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Something I completely forgot to mention was stress (I realize this is now 24 hours and no one will probably read this). I have a great aunt who lived to be 104, and her secret to long life was the lack of stress. She drank, smoked, and ate whatever she wanted, but she lived in a hotel almost her entire life (she owned a floor in said hotel), never had kids, and only worked in her younger days. This has nothing to do with the French, but I think is applicable.

It always surprises me when people focus on one small part of a diet that they hope is some kind of super-cure (or in this case, they want an excuse to drink red wine more often). Of course red wine on it's own isn't going to do anything for you, it's your entire diet and lifestyle that matters. Look at the real reasons (which studies like this one do not mention at all) the French likely have less heart disease and are in better shape than most Americans:

- They eat significantly smaller portions

- They take much longer to eat their meals (resulting in eating much less, because you know you're full)

- There is a focus on quality food and cooking, which results in better ingredients used

- The focus on quality means a focus on freshness, which leads to less processed food (especially refined carbs) being consumed

- The french walk and ride bikes much more than their average American counterpart

Hah, I'd just do it myself, but I was going to suggest he build his own MVP to scale his own service!

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to build a marketplace that connects folks who need a quick MVP built with freelance developers. You could go a step further and break it down by back-end, front-end, design only, or all of the above (because maybe you already fill one of those roles yourself).

You can bake in the idea of a cash/equity split if the freelancer was interested as well.

The idea would be to limit projects based on time, scope, or budget from the get-go and stick to the MVP market niche.

Edit: Thinking about this idea more and reading more comments on this thread gave me another idea. Many people have commented that it might be a good idea to have your app fully wire-framed and thought out first. Need help with this specific stage before getting into the development of the MVP? Just another channel on the marketplace.

Idea Consulting -> Wire-frames -> MVP Development -> Design

All of course are optional and you could obviously swap Development and Design.

I believe the Canon 70D does this too (which is not a full frame like the 6D, but a APS-C cropped frame), as well as some of the Panasonic m4/3 (micro-four-thirds) cameras like the GH3/GH4 and GX7.

Not only this, but there is delay/wait-list of over a year to get your 501c3 status approved at the moment.

Yeah, this is a deal-breaker for me as well. Why can't I selectively push my photos up? There are a ton of photos I would never want synced automatically (multiple shots of one thing where I'm going to pick the best, normal shot vs Instagram shot, screenshots from my phone, images saved from email or the web, etc).

Not to mention I can't get into the apps settings without letting it start to auto-upload thousands of pictures to check if it's going to do it over wifi-only or use my data.

If this were the case for the majority of investors post demo day, how are so many YC companies raising money even if the start fund / YC fund partners are not investing a second time?

My impression is most investors view the Start Fund / YC Fund instant investments as "free money" for the startups, and they view those investment partners as hedging their bets with YC as a whole.

While I see your point, I don't think it's ever been an issue for anyone (as far as I've heard and personally experienced).

I think the unfair early advantage these third party investors had is the real issue here, and much more in-line with changes YC has made in the past

Not only is this amazing news, but this is a PR master-stroke on the part of Occulus/Facebook.

I actually disagree with this. It was never a problem in the past because everyone gets said initial investment, regardless of startup performance. It's in no way a signaling issue (at least in my class if wasn't) if one of those firms doesn't invest anything further.

The first slide is to blame, not the overall design. I scrolled from the get-go, but that's because I didn't engage with the "play" button on the first slide which seems like the only thing they want you to do. If there were no way to interact with something in that first slide, you'd scroll.

Not everyone presents on demo day, some opt-out meaning they might not be listed here.

Hell, I remember this being common when I was in high school between 1999 - 2003. It started with the computer savvy kids figuring it out, but eventually the word spread and before you know it football players were using proxies to play stupid games on Newgrounds. Good times.

Maybe trust YC with who they make partners? They seem to be doing just fine so far...

Incredibly arrogant? Really? Sorry, but you're definitely mis-reading that one and you've clearly never met Sam.

It's as easy as the wife grabbing the husbands laptop and scanning the Hipchat logs.

I'm convinced this is one of three things after watching this for 7 days:

1. Hijacking gone wrong and the plane is in the ocean.

2. Pilot suicide and the plane is in the ocean.

3. Hijacking gone right and the plane is parked somewhere and all the passengers are dead and/or being held captive (least likely option).

That's it. Nothing else could have happened.

Every time we have a thread about Soylent on HN, without a doubt, it turns into a debate between people who love the product/concept and people who absolutely loathe it.

I've always found it interesting that a lot of the most disruptive companies have this effect at some point, in various degrees. Apple, Uber, Airbnb, and recently Secret all come to mind.

I'm not saying this is any kind of a predictor for the success of Soylent, but it's still interesting.

This is really freaking cool. That's all I've got.

This is a great compilation of wisdom passed on while participating in YC, plus lessons learned I can appreciate 1.5 years later. Well written Sam.

My personal favorite on this list is to focus on what you're most passionate about during your pitch. This should drive the entire conversation. Investors do not expect you to know everything from day one. Don't go into a pitch trying to have the perfect answer for every question, focus on what you do know and can speak passionately about.

Just because it's unethical doesn't mean a founder who is fundraising should ignore it. It's happening regardless of your feelings on the subject.

This doesn't mean I don't agree with you, but sometimes you have to play the game.

The title of this thread should be modified with the addition of: "if you use an Android phone."

Not if I register it first.

The first line of defense is simply to up-vote posts like this on HN and Reddit, as well as posting to Twitter and Facebook. The more people who know about it, the more fuss we create. I know that's not much, but it's how we've beaten greedy initiatives like this in the past (SOPA).

I agree with you though, if it were made dead simple to contribute in some way towards an initiative against this specific bill and others like it, I'd of course donate.

While it is two different things, the way it is worded is slightly confusing and I can see how someone might be confused.

You can do something similar to this on Bitfinex right now, though it's specifically lending for margin trading. Also has the option to lend USD, which I have done, and had quite a nice return.

Worth checking out while doing research.

Drone piracy. Think about it.

On one hand, totally awesome. On the other, how does Amazon defend against it?

Let the drone wars begin!

Just sent Brian at Coinbase a note about this. I'd use the feature constantly if they added it. It could be as simple as selecting a funding source when you send; your wallet or an option to purchase what you're sending.

What I need is the ability to automatically reload my wallet with the same amount of Bitcoin I spend as I spend it, so I always have X amount. I want to save at least a certain amount for years, so of course I don't want to spend it, but I have no problem using the USD I would have used to purchase something to buy Bitcoin to offset BTC based purchases. This just needs to happen seamlessly so I don lose money because of volatility.

So correct me if I'm wrong, but this ONLY works if you have Mavericks, correct? If so, why is it called Safari Push Notifications? Safari doesn't have to be running for them to work.

Unless you don't have to be using Mavericks, and it works with the latest version of Safari (assuming you have it launched) regardless of OS (Windows, OSX v*, etc), and Mavericks is only required when you don't have Safari running.