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2,301	2,290	jwecker	Founders: How many startups have you been a part of?	omarish	That I'm still proud of?http://www.samaritan.com/http://costco.emailcopkids.com/http://www.lp-hawaii.com/Nothing sexy. And let's see, at least 3 or 4 flops (thankfully I wasn't too far along before discovering they were flops).	null	0	5	2007-03-05 07:40:31 UTC
2,348	2,290	alexwg	Founders: How many startups have you been a part of?	omarish	Books on Poster -- http://www.booksonposter.com Wikiosity -- http://www.wikiosity.com	null	1	5	2007-03-05 15:21:20 UTC
3,892	3,891	sharpshoot	How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?	sharpshoot	I know pollground decided to go back to school after getting y combinator funding	null	4	15	2007-03-13 15:36:42 UTC
3,901	3,891	pg	How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?	sharpshoot	Going back to school is not identical with giving up. Some founders go back to school and keep working on the startup while there. However, those do so much worse than the people who work on the startup full-time that going back to school seems, in practice, not too far removed from a death sentence for a startup.Off the top of my head, I'd guess we've had about 8 startups where the founders went back to school. It doesn't only happen with summer batches. Founders from winter batches do it too.Usually the reason is that the startup isn't doing very well. However, that judgement depends a lot on how determined the founders are. One reason we now shy away from funding people still in school is that they often unconsciously want the startup to fail, because the idea of dropping out frightens them.A lot of startups look bad after 3 months. Someone who's out of school and has to make it work or get a job in a cubicle will say "don't worry, we'll figure out how to make it successful."	null	0	15	2007-03-13 16:25:46 UTC
3,904	3,891	danielha	How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?	sharpshoot	There will invariably be those who don't see the success they set out for, and they fall back to their original path. That's why a founder's commitment is so critical. When your one plan is to become a startup founder, regardless of school or any other factors, you will do your damndest to make something of value and succeed. It's part _doing_ it better than the next guy and _wanting_ it more than the next guy.	null	1	15	2007-03-13 16:34:22 UTC
3,909	3,891	jamongkad	How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?	sharpshoot	I guess it really depends on how hungry you are and how much you believe in your product. I'm only 24 and still in school as of the moment, yet I'm more than willing to leave school in order to initiate my start up. Come to think of it, I'm willing to travel half the world just to get advice and connections from YC.	null	3	15	2007-03-13 16:59:59 UTC
4,339	3,891	zaidf	How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?	sharpshoot	For me school is a way to be connected to what is going on in the "real world". I entered school thinking it is EITHER school or entrepreneurship. But in last year my views have changed. I really think there is a middle path where you do JUST enough to stay in school all the while trying out new ventures. (May be the Steve Jobs route?)School is an awesome platform to launch your site off and get quick feedback - ESPECIALLY if your venture fits in with the social networking ecosystem.	null	2	15	2007-03-15 06:25:23 UTC
17,957	17,947	johnmartin78	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	'Most investors are "bottoms" in the sense that the startups they like most are those that are rough with them. When Google stuck Kleiner and Sequoia with a $75 million premoney valuation, their reaction was probably "Ouch! That feels so good."'I don't think I've read a funnier paragraph about venture investing. Brilliant observation.	null	0	59	2007-04-29 23:50:18 UTC
17,963	17,947	usablecontent	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	"Since valuations are made up, founders shouldn't care too much about them. That's not the part to focus on. In fact, a high valuation can be a bad thing. If you take funding at a premoney valuation of $10 million, you won't be selling the company for 20. You'll have to sell for over 50 for the VCs to get even a 5x return, which is low to them. More likely they'll want you to hold out for 100. But needing to get a high price decreases the chance of getting bought at all; many companies can buy you for $10 million, but only a handful for 100. And since a startup is like a pass/fail course for the founders, what you want to optimize is your chance of a good outcome, not the percentage of the company you keep." [Excerpt taken from the Essay]This is exactly the reason Technorati is finding it hard to sell, whereas MyBlogLog got sold within no time and Newroo even before they could launch the product.	null	1	59	2007-04-30 00:19:56 UTC
17,978	17,947	rms	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	It's telling that the "comment" link for this essay goes here and no longer to Reddit.	null	2	59	2007-04-30 01:12:11 UTC
18,003	17,947	mynameishere	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	_That means they're less likely to stick you with a business guy as CEO, like VCs used to do in the 90s. If you seem smart and want to do it, they'll let you run the company_"Let you run the company" ? Surely a single round of funding doesn't take majority ownership from the founders?	null	10	59	2007-04-30 02:58:38 UTC
18,020	17,947	ashu	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	The essay says "You should not start a startup which requires a lot of money". But some startups genuinely require much more money than webapps do. What should a person do in that case, other than being at the mercy of the investors?	null	11	59	2007-04-30 03:36:46 UTC
18,079	17,947	MobileDigit	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	What is 'fuck-you money'?	null	19	59	2007-04-30 10:26:57 UTC
18,137	17,947	boris	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	I remember a few years ago Paul was proclaiming that as the cost of starting a company keeps going down, VCs will become extinct. It is interesting to see how the perspective is changing. Now Paul says you need investors to gain advantage over competition even though, oftentimes, a startup needs very little to make a product that people want.	null	5	59	2007-04-30 15:39:23 UTC
18,171	17,947	PhilipBaddeley	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	Great essay. How about turning it into a "rich illustration" so everyone can see it and talk about it? Look at my site to see what Dill can achieve http://www.equityfingerprint.com/. Anyone like the idea?	null	25	59	2007-04-30 17:42:00 UTC
18,256	17,947	aaaaaa	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	This story is really poor without Venture Hacks http://www.venturehacks.com/	null	15	59	2007-05-01 00:21:07 UTC
18,382	17,947	smranta	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	"Google came along three years later and kicked Yahoo's ass" ha ha.. its cool to read it from Y!ou.and a very cool article. great points.	null	7	59	2007-05-01 13:23:16 UTC
18,850	17,947	syncman	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	Great essay, Paul. There are indeed a lot similarities between Vcs and women behaviour patterns. (angels are more like asking a good male friend for some borrowed money...simple, direct, no hiding terms...) Take the "investors" from the subtitles and replace it with "women" and the information is going to work just as right.I will think more on your points..thanks againMJ	null	6	59	2007-05-02 22:30:33 UTC
18,981	17,947	daboor	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	is this is all true if it is so, so go and fuck your self with a water maloon	null	24	59	2007-05-03 14:35:59 UTC
19,953	17,947	avocade	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	Very inspiring, Paul. I'm so sad I missed the talk. Here's hoping you have a gig somewhere around the time of WWDC in June!	null	17	59	2007-05-06 16:14:18 UTC
22,072	17,947	davemc500hats	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	best piece i've read about angel / venture investing in a long time. nice job :)note: i'm one of a small group of ex-geek angel investors out here in silicon valley, altho admittedly i'm small fry compared to most others. i've done 5-6 deals averaging ~$25-50K, and only because i'm crazy and my wife isn't watching too closely ;) i was fortunate to be at PayPal from 2001-2004, but not so early that i'm rich enough to retire just yet... maybe someday.enjoyed the article; keep up the great writing!- dave mcclure http://500hats.typepad.com/	null	12	59	2007-05-14 23:59:21 UTC
23,707	17,947	hparash	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	In your articles, the target content of an annotation hyperlink should also have a hyperlink that takes the user back to the place in the original content where they were at...	null	14	59	2007-05-21 21:07:09 UTC
23,982	17,947	sustento	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	Great article in many ways but i nearly fell off my chair when i saw the photos of the team at Redpoint.......that was scary.	null	16	59	2007-05-23 03:13:22 UTC
25,389	25,370	ralph	CBS acquires last.fm for $280m	sharpshoot	Also on BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/6701863.stm .Nice to see a London-based co. hit the headlines.	null	2	13	2007-05-30 13:18:56 UTC
25,395	25,370	imp	CBS acquires last.fm for $280m	sharpshoot	Does this mean that there's now a big-name company who will fight for the repeal of the recent streaming-music royalty hike?	null	1	13	2007-05-30 13:39:28 UTC
25,400	25,370	keiretsu	CBS acquires last.fm for $280m	sharpshoot	sold out too cheaply. given their leadership position, they should have ask for at least $500m	null	4	13	2007-05-30 13:56:34 UTC
25,401	25,370	ciordia9	CBS acquires last.fm for $280m	sharpshoot	It will be curious to see where this heads in the long run. CBS is on a tear but will it fit their image, will they try and establish control, overall agenda. I've enjoyed last.fm for many years supporting through paypal donations each time I expire...it'll be interesting.	null	0	13	2007-05-30 13:56:48 UTC
25,484	25,370	kingnothing	CBS acquires last.fm for $280m	sharpshoot	I don't understand what they do that is worth $70M a year.	null	3	13	2007-05-30 18:47:03 UTC
27,552	27,550	pg	Finally, voting without refresh	pg	Don't worry, I'm not going to post a link about each releaselet. I just wanted to thank PB for helping us.	null	0	176	2007-06-12 19:02:46 UTC
27,560	27,550	danielha	Finally, voting without refresh	pg	Prediction: this submission reaches the Top 10 after every visitor verifies the asynchronous voting.Great stuff, Pauls (and Trevor).	null	1	176	2007-06-12 19:15:56 UTC
27,567	27,550	codeLullaby	Finally, voting without refresh	pg	Nice move! But one thing... The server should get updated first. Only after that should the UI value change. [Right now, its the reverse here.Is there any particular reason for such an implementation?]	null	2	176	2007-06-12 19:34:32 UTC
27,572	27,550	palish	Finally, voting without refresh	pg	I'm curious why you're averse to learning and using javascript, Paul. It's really close to Lisp (no compile-time macros, but functions are first class objects, has lexical closures, so on). It's really a powerful language, much more so than C.(Not criticizing, just curious)	null	3	176	2007-06-12 19:52:17 UTC
27,593	27,550	mynameishere	Finally, voting without refresh	pg	Does it make the request, then update the number? Or does it update the number and make the request at its leisure?	null	6	176	2007-06-12 20:38:00 UTC
27,825	17,947	web_madness	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	VCs look for Sergey & Page? It seems to me that the hype about these two was pure PR, but who actually brought all the business to the company (including the AOL deal) is Omid Kordestani - who, as little as it is known, was third in amount of stock owned, and also has half of the company report to him.	null	9	59	2007-06-13 16:45:34 UTC
27,851	27,550	gyro_robo	Finally, voting without refresh	pg	Well, this explains why PG is so big on co-founders. The amount of AJAX needed is very little, and he still had two other people do it for him.	null	5	176	2007-06-13 18:49:16 UTC
28,120	17,947	guddajee	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	http://www.shoppingsegment.com	null	23	59	2007-06-14 16:27:49 UTC
28,212	27,550	nirs	Finally, voting without refresh	pg	There a stupid bug - after you vote, the arrow is hidden, but it will accept clicks :-) So you can continue to upvote many times, and the score text updates. When you refresh, the actual vote is restored.Tested with Safari 419.3.	null	4	176	2007-06-14 22:12:30 UTC
31,129	17,947	alex_from_ita	The Hacker's Guide to Investors	byrneseyeview	I would like to comment your (P.G.) other essay, about Unions (An alternative theory of Unions): I'm sorry i'm posting here, I did'nt found the link to comment the exact essay.What you said (and what you usually says) is right from the point of view of a person non really interested in the quality of other people's life. Is quite obvious to see that the world is producing a lot more than before and that the difference between poor and rich is becoming wider (in USA, your country, more than in Europe, but we are copying you in this too...): the question is not if they were paid more than they were entitled for, and now their price is "the right one". The question is: which kind of society are we building? Which kind of countries are we shaping? Which world we want to live in? A world made of people who can stand, one beside the other, without slave (official or unofficial...).You want a society where the stronger eats the weaker. It's not the world I want. I don't want to earn so much, it's not there happiness. Is not buying things that brings happiness: I'd rather prefer a society where the state take part of the resources to take care of people that are lessa ble or lucky or whatever...I want a better Atene not a better Sparta. And if you have studied philosophy (that you wrong said not teaching nothing to people...very unlucky words) you would had known that no society can resists in such a disparity. You know history better than me: our time, in the west, is not so full of revolutions, but just few years ago we were killing each others...remember that if you push someone's shoulders against a wall, you force him to fight or die.	null	3	59	2007-06-27 14:49:10 UTC
31,507	31,506	vlad	They Would be Gods: History of the Silicon Valley	vlad	I found this mentioned in the wikipedia entry for "Silicon Valley" and it credits Paul Graham as the author.	null	0	3	2007-06-29 01:09:52 UTC
32,670	32,668	brett	How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart	brett	"But Mr. Sinegal warned that if Costco increased markups to 16 or 18 percent, the company might slip down a dangerous slope and lose discipline in minimizing costs and prices."Costco's strict attitude toward product markup reminds me of 37Signals frequent assertion that often constraints are a good thing to be embraced.	null	2	19	2007-07-05 22:22:02 UTC
32,677	32,668	toffer	How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart	brett	I love Costco. For me, the best quote of the article was this:"The traditional retailer will say: 'I'm selling this for $10. I wonder whether I can get $10.50 or $11.' We say: 'We're selling it for $9. How do we get it down to $8?'"	null	1	19	2007-07-05 22:59:11 UTC
32,693	32,668	staunch	How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart	brett	I really hate it when people falsely claim that the fiduciary responsibilities of a public company includes maximizing profits at every opportunity. Thinking long-term and win-win is the truly responsible CEOs job. Costco is the Google of discount warehouses. Wal-mart is Microsoft.	null	0	19	2007-07-06 01:54:08 UTC
32,702	32,668	felipe	How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart	brett	While Costco does treat its employees a little bit better, people normally ignore the fact that Wal-Mart benefits a huge amount of low-income families who shop there. Costco in the other hand targets the upper-middle-class.Poor families do not have the space neither the stable income required to shop wholesale.	null	3	19	2007-07-06 03:30:16 UTC
32,751	32,668	brlewis	How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart	brett	I'd like to know more about their "don't advertise" strategy. Do upscale shoppers talk to their friends about the deal they got on Heinz ketchup?	null	4	19	2007-07-06 13:48:39 UTC
32,951	32,949	gibsonf1	Contract termination fee standing between you and an iPhone? Try this.	myoung8	Calling Sprint service a few hundred times to get canceled is far more extreme than waiting in line all day long on opening day. Is the Iphone worth that much pain? (If the idea catches on, it would really be impressive)	null	0	2	2007-07-07 15:46:15 UTC
32,973	32,954	jslogan	Here is what I do when a prospect will not buy	jslogan	There are no silver bullets to making a sale or growing revenue, but there are best practices and simple things that can make a difference. This post offers something simple and obvious that can turn a loss into a new opportunity and a win. It's happened for me more than once.	null	0	1	2007-07-07 18:50:46 UTC
33,001	32,961	gojomo	Video by Google -- How to Design a Good API -- And Why it Matters	vlad	I would be more impressed with the philosophy in this presentation if I hadn't wasted so many hours of my life working around the 'final' and 'private' things the Java APIs try to prevent me from incrementally extending.	null	0	9	2007-07-07 23:05:17 UTC
33,003	33,002	gibsonf1	Focus your team collaboration with StreamFocus on-demand Project Management	gibsonf1	Any YC comments on the idea here would be greatly appreciated :)	null	2	5	2007-07-07 23:15:09 UTC
33,007	33,002	willarson	Focus your team collaboration with StreamFocus on-demand Project Management	gibsonf1	Sounds like an interesting idea, the work flows sound particularly interesting. I don't know if I would spend any time focusing on what is wrong with big management systems (you are telling them something they already know, assuming there is a demand for your product), and would instead focus on your functionality (which you do a good job of covering). I would irrevocably obliterate your opening sentence, it is MBA speak, which is to say that it is meaningless to the majority of readers. I'd say something simpler like: "StreamFocus.com is a simple system for establishing order from product development chaos." But thats just me. :) I'd consider scaling back on the promised features a bit (especially the Quicken integration) unless you are actually completing them. Its better to deliver a great small app and add functionality over time, than to deliver a mediocre massive app and fix functionality over time. The gist of the issue is that the idea sounds good, but a lot of it is vague enough that it could be fantastic, or drudge. Its hard to know without seeing a working copy.	null	0	5	2007-07-07 23:36:38 UTC
33,008	33,002	gibsonf1	Focus your team collaboration with StreamFocus on-demand Project Management	gibsonf1	PG: For some reason, even with upvotes, the article is not making it to the front page. It seems to be some kind of error? Also, my partner mike_organon upvoted it and the upvote didn't work - quite strange. I tried deleting the original and reposting, but the same problem)	null	1	5	2007-07-07 23:38:01 UTC
33,012	32,933	waleedka	New: Initial text in discussions	pg	Before this people usually submitted a comment to explain their question, and that comment ends up pushed down the list and new users lose the context of the discussion. So, I think it's a feature.Another way it can be implemented is by pinning the very first comment to the top if it was submitted by the same user. That way you keep the form simple with two text fields only.	Now when you post a question for discussion, you can supply some additional explanation that will show up here at the top of the discussion page. I'm not 100% sure this is a feature. The previous version at least forced people to be brief. We'll see how things go.	0	22	2007-07-08 00:16:40 UTC
33,031	33,030	rms	"Mindrosity" is my new blog. Check it out!	amichail	Your body font is too small...	null	1	1	2007-07-08 01:47:49 UTC
33,046	32,933	henning	New: Initial text in discussions	pg	this is something I've wished reddit had from the very beginning.	Now when you post a question for discussion, you can supply some additional explanation that will show up here at the top of the discussion page. I'm not 100% sure this is a feature. The previous version at least forced people to be brief. We'll see how things go.	2	22	2007-07-08 03:54:08 UTC
33,051	33,039	mhb	Windows developers begin slow defection to Linux	nickb	The president of Evans Data doesn't know that "data" is plural?	null	0	4	2007-07-08 04:06:15 UTC
33,052	33,029	mynameishere	Fortune Favors Big Turds \| Screw The Money, This Is My Art	jamongkad	So I'm thinking, "Well, I've never heard of this bug tracker called 'mongrel' so I'll check it out...". Turns out "Mongrel" is a web server and not a bug tracker. So, I'm guessing Zed never heard the one about the apple and the orange....I read up until he started criticising the Apache web server. Now, I won't claim to be an expert, but I'm guessing there's a reason beyong it being a "big turd" for the 2 billion installations.Oh, well. Tip to writers: As long as you are anonymous, pour on the bile. Who cares? But when you've got your name attached, don't actively try to make every enemy you can.	"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw	1	9	2007-07-08 04:52:11 UTC
33,057	33,048	ashu	Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs	iamwil	fantastic hack!	using javascript, html, and css...	3	28	2007-07-08 05:54:46 UTC
33,058	32,933	chmike	New: Initial text in discussions	pg	Is it possible to add clickable URL links in this comment ? Beeing able to add an clickable image would be great too. Just a small image not higher than this edit box. You know the saying an image is worth a thousand words. ,-)	Now when you post a question for discussion, you can supply some additional explanation that will show up here at the top of the discussion page. I'm not 100% sure this is a feature. The previous version at least forced people to be brief. We'll see how things go.	1	22	2007-07-08 06:19:00 UTC
33,059	32,990	henning	A startup that can easily replace your secretaries.	szczupak	Too bad that startup's product can't help you write grammatical, complete sentences, cause that guy could sure benefit from something like that.	null	0	3	2007-07-08 06:39:16 UTC
33,067	33,040	y2x	GoPHP5.org - helping speed the transition to PHP 5.2	nickb	I dont get, why 5 is better then 4. TFA says "better xml parsing". But why implement XML Parsing in the language at all? You can do that in PHP. Put all that kind of stuff in libraries. I want a slim language that never changes.	null	0	5	2007-07-08 11:26:07 UTC
33,070	33,037	waleedka	StartupWeekend: 70 Founders Create One Company in a Weekend	kkim	Very interesting. I would join an event like this if it happens in SV. Not for the equity, just for the fun of it.	null	4	10	2007-07-08 11:43:43 UTC
33,073	33,048	lupin_sansei	Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs	iamwil	Good one. Reminds me of the cool work done here too: http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm	using javascript, html, and css...	1	28	2007-07-08 12:34:19 UTC
33,079	33,029	bls	Fortune Favors Big Turds \| Screw The Money, This Is My Art	jamongkad	I've never seen a single blog post wander in so many directions. Fogbugz. The nuclear arms race. Korea. The virtues of the Korean writing system. Japanese WWII atrocities. Fogbugz. Ruby. Tourism in Asia. Open source.The irony could be mistaken for satire if it wasn't so unfunny. He rants about Joel making up numbers, and then does the exact same thing. His general call for others to cite references to back up their claims are preceded and followed immediately by his own bold, unsubstantiated claims.	"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw	2	9	2007-07-08 13:10:34 UTC
33,084	33,045	johnrob	Has anyone created an RSS-based recommendation engine yet?	altano	So, you upload your feed list (OPML) and get other feeds (OMPL) that you might also like?	Like reddit, but input/output of OPML/OPML instead of votes/links.We're obviously all going to be using RSS some day so this is inevitable. I'm just wondering if someone's done it yet.	1	9	2007-07-08 14:08:50 UTC
33,087	33,029	willarson	Fortune Favors Big Turds \| Screw The Money, This Is My Art	jamongkad	His real point is that something can be "simple and powerful." In order to sound edgy he subverts the meaning of complex into something that it doesn't mean (powerful), and bases his entire argument on this sleight of hand. (leading to statements that, out of his twisted context, are totally bewildering like "its capabilities are complex".) His argument about simplicity and complexity not being mutually exclusive is a matter of definition, and thus he undermines others by foisting his definition into their mouths and then screaming bloody murder when he deduces that changing the premises of someone's argument does indeed damage its conclusions. Among other things I think his comparison of stats between Mongrel and Fogbugz is fundamentally broken. Mongrel is among other things free. Beyond the intense need to brag about his project's success I can't see any legitimate reason for making that particular comparison. (Beyond this point I rant about his usage of Hangul for his example, feel free to skip rest of post.) His comprehension of the Korean writing system, which is one of his "powerful" points, seems superficial at best. Hangul is a language that was designed by a small group of advisors when the royalty realized most koreans were illiterate (not enough resources to spend learning chinese kanji). How the hell are we supposed to be surprised that something explicitly designed to be simple, in fact, turned out to be simple? Some extra points can be deducted for the fact that they stopped using hangul for several hundred years until it was institutionalized by the strong nationalist movement post WWII and made the official writing system in an effort to establish a unique Korean culture. Additionally we can pause curiously while noting that the average Korean still uses 700-800 Chinese kanji in daily life, and that academic papers still use the kanji for particularly esoteric or complex concepts (although this is increasingly discouraged as it is viewed as elitism). He crucifies Joel and Don for using limited examples to justify a point... and then use a single example to prove his, along with unsubstantiated claims about linguistic researchers. The Japanese katakana alphabet can represent many words very well... until you try to do one with an L in it, and then it fails utterly. Using one contrived example wouldn't reveal that, and its the same reason I doubt his point about hangul. Beyond technicalities, its ignorant to conflate the creation of one small group of individuals six hundred years ago with the cultural preferences of modern Korea. Using something as an example never works out if you don't actually know about it.	"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw	0	9	2007-07-08 14:59:56 UTC
33,088	33,030	willarson	"Mindrosity" is my new blog. Check it out!	amichail	In a similar vein, the blockquote really needs to have some surrounding white space, as it is it is really crowded. Oh, and you should just give up and write your own blog software, its better than way. :)	null	0	1	2007-07-08 15:05:10 UTC
33,090	33,074	petercooper	Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)	farmer	Not a bad read, although I wonder what reality some of these writers live in. If we look at startup participation / entrepreneurism amongst, say, people under 30 years of age, is the percentage really that high on a national scale? If even 1% of 18-30 year olds are opting to run startups instead of getting a job, I'd be surprised (although I'd love some numbers!)	null	1	13	2007-07-08 15:11:22 UTC
33,097	33,071	rzwitserloot	Java vs. K: a screencast	henning	Unfair comparison.First things first, his java skills are rusty. Here's how a real java programmer would write this. Does the exact same thing as his final java sample; it's just less than half the size: import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Random; import java.util.Set; public class BDays { public static void main(String[] args) { int people = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); int days = 365; int sampleSize = 1000; int total = 0; Random random = new Random(); for ( int k = 0 ; k < sampleSize ; k++ ) { Set<Integer> s = new HashSet<Integer>(); for ( int i = 0 ; i < people ; i++ ) s.add(random.nextInt(days)); if ( s.size() < people ) total++; } System.out.println(total); } } secondly: Regarding the manual import writing and compiling stuff, well, I'll try and put this nicely: That's masochistic. Download jEdit, Eclipse, NetBeans, IDEA, or any other java programming environment other than 'notepad' and 'cmd', and you no longer need to compile anything, just hit F11 or CMD+R or similar, and you'll see your results right away. Note that in the above sample, the first 5 and last 2 lines were generated completely automatically by my IDE (Eclipse), so in practice we're talking about just 5 lines of actual code. The rest is generated or setup stuff.thirdly: To optimize this code, you could stop generating birthdays the moment there's an overlap. Doing this in the K example is more complicated than the java example, in java you'd change the line 's.add(Random.nextInt(days))' to: if ( !s.add(Random.nextInt(days)) ) break; that's all you need to do. In K, by using the _draw shortcut (A method that exists in a number of mathemetically oriented add-on libraries, by the way) you lose that flexibility.Between the cartoon swearing I actually like the java code better.Java could certainly use more functional stuff and there are legitimate arguments to be made for adding something to your toolbox (I suggest Scala; compiles to JVM so you can mix and match java and scala at will). However, these trivial examples invariably have archaic java compared to state of the art $OTHER_LANGUAGE. These straw man comparisons are thus pointless exercises as no actual java programmer would ever be convinced by this kind of thing. They'd just blame to horrible quality of the java example.	K is a proprietary APL-influenced array programming language. A simple 36-line Java program becomes a one-liner in K.	1	8	2007-07-08 15:51:47 UTC
33,099	33,089	pg	Will Google Acquire Facebook? (A win for all parties concerned including Myspace and Yahoo?)	gibsonf1	It would not be a win for Yahoo.	null	0	2	2007-07-08 16:12:57 UTC
33,102	33,074	mynameishere	Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)	farmer	Some even have their parents in the room for added help, and many respected companies are willing to engage parents in the hiring process if that's what the candidate wants(!!!)Wow. Depending on the circumstances, I would escort the iddle bitty baby right to the front door, or...Explain that nepotism is absolutely forbidden.	null	3	13	2007-07-08 16:30:16 UTC
33,106	33,071	kcl	Java vs. K: a screencast	henning	http://kx.com/a/k/readme.txt	K is a proprietary APL-influenced array programming language. A simple 36-line Java program becomes a one-liner in K.	2	8	2007-07-08 17:24:45 UTC
33,108	33,045	dpapathanasiou	Has anyone created an RSS-based recommendation engine yet?	altano	SeekSift (http://www.seeksift.com/) is headed in that direction, though it works a little differently from what you described.I hadn't thought about the possibility of producing OPML as the output, but it's certainly something I could add in a future version (it's still in a fairly early stage of development right now).	Like reddit, but input/output of OPML/OPML instead of votes/links.We're obviously all going to be using RSS some day so this is inevitable. I'm just wondering if someone's done it yet.	0	9	2007-07-08 17:38:03 UTC
33,112	33,089	danw	Will Google Acquire Facebook? (A win for all parties concerned including Myspace and Yahoo?)	gibsonf1	Unless things start to go quite wrong for facebook within the next year (which could easily happen) they're not going to get acquired by anyone. What I'm most interested in is when will facebook make it's first acquisition?	null	1	2	2007-07-08 19:01:23 UTC
33,120	33,045	akkartik	Has anyone created an RSS-based recommendation engine yet?	altano	I'm not sure why the format is important.Building recommendation engines is really hard from an algorithmic perspective. How you format the inputs and outputs seems negligible in importance.	Like reddit, but input/output of OPML/OPML instead of votes/links.We're obviously all going to be using RSS some day so this is inevitable. I'm just wondering if someone's done it yet.	2	9	2007-07-08 19:55:30 UTC
33,121	33,037	andreyf	StartupWeekend: 70 Founders Create One Company in a Weekend	kkim	And what did you do this weekend?I'd love to hear about something like this if it happens in NYC. Why is NYC not more of a startup hub?	null	3	10	2007-07-08 19:58:51 UTC
33,123	33,071	3KWA	Java vs. K: a screencast	henning	This is the most obscure piece of Python code I could write to do the same thing :def birthday(people=23): import random days = 365 sample_size = 1000 return reduce(lambda x, y : x + y, (len(s) != len(set(s)) for s in (map(lambda x: random.choice(range(x)), (days, )*people) for i in range(sample_size))))I am sure someone can beat it ;) let me know http://www.3kwa.com/Logbook/20070708How do I get the code to indent properly?	K is a proprietary APL-influenced array programming language. A simple 36-line Java program becomes a one-liner in K.	0	8	2007-07-08 20:29:03 UTC
33,128	33,029	nanijoe	Fortune Favors Big Turds \| Screw The Money, This Is My Art	jamongkad	In the eternal words of the Geico Caveman.."What?"	"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw	4	9	2007-07-08 21:01:30 UTC
33,137	33,074	jamiequint	Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)	farmer	One thing that bugs me about SlapVid is that it doesn't seem that they have much external pressure to succeed..."Humphrey thinks of the MBA program he is now in as sort of a backup plan in case SlapVid does not take off at the end of the summer.""Three out of four of the founders of SlapVid are getting financial help from their parents." I think needing money, and knowing the consequences are having to get a "real job" are often factors that can help contribute to success.	null	4	13	2007-07-08 22:16:02 UTC
33,138	33,074	jsackmann	Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)	farmer	More than anything, I think this is about all the money in the baby boom generation--gen y's parents. It isn't so much that most of our peers are deciding between a) startupb) 'real' jobbut that there's another obvious option:c) wait around for something better (possibly doing zilch in the meantime)If mom and dad's basement is available indefinitely and you have no family obligations (wife, kids), there may not be any pressure to do much of anything. Personally, I can't imagine not having some kind of small business, but I think those of us who are actively entreprenurial are vastly outnumbered by those who actively mooch.	null	2	13	2007-07-08 22:17:54 UTC
33,145	33,144	westin2	Web 2.0 entrepreneurs are living a chiched life	jalexa2	"5. Spend 50% of your time coding, 25% going to networking events/love fests like Startup Weekend, and the remainder of the 25% of your time blogging/lifecasting the whole experience"LOL.	Interesting article that I found from TechCrunch comments. There are a lot of people who are becoming "Entrepreneurs" because it's hip, not because they are actually cut out for it or because they have any real business ideas.	1	7	2007-07-08 23:00:08 UTC
33,148	33,074	motoko	Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)	farmer	I smell bullshit. Note from the article:> Companies are having a hard time recruiting and retaining young talent, and as a result are accommodating what would have once been considered extreme demands. ....so many younger workers have gained the advantage when it comes to negotiating the terms of a new job.and > Today, however, economists and sociologists see such homecomings as a rational response to exorbitant housing prices in big cities, and entry-level wages that do not cover living expenses.So which is it? Employers can't find employees, or the labor market is so oversaturated in big cities that entry level positions don't pay living wages?My guess is that every company only wants to hire "the top 5% of graduates." So competition for the perceived best (ivy league, specialized skills) grows while Joe State and Cathy Community go chill with the folks and work at Walmart.EDIT: how do you make block quotes?	null	0	13	2007-07-08 23:21:36 UTC
33,151	33,048	ed	Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs	iamwil	Very creative. Unfortunately you're limited to solid colors and can't yet map an image to a polygon's surface using this method.	using javascript, html, and css...	2	28	2007-07-08 23:37:41 UTC
33,156	33,029	motoko	Fortune Favors Big Turds \| Screw The Money, This Is My Art	jamongkad	It was a RANT on a personal blog. It's there to vent his frustration, not make a vapid Digg-bait tidbit.And FogBugz does suck.	"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw	3	9	2007-07-08 23:57:13 UTC
33,158	33,093	joshwa	Amazon EC2 + S3 Doesn't Cut it for Real Applications	nickb	good stuff in the comments there...	null	2	6	2007-07-09 00:08:00 UTC
33,159	33,093	ed	Amazon EC2 + S3 Doesn't Cut it for Real Applications	nickb	The title is misleading. The post explains that EC2+S3 does not provide a good solution for relational databases -- but it's not supposed to (this is a common misconception).The author makes a good point but never discusses one of the bigger issues surrounding EC2 database instances -- network latency. The architecture of EC2 is such that multiple EC2 instances are not guaranteed to be on the same local network, meaning that you might end up with a database server in Boston and your Apache server in Seattle. This gets really inefficient if your back-end code relies on multiple DB queries.However, EC2+S3 are great at what they're designed for -- providing SUPPLEMENTAL computing and storage resources. This is ideal for web applications which need to process file data in the background. Amazon appears to be working on a service which would be the database analog of S3. Only after that's released would we be able to judge Amazon as a complete app-hosting solution.	null	0	6	2007-07-09 00:17:46 UTC
33,167	33,037	Jd	StartupWeekend: 70 Founders Create One Company in a Weekend	kkim	Looks pretty silly.	null	5	10	2007-07-09 01:38:05 UTC
33,170	33,129	waleedka	Feedback Requested: Superlatives, a Facebook App - How can we make this better?	gambeht	Funny idea. I think it could catch on with the younger generation. For me ,personally, I wouldn't dare put this on my profile :) But I guess I'm not your target user.	Who's Most Likely To Burn in Hell? Get Arrested for Streaking? We'd like your opinion on how Superlatives could be a better app and any other suggestions you may have. Thanks guys.	1	5	2007-07-09 01:48:19 UTC
33,171	33,037	staunch	StartupWeekend: 70 Founders Create One Company in a Weekend	kkim	Looks like someone hasn't read The Mythical Man-Month.	null	0	10	2007-07-09 01:53:03 UTC
33,173	33,129	shawndrost	Feedback Requested: Superlatives, a Facebook App - How can we make this better?	gambeht	some misc stuff...-Implement network-based functionality right now ("your networks", or actually "within <your network name>", should be one of the tabs at the top, between "your friends" and "across facebook")-One of the links from the profile page, 'burn in hell' is broken (leads to http://apps.facebook.com/Superlative/) -Your icons are both important and problematic. I think it's a good idea to have icons for each superlative, especially if they are as sweet as the "badass for life" one. However, but some of them are bad -- the "streaking" one looks like a turtle. I would say concentrate on fewer suggested superlatives with better icons. Make icons for very popular user-generated superlatives (should you be so lucky as to have that many users). Don't suggest any superlatives unless you have a icon for them (no more orange stars). -Similarly, some of your suggested superlatives are (imho) lame (I'm looking at you, "Most Likely To Think Music is the Most Beautiful Thing in the World"). Grab some friends and ask them to pick the x superlatives that they would use most on the list. I actually think this is really important -- I think your target audience is under 22 and will bolt at the first sign of lameness. -The "Make me the happiest person ever" superlative goes contrary to the aim of your app, afaict. It sounds explicitly designed for lovebirds, and each nomination will get exactly one vote. Ditch it. Nobody will install your app to make the equivalent of a wall post. gl! (edit: formatting.)	Who's Most Likely To Burn in Hell? Get Arrested for Streaking? We'd like your opinion on how Superlatives could be a better app and any other suggestions you may have. Thanks guys.	0	5	2007-07-09 02:15:10 UTC
33,181	33,174	nickb	Asymmetric risk and the dangers of too high a valuation	toffer	High valuation == lower chances of an exit.	null	0	6	2007-07-09 03:11:26 UTC
33,185	33,177	rms	Current web style	mcxx	This is a great site, they do indeed sum up the current style in web design.	null	1	12	2007-07-09 03:54:13 UTC
33,186	33,136	sgoraya	Four Pownce Invites	mattculbreth	sgoraya at gmail.com thx!	First come first served, etc. etc.(honestly not really sure if this thing is worth playing with, but I've got 'em if you want 'em)	1	1	2007-07-09 04:14:15 UTC
33,187	33,133	staunch	To Those About to Hack	nickb	Abraham Lincolns: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."This post: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first seven bartering for the perfect tree."Abe would have been my apprentice. The Woodsman can have Ben.	null	0	10	2007-07-09 04:16:11 UTC
33,188	33,045	staunch	Has anyone created an RSS-based recommendation engine yet?	altano	Google does have a recommendation ("You might also like") system for when you add a feed to your iGoogle page.	Like reddit, but input/output of OPML/OPML instead of votes/links.We're obviously all going to be using RSS some day so this is inevitable. I'm just wondering if someone's done it yet.	3	9	2007-07-09 04:29:06 UTC
33,189	33,177	mynameishere	Current web style	mcxx	I guess since the point of most websites is to deliver content, style should really just make that easy, and not annoy people. But still...seems like websites are getting more uniform (especially the examples we see there).Last website I made, I just copied an old .css file, made 5 minutes worth of changes, BANG, style. I'm pretty sure that's the industry standard process.	null	0	12	2007-07-09 04:33:50 UTC
33,190	33,163	jsjenkins168	Openmoko starts to take orders	tuukkah	This company is really cool.. I respect their commitment in promoting the mobile phone as an open development platform. While the hardware may not be as sexy as the iPhone, I hope it still gains market share among hackers.The GTA01 is the device on sale now, but the GTA02 is the version you want (WiFi, 3D graphics, etc) and it comes out in October.	null	0	5	2007-07-09 05:06:47 UTC
33,196	33,183	staunch	Steve Jobs' Greatest Presentation (five lessons for making an unforgettable pitch)	nickb	Sometimes CEOs give boring presentations on revolutionary products. More often they give boring presentations on boring products. Steve Jobs has a huge advantage when it comes time to show his work because he produces such earth-shattering stuff. His salesmanship is the the icing on the already-delicious cake.	null	0	13	2007-07-09 06:21:16 UTC
33,199	33,136	kyro	Four Pownce Invites	mattculbreth	kbeshay@gmail.comthanks.	First come first served, etc. etc.(honestly not really sure if this thing is worth playing with, but I've got 'em if you want 'em)	2	1	2007-07-09 07:04:06 UTC
33,200	33,136	KB	Four Pownce Invites	mattculbreth	kyle.bolton at gmail	First come first served, etc. etc.(honestly not really sure if this thing is worth playing with, but I've got 'em if you want 'em)	4	1	2007-07-09 07:11:44 UTC
33,201	33,163	iamwil	Openmoko starts to take orders	tuukkah	I've been following the Openmoko mailing list. While the hardware doesn't LOOK shiny/sexy like the iPhone, they're packing in lots of stuff, especially in the october release (as you mentioned), which will have the wifi that the people on the list have been clamoring for.The devs on the list are pretty wary of making a good UI since that'll make or break the device as well. I expect some fairly pretty apps to be on the device.They get new ideas they bounce around too. The latest was someone talking about making ripple effects on the screen when you touch it, as feedback and a coolness factor.	null	1	5	2007-07-09 07:50:10 UTC
33,203	33,048	iamwil	Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs	iamwil	I didn't think this piece would be that popular. I had other submissions that were new emerging technologies, and this was the one that floated up top.	using javascript, html, and css...	0	28	2007-07-09 07:56:32 UTC

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That I'm still proud of?http://www.samaritan.com/http://costco.emailcopkids.com/http://www.lp-hawaii.com/Nothing sexy. And let's see, at least 3 or 4 flops (thankfully I wasn't too far along before discovering they were flops).

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Founders: How many startups have you been a part of?

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Books on Poster -- http://www.booksonposter.com Wikiosity -- http://www.wikiosity.com

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How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?

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I know pollground decided to go back to school after getting y combinator funding

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How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?

sharpshoot

Going back to school is not identical with giving up. Some founders go back to school and keep working on the startup while there. However, those do so much worse than the people who work on the startup full-time that going back to school seems, in practice, not too far removed from a death sentence for a startup.Off the top of my head, I'd guess we've had about 8 startups where the founders went back to school. It doesn't only happen with summer batches. Founders from winter batches do it too.Usually the reason is that the startup isn't doing very well. However, that judgement depends a lot on how determined the founders are. One reason we now shy away from funding people still in school is that they often unconsciously want the startup to fail, because the idea of dropping out frightens them.A lot of startups look bad after 3 months. Someone who's out of school and has to make it work or get a job in a cubicle will say "don't worry, we'll figure out how to make it successful."

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How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?

sharpshoot

There will invariably be those who don't see the success they set out for, and they fall back to their original path. That's why a founder's commitment is so critical. When your one plan is to become a startup founder, regardless of school or any other factors, you will do your damndest to make something of value and succeed. It's part _doing_ it better than the next guy and _wanting_ it more than the next guy.

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How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?

sharpshoot

I guess it really depends on how hungry you are and how much you believe in your product. I'm only 24 and still in school as of the moment, yet I'm more than willing to leave school in order to initiate my start up. Come to think of it, I'm willing to travel half the world just to get advice and connections from YC.

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How many summer Y Combinator fundees decided not to continue with their startup and go back to school? and what were the reasons?

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For me school is a way to be connected to what is going on in the "real world". I entered school thinking it is EITHER school or entrepreneurship. But in last year my views have changed. I really think there is a middle path where you do JUST enough to stay in school all the while trying out new ventures. (May be the Steve Jobs route?)School is an awesome platform to launch your site off and get quick feedback - ESPECIALLY if your venture fits in with the social networking ecosystem.

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The Hacker's Guide to Investors

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'Most investors are "bottoms" in the sense that the startups they like most are those that are rough with them. When Google stuck Kleiner and Sequoia with a $75 million premoney valuation, their reaction was probably "Ouch! That feels so good."'I don't think I've read a funnier paragraph about venture investing. Brilliant observation.

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byrneseyeview

"Since valuations are made up, founders shouldn't care too much about them. That's not the part to focus on. In fact, a high valuation can be a bad thing. If you take funding at a premoney valuation of $10 million, you won't be selling the company for 20. You'll have to sell for over 50 for the VCs to get even a 5x return, which is low to them. More likely they'll want you to hold out for 100. But needing to get a high price decreases the chance of getting bought at all; many companies can buy you for $10 million, but only a handful for 100. And since a startup is like a pass/fail course for the founders, what you want to optimize is your chance of a good outcome, not the percentage of the company you keep." [Excerpt taken from the Essay]This is exactly the reason Technorati is finding it hard to sell, whereas MyBlogLog got sold within no time and Newroo even before they could launch the product.

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byrneseyeview

It's telling that the "comment" link for this essay goes here and no longer to Reddit.

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The Hacker's Guide to Investors

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_That means they're less likely to stick you with a business guy as CEO, like VCs used to do in the 90s. If you seem smart and want to do it, they'll let you run the company_"Let you run the company" ? Surely a single round of funding doesn't take majority ownership from the founders?

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The Hacker's Guide to Investors

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The essay says "You should not start a startup which requires a lot of money". But some startups genuinely require much more money than webapps do. What should a person do in that case, other than being at the mercy of the investors?

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What is 'fuck-you money'?

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The Hacker's Guide to Investors

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I remember a few years ago Paul was proclaiming that as the cost of starting a company keeps going down, VCs will become extinct. It is interesting to see how the perspective is changing. Now Paul says you need investors to gain advantage over competition even though, oftentimes, a startup needs very little to make a product that people want.

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The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

Great essay. How about turning it into a "rich illustration" so everyone can see it and talk about it? Look at my site to see what Dill can achieve http://www.equityfingerprint.com/. Anyone like the idea?

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The Hacker's Guide to Investors

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This story is really poor without Venture Hacks http://www.venturehacks.com/

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The Hacker's Guide to Investors

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"Google came along three years later and kicked Yahoo's ass" ha ha.. its cool to read it from Y!ou.and a very cool article. great points.

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The Hacker's Guide to Investors

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Great essay, Paul. There are indeed a lot similarities between Vcs and women behaviour patterns. (angels are more like asking a good male friend for some borrowed money...simple, direct, no hiding terms...) Take the "investors" from the subtitles and replace it with "women" and the information is going to work just as right.I will think more on your points..thanks againMJ

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daboor

The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

is this is all true if it is so, so go and fuck your self with a water maloon

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2007-05-03 14:35:59 UTC

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avocade

The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

Very inspiring, Paul. I'm so sad I missed the talk. Here's hoping you have a gig somewhere around the time of WWDC in June!

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2007-05-06 16:14:18 UTC

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davemc500hats

The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

best piece i've read about angel / venture investing in a long time. nice job :)note: i'm one of a small group of ex-geek angel investors out here in silicon valley, altho admittedly i'm small fry compared to most others. i've done 5-6 deals averaging ~$25-50K, and only because i'm crazy and my wife isn't watching too closely ;) i was fortunate to be at PayPal from 2001-2004, but not so early that i'm rich enough to retire just yet... maybe someday.enjoyed the article; keep up the great writing!- dave mcclure http://500hats.typepad.com/

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2007-05-14 23:59:21 UTC

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hparash

The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

In your articles, the target content of an annotation hyperlink should also have a hyperlink that takes the user back to the place in the original content where they were at...

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2007-05-21 21:07:09 UTC

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sustento

The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

Great article in many ways but i nearly fell off my chair when i saw the photos of the team at Redpoint.......that was scary.

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2007-05-23 03:13:22 UTC

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ralph

CBS acquires last.fm for $280m

sharpshoot

Also on BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/6701863.stm .Nice to see a London-based co. hit the headlines.

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2007-05-30 13:18:56 UTC

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imp

CBS acquires last.fm for $280m

sharpshoot

Does this mean that there's now a big-name company who will fight for the repeal of the recent streaming-music royalty hike?

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2007-05-30 13:39:28 UTC

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keiretsu

CBS acquires last.fm for $280m

sharpshoot

sold out too cheaply. given their leadership position, they should have ask for at least $500m

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2007-05-30 13:56:34 UTC

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ciordia9

CBS acquires last.fm for $280m

sharpshoot

It will be curious to see where this heads in the long run. CBS is on a tear but will it fit their image, will they try and establish control, overall agenda. I've enjoyed last.fm for many years supporting through paypal donations each time I expire...it'll be interesting.

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2007-05-30 13:56:48 UTC

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kingnothing

CBS acquires last.fm for $280m

sharpshoot

I don't understand what they do that is worth $70M a year.

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2007-05-30 18:47:03 UTC

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pg

Finally, voting without refresh

pg

Don't worry, I'm not going to post a link about each releaselet. I just wanted to thank PB for helping us.

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2007-06-12 19:02:46 UTC

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danielha

Finally, voting without refresh

pg

Prediction: this submission reaches the Top 10 after every visitor verifies the asynchronous voting.Great stuff, Pauls (and Trevor).

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2007-06-12 19:15:56 UTC

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codeLullaby

Finally, voting without refresh

pg

Nice move! But one thing... The server should get updated first. Only after that should the UI value change. [Right now, its the reverse here.Is there any particular reason for such an implementation?]

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2007-06-12 19:34:32 UTC

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palish

Finally, voting without refresh

pg

I'm curious why you're averse to learning and using javascript, Paul. It's really close to Lisp (no compile-time macros, but functions are first class objects, has lexical closures, so on). It's really a powerful language, much more so than C.(Not criticizing, just curious)

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2007-06-12 19:52:17 UTC

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mynameishere

Finally, voting without refresh

pg

Does it make the request, then update the number? Or does it update the number and make the request at its leisure?

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2007-06-12 20:38:00 UTC

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web_madness

The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

VCs look for Sergey & Page? It seems to me that the hype about these two was pure PR, but who actually brought all the business to the company (including the AOL deal) is Omid Kordestani - who, as little as it is known, was third in amount of stock owned, and also has half of the company report to him.

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2007-06-13 16:45:34 UTC

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gyro_robo

Finally, voting without refresh

pg

Well, this explains why PG is so big on co-founders. The amount of AJAX needed is very little, and he still had two other people do it for him.

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2007-06-13 18:49:16 UTC

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guddajee

The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

http://www.shoppingsegment.com

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2007-06-14 16:27:49 UTC

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nirs

Finally, voting without refresh

pg

There a stupid bug - after you vote, the arrow is hidden, but it will accept clicks :-) So you can continue to upvote many times, and the score text updates. When you refresh, the actual vote is restored.Tested with Safari 419.3.

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2007-06-14 22:12:30 UTC

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alex_from_ita

The Hacker's Guide to Investors

byrneseyeview

I would like to comment your (P.G.) other essay, about Unions (An alternative theory of Unions): I'm sorry i'm posting here, I did'nt found the link to comment the exact essay.What you said (and what you usually says) is right from the point of view of a person non really interested in the quality of other people's life. Is quite obvious to see that the world is producing a lot more than before and that the difference between poor and rich is becoming wider (in USA, your country, more than in Europe, but we are copying you in this too...): the question is not if they were paid more than they were entitled for, and now their price is "the right one". The question is: which kind of society are we building? Which kind of countries are we shaping? Which world we want to live in? A world made of people who can stand, one beside the other, without slave (official or unofficial...).You want a society where the stronger eats the weaker. It's not the world I want. I don't want to earn so much, it's not there happiness. Is not buying things that brings happiness: I'd rather prefer a society where the state take part of the resources to take care of people that are lessa ble or lucky or whatever...I want a better Atene not a better Sparta. And if you have studied philosophy (that you wrong said not teaching nothing to people...very unlucky words) you would had known that no society can resists in such a disparity. You know history better than me: our time, in the west, is not so full of revolutions, but just few years ago we were killing each others...remember that if you push someone's shoulders against a wall, you force him to fight or die.

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2007-06-27 14:49:10 UTC

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vlad

They Would be Gods: History of the Silicon Valley

vlad

I found this mentioned in the wikipedia entry for "Silicon Valley" and it credits Paul Graham as the author.

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2007-06-29 01:09:52 UTC

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brett

How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart

brett

"But Mr. Sinegal warned that if Costco increased markups to 16 or 18 percent, the company might slip down a dangerous slope and lose discipline in minimizing costs and prices."Costco's strict attitude toward product markup reminds me of 37Signals frequent assertion that often constraints are a good thing to be embraced.

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2007-07-05 22:22:02 UTC

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toffer

How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart

brett

I love Costco. For me, the best quote of the article was this:"The traditional retailer will say: 'I'm selling this for $10. I wonder whether I can get $10.50 or $11.' We say: 'We're selling it for $9. How do we get it down to $8?'"

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2007-07-05 22:59:11 UTC

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staunch

How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart

brett

I really hate it when people falsely claim that the fiduciary responsibilities of a public company includes maximizing profits at every opportunity. Thinking long-term and win-win is the truly responsible CEOs job. Costco is the Google of discount warehouses. Wal-mart is Microsoft.

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2007-07-06 01:54:08 UTC

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felipe

How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart

brett

While Costco does treat its employees a little bit better, people normally ignore the fact that Wal-Mart benefits a huge amount of low-income families who shop there. Costco in the other hand targets the upper-middle-class.Poor families do not have the space neither the stable income required to shop wholesale.

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2007-07-06 03:30:16 UTC

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brlewis

How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart

brett

I'd like to know more about their "don't advertise" strategy. Do upscale shoppers talk to their friends about the deal they got on Heinz ketchup?

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2007-07-06 13:48:39 UTC

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gibsonf1

Contract termination fee standing between you and an iPhone? Try this.

myoung8

Calling Sprint service a few hundred times to get canceled is far more extreme than waiting in line all day long on opening day. Is the Iphone worth that much pain? (If the idea catches on, it would really be impressive)

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2007-07-07 15:46:15 UTC

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jslogan

Here is what I do when a prospect will not buy

jslogan

There are no silver bullets to making a sale or growing revenue, but there are best practices and simple things that can make a difference. This post offers something simple and obvious that can turn a loss into a new opportunity and a win. It's happened for me more than once.

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2007-07-07 18:50:46 UTC

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gojomo

Video by Google -- How to Design a Good API -- And Why it Matters

vlad

I would be more impressed with the philosophy in this presentation if I hadn't wasted so many hours of my life working around the 'final' and 'private' things the Java APIs try to prevent me from incrementally extending.

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2007-07-07 23:05:17 UTC

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gibsonf1

Focus your team collaboration with StreamFocus on-demand Project Management

gibsonf1

Any YC comments on the idea here would be greatly appreciated :)

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2007-07-07 23:15:09 UTC

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willarson

Focus your team collaboration with StreamFocus on-demand Project Management

gibsonf1

Sounds like an interesting idea, the work flows sound particularly interesting. I don't know if I would spend any time focusing on what is wrong with big management systems (you are telling them something they already know, assuming there is a demand for your product), and would instead focus on your functionality (which you do a good job of covering). I would irrevocably obliterate your opening sentence, it is MBA speak, which is to say that it is meaningless to the majority of readers. I'd say something simpler like: "StreamFocus.com is a simple system for establishing order from product development chaos." But thats just me. :) I'd consider scaling back on the promised features a bit (especially the Quicken integration) unless you are actually completing them. Its better to deliver a great small app and add functionality over time, than to deliver a mediocre massive app and fix functionality over time. The gist of the issue is that the idea sounds good, but a lot of it is vague enough that it could be fantastic, or drudge. Its hard to know without seeing a working copy.

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2007-07-07 23:36:38 UTC

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gibsonf1

Focus your team collaboration with StreamFocus on-demand Project Management

gibsonf1

PG: For some reason, even with upvotes, the article is not making it to the front page. It seems to be some kind of error? Also, my partner mike_organon upvoted it and the upvote didn't work - quite strange. I tried deleting the original and reposting, but the same problem)

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2007-07-07 23:38:01 UTC

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waleedka

New: Initial text in discussions

pg

Before this people usually submitted a comment to explain their question, and that comment ends up pushed down the list and new users lose the context of the discussion. So, I think it's a feature.Another way it can be implemented is by pinning the very first comment to the top if it was submitted by the same user. That way you keep the form simple with two text fields only.

Now when you post a question for discussion, you can supply some additional explanation that will show up here at the top of the discussion page. I'm not 100% sure this is a feature. The previous version at least forced people to be brief. We'll see how things go.

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2007-07-08 00:16:40 UTC

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rms

"Mindrosity" is my new blog. Check it out!

amichail

Your body font is too small...

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2007-07-08 01:47:49 UTC

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henning

New: Initial text in discussions

pg

this is something I've wished reddit had from the very beginning.

Now when you post a question for discussion, you can supply some additional explanation that will show up here at the top of the discussion page. I'm not 100% sure this is a feature. The previous version at least forced people to be brief. We'll see how things go.

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2007-07-08 03:54:08 UTC

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mhb

Windows developers begin slow defection to Linux

nickb

The president of Evans Data doesn't know that "data" is plural?

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2007-07-08 04:06:15 UTC

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mynameishere

Fortune Favors Big Turds | Screw The Money, This Is My Art

jamongkad

So I'm thinking, "Well, I've never heard of this bug tracker called 'mongrel' so I'll check it out...". Turns out "Mongrel" is a web server and not a bug tracker. So, I'm guessing Zed never heard the one about the apple and the orange....I read up until he started criticising the Apache web server. Now, I won't claim to be an expert, but I'm guessing there's a reason beyong it being a "big turd" for the 2 billion installations.Oh, well. Tip to writers: As long as you are anonymous, pour on the bile. Who cares? But when you've got your name attached, don't actively try to make every enemy you can.

"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw

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2007-07-08 04:52:11 UTC

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ashu

Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs

iamwil

fantastic hack!

using javascript, html, and css...

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2007-07-08 05:54:46 UTC

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chmike

New: Initial text in discussions

pg

Is it possible to add clickable URL links in this comment ? Beeing able to add an clickable image would be great too. Just a small image not higher than this edit box. You know the saying an image is worth a thousand words. ,-)

Now when you post a question for discussion, you can supply some additional explanation that will show up here at the top of the discussion page. I'm not 100% sure this is a feature. The previous version at least forced people to be brief. We'll see how things go.

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2007-07-08 06:19:00 UTC

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henning

A startup that can easily replace your secretaries.

szczupak

Too bad that startup's product can't help you write grammatical, complete sentences, cause that guy could sure benefit from something like that.

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2007-07-08 06:39:16 UTC

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y2x

GoPHP5.org - helping speed the transition to PHP 5.2

nickb

I dont get, why 5 is better then 4. TFA says "better xml parsing". But why implement XML Parsing in the language at all? You can do that in PHP. Put all that kind of stuff in libraries. I want a slim language that never changes.

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2007-07-08 11:26:07 UTC

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waleedka

StartupWeekend: 70 Founders Create One Company in a Weekend

kkim

Very interesting. I would join an event like this if it happens in SV. Not for the equity, just for the fun of it.

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2007-07-08 11:43:43 UTC

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lupin_sansei

Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs

iamwil

Good one. Reminds me of the cool work done here too: http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm

using javascript, html, and css...

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2007-07-08 12:34:19 UTC

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bls

Fortune Favors Big Turds | Screw The Money, This Is My Art

jamongkad

I've never seen a single blog post wander in so many directions. Fogbugz. The nuclear arms race. Korea. The virtues of the Korean writing system. Japanese WWII atrocities. Fogbugz. Ruby. Tourism in Asia. Open source.The irony could be mistaken for satire if it wasn't so unfunny. He rants about Joel making up numbers, and then does the exact same thing. His general call for others to cite references to back up their claims are preceded and followed immediately by his own bold, unsubstantiated claims.

"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw

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2007-07-08 13:10:34 UTC

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johnrob

Has anyone created an RSS-based recommendation engine yet?

altano

So, you upload your feed list (OPML) and get other feeds (OMPL) that you might also like?

Like reddit, but input/output of OPML/OPML instead of votes/links.We're obviously all going to be using RSS some day so this is inevitable. I'm just wondering if someone's done it yet.

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2007-07-08 14:08:50 UTC

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willarson

Fortune Favors Big Turds | Screw The Money, This Is My Art

jamongkad

His real point is that something can be "simple and powerful." In order to sound edgy he subverts the meaning of complex into something that it doesn't mean (powerful), and bases his entire argument on this sleight of hand. (leading to statements that, out of his twisted context, are totally bewildering like "its capabilities are complex".) His argument about simplicity and complexity not being mutually exclusive is a matter of definition, and thus he undermines others by foisting his definition into their mouths and then screaming bloody murder when he deduces that changing the premises of someone's argument does indeed damage its conclusions. Among other things I think his comparison of stats between Mongrel and Fogbugz is fundamentally broken. Mongrel is among other things free. Beyond the intense need to brag about his project's success I can't see any legitimate reason for making that particular comparison. (Beyond this point I rant about his usage of Hangul for his example, feel free to skip rest of post.) His comprehension of the Korean writing system, which is one of his "powerful" points, seems superficial at best. Hangul is a language that was designed by a small group of advisors when the royalty realized most koreans were illiterate (not enough resources to spend learning chinese kanji). How the hell are we supposed to be surprised that something explicitly designed to be simple, in fact, turned out to be simple? Some extra points can be deducted for the fact that they stopped using hangul for several hundred years until it was institutionalized by the strong nationalist movement post WWII and made the official writing system in an effort to establish a unique Korean culture. Additionally we can pause curiously while noting that the average Korean still uses 700-800 Chinese kanji in daily life, and that academic papers still use the kanji for particularly esoteric or complex concepts (although this is increasingly discouraged as it is viewed as elitism). He crucifies Joel and Don for using limited examples to justify a point... and then use a single example to prove his, along with unsubstantiated claims about linguistic researchers. The Japanese katakana alphabet can represent many words very well... until you try to do one with an L in it, and then it fails utterly. Using one contrived example wouldn't reveal that, and its the same reason I doubt his point about hangul. Beyond technicalities, its ignorant to conflate the creation of one small group of individuals six hundred years ago with the cultural preferences of modern Korea. Using something as an example never works out if you don't actually know about it.

"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw

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2007-07-08 14:59:56 UTC

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willarson

"Mindrosity" is my new blog. Check it out!

amichail

In a similar vein, the blockquote really needs to have some surrounding white space, as it is it is really crowded. Oh, and you should just give up and write your own blog software, its better than way. :)

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2007-07-08 15:05:10 UTC

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petercooper

Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)

farmer

Not a bad read, although I wonder what reality some of these writers live in. If we look at startup participation / entrepreneurism amongst, say, people under 30 years of age, is the percentage really that high on a national scale? If even 1% of 18-30 year olds are opting to run startups instead of getting a job, I'd be surprised (although I'd love some numbers!)

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2007-07-08 15:11:22 UTC

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rzwitserloot

Java vs. K: a screencast

henning

Unfair comparison.First things first, his java skills are rusty. Here's how a real java programmer would write this. Does the exact same thing as his final java sample; it's just less than half the size: import java.util.HashSet; import java.util.Random; import java.util.Set; public class BDays { public static void main(String[] args) { int people = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); int days = 365; int sampleSize = 1000; int total = 0; Random random = new Random(); for ( int k = 0 ; k < sampleSize ; k++ ) { Set<Integer> s = new HashSet<Integer>(); for ( int i = 0 ; i < people ; i++ ) s.add(random.nextInt(days)); if ( s.size() < people ) total++; } System.out.println(total); } } secondly: Regarding the manual import writing and compiling stuff, well, I'll try and put this nicely: That's masochistic. Download jEdit, Eclipse, NetBeans, IDEA, or any other java programming environment other than 'notepad' and 'cmd', and you no longer need to compile anything, just hit F11 or CMD+R or similar, and you'll see your results right away. Note that in the above sample, the first 5 and last 2 lines were generated completely automatically by my IDE (Eclipse), so in practice we're talking about just 5 lines of actual code. The rest is generated or setup stuff.thirdly: To optimize this code, you could stop generating birthdays the moment there's an overlap. Doing this in the K example is more complicated than the java example, in java you'd change the line 's.add(Random.nextInt(days))' to: if ( !s.add(Random.nextInt(days)) ) break; that's all you need to do. In K, by using the _draw shortcut (A method that exists in a number of mathemetically oriented add-on libraries, by the way) you lose that flexibility.Between the cartoon swearing I actually like the java code better.Java could certainly use more functional stuff and there are legitimate arguments to be made for adding something to your toolbox (I suggest Scala; compiles to JVM so you can mix and match java and scala at will). However, these trivial examples invariably have archaic java compared to state of the art $OTHER_LANGUAGE. These straw man comparisons are thus pointless exercises as no actual java programmer would ever be convinced by this kind of thing. They'd just blame to horrible quality of the java example.

K is a proprietary APL-influenced array programming language. A simple 36-line Java program becomes a one-liner in K.

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2007-07-08 15:51:47 UTC

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pg

Will Google Acquire Facebook? (A win for all parties concerned including Myspace and Yahoo?)

gibsonf1

It would not be a win for Yahoo.

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2007-07-08 16:12:57 UTC

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mynameishere

Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)

farmer

Some even have their parents in the room for added help, and many respected companies are willing to engage parents in the hiring process if that's what the candidate wants(!!!)Wow. Depending on the circumstances, I would escort the iddle bitty baby right to the front door, or...Explain that nepotism is absolutely forbidden.

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2007-07-08 16:30:16 UTC

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kcl

Java vs. K: a screencast

henning

http://kx.com/a/k/readme.txt

K is a proprietary APL-influenced array programming language. A simple 36-line Java program becomes a one-liner in K.

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2007-07-08 17:24:45 UTC

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dpapathanasiou

Has anyone created an RSS-based recommendation engine yet?

altano

SeekSift (http://www.seeksift.com/) is headed in that direction, though it works a little differently from what you described.I hadn't thought about the possibility of producing OPML as the output, but it's certainly something I could add in a future version (it's still in a fairly early stage of development right now).

Like reddit, but input/output of OPML/OPML instead of votes/links.We're obviously all going to be using RSS some day so this is inevitable. I'm just wondering if someone's done it yet.

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2007-07-08 17:38:03 UTC

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danw

Will Google Acquire Facebook? (A win for all parties concerned including Myspace and Yahoo?)

gibsonf1

Unless things start to go quite wrong for facebook within the next year (which could easily happen) they're not going to get acquired by anyone. What I'm most interested in is when will facebook make it's first acquisition?

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2007-07-08 19:01:23 UTC

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akkartik

Has anyone created an RSS-based recommendation engine yet?

altano

I'm not sure why the format is important.Building recommendation engines is really hard from an algorithmic perspective. How you format the inputs and outputs seems negligible in importance.

Like reddit, but input/output of OPML/OPML instead of votes/links.We're obviously all going to be using RSS some day so this is inevitable. I'm just wondering if someone's done it yet.

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2007-07-08 19:55:30 UTC

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andreyf

StartupWeekend: 70 Founders Create One Company in a Weekend

kkim

And what did you do this weekend?I'd love to hear about something like this if it happens in NYC. Why is NYC not more of a startup hub?

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2007-07-08 19:58:51 UTC

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3KWA

Java vs. K: a screencast

henning

This is the most obscure piece of Python code I could write to do the same thing :def birthday(people=23): import random days = 365 sample_size = 1000 return reduce(lambda x, y : x + y, (len(s) != len(set(s)) for s in (map(lambda x: random.choice(range(x)), (days, )*people) for i in range(sample_size))))I am sure someone can beat it ;) let me know http://www.3kwa.com/Logbook/20070708How do I get the code to indent properly?

K is a proprietary APL-influenced array programming language. A simple 36-line Java program becomes a one-liner in K.

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2007-07-08 20:29:03 UTC

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nanijoe

Fortune Favors Big Turds | Screw The Money, This Is My Art

jamongkad

In the eternal words of the Geico Caveman.."What?"

"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw

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2007-07-08 21:01:30 UTC

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jamiequint

Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)

farmer

One thing that bugs me about SlapVid is that it doesn't seem that they have much external pressure to succeed..."Humphrey thinks of the MBA program he is now in as sort of a backup plan in case SlapVid does not take off at the end of the summer.""Three out of four of the founders of SlapVid are getting financial help from their parents." I think needing money, and knowing the consequences are having to get a "real job" are often factors that can help contribute to success.

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Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)

farmer

More than anything, I think this is about all the money in the baby boom generation--gen y's parents. It isn't so much that most of our peers are deciding between a) startupb) 'real' jobbut that there's another obvious option:c) wait around for something better (possibly doing zilch in the meantime)If mom and dad's basement is available indefinitely and you have no family obligations (wife, kids), there may not be any pressure to do much of anything. Personally, I can't imagine not having some kind of small business, but I think those of us who are actively entreprenurial are vastly outnumbered by those who actively mooch.

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Web 2.0 entrepreneurs are living a chiched life

jalexa2

"5. Spend 50% of your time coding, 25% going to networking events/love fests like Startup Weekend, and the remainder of the 25% of your time blogging/lifecasting the whole experience"LOL.

Interesting article that I found from TechCrunch comments. There are a lot of people who are becoming "Entrepreneurs" because it's hip, not because they are actually cut out for it or because they have any real business ideas.

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Younger job seekers hold the advantage (because they can do startups instead)

farmer

I smell bullshit. Note from the article:> Companies are having a hard time recruiting and retaining young talent, and as a result are accommodating what would have once been considered extreme demands. ....so many younger workers have gained the advantage when it comes to negotiating the terms of a new job.and > Today, however, economists and sociologists see such homecomings as a rational response to exorbitant housing prices in big cities, and entry-level wages that do not cover living expenses.So which is it? Employers can't find employees, or the labor market is so oversaturated in big cities that entry level positions don't pay living wages?My guess is that every company only wants to hire "the top 5% of graduates." So competition for the perceived best (ivy league, specialized skills) grows while Joe State and Cathy Community go chill with the folks and work at Walmart.EDIT: how do you make block quotes?

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Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs

iamwil

Very creative. Unfortunately you're limited to solid colors and can't yet map an image to a polygon's surface using this method.

using javascript, html, and css...

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Fortune Favors Big Turds | Screw The Money, This Is My Art

jamongkad

It was a RANT on a personal blog. It's there to vent his frustration, not make a vapid Digg-bait tidbit.And FogBugz does suck.

"I think the future of software is in things designed like the Korean alphabet. Deceptively simple with incredibly complex powers that you cant even begin to explore fully."- Zed Shaw

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Amazon EC2 + S3 Doesn't Cut it for Real Applications

nickb

good stuff in the comments there...

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Amazon EC2 + S3 Doesn't Cut it for Real Applications

nickb

The title is misleading. The post explains that EC2+S3 does not provide a good solution for relational databases -- but it's not supposed to (this is a common misconception).The author makes a good point but never discusses one of the bigger issues surrounding EC2 database instances -- network latency. The architecture of EC2 is such that multiple EC2 instances are not guaranteed to be on the same local network, meaning that you might end up with a database server in Boston and your Apache server in Seattle. This gets really inefficient if your back-end code relies on multiple DB queries.However, EC2+S3 are great at what they're designed for -- providing SUPPLEMENTAL computing and storage resources. This is ideal for web applications which need to process file data in the background. Amazon appears to be working on a service which would be the database analog of S3. Only after that's released would we be able to judge Amazon as a complete app-hosting solution.

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StartupWeekend: 70 Founders Create One Company in a Weekend

kkim

Looks pretty silly.

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Feedback Requested: Superlatives, a Facebook App - How can we make this better?

gambeht

Funny idea. I think it could catch on with the younger generation. For me ,personally, I wouldn't dare put this on my profile :) But I guess I'm not your target user.

Who's Most Likely To Burn in Hell? Get Arrested for Streaking? We'd like your opinion on how Superlatives could be a better app and any other suggestions you may have. Thanks guys.

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StartupWeekend: 70 Founders Create One Company in a Weekend

kkim

Looks like someone hasn't read The Mythical Man-Month.

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Feedback Requested: Superlatives, a Facebook App - How can we make this better?

gambeht

some misc stuff...-Implement network-based functionality right now ("your networks", or actually "within <your network name>", should be one of the tabs at the top, between "your friends" and "across facebook")-One of the links from the profile page, 'burn in hell' is broken (leads to http://apps.facebook.com/Superlative/) -Your icons are both important and problematic. I think it's a good idea to have icons for each superlative, especially if they are as sweet as the "badass for life" one. However, but some of them are bad -- the "streaking" one looks like a turtle. I would say concentrate on fewer suggested superlatives with better icons. Make icons for very popular user-generated superlatives (should you be so lucky as to have that many users). Don't suggest any superlatives unless you have a icon for them (no more orange stars). -Similarly, some of your suggested superlatives are (imho) lame (I'm looking at you, "Most Likely To Think Music is the Most Beautiful Thing in the World"). Grab some friends and ask them to pick the x superlatives that they would use most on the list. I actually think this is really important -- I think your target audience is under 22 and will bolt at the first sign of lameness. -The "Make me the happiest person ever" superlative goes contrary to the aim of your app, afaict. It sounds explicitly designed for lovebirds, and each nomination will get exactly one vote. Ditch it. Nobody will install your app to make the equivalent of a wall post. gl! (edit: formatting.)

Who's Most Likely To Burn in Hell? Get Arrested for Streaking? We'd like your opinion on how Superlatives could be a better app and any other suggestions you may have. Thanks guys.

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Asymmetric risk and the dangers of too high a valuation

toffer

High valuation == lower chances of an exit.

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Current web style

mcxx

This is a great site, they do indeed sum up the current style in web design.

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Four Pownce Invites

mattculbreth

sgoraya at gmail.com thx!

First come first served, etc. etc.(honestly not really sure if this thing is worth playing with, but I've got 'em if you want 'em)

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To Those About to Hack

nickb

Abraham Lincolns: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."This post: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first seven bartering for the perfect tree."Abe would have been my apprentice. The Woodsman can have Ben.

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Has anyone created an RSS-based recommendation engine yet?

altano

Google does have a recommendation ("You might also like") system for when you add a feed to your iGoogle page.

Like reddit, but input/output of OPML/OPML instead of votes/links.We're obviously all going to be using RSS some day so this is inevitable. I'm just wondering if someone's done it yet.

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Current web style

mcxx

I guess since the point of most websites is to deliver content, style should really just make that easy, and not annoy people. But still...seems like websites are getting more uniform (especially the examples we see there).Last website I made, I just copied an old .css file, made 5 minutes worth of changes, BANG, style. I'm pretty sure that's the industry standard process.

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Openmoko starts to take orders

tuukkah

This company is really cool.. I respect their commitment in promoting the mobile phone as an open development platform. While the hardware may not be as sexy as the iPhone, I hope it still gains market share among hackers.The GTA01 is the device on sale now, but the GTA02 is the version you want (WiFi, 3D graphics, etc) and it comes out in October.

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Steve Jobs' Greatest Presentation (five lessons for making an unforgettable pitch)

nickb

Sometimes CEOs give boring presentations on revolutionary products. More often they give boring presentations on boring products. Steve Jobs has a huge advantage when it comes time to show his work because he produces such earth-shattering stuff. His salesmanship is the the icing on the already-delicious cake.

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Four Pownce Invites

mattculbreth

kbeshay@gmail.comthanks.

First come first served, etc. etc.(honestly not really sure if this thing is worth playing with, but I've got 'em if you want 'em)

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Four Pownce Invites

mattculbreth

kyle.bolton at gmail

First come first served, etc. etc.(honestly not really sure if this thing is worth playing with, but I've got 'em if you want 'em)

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Openmoko starts to take orders

tuukkah

I've been following the Openmoko mailing list. While the hardware doesn't LOOK shiny/sexy like the iPhone, they're packing in lots of stuff, especially in the october release (as you mentioned), which will have the wifi that the people on the list have been clamoring for.The devs on the list are pretty wary of making a good UI since that'll make or break the device as well. I expect some fairly pretty apps to be on the device.They get new ideas they bounce around too. The latest was someone talking about making ripple effects on the screen when you touch it, as feedback and a coolness factor.

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Real-Time 3D in Javascript using divs

iamwil

I didn't think this piece would be that popular. I had other submissions that were new emerging technologies, and this was the one that floated up top.

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