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The way I see it, the level of granularity I desire is directly related to the pricing. Something less expensive should have less granularity; something more expensive ought to have more granularity.

Cable is a good candidate for the "more granularity" category both because it's naturally easy to segment, and because while monthly bills are not large, they of course add up fast.

For an example of a product (rather than service) that can benefit from more granularity, consider computers. Even Apple, our paragon of non-granular pricing options, offers ~4 SKU's for their higher end laptops.
1. Never fight a land war in Asia.

2. Never enter into a mobile partnership with Microsoft.

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Applied in 2010 as solo founder of http://www.breezy.com.

Didn't get in, didn't sweat it, tried other things. We haven't yet built a mammoth company or had a successful exit so I have yet to be able to take pg up on his offer to go to lunch sometime to discuss what they missed when evaluating my application, but I think it's fair to say we're doing reasonably well so far, all things considered.

YC is overrated as a gate. (I don't know whether it's overrated in general and I kind of doubt it, but too many people think "I didn't get into YC, oh no, maybe I'm not cut out for this".)

Frankly, as others have said in this thread, if a YC rejection stops you then something else would have stopped you anyway. YC is a very good first step in the right direction, but it is only a step - and there are many other good steps you can take in the same direction anyway, so failing to get into YC means very little in itself, imho, about whether you have what it takes to succeed more generally.
The funny thing with a rejection is that it makes you try harder. If you set your mind to success then no YC or anybody can bring you down. Really looking forward to our 1-year anniversary email to them!!

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You seem to have specific examples in mind. I have no idea what they are on this side of your skull. More specific language would be appreciated.

That was a bit tongue-in-cheek, my point is that tastes are in a state of perpetual change and instances that are regarded as representations of "good taste" are generally reflections of today's zeitgeist. Taste (as in gustation) is a good analog for social taste; people have a general idea of what tastes good to other people, but they almost always know what they like to eat and they also know that everyone is different and preferences in taste vary over time and by location. A good chef (someone that might be regarded as having good taste), certainly has his own preferences, but his skill is the capacity to engineer a dish that meets the requirements of any taste (because "good" depends on the taster)

A number of the hallmarks of Taste in instrumental music, like the ability to use slight modulation of rhythm to convey the visceral feeling of specific dance steps, are demonstrably cross cultural and enduring across generations.

What you describe are skills. Someone who "has taste" simply has preferences that align with those around them; catering to taste is just marketing. This is not to say that works of intrinsic merit don't exist, but those who can appreciate the finer details of a given work (in any domain) are rare, thus we rely on the social taste as a heuristic for determining which things are good. Those who pay little attention to the trends around them and simply serve their own preferences/apathy are regarded as tasteless. Even those cheesy Star Wars transitions were hip at one time.
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I had the same experience the other day. I wanted to legally buy 1984 on amazon as an ebook, but it says I wasn't allowed due to not living in the US.

They make it too hard to give them money
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Unless I'm misunderstanding you, Reddit sort of does this already.
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Who we are is answered by a giant link there :)
Thanks! You have an interesting project yourself.
While Zuckerberg is busy buying vanity smartphone photo-filters for a billion bucks, Elon Musk is busy putting America back in space.

Impact. Matters.
a) does that mean the people necessarily have to be screwed over if that's the only way for the company not to be? the desires of commerce necessitate a loss of freedom?
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You realize you just named 3 of the very largest companies the world has ever seen and all just a few decades old. That's a pretty high bar.
> A programmer's salary is great, but why can't I work 20 hours as a programmer, and 20 hours as a tree-planter, or teaching rock climbing to high school kids, for maybe 55% of a programmer's salary?

My company does this. Work half-time, get paid 50% of full-time programmer's salary + health insurance.

My anecdotal impression is that "productivity" is much higher than 50% of a full-time person, but everyone feels less busy, less stressed and more relaxed. Ends up being a great deal for both employer and employee I think.

Anyway, if you're a Rails dev in the Bay Area drop me a line, we're hiring.
If a member of security can nick your stuff, then you know that there is no secure item tracking going on.

If there is no secure item tracking going on, with security that is specifically tasked with trying to guard against dangerous items, then you know that there is no security.

Unfortunately, given its size and apparently low levels of oversight, TSA employees are probably one of the largest risks to air travel at the moment.
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Thanks for the kind feedback! Unfortunately the time that (I think) they looked at the web site we didn't have the scheduler implemented!

We're located in Melbourne, Australia. I was a senior software engineer before and so was my co-founder. We are in our late 20s and have both quit our jobs few months ago and could relocate.
I think the applicants this time round were very strong!
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That has been my experience with AI programming.

But I would take a more pessimistic interpretation of this.

That is: all our "learning algorithms" has failed to learn and those with some clever heuristics succeed versus the broken methods we so-far have.
Though the real world won't follow the text book example, we can argue that an ideal free market will arrive at the same rates, costs, and salaries whether a manager hires the maids or the maids hire a manager.
I like that word rejection, it's got a ring to it. I have to admit, I'm a bit more motivated now. I've got more to prove to myself every time I get rejected from YC.
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Yes, but the company isn't doing anything effectively to stop this culture from existing, is it?

You know, sometimes I'm amazed at how groups frequently take on a life of their own. I've been in this situation before, and it's almost always more complex than meets the eye. Family therapists notice that usually the person who's acting up usually isn't the person who has a problem. They call this person the identified patient[1]. In other words, they're the ones the family has identified as being the patient. Having such a person helps create the appearance that the family doesn't have a problem.

In this case, there's usually an employee or two who are "acting out" the company's problem. You see this kind of behavior more frequently when you have someone who's more manipulative than your typical office jerk running the company. They may want their employees to work around the clock, but they don't want to get their hands dirty. So they find a way to manipulate some people within the company
to do the policing for them. This helps them to look like the good guy while others take the fall for doing their dirty work. It's generally a pretty ugly situation for all involved except for the person who's reaping its benefits.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identified_patient
To All the Rejects
Hello fellow applicants, just received my rejection email at 4:03 PST and it is quite a relief. I've been muddling about for the past several weeks anticipating a reply and I'm glad I've finally received one. I've noticed many of the posts regarding the rejection/acceptance emails have indicated that they are relieved once they receive either one. Sometimes I feel like our team kind of hedged our bets on the prospects of the YC experience. It's almost as if the time between applying and waiting had taken a little of the motivation out of our work ethic. But now its over! The dirty, uncomfortable feeling of uncertainty has finally been washed away and there's only one direction from here, forward. Congrats to those who got past the first round. Big chin up for those who tried. And an even bigger chin up for those who will be posting something like this about 2 weeks from now.

And lastly to all the rejects, be one of the startups that sends YC one of those "we want to learn from our mistakes" emails.
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No libertarian is going to suggest that the guy out laying asphalt isn't working hard.

You seem to have confused libertarians with some sort of ultra-elitists, whom I don't think exist in any significant number.

Only a very small fraction of mankind is actually making a dent in the world. Are you saying that libertarians believe that only 0.01% of people are actually working hard?
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I thought Backtype now powers search.twitter.com, is that incorrect? But yeah, it's still really limited.
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That is because Apple is not a big player in the enterprise space like Windows is, thus they don't see the benefit of the same differentiation that they have with OS X server.
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Hi Greg, it's Dave from NYU. I wrote this post. Funny to see you comment on it :-) Let's catch up, my email is in my profile.
> you're really just objecting to having all your eggs in one basket.

Not really, there are existing projects[1] which allows you to to split your files like RAID0 or RAID5 across different cloud storage providers, losing a single slice will not lose data.

The best part is, since each cloud storage provider has an incomplete partial of data, it totally protects your privacy.

[1]: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs
I applied as a single founder and was rejected as well. The project I am working on is https://codetique.com

The goal being to make code reviewing easier. Think pastebin but with inline commenting and comment karma. Click any line in a code review to leave a comment for that line. You don't need an account to create a review or comment on one.
>Companies who sponsor an event have a right to not be screwed over.
>
>Most taxpayers don't want to pay more for the Olympics then they have to.

It's stupid to pay to host a branded event that won't let us talk about it.

The modern Olympics, at its root, is a scam. A big money party is hosted so local businesses and connected contractors can make a killing and the expenses get charges to taxpayers. It's always justified as economic stimulus but it's the most vague, frivolous possible means of economic stimulus and tax dollars should not be spent on it.
I've been aware for a long time about the distinction between employees and contractors, and the basic idea is clear enough to me. However, the difference between contractors and vendors still baffles me.

I don't issue a 1099 to Staples for delivering office supplies (though I realize we dodged that bullet by a hair a couple years ago). However, I do issue one to a guy I find on CraigsList to redesign my web site. In that case the difference seems obvious. But where is the line?
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"That $350 is insurance against all sorts of bad things, and is, in my opinion, totally worth it."

Priceless advice. Protecting your personal liability should be of great concern, especially if you have a family/partner whose financial life is linked to yours.
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97%ers fighting back :)
Yeah, totally sucks to not even get that interview. We got our rejection earlier this afternoon too.

But for those of us who still want to play YC's game, the best way to "get back at" YC for the rejection is: get our product launched, get a bunch of enthusiastic users, and get in YC for the Winter 2013 class. Best way to do that? Build a stronger team. Come on guys, let's start now.

This is an open invitation to those who PG should've picked but somehow missed. Let's Occupy King of Thai Noodles (Grant & Columbus) at 7pm this Thursday. Remember though, we're not getting together to moan. Bring your passion, your skillz, your totally-off-the-wall-world-changing ideas, we'll see how we can help each other.

Shoot me an email if you decide to come (starcatcher88 AT gmail). I'll be the girl in the yellow blazer. Look forward to meeting you.
How many years after starting PayPal did Elon start space exploration efforts? While I agree with the sentiment of your post, and I am apprehensive Zuckerberg ever strives for NASA or equivalent level accomplishment, I think it's way to early in his life to judge/assume.
SpaceX is innovating off of NASA's inventions so it has a smaller barrier to clear.

NASA is in charge of space exploration and space science with a budget that can really only handle one. In addition, politicians and not engineers run NASA.
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My partner and I are Ph.D. psychologists who have developed a unique roadmap to permanent behavior change based on our personal experiences (we each lost 40+ lbs. 5 years ago and have kept it off) and professional knowledge. We are longtime friends and business partners so other than being non-hackers we fit the preferred criteria for teams pretty well.

We were rejected as well (www.readysteadychange.com) and as I read these comments several things that have been stated seem abundantly clear:

1. The YC team is telling the truth when they say the number of high quality applications keeps increasing while the limited spots for interviews/funded teams remains more or less constant;

2. The process of thoughtfully completing the application is an incredibly valuable idea stage experience in and for itself;

3. Getting to market and crossing the chasm are the real objectives for all of us, not getting into YC;

4. There really is no guarantee that getting into YC is the best thing for many of us. As someone wrote they seem to favor particular types of teams and ideas which they know a lot about and are able to mentor well. The rest of us should take rejection as a sign to keep moving forward on our own terms and capture any and all "data" from this experience as valuable learning.

As a colleague once said, "the only way out is through," to which I would add, "the only real direction is forward."
.>..changed the name of another (Starter -> RT).

What? You're way off base here. Please re-read article more carefully.
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Three observations: this is just one dataset. You can't assume that HN generates more traffic based on this story and this one alone.

They appear to have been posted at different times of day- this can have a huge impact.

Also, the chart cuts off before the TechMeme traffic dies off- it already seems to have a significantly longer tail than HN traffic.

For what it's worth, I did a comparison of HN vs. Reddit traffic to my blog: http://blog.untogether.co.uk/post/17661390124/fun-with-analy... and Reddit absolutely smoked HN. Not that that's too surprising.
I for one does not think it has any chance competing agaist Dropbox. Every Google client software hasn't been updated for decades. What's the last time you saw an update to that native Google Talk windows client? Google Desktop for Windows? Desktop Search?

Google makes desktop clients in a half assed way. It will never be half decent as Dropbox.
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Also, all crankiness aside, aside from this issue Parse has been very nice to work with. I'm impressed at how easy it is to get a new project up and running.
Zuckerberg has accrued over 20 billion dollars of value. He's 27. Elon started out by starting a company "to let people pay to sell junk on eBay" and he did alright.

Give Mark some time before rushing to judge.
Couldn't have said it better myself, which I did a moment ago on another thread. Onward.
a) So, mute button is banned on remotes? You're grasping at straws. Do note that the law is far-reaching, beyond the Olympic premises.

b) The taxpayer paid billions. The sponsors paid millions.

Where can I meet these 'normal people' to explain the basics of liberty, property rights, freedom of association, freedom of speech, etc?
"The transformative power of "source always included" in JavaScript is a major reason..."

Unless it's minified, in which case you might as well be running cat on a binary.
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Why would Microsoft care about Intel while competing against the iPad juggernaut?

Also, the Intel tablet/laptop has the huge advantage of being able to run all Windows software to date. The ARM will only run Office and Metro apps.
Keep things in perspective. Getting in to YC != success. It's one data point.

Success = Success.

Get your customers to love you. Get people to pay you for your product / service. Be better tomorrow than you are today.

If you were doing all those things when you applied, that 1 data point doesn't a failure make.
Technically, they can't choose Windows RT since it's the ARM edition and only comes bundled with Windows tablets. I expect almost everyone will get Windows 8, and the "Pro" features will be easy to purchase as an upgrade through the new Windows Store.
For a home user, what attacks does BitLocker prevent? Where would home users escrow their keys?
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Dropbox doesn't want to sell. Apple already tried.
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By associating speakers with HN accounts, you could filter out below a certain karma. Not to make it a clique, but more to just stop junk callers to some extent. Not too sure what I think of the open concept, but thought I should point it out.
Ask HN: Has anyone who applied late to YC12 received a reply?
Seen a few people have gotten rejection/interview emails this evening.

Has anyone who applied late heard back yet?
> You are fortunate not to have any pre-existing conditions

THIS. Although in many states there is a high risk pool that you can sign up for, when insurers deny you. I know someone who's done this in California and while there was a 6-9 month waiting list, and the coverage wasn't great, it was much much better than no coverage at all.

States with high risk pools:

http://www.naschip.org/states_pools.htm
Lousy kind of relief, huh? :) How about fighting back?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3850511
I recall pg mentioning that he would consider four founders to be too many (although, I am not sure it's a "hard" rule).
"It would be cool to see incredibly rare behaviours"

Working in game design with complex AI, I can tell you that the last thing players ever want is rare behaviors. They tend to think of these things as bugs even if they are simply that, rare behaviors.

Then again, I've been working in game systems where the rare behaviors are sometimes positive and sometimes negative for the player. Given this, the negative ones stand out as "bugs" even if they are not.
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Keep on keepin' on. Your rejection is in no way a foreshadow of your success or failure. This time last year I found out my company got accepted into an accelerator. A year later the business is a failure and a bunch of companies that got rejected are still going.

People that run incubators are amazing human beings, but they're not fortune tellers.
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I think it's more like they're driving home the point...

"Why get an artificially crippled consumption device when you can have the choice to hookup a keyboard/mouse and do real work?"

..by bundling Office with the ARM tablets.
> What does CISPA have to do with the MPAA?

I didn't say it does; my point is that there are a number of Internet-related bills in the media these days, and they range from ambiguous to unambiguously bad (nothing unambiguously good or even close to it, as far as I can think of).
Agreed. And there's no time to start like the present:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3850511
So, uh, how long until the novelty of writing old programs in a new framework wears off?

edit: although that is a pretty sweet implementation
FYI, it's not actually all Clojure; stuff like the parser and the core data types are still written in Java. (Of course, it's still open-source.)

https://github.com/clojure/clojure/tree/master/src/jvm/cloju...

I think translating the rest is a slow ongoing project (as performance, etc. gets up to par.)
I'm curious how they attacked this network -- I'd assume the payment side is still the easiest, and they could look for some patterns and then set up physical surveillance at WU or other locations to catch cash transactions.
The reason being that they've already got your money by selling you hardware at a good margin.
It's important to realize that the outermost dir is not generally the dir containing the package. In other words, the outermost dir is usually the dir that contains the project files, which also includes the package dir itself.

So for instance you might have some necessary build utilities, such as setup.py, a README, perhaps some tests, as well as a dir containing the actual package. Thought of like this, there's no actual redundancy, but it definitely is confusing until you make that connection.

Here's a simple example:

project/
README
setup.py
test_project.py
project/
__init__.py
project.py

Here project/project/ is the actual package, everything above that dir is simply ancillary to the actual package itself.
Yay! We're in (for the interview at least!)
the questions asked in the application form were very useful, and led to better understanding of own ideas. we, however, didn't start our project for VCs, but for users... so rejection by YC is not bothering me as much as getting traction. we are sms social network. http://this.is.osom.me