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I don't mind.

Yes, and an LLC doesn't make the possibility of outside investment easy. The S-Corp is basically a bare-bones C-Corp that can "grow up" whenever you need it to.

Isn't the difference that startups aren't going public? How are small, closely held companies going to cause an economic meltdown?

Why doesn't anyone listen to the guy that coined the phrase?

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/12/web_20_compact.htm...

Computer hardware and software are now commodities. The value in the computing industry has moved. "Data is the Intel Inside."

Pay attention.

Reston, Virginia

I find using Expose and active screen corners in OS X on a 1440 X 960 screen and a single desktop allows me to work easily. I never minimize. I also use Quicksilver, which makes things that much easier to get at. More real estate would be nice for programming, but I wouldn't use anything larger than a 24" display; after that point there's too much eye and head movement.

The limit of 70 characters per line on your website makes your essays easier to read -- whether on a large screen, printed, or more recently, on the iPhone. I've always liked that. A while back I started resizing wide texts in my browser because I realized from reading your essays how much easier it is to read smaller columns of text.

I agree. I like the iPhone. I use mine every day. But I've noticed this trend to make everything developed for it look and feel "like a real iPhone app" and not pay attention to other browsers. Why not develop for the web and make it look and feel like whatever it needs to look and feel like?

YC News, for instance, is very usable on the iPhone. Not surprisingly, Paul Graham's essays fit the screen perfectly. Neither seem to have been specifically designed for the iPhone, but bother work well because they are designed well.

I think this is saying that YC would rather not have to make legal changes to an existing company (i.e. it's more likely that you'll be funded by YC if you let them take care of the legal junk).

I second that.

Yes.

The key to not working overtime is to not work overtime. Don't be a wimp. I like a phrase I stole from "Lost in Translation":

"I have a previous commitment."

Is founding a startup looked on by non-founders as something that takes a special type of person (a "smart" person, for example) when really it's just plain old work? Physics seemed like this huge daunting thing I'd never get my arms around, until I buckled down and got to work.

What agreements have been made with the employer? Hire an intellectual property lawyer to read and discuss the implications of any written contracts and agreements made with the employer.

All I see are a lot of statements without supportive reasoning. The article reads something like this:

"We're in a bubble!"

"CD-ROMs ... Pad Comp--SPREADSHEETS!"

"People are talking to each other on the Internet! Even in Second Life! It's crazy!"

"There are videos on the Internet!"

"People are making things on the Internet!"

"Google thought of something I wish I had!"

"Widgets!"

Have you never seen a government-related job posting before? They often don't make much sense.

Yes: Java OR HTML... :D

heh

In one sentence, what is Juwo?

I never saw any comments on this post:

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=6906

I think the linked Forthcoming post is intriguing...

Really, though: how is this number five?

Cloudy skies. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low 44F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Never a better time to start a startup.

If you won't, who will?!

see also: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=6139

I agree. This post isn't relevant.

Weinberg was confrontational. He seems only out to argue. Paul handled it well.

You'd think a guy with so much creativity would to be able to lure at least one "coder"...

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/12/web_20_compact.html

dot dot dot

What do you all think?

(Especially about: "...it all hinges on the perception that the ultimate control and efficiency requires resources to be employed or owned. Skip that self-imposed limit...")

Heh. I like it.

I like the play on words, anyway.

It's cool that Justin.tv got some news coverage. It's also funny how lame traditional news coverage is. Do they always have to talk in that "newscaster voice?" How do people stand to watch traditional news coverage?

Their chuckles at the end about how Justin.tv is Justin's "job" made me laugh. They seemed kind of small-minded about the potential of what Justin.tv is doing. People might be missing the point of Justin.tv: it's an inexpensive platform for live video broadcast... which is pretty cool!