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Yeah, def not my cup of UX tea

These aren't webcams (as some of the comments mention that)

My best guess would be using a geoIP to detect the user's city and then using Google Map's street view from that city and showcase it for a couple of seconds. The webmaster would have more accurate data if he had asked for HTML5 geo location permission.

This was written 5 years ago FYI. Things look better today with bootstrap and devs copying each other thus a unified UX among websites get crafted

All this time I was trying to figure out how to run it but then spotted the "Wallpaper Maker" in the title. Sad layfe :(

I don't think YC cares about growth, or if you're early/late stage (yeah I know this goes against what the president said..but hear me out). We also got refused being a B2B startup with extreme growth and only less than 6 months old solving a real world problem. The difference is that our startup was boring web SaaS, without any crazy tech or AI. If you look at their latest batch most companies are hardware, biotech, energy, or some batshit crazy algorithm AI buzzwordy startup. They're going deep and risking a lot, and this is probably what I would do too if I had a big fund 8 years later.

Quora got in YC after already raising many rounds and through other accelator..but that was 2 years ago when YC wasn't 100% crazy tech only yet: http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/11/quora-y-combinator/

I don't think anyone has a problem where they lose stuff so quickly that they need to make a thread about it (though it is getting upvoted).

My best tip is to put ur things next to things u can forget. Do you go outside without shoes because you forgot to wear them? Didn't think so, so put ur keys or "ATM" inside your shoes.

Simple stuff like that... put things u keep losing next to things u never lose.

A TL;DR will be greatly appreciated :]

im sure there's a big market for ppl who want to get over someone.

maybe the solution is to get someone new..or maybe we need an app to tell us that, and marketed towards ppl who broke up recently

What about an app to un-fall in love?

I'm 20, and say I'll live until my 60's..

Ever since I've co founded a startup, I've been meeting ppl I've never thought I would ever meet. My pre-startup era relationships are just regular ppl who have 9-5 jobs. I am def not through 90% of my BEST relationships..hell probably not even at 5%. I've got a lot more to meet.

This article is based on if you were going to live until 90, meaning after 30 ur basically fucked..while it may be more true, I still think it's way too early. Especially if the target demographic is ppl who browse HN

this is pretty cool, and if mixed up with svg icons (like font-awesome) and a nice font you achieve something pretty decent. but im no designer

I loved the preview on my site, but why on earth do I have to signup, and install something else called Eager and then install Snow? How many scripts does it take to let flakes fall down? Isn't this easily done through CSS and keyframes?

EDIT: Yes it is, there's a CSS only solution here, no trackers whatsover: http://codepen.io/NickyCDK/pen/AIonk

Honestly, I've been meditating for months now (using the of apps like Calm, Headspace) and all it does is make me feel sleepy. Since I do a lot of algorithms in my head during my sleep, it keeps me awake but focusing on like my breathing or part of the body keeps me thinking too much.

Maybe im just doing it wrong, idk

It also feels wrong on an SEO level. Google likes fresh content, and whenever a thread gets bumped (new comment) Google ranks it better.

Here's the trap though: What happens if someone bumps an old thread from 2011? A lot of ppl assume that this is fresh content on the frontpage and will skip reading the date and might be misinformed. The probability that information will be current staggers in time.

A simple UX fix can warn the user that the thread is from 2011 or the thread has been "bumped".

Jobs are jobs. They come and go.

Startups though..he is vowing he'll build something smarter than Mobileye..seems pretty likely he's going to stay for at least another year in this and more if it's not failing.

When startups say being lucky was a big part of their success..I guess this is what they meant

I'm a hacker too, so I can relate a lot. Hotz isn't the kind of person to start something and not finish it, esp after all this press..there's pressure now, I can def see the entrepreneurial side in him.

In the interview he said it himself, "I'm going to be the next billion dollar CEO". He finally built something that can be VC fundable and is legal enough to have ppl backing him.

But..you could be right too..it might just be a dead project soon (though I doubt it)

This is more of a getting the facts straight than Hotz is gonna fail article. It's more like if Hotz is not gonna scale and stay by himself, he won't be able to compete.

Though I don't think that is the case, after yesterday's viral article, I'm sure as shit Hotz is going to raise VC fund and get a team going.

It goes back to the traditional quote that you if you don't know it's impossible to create X thing, then it might just be possible to create X thing

> “Frankly, I think you should just work at Tesla,” Musk wrote to Hotz in an e-mail. “I’m happy to work out a multimillion-dollar bonus with a longer time horizon that pays out as soon as we discontinue Mobileye.”

> “I appreciate the offer,” Hotz replied, “but like I’ve said, I’m not looking for a job. I’ll ping you when I crush Mobileye.”

> Musk simply answered, “OK.”

I have to agree with Elon here, Hotz is such a good fit there. But Hotz knows best, if he thinks he can take down Mobileye then he did the right decision, sucks that Tesla wouldn't back it. I'm sure other car companies would buy Hotz's software

Very cool, and indeed combining your strength and helping other ppl at the same time is key for a successful business. Best of luck with Netsparker!

Permission is the enemy of a hacker. Us enthusiasts don't mean any harm and almost never perform tests that break the software (or network). There's a reason why bounty programs exist.

Likewise, my story about how I got into and out of security: it really just takes basic programming knowledge, understanding reverse engineering concept, and constantly testing shit.

When I got kicked out of college for my hack (rm https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5090007) all I did was spam URLs with different IDs and test if they returned 200 or 404.. and bam press coverage + job offers. Sometimes the simplest of stuff can lead to nirvana.

I'm no longer in security since it was getting very addicted (I would start testing every website I'd visit for vulbs)..and I had to change and decided to jump into the startup world.

Hi Peter, thanks for doing this. I've been applying to YC for the past 4 years and never gotten an interview, I'm starting to suspect it's because of my background (hence they never reply to you with the reason of rejection). I'm born in Canada, meaning I'm Canadian, but I never managed to finish my college CompSci Degree so I'm not eligible for a TN-1 visa. However I do have around 6 years of professional web dev experience, founded a couple of startups, raised money and exited. I am 23 now. Any tips?

This might also help, but I did not finish my degree because I was kicked out of college: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5090007

It's the only western app that has basic chat capabilities while remaining somewhat not intrusive. In Messenger you need a FB account, for Whatsapp you need a #, for Snapchat ppl can see your Story...but for Kik, all you have to do is add a username to chat, and that's what made it successful

Not necessarily, because it's work under the table (i.e you're not getting paid) meaning you're doing it for a friend/gift type of way

This is a lot of info, would appreciate if someone can make a TL;DR gist of the good stuff

Got my 8th rejection after 4 years of constantly applying. I'll admit, for this application I got tired of remaking a video with my cofounder so I used the same as the last application.

This is what I'm currently working on: https://www.stay22.com/

A different version of this would of been to mess around with the :visited css selector since it's assuming a list of domains that you probably visit

maybe ur referring like that YO app..but truth is, marketing/sales fixes things temporarily if product game is weak and that's what they had: traction. Likewise, this girl's app is going to do sales because of the press, but it won't last long