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Poll: Expected 2011 revenue for your startup
Using revenue made so far into 2011, how much do you (realistically) expect your startup to make this year?
Over $10,000 - Under $50,000
Over $50,000 - Under $100,000
Over $100,000 - Under $500,000
Over $500,000 - Under $1,000,000
Over $1,000,000
BTW -- how about addressing the point? You got a vested interest in idiots watching soccer or something? You took the wrong left turn at Albuquerque when you aimed at my intelligence or mental acuity, so let's try why you feel a reflexive impulse to defend idiotic behavior to the degree that your first instinct is to attack anybody who points it out? What's your deal, anyway? Who the hell are you?
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Awesome guide! Will definitely help us in the future. Thanks!
> So if I express myself by writing I get life + 70, but by playing I get a flat 50? Why the differing value judgment?

Within this context, I believe the logic is you are playing someones written composition. If it's yours, then it's protected as normal. If it's not, then you merely performed a creation.
I thought it was a teacup on its side.
>20 years ago Apple were a rudderless ship.

because they detached the rudder 26 years ago.

>Today they are on of the most efficiently operating computer companies out there. They have a vision, they have a solid foundation on which to build, and they have the resources to execute rapidly on that vision.

Sounds like you're talking about Apple of 1982-84. Apple that had had a several years long run under Jobs. Btw, the vision they execute today is the vision outlined in the Jobs' 30 years old Macintosh business plans.
"Apple without Jobs" is already a data point for failed companies?
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> We don't just list your projects, we get the code and extract some meta data from them.

So you're cloning ohloh.com?

> as a coder what do you expect from a site like this?

Nothing really, github has done a nice job without even focusing on it.
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The internet is a distraction. Case in point, why am I replying to a comment on HN when I could be coding?!
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I've just given it a quick go and gone straight back to v3. Fusion on Lion still lacks native full screen and the interface feels a lot slower. Nevermind, maybe a rush to compete with Parallels?
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I've never actually received a response of any kind from that dialog. Weird.
I guess nobody ever has downloaded a pirated song from thepiratebay after this massive downvoting.
There's a barefoot running movement stemming from research apparently indicating cushiony running sneakers leading to less healthy feet than running barefoot. Maybe the same could be true of bedding. Many Japanese today still sleep on thick cotton-stuffed pads laid on the floor, which is vastly firmer than most spring/foam mattresses.
I honestly didn't know it was a shell, and I've seen it 100+ times. I suppose it makes sense with the beach thing, but I didn't put it together.

But that being said, this specific logo has 0% influence on my thoughts of your company!
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We (B2brev.com, a YC company) surveyed 2500 merchants that used Groupon, LivingSocial and 18 other daily deal sites. Our data shows that overall, 75%+ would use Groupon and LivingSocial again. This is a decent indications that there are a large number of success stories out there (to magsafe's point).

To address 3 additional points with some data:

* REPEAT CUSTOMERS: We asked a 5-scale question of "How many repeat customers did you get?" with answers being None / Few / Moderate / Many / Tons / Not sure. About 15% of respondent said that Groupon and LivingSocial provided "Many" or "Tons". Anecdotally, many mentioned that a repeat rate of over 10% was very good compared to their expectations. About 18% were "Not sure"

* BARGAIN HUNTING CUSTOMERS: We read and categorized every single open-ended comment (160k words!), and 14% of respondents complained about Groupon/L.S. drawing the bargain hunters. In our opinion, this was lower than expected

* ADVERTISING BENEFIT: Local businesses definitely see a benefit to the daily deals beyond the direct sales. Again, based on the open-ended responses, it was the #2 most mentioned benefit. Anecdotally, many mentioned that they spend money to generate awareness anyway and that it was a very acceptable marketing cost

There is one caveat that many commenters here touched upon, which is that running a successful daily deal really depends on the type of business. For instance, of Restaurants and Shopping businesses, only about 50% would do the daily deal again--and there are wide ranges of satisfaction even within these category buckets.

In a nutshell, there are millions of local businesses and a lot of nuanced marketing needs (i.e., lots of nice opportunities to be addressed).

Link to our blog here to see some charts/tables:
http://blog.b2brev.com/daily-deals-the-merchant-perspective

You can also buy our research report to get a the most comprehensive picture :).
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Interested; please include me. Once the book arrives I'll have to confirm I can make the time.

In terms of how: I was part of a terrific, useful "HN reads SICP" group a while back (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=428248, couple of us made it through to the end). In that case the meeting place was simple (irc) and we generally linked to our answers on pastebin/github/personal site which supported whichever features we needed it to. An HN thread per "meeting" could work similarly as a hub.

It is probably useful for each person to chime in separately, e.g. "I agree that this is the right answer" or "I also have this confusion", despite this not being ordinary HN etiquette. That allows us to know how many people are participating and evaluating answers, which is difficult, especially given hidden comment points.
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Win 7 shipped on time. What makes you so sure Win 8 won't?

Win 8 has a lot more in common with Win 7 in terms of people driving it, developers involved, etc, than it does with Vista or any earlier release.

Judging by the Build preview, which is similar to the state of the Win7 PDC 2008 preview, I don't see why anyone would doubt Microsoft is on target to hit RTM near middle of next year (the same way Win7 went RTM in July 2009) and then full release in October (the same way Win7 went into general release in October 2009) to coincide with the hardware maker's fall releases.

I do agree the rest of the article is fluff, though. This statement in particular:

"What's more, even if Microsoft does manage to ship by fall 2012, the calendar still gives the Apple and Android development projects a huge lead time to out-innovate Windows 8."

Does the author think the developers at Google and Apple just wave their arms and solid innovative code magically appears in Android and OS X? It was pretty clear what Win8 was going to be even to curious outsiders as long as a full year ago. Just like it is pretty clear to anyone with half a lick of sense where Apple is taking OS X over the next few years (hint: more iOS-y).

Showing this stuff off now about a year ahead of full retail release doesn't change the game in any notable way.
They forgot to mention @everwrite ;)
Seems I am in love with learning
I have used the iPhone GUI PSD Version 4 several times. It does lack a map though, which i thought was in the version 3. Thanks for this resource, I have bookmarked it.
Stuff like this, I hope they can always have on dead-tree format. No way this can feel right on the Kindle.
Um, I doubt this, very very much.

The Air has a 50 W/h battery. That's 50W for a full hour. So if they are saying that it would last 2.5 seconds, that means the putative 1990s computer would have to consume 60 x 24 x 50 = 72,000 Watts!

Someone at the Atlantic needs to figure out basic math.
1. I accept your point that those with limited capital sometimes need to sacrifice their potential -- if you can't afford college then your annual income will be lower (though perhaps not lifetime income).

2. Diminishing marginal utility is not usually considered to apply to time -- are you saying that your girlfriend would rather use a mac than add an additional ~year of work/play time to her lifespan?

3. Note that the concept of diminishing marginal utility is different than the concept of utility.

4. I'm like this in person.
> losing me tons of money

There are a lot hosts that charge for throughput and not actual bandwidth, i.e. https://www.gandi.net/hosting/

> I had no way to keep track

Cookies?

If you like reddit, advertise it there as "like imgur but for all file types"
Because if you're like me, you're sitting in class incredibly bored. ;)
What exactly are you worried about? You are more likely to get harsh words from Jello Biafra than a drive-by....

I lived there years ago and visited recently. It has changed in interesting ways. There is still good drink and food. There are cool autumn events like Lit Quake.

The parking sucks but you are near BART and fairly frequent bus-lines.

Go for it!
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I would guess that "computer that is identical to a Macbook Air" is key here: it means the current Air's power. That would probably be a mainframe in those days?
i understand your frustration. however, like you said, they're on vacation; one of the great things about that is you can relax and be yourself, and if you enjoy hollering at football in a bar, more power to ya!

there are plenty of very smart, dedicated people i know who work hard all day, but once quitting time comes they want sports and beer. they're not a waste of space for indulging; they work hard doing important things, and enjoy themselves when they're done.

sounds like you're frustrated with the overall situation, though (stuck in a foreign town, girlfriend is sick, etc.). you may find yourself more resilient if things weren't so stressful in life!
Thanks for sharing. As far as I know there is no double tax treaty between Brazil and the US. Does this mean you will have to pay income tax twice?

Also very interested to know how did you get a US bank account. As far as I know it is not possible to do it remotely since Patriot Act has been passed.
If you read the article, it's clear they mean an hypothetical 1990s computer with the computing power of the modern macbook air, and the power efficiency typical of computers of that era.

Completely nonsensical, I'll grant you.
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clicking that link took me back to the 90's. there are some pretty nice looking templates on http://themeforest.com as well.
I love this idea, because there is so much room for improvement in the field of ed tech. There are some pretty interesting questions to answer, many of which are a mix of social/ business/ ethical/ technical considerations. For example, we have a huge gap in access to educational resources. I would hate to see ed tech startups widen this gap.

US government funding is $800bn, so obviously there is a pool of money available to effective innovators. But this brings into question the issue of how much profit to aim for, and how to ensure equitable access to new technologies.

How should ed tech startups approach trying to find a balance between maximizing profit, and while maintaining equitable access to their product? One thought I had was to aim for a distribution between pay-in-full access, discounted access (in price only, not in features), and free access - this distribution should align with a society's income distribution somehow.

Is this issue being addressed at all?
I think he meant 1985-1997 period.
I read it to mean they were factoring in the computing power as well.

i.e. they estimated that it would take 72,000 Watts-worth of 1990s computers to match the processing power of a Macbook Air.

Though that does add further caveats to an already less-than-ideal comparison (as an MBA is not going to last seven hours at 100% CPU load).
Top college majors: business, history, & health (where's tech?)
With all this unemployment why are so many people majoring in business, history, and phys ed?
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This is only an anecdote, but my parents replaced our office chair with a kneeling chair when I was a kid to keep me from monopolizing the family computer.

Not only did their plan fail, I found that I could sit for hours in that chair where in other "office" chairs I was highly uncomfortable after 30 min.

Also studies and other's anecdotes are worth a pittance compared to rigorous experimentation on your own part as everyone's body reacts differently. I can't count the number of times my experience has run counter to "accepted wisdom".
I'm not sure that such a thing existed.
1. Not all mac apps can be copied by dragging folders out of the applications folder.

2. There are many many different backup solutions for windows -- many of which are far better than Time Machine for certain use cases (say, managing backups for several thousand machines). You probably want to look at http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/01/whats-your-backup-s... for a simple solution.
Excellent suggestion, and something we're already considering for a future release.

Our current reasoning is that if you are only pulling back one or two objects, then an extra round trip probably isn't that bad. If you're pulling back many objects for processing, then you might be better off feeding the query results into a MapReduce job so that it runs in parallel across the cluster.
While I'd love to see copyright terms just tuned down across the board, I could deal with a system whereby the next extensions required explicit renewals. For practicality's sake I might even be willing to put up with allowing owners to file one form for their entire catalog rather than enumerating everything, because if nothing else at least this would clear the zombie owner backlog.
I appreciate your reply, but you overestimate my time to find out what "a template" means in this context.

I do know of the existence of CSS, and I know it enables one to set different colors, fonts, sizes, layout, etc. for the various elements of a page.

But I don't know exactly how, and I don't know how to cause a page to use it, and I don't know how to fix it so it doesn't screw up in minority browsers, and I have zero taste in design, and I DON'T HAVE TIME.

There are people for whom this is totally trivial and they do it every single day without thinking. I'm willing to compensate for that. If you make a decent version of the page in literally 5 minutes, and I like it, we can talk about compensation.

Let me say again, many here will think the work required is trivial, and that they are helping by making these suggestions, but do not underestimate how much you know, how little I know, or think that I have time.

I appreciate the knowledge others have, and one day I too might be able to spend 5 minutes making something better, but I'd have to learn how. For now, I'd rather just compensate someone else to do it.

Terms to be agreed.
Thanks for that explanation! Now I understand better why I don't get a larger cut for ebooks. I guess since Amazon commands the distribution, they can command a larger portion of the sale price.

(I am the author of Design for Hackers)
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Historically speaking, it is far more likely than in 10-20 years, China will "see the light" and institute much stronger IP laws, once they have more stuff to protect, because your proposal is unstable; if the US starts disrespecting Chinese copyright, the historical outcome is a treaty, not mutual disrespect. If mutual disrespect were the stable outcome, we'd already see that.
It's still much cheaper and easier in the long run to build one launcher big enough to do a straight shot from Earth to Mars or other target. You have all the assembly done on Earth and put all the lift capability into a single hyperbolic trajectory straight to the target, instead of doing on-orbit assembly (which we know how to do but is still outrageously harder) and devoting a lot of launch capability into putting mass in a circular orbit in an orbital plane around the Earth that's constrained by the launch site latitude, only to have to counteract a lot of that Delta V to put that mass onto a new hyperbolic escape trajectory along a plane defined between Earth and the target once it's put together.

I believe SpaceX is planning on developing a still more powerful heavy launch rocket that could shoot human crewed missions straight to Mars in a single shot. The Falcon Heavy could send a substantial payload to the Mars surface.
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Since we're not in the U.S. (yet) we do not need to pay taxes twice. We work from brazil as contractors to our U.S. company.
So the company pays taxes in the U.S. and the individuals pay income taxes in Brazil.
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Small world, I'm also in Greenville and just recently launched http://fileslap.com.
Well mostly people call them stacked bar charts no?

Anyway to your point about labeling: For bar charts the axis scale labels are a requirement. If someone doesn't label scales I'd as kindly as possible suggest that they shouldn't be making charts at all :)
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Why would they have to be more threatening than they use to be? Windows is losing share, mostly on servers. I look around me and Macs are more popular desktops and laptops than they were last year. And the year before.

It won't be fast and Windows desktops and servers won't disappear (or even become a small niche) overnight, but I don't see Windows regaining its lost popularity.
"sometimes it's not worth me shoving it down their throat if they're not going to be pumped about coming in to work everyday."

Good sales pitches don't involve feelings of having things shoved down one's throat. Don't think "sales" in the slick marketing vernacular -- think translation that your team members can understand, in spite of their (in)familiarity with the market.
I use three20, but only to use TTStyledTextLabel - is there a better way (now) to put rich text in a cell?
Sounds like they ought to mention how long that is in football fields.
This really applies to anyone engaged in communication about a company in which they have a financial interest, doesn't it? If you take language like:

When an investor or insider is engaged in an omission which proves to be a deception, and the result of that was a financial loss to another investor, a case for fraud can be made.

As stated, at least, that seems like it would also apply to founders' blogs, or even founders' posts on HN.
I suspect weight and aerodynamics play the most important part in determining shape. What I've always wondered is why we've never effectively used wings on our spacecraft to get part of the way there. Spaceship one used something like this with its "stage 1" vehicle.

I haven't done the math, but I always assumed it would be less expensive (as in fuel and weight) to start the orbital boosters from 50,000ft after climbing via traditional wings, as opposed to the brute force option of simply producing as much thrust as possible and climbing straight up.

Granted for extremely large payloads the structural requirements for building wings that can support the weight might be impractical, but wouldn't it have been easier for the space shuttle to "launch" from 50,000ft?
As a part of the Imagine K12 cohort announced here, I can tell you that this issue is being addressed. It varies from company to company, but overall we're trying new ways to monetize and close the gap.
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You can use the index as input into a map reduce query which will bulk load the documents across the cluster.

You can then filter, transform, sort, limit, etc the documents from within the map reduce query.

What I'd like to see is the ability to use the index as the input and then use key filters to enable the ability to pre-filter the map-reduce query using meaningful keys. This maybe possible now, I haven't tried it.
"Intel" may have that lead in RAM, but for other chips, and we're talking specifically about Atom here. I haven't seen any Atom netbook have more than 2 GB of RAM (AMD's Fusion chips support up to 8 GB), and the Atom in my netbook, which is about 3 year old can only support 1 GB of RAM.
Is there a corresponding writeup somewhere? I love hearing about the difficult decisions, and this has some teasers that sound like they'd be interesting stories - especially "fired illustrator over contract dispute", "developers 'need' to start over", and "made appearance in costume".
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Very nice post! Thanks for sharing all the process and info.
I've known the fine folks behind this project for a while and it's exciting to see them launch and gain some traction. It's great for our area and great for them. Congrats again Dodd and team. Looking forward to see more great stuff coming down the pipe!
Because it makes sense for any pressure vessel to be round.
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> Win 7 shipped on time. What makes you so sure Win 8 won't?

I agree 7 data-points is not that much, but, so far, how many Windows versions shipped on time?
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As it stands, we probably won't have a shipping product until early 2012, so I voted "Under $10,000" where that really means "$0". Sad, but part of the process, I suppose. We're still hammering away...
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Thanks Mr. Muppet :)
I thought: Maybe someone (me) can write a little app that notifies you after the story is completed. But I will not, this behavior should not be stimulated. If you have something to say finish what you want to say and then post it to HN. It's not even possible to have a meaningful discussion right now.
I was super excited until I read that you have to submit requests to be voted on. While I understand the difficulty (impossibility?) of having this kind of service on-demand, I really would rather not have to submit my obscure and possibly business-intelligence related queries to a community for voting. This could be a game-changing service if they could somehow make it on-demand.
Well, yes, disavowal is too strong: the USA will just try to reduce (international) IP. The main point is the turnaround.
Got Win8 installed on VirtualBox just fine on my Dell laptop, but network adapters didn't work for me. So no internet. :(

I went with the virtual hard drive technique (http://hnsl.mn/win8vhd) instead and it worked perfectly. I'm now dual booting Win8 and Win7. :)
I don't think it's that great of a logo.

At the very least it is too detailed to scale well, the shell will be completely lost at smaller sizes turning into a blob of flesh color. The use of desaturated pastels is not a typical choice for a technical project. It is more fit for something soft, girly, perhaps creative. Also there is a disconnect between the name and the symbol. You tell me "Groove", I will remember GrooveShark. You show me the logo and I will have hard time recalling the name it goes with.

And while it is very satisfying to publish the details of design process, it is not that interesting to look at it. Once you saw one or two, you've seen them all... and every self-respecting logo designer now has a couple in a portfolio, so there is plenty of really good sketch logs to choose from.
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