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by zio99 13y ago
Hi Kevin, Thank you for your feedback. The '^' was meant to reveal a translation feature that I was working on, but I suppose 'Open All' would be a more worthwhile feature to implement. The markdown on HN makes it a litt
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by zio99 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I'll probably open source it at some point. Right now, the components are somewhat tightly coupled.
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by zio99 13y ago
I worked on a similar app [1] and it runs as a standalone web app on the iOS homescreen as well. A couple of things that I love about it: 1. I've done away with a lot of the features the OP has - such as comments (unless it'
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by zio99 14y ago
Refreshing indeed to see a hacker talk about faith. I was talking to a friend the other day that said the Devil had internet from the start; but it's only now that we see blogs pop up on faith. So thank you Paul for this. Also, being the to
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by zio99 14y ago
+1. How long did development take you? Mind sharing what you learnt in a blog post? Thanks!
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by zio99 14y ago
Well, let's not be so quick to judge - maybe they used the same themeforest template, or hired the same designer through YC - they are both YC after all.
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by zio99 14y ago
PG said it: A startup is too much work for one person. http://ycombinator.com/faq.html
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by zio99 14y ago
Kudos to aditya, jay, mike and all who helped out at UWaterloo. Fun fact: They went through Velocity here first - never underestimate the power of tractions guys. Congrats!
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by zio99 14y ago
Generalists
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by zio99 14y ago
Specialists
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by zio99 14y ago
Have you had any experience in sales? If so, you could title it "What Sales taught me" as my response to your post here: http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/36886657978/sales +1 for giving sales people some overdue respect. I too feel
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by zio99 14y ago
Ashton, I appreciate your thoughts on this subject - I've been meaning to write about it for a while, and just posted my response here: http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/36816740387/power Not to side-track from programming language
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by zio99 14y ago
It seems there's a huge opening in the market to make an end-to-end publishing solution. We're all taking this scrappy approach* to making our books work cross-device. It's something I'd gladly pay for. *I wrote about my pipeline here: htt
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by zio99 14y ago
Well then, to play devil's advocate, there's this - How to interview a VC: http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/27080999978/intervie...
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by zio99 14y ago
Also related: Map of accelerators around the world: http://god.dinopost.com/fullscreen.php?layer=1 Based on the post of Silicon Valley Economics here: http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/27052637228/silicon-...
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by zio99 14y ago
+1. Thanks for sharing the links. The one I stumbled on a couple of months ago that seemed to cover all the bases was this one: http://jonpolygon.com/2011/07/guide-to-naming-your-startup/ Might want to add that one to the list (I'm not af
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by zio99 14y ago
+1 Pretty cool. I wanted to work on something similar using synonyms. Also liking the Google Ventures-esque pillow background. And the load on scroll. Care to share your behind-the-scenes with the HN community? Doesn't seem to be using a th
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by zio99 14y ago
Gravity. Score decreases over time, so interesting news bubble up, and older/no-longer-relevant news gradually decline. (= gravity* 1.8 timebase* 120 front-threshold* 1 nourl-factor* .4 lightweight-factor* .17 gag-factor* .1)
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by zio99 14y ago
+1 Thanks for sharing. Regarding the language of choice, I think there's some Scala, Erlang and other frameworks in the mix at either party. I think it depends on whether you're working on core products, or the duct tape that you mentioned.
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by zio99 14y ago
Hey! Thank you! Really appreciate it, put a lot of effort in to writing it, and I hope you enjoy reading it. If you have any questions, feedback, comments, or even wanna bounce ideas off me, and have me play devil's advocate, I'd be more th
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by zio99 14y ago
Purchased! Kudos to PragProg for putting this collection together, I'm a huge fan. Likewise, my book's on sale as well, as a loving ode to Turkey! For those applying to YC, the book's based on conversations I've had with startup founders he
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Black Friday Deal: Ice Cream Startups Book(startupframework.tumblr.com)
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by zio99 14y ago
I'm curious: where would Pinterest be on this graph? If Microsoft was for a few 1000 users, and if the best ideas are "organic," would Pinterest be bookmarking naturally "evolved" or did it pivot to a website for curation, sharing with like
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by zio99 14y ago
Once again, not to step on TL;DR, but since most commenting here are saying that curation is not scalable or sustainable, I wanted to present it in this way: Phase 1: The MVP of a news aggregator should be a curated/editorial like tradition
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by zio99 14y ago
I supposed "newly laid pipes" would offend you as well. Well, let's sign a petition to the Times of Malta to change their offensive wording. </sarc> Source: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121026/local/Cou...
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by zio99 14y ago
It's not crass, nor is it discriminatory. Laying out a circuit is the equivalent of getting it fabricated. Terminology is used at AMD every time a chip is shipped/sent to pre-fab/taped-out/laid/fabbed/traced/etc: Sources: [1] PCB layout: h
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by zio99 14y ago
Congrats to Zak and the team at Upverter!
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by zio99 14y ago
rys, what are using for your blog's backend? octopress? jekyll?
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by zio99 14y ago
Garbage in, Garbage out. Max your software (usually this is 80% to prevent clipping and distortion), then attenuate speakers to 50% (analog boost is much worse than digital as it raises the noise floor). Source: Mixing at studios for last 1
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To survive, genes pick up new skills(futurity.org)
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