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Couple comments to clear things up:

1. Weightlifting

I said "...have a good strength training program. You don’t need a gym membership — but it’s easier to use weights than gravity, especially with core muscles.

I made a comment about lifting weights being a "cop out." A cop out, only in the sense that it is not a complete work out. I probably could have phrased this better.

I bench 300 lbs (max), squat 400, and deadlift 500 -- lifting weight has been a key part of my strength training program -- problem is, strength training is more than just lifting weights.

For example, instead of doing squats/leg press , or lunges, try running the steepest hill you can find 10x at full-sprint --30-60 seconds.

2. 90 min/ day

This comment was meant to suggest block 90 minutes out of your schedule to work out. Not work out for 90 minutes. If you drive/ride/walk/run to the gym, that takes time. If you stretch, that takes time. If you need to make a protein shake after you workout, that takes time.

3. Get in Shape

The overarching idea hear is simple: physical fitness, however you define it, is important. I wrote this post to share my own challenges in getting back in shape, and to encourage those who aren't currently in shape to try it out.

Really, regardless of whether you want to lift, run, bike, swim, et. al, the idea is to pick something and do it-- make a decision to get in shape, and go do that activity.

The decision is more important than the specifics, at least in the beginning.
constantly -- and it's crazy making.
the money has to go somewhere, and alot of people are telling you to park it somewhere for 5 years. what better place is there to park some equity than in a new startup?
What was a "hack" about this?
Nice. I somehow had it in my head that the programs had to terminate, but apparently not.
Ask PG: Any suggestions for your startups in regards to the economy?
...thank you!
if you are doing cardio, you must sweat. this is the simplest rule for knowing if your workout is effective. its an easy rule to remember and works no matter what level of fitness you are at.

if you want the single best cardio/toning workout, i cannot recommend the rowing machine enough. if you think this is a lightweight cardio workout, my guess is that you have never tried it. the first two minutes are a joke...in ten minutes you won't think its a joke

otherwise running can't be beat. i do a trail marathon a month on avg. trail running is the shit.
I'll ignore your "endurance athletes have health problems" phrase. Not sure how you are defining an "endurance event" nor sure if there's any empirical data to back that up.

The idea of the post, is not for those, such as yourself apparently, who are already in shape. Rather, it was written for those who are in different stages of trying to get into shape.

You're essentially arguing that quality of workout is more important than the quantity. I agree, but I think most people, including yourself probably block out a certain quantity of time -- by 35 minutes I suspect you mean the actual minutes you are working out. Great, but perhaps for others there are certain steps involved -- commute, warm-up, cool-down, stretch, et. al
We're now in a recession and branding budgets are almost always the first things that big companies cut. This is Facebook's bread & butter. Facebook will need to make some heavy cuts if they plan on searching for another three years.
And to answer the most common questions about Ripptoe's program:

No you can't remove the deadlift/squat/bench from the program and have it be effective. You can use dumbbells instead of barbells - however for beginners this is not ideal, it will complicate things. No, you don't need to do 100 sets of biceps curls, the bench is more than adequate for building arm strength. You have to eat to put on muscle mass.

When I began working out I did an ad-hoc version of this and it worked great. Lift heavy, not quite to the point of failure with compound lifts and eat well.
I would love to see Facebook, and particularly Zuckerberg, razed to the ground by this economic crisis.

Yay for the economic crisis.
I've been able to lose ~60 lbs within the course of less than a year (~40 lbs in first six months, another 20 in the next six months). I've written up my experiences (in a form tailored to fellow geeks/hackers) here:
http://weblog.strlen.net/?p=7

The only thing that worked for me was exercise. Your own mileage may vary (for what it's worth, this seems to work well for a male aged 18-28 - with older individuals and women, diet is a greater component).
Forget it ;) You are one of those guys who just wants to look at the facts for what they are, and you never want to draw conclusions about anything. You look at a robbery and see that items are missing, but you could never draw an assumption about how it happened, or who took the stuff.

If you want to be spoon-fed your information in order to have the dots connected for you, and not spend much time or effort on thinking: re-read what I've said, and this time don't get stuck in tunnel vision looking at only the facts because you have some preconceived notion of the US economy.
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Thanks for putting everything in one paragraph.

"So being more focused on technology than profitability is a valid business strategy, as long as you have runway."

Yes, I agree with this. Which is why I don't really have a problem with companies like Twitter (you can debate the technical merits, but it's certainly different). They've kept their team lean and haven't taken gobs of money right away and all at once like some of these other startups

My comments were more aimed at investors & companies that spend money just to spend money on either me-too ideas (e.g. many many ad networks, social networks) or overcapitalizing companies that aren't ready for it. They and their brethren aren't investing in the development of cutting edge technology at all, they're doing something because everyone else is.
To be fair, Crossfit's a lot more than "strength training."
I usually find it very helpful, but at the same time I'm not a developer, so I can afford to spend the time really thinking about my ideas. For me, market research usually identifies opportunities I have missed and obstacles I should take into account. And it helps adjust expectations. A lot of people you'd think would say yes end up saying no.

I think many people miss the fact that a lot of this "business stuff" was done in the past because it normally took a lot more capital to start a business before the internet. You really had to think through your ideas before you put thousands of dollars on the line. Now all you need to take care of is a domain name and $100/month in hosting fees. It just doesn't pay to spend so much time when the risk is so low.

So ask yourself, would a prototype cost you anything? Can you start getting feedback and sign up potential customers with just a site and no huge cash outlay? If you can, then do it. If you need money to really get the business off the ground, then do your research, because its important, and likely required for investment.
> We're now in a recession and branding budgets are almost always the first things that big companies cut.

Does/will Coke cut its branding budget?

I think that there are very few companies with valuable brands. (Sony might have one, but how many people buy something because it says Pioneer on the box?) The rest may have some name recognition, but that doesn't move much product.
Flamewar in 3... 2... 1...

Oh... This is not Slashdot. Sorry.
Search engine of the future
Beyond google, can you think of a really advanced /innovative search engines out there?
Last week I tried to buy some FB ads ... couldn't get past the setup/purchase screens (was improperly validating my info).

Do I have to wait 3 years for that to work?
I'd be willing to try an IKEA chair. When we start hiring full-time people, I'll give my Aeron to the first hire, and sit in a Markus myself to see if it's up to snuff--if it is, that's wonderful. I'd love to save $600 per chair over used Aerons.

But, frankly, I'm suspicious. IKEA furniture is not exactly known for quality or longevity (though its quality is often equal to furniture costing several times more...a lot of furniture, even expensive furniture, is just made really horribly these days--I was astounded to note that relatively expensive places like Ethan Allen and Restoration Hardware are now selling MDF garbage just like Walmart and Target...people are often dumb enough to buy based on brand without any knowledge of what they're buying).

How long have you been sitting in this chair? I've got six or seven years of ass time in my Aeron, and it sits exactly the same as when I bought it (the foam lumbar support dingus did just give up the ghost a few weeks ago, so it's slightly the worse for wear--but, just like parts in a high quality electronic device, it's a replaceable component, and I always wanted the upgraded adjustable Y-shaped lumbar thing, anyway, so it's a mixed blessing...and, many people remove that part and sit in the chair with no additional lumbar support, anyway, so the chair is still perfectly functional and comfortable).
It seems to be a good thing. We can't be certain it's a good thing. :)

A very good thing you can do to regain open-mindedness, mental flexibility, and willingness to contemplate alternative ideas to remove all forms of "to be" from your speech, thinking, and writing. Most of the certainty comes from the way ordinary language is tainted by forms of the verb "to be." General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, General Semantics, Godel's Incompleteness, basically everything we know about science in the last 60 years tells us everything seems relative to the tools you use to make the measurements about the things you are claiming. Because we all use our nervous system to make any claims, when we say "is" instead of some variant of "seems to me (or my nervous system, or my instruments)" we improperly discharge the instrument with which we made the measurement from our claims.

Another very good habit to get into is adding "maybe" to your thinking and speech a lot more. If you feel certain about something, you should think of alternatives until you no longer feel certain of it. You can feel relatively certain, but there is no experience such that there is only one correct interpretation of it.

When it comes down to it, you make decisions based on the relative strength of the various maybes. It seems to me the sky is blue, but maybe it's red and I forgot to eat food with vitamins my eyes need, maybe aliens put a giant sky tarp over the part of the sky I am seeing, so I'm not seeing the sky, or maybe it's cloudy and I'm just so excited for it to be nice out I misperceive the grey. Even though I can think of alternative possibilities, I can still act on the strong maybe that the sky seems blue to me.

I have found "Quantum Psychology" by Robert Anton Wilson contains many valuable insights into changing your pattern of thinking to remove the certainty antiquated notions of science and use of the verb "to be" incorrectly force into the thinking of people who are overly certain. I recommend it highly to any entrepreneur, especially anyone who considers themselves a paradigm buster.
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Posted here a while back. It's a new take on things and gives pretty good results.
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Bullets and diesel fuel.

Hmm...there could be a startup idea in there somewhere...
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Right, which is why my speed tends to very briefly approach terminal velocity.

I have a fixed-gear mountain bike with 700c x 42mm ("really big") tires, and that doesn't really affect speed much either. The wheels very clearly have a sort of flywheel effect, though: once I'm moving, they hold a lot of momentum. (It's excellent for commuting in snow, BTW.)
My hack? Simple: just like tech, hire a pro to get you started. You didn't know C++ without a guide; same goes for fitness.

24 hour fitness is $30/month and this month they're offering a $99 deal for 5 x 25-minute training sessions. (This is the cheapest I've seen anywhere in a long time.)

You really need 10 x 50 min sessions to get started properly, but if you're on a budget these guys can at least show you the right machines, routine, and form to prevent pain and discouragement.
"Then again, I believe that a team of three great engineers lightly managed by another engineer (with some management skills) can outproduce a dozen or more mediocre developers managed by an MBA, so I've always planned for our company to produce more code in less time and for less money than our competitors."

--- I fully agree with this. Best managers are the ones that are really strong technically, and that still do some/little coding. They know exactly what's going on, and reward competence over arse-kissing.
Fixies are terrible for hilly areas, but they're trendy as hell ATM, so that probably explains it.

Still, they're nice: there's really not much to break (or spend time maintaining). They are also incredibly easy to keep stable on ice and snow, provided you have reasonable tires. If the wheels start to lose traction, the pedals lurch, and you reflexively stabilize them.
The cheapest, fastest product ever built is the one never made.

Good market research will help you identify the customer you're aiming to help and their specific problem. In addition to "academic" market research, consider doing "field work" where you talk to, interview and "shadow" actual potential users. All this work will definitely make for a better product that if you just start coding.
outsourcing has been disastrous so far. We have tried three times in my company, and with bad results.

Doesn't save money, or time in the long run, especially in engineering. It makes sense only in things like design, logos, etc, but not in your core business.

I would fully recommend to all my competitors to outsource their engineering as much as they can.
I really can't see the fun in bashing people or their work. Especially not by somebody that produces something that's at least as crappy as the products they bash (the team behind uncov have created pressflip.com).
Tons and tons of market research. We have folders of interviews with potential members of the target market, and lots of other documents about market size and competitors.

To address your latter point, I'm a developer myself an I'm working with two other guys. One is non-technical and the other is technical but more geared toward the CEO role. Frankly, I'm very passionate about the whole project, but especially the technology and seeing it work. It's nice that I can offload a lot of the market research to these two other guys and focus on coding, although I do spend a lot of time brainstorming with them also.
They may not panic easily, but they certainly are panicking. I'm sure they believe it's necessary, but that doesn't make them wise. They're human, and they can't see the future any more than we can. If things really are as dire as they fear, then most of their companies should sell off assets and shut down. Most of them wouldn't survive a 15-year depression, even if they're frugal. Cooler heads would just shut them down.
Not only that, but cardio work tends to make your body metabolize muscles... not exactly the best thing in the world, but if it works for cardio-people... good for them.
What's really fun is an "Hour of Power"... 1 hour of intense nonstop erging (rowing)... It's quite exhilarating.

I never understood why people didn't sweat at the gym... but then again I've got sweaty-man syndrome.
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Alright... most cognitive biases are potentially dangerous mental flaws.
Zuckerburg and Facebook as a business might fail, but it's still used by MILLIONS of college students all over. If Zuckerburg can't make a business out of millions of eyeballs, somebody will buy their husk of an indebted corpse and take a shot at it.
Of course -- a beta is infinitely better than a powerpoint slide. Lots of real users are infinitely better than a beta site. Etc.

We're in the business of turning ideas into reality. The farther you get, the better off you are.
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Unsubscribe from the [reddit] subreddit and you filter out a lot of bullshit. The smaller, topic-specific subreddits can be filled with users with a brain.
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Some of it is good thinking for any startup or small company -- it's so easy to be lulled into parting with cash unnecessarily.

But the full recipe seems like it's designed for stasis, not growth.
That's some strong Kool-Aid.
It already is too late. That is fantastic.
Don't forget the alcohol. Supposedly alcohol was one of the few good investments during the Great Depression, despite Prohibition.
Abuse Policy bothers our social networking website
We spoke with more then 20 hosting providers and did not get helpful answer. Maybe we did not bring our idea clearly?

We lunch social business network where users send messages, invitations and get email notifications and etc.

From real situation:
A user scanned his email through our system on the website and then selected “Invite all you contacts” and sent invitations to all he had on the list (240 emails).

After that hosting provider got abuse letters and finally shot down our website.

There are many social networks websites which allow users to invite contacts. I did it with facebook, myspace and other.

But in our case all hosting providers they say “If we get abuse letters to much we shot down your account”. We are interested that users would invite their contacts to join network, but we are going to risk to be shot down because of Abuse Policy.

Is there anyone who met that challenge? Is there any idea what to do?
I've noticed some stores use the cent amount to indicate other things about the price like what kind of discount has been applied. So for example .97 might mean it's on sale, and .95 might mean it's on clearance.
Heavy lifting for the lower body is the closest thing to a natural replacement for taking steroids. Maximum exertion of large muscle groups (glutes, hanstrings, quads) increases the body's testosterone production.

Studies have shown that people who do lower body strength training in addition to upper body gain more overall strength (ie, they gain upper body strength faster than people training just upper body)

edit -- start slow; you're going to want those knees later
I don't know enough about copyrights to tell you that. To some extent I know you can use snippets in some situations. The Daily Show's entire existence depends on it.

I imagine they'll be extra careful when responding to takedown notices though.
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An interesting, recent, real-world example of what to do if the stuff hits the fan
Nearly all hosts short of colo or a dedicated server (and some of them too!) will have a blanketed "Unsolicited Mail" clause in their TOS. You will probably need to colo a server or find a dedicated host that does not impose those restrictions.
Knees are like teeth -- you really miss them when they're gone.
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I know I'm going to hell and it's too negative and it hurts peoples' feelings, but I'll be honest: I like the writing. I'll keep reading if he keeps posting.
A survey of long time joggers found they had 22% body fat composition. That is horrible. A lot of "joggers" who may look thin are actually in pretty poor condition.
Indeed, Uncov went dark a several weeks before PressFlip launched, and now several more weeks later it's back... coincidence?
Instead of getting all upset about not being in the right circle of friends, why not just work your way in? They seem like alright guys.

Also, even from an outside perspective (I don't live in NYC) it's really obvious they are all friends. Just read their blogs.
you are always dealing with incomplete knowledge. You are making decisions based on the evidence you have. Especially in a field as 'fuzzy' as business, if you are certain that a plan can not fail, you are almost certainly not evaluating it rationally.
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remove the invite all "feature"...
I too am keenly interested in seeing how Apple works the premium product angle in response to the netbook segment. It's pretty obvious that they're going to have to do something, but exactly what doesn't seem obvious.
Despite, or because of?
(someone who said that nothing could convince him)

How do you know he wasn't lying or acting irrationally?
OR... because the job market is in the crapper, kids will extend their college visits, giving them several more years to waste networking on sites like FB, thereby keeping FB's valuation high and their profits coming when the markets rebound just in time for their "revenue plan"
Here's some great reading for those who might be tempted to believe the doombaya message.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/eichengreen.depressio...

Excerpt:

Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Every time the economy and stock market turn down, financial historians get predictable calls from reporters.

Could this be the start of another Great Depression? Could "it" possibly happen again? My stock answer has always been no.

The Great Depression resulted from a series of economic and financial shocks -- the end of a housing bubble in 1926 and the end of a high-tech bubble in 1929 -- but also from truly breathtaking neglect and incompetence on the part of policymakers.

It couldn't happen again precisely because policymakers know this history. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is a student of the Great Depression. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson remembers the mistakes of Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover's treasury secretary.
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Live and let live works for me too. I'm happy to offer other people advice, what they do with that advice is up to them. On the flip side, I'm going to live my life how I want, regardless of other people's opinions.

As you point out, life's too short to spend it being cynical and unhappy.
Absolutely. My deal was going along pretty well until all this crap made the investors look like a herd of spooked wildebeests.

My deal includes a mix of startup and acquisition (with cash flow). The M&A investors I've worked with are hardly vision-oriented, and their schemes are just variations on the house-flipping theme. So guts and vision are just not part of their makeup or mission. Their latest analogy is the ship dropping anchor and waiting for the fog to pass, but this sounds more to me like they think they're in quicksand and just don't want to move for fear of sinking more.

There will be a "Next Big Thing," but this current crop of investors (if exemplified by who I've worked with) will not be a part of it.
This is very useful (although I am not qualified to say if it's definitive or not). I chose PostgreSQL based on one single fact that I ONCE crashed a MySQL server with a query (about 4 years ago) and I've never crashed PostgreSQL.

It's a flimsy reason tbh but it's all I had to go on. Having said all that I do really love PostgreSQL now after 4 years of using it (via SQLAlchemy).
Looks a bit like Rapture from Bioshock.
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It's not up yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing my co-founder's talk! (Francisco Tolmasky, 280 North).