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jakewolf

598 karma · joined October 30, 2007

NYC http://twitter.com/yaacov http://gardenobserver.com
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jakewolf··on Ask HN: Please Review our App: Weatherbike.com
I use weather.gov for forecasts. What would be great is to have alerts if weather falls below or above temp thresholds,forecast for rains increases or other changes which would affect my plans for the day or week.
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I'm pretty sure everyone's already heard enough. I only care if I'm forced to stay inside. Otherwise, it's business as usual.
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http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575487
jakewolf··on Ask HN: A User's First Post?
Start them off with a hideous default avatar and intro post. Cheney pic and you fill in the rest. Look at a default wordpress install. You have to take immediate action to not publicly look like you're lazy.
jakewolf··on Mechanical Turk changes how we understand labor
My mom has a phd and does HITs for fun.
jakewolf··on The True Cost of Amazon's New Kindle
I've converted a number of pdfs and send them to my kindle by email or usb. not hard at all.
jakewolf··on Book of Ruby Completed: 425 pages, 300+ Sample Programs, free
localhost
jakewolf··on Investigating the people behind those sketchy flat-stomach ads.
Lesson: Charge your users enough to pay affiliates big money and you'll have an unlimited salesforce.
jakewolf··on Ask HN: Good books on negotiation
"Getting to Yes" http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Yes-Negotiating-Agreement-With...
jakewolf··on Different funding model or scam?
I know people who loan money off of credit card receivables. Terms are usually for 6 months and at a very steep interest rate.

What's a future invoice?

You're better off getting cash redoing their website.

jakewolf··on Getting Used to Not Being the Boss
Do entrepreneurs need more pats on the back for success?
jakewolf··on Amazon's Kindle for iPhone hits the App Store
I just got one and am the biggest evangelist of it to my friends. Also have spent over 100 in the last week of it.
jakewolf··on I’ve Seen The Future Of Mashups, And Its Name Is PizzaShare
Is there a way any techcrunch article can be automatically forwarded to the website under review so we can talk about our take on the site instead of the author's?
jakewolf··on Fliggo Lets You Build Your Own YouTube [YC S08]
Something I've been thinking about doing for publishers. http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2008/12/the-editor-dill.html
jakewolf··on Ask HN: please review our online load testing service - loadimpact.com
Still the basic test uses up some good bandwidth. What about the impact on shared hosts who sometimes severely limit the number of connections?
jakewolf··on How one guy with a 20yo telephone did $30m in damages in less than one night.
I know a stupid idiot who bought some equipment, illegally stuck it in some country and is reselling minutes through someone and making money somewhere along the way. Some screw up and he could be in the same boat. But you'd think companies would limit the credit they extend to others...something isn't quite right with that story.
jakewolf··on Ask HN: Please provide feedback on our soon-to-launch dating site and widget
How are you going to prevent rampant abuse from rapid clicking? I was able to click no constantly. Liked how fast new couples load up.

What about a point system for popular accuracy of a users choices?

jakewolf··on Dieting? Put Your Money Where Your Fat Is
I used his diet. Lost 60 points in 35 days. All those docs and their books are eye poppingly awesome
jakewolf··on Dieting? Put Your Money Where Your Fat Is
I use my belt holes! AT 5'9, 195lbs my BMI is borderline obese but I'm in great shape.
jakewolf··on Dieting? Put Your Money Where Your Fat Is
I'm working on a site to help people lower their cholesterol using similar money/group/contest techniques. Hoping it helps as a vegan, very low oil diet isn't very appealing to meat eaters. Too bad some people wait to have a heart attack before changing habits. (Open to working with others on this project)
jakewolf··on Peeler Man, HN Salesmanship Hero, Passes
Sad, I just saw him in Union Square on Saturday.
jakewolf··on Ask HN: Pricing Models for Subscription Services... Your Experience?
When I was landscaping, I offered a yearly rate which was a 10% discount. 15% of my customers took me up on it which gave me the money I needed my first year to buy equipment plus a little extra capital.

Just be sure to have a cancellation policy in place and cash on hand to not piss off already unhappy users.

jakewolf··on GoDaddy CoFounder: Never give up (but be very quick to change).
My technotard mom raves about them for their technical support. They don't aim to be a developers dream service rather the much larger mom and pop population.
jakewolf··on Steve Jobs steps down until June for health reasons
And are climbing right back up. There's always free money for the taking when people are scared.
jakewolf··on New York HN Meetup on Saturday, Jan. 17th.
I'm in, but will not be freezing my ass off standing outside as it's supposed to be in the single digits with the wind chill http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?w0=t&w2=wc&...
jakewolf··on Is it going to rain?
Check out http://www.weather.gov/xml/ for another source of weather data.
jakewolf··on Ask YC: How can I increase revenue from $1500 to...?
What about allowing advertorials for a fee?
jakewolf··on Has anyone done market research for their startup?
mechanical turk is a great way to get feedback or have surveys taken quickly and very cheaply. mturk.com
jakewolf··on Ask HN: Best Financial Advice Posts?
billcara.com
jakewolf··on G1 fine print 1gb/month and then 50kbps or less
Just checked my usage with a Pearl. About 35mb. I do next to no browsing with images on. But what happens once I start watching videos and have 3G in NYC with the G1?

Going to wait for the G2.

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