ago
The pro side to easier access to larger and larger audiences is the ability to find a niche audience (or have a niche audience find you via Twitter). This turns your 'boring' pursuit of mastery into something of interest, and maybe even gui
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by suprasanna 14y ago
For those that have been down the startup road before - should this focus also be reflected in the same proportions in your budget? Ex. Should 50%+ of a startup's budget be spent on user acquisition/trying new things to gain users + increas
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by suprasanna 14y ago
I'd argue that people generally have an underlying expectation that they'll be able to do far more on the internet with web apps than with physical mediums. If that is true, then having elements from the real world into web apps does prom
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by suprasanna 14y ago
Facebook has all the tools in place for sharing things perfectly and privately just as I would want and I know I can even customize them per piece of media I put out there. The problem I have is working through 500+ people and figuring out
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FDA.gov throwing an error - what is it?(fda.gov)
1 points by suprasanna 14y ago|0 comments
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by suprasanna 14y ago
dotmatrix22, I'd like to chat with you about how you're handling things - I'm working on a startup that is leveraging this in a similar way and I'd like to see if you can help us out as a consultant. Shoot me an email (under my profile).
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Backlash against Pinterest's new redesign(tcrn.ch)
1 points by suprasanna 15y ago|0 comments
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by suprasanna 15y ago
At some point, I had Reeder, Read it Later, Instapaper, Flipboard, Quora and Snackr that I was using to consume media on my iPhone. Needless to say - didn't work for long. After a ton of experimenting, I found a system that works well for m
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by suprasanna 15y ago
I worked with a few venture firms last summer and got to meet a lot of the entrepreneurs they've funded. Most of them were working out of a angel or seed round and all were being paid. The understanding is that you as the entrepreneur will
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by suprasanna 15y ago
As a student, I can say you're spot on with the first one. A huge challenge, to be sure because applications are scattered across the internet as PDF's, docs and outdated online forms. Still - if you could get even 50% of the legitimate sch
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by suprasanna 15y ago
Isn't twilio working on allowing web apps to receive MMS messages? I assumed this is what Chute is intending to do.
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by suprasanna 15y ago
I'm a little confused as to the Twilio reference. Does this mean Chute will allow users to MMS images to a phone number with a server backend?
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by suprasanna 15y ago
I've had this exact same issue - or at least used to. This is my way of dealing with it: Articles: Get Read it Later and install the FFX extension if that's your browser of choice. One click and it's accessible on your iPad or phone for rea
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by suprasanna 15y ago
On a slightly unrelated note: I love reading something linked from HN and then far later receiving a NY Times email alert about the same story. HN FTW.
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by suprasanna 15y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER Developer needed with expertise in: HTML5 Canvas, PhoneGap, MySQL familiarity, Javascript and CSS familiarity. 5 month timeframe for initial project; leading to a long term development job if successful. We're a VC backed
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by suprasanna 15y ago
You bring up some good points with the parallels in the brain however I think more is lost in the exposure to different experiences that you simply can't replicate online. For most, it'll be difficult to differentiate between things (physic
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by suprasanna 15y ago
Might want to fix that to *tumblr or readers may not upvote. Interesting article though, Tumblr will likely use the "I'm not accountable for our users' content" argument to get out of any lawsuits aimed at them.
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by suprasanna 15y ago
The connection was reset is the error I'm repeatedly getting. FF, Safari, Chrome on OS X. First time FB has been down this widespread?
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by suprasanna 15y ago
Wait. Performance decreases are not worth the useless Mission Control.
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by suprasanna 15y ago
As you point out, the issue is that the UPO doesn't enforce that as rigidly as it should (or maybe, is reasonable to expect). As tjr pointed out in a separate thread, 'This American Life' did a great piece on software patents specifically,
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by suprasanna 15y ago
I don't see how this isn't a bigger issue or hasn't been brought to light. As I understand it, large corporations (or anyone with the money, really) can simply file patents for future products they predict will come to market and then sue s
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Ask HN: Help me be a better CEO - I need to learn the tech.
1 points by suprasanna 15y ago|1 comments
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by suprasanna 15y ago
totally agreed, you can't underestimate the importance of an alumni network and lessons from past years - advantages that make HBS v. TS a meaningless comparison in terms of success output.

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