sgman

The article makes the point that being in the valley improves your odds, not that it's impossible to start a successful company outside the valley.

Try replacing "men" with "women" and "women" with "men" and speculate on whether The Atlantic would have published it.

It's similar to the question "How come so many people seem to know so much about politics?"

Low barrier to entry, everyone has an opinion, and since the field is subjective, there's generally no "right" or "wrong" answer.

...which is illegal: http://consumerist.com/2006/04/mega-update-requiring-minimum...

Why not add an option to not make the pages public on that modal dialog? I can do it in the settings after all..

Boil it then put it in the refrigerator?

Judging from their past actions, I don't think they really care about the PR effect of this.

Not if you're the developer of the built-in weather app.

>That stinks.

It sure does, but it's (unfortunately) probably reality in this situation.

A watchmaker once told me that the hands in any other position have the possibility of either hiding other features (like date) and/or the brand name. 10:10 is the safest position to avoid these.

Couple things I noticed when using the simulator:

1) you have almost unlimited memory - if you're not clever with your memory management (eg. UITableView cells) things will look great in the simulator but will crash/run slow on the device

2) some things can't be simulated (push notifications, in app purchase)

3) certain libraries have different binaries for the simulator vs. the device. bugs in one or the other can cause things to work differently

If you submit your app to apple having tested only on the simulator, chances are they will run into a crash/bug when reviewing it causing your app to be rejected. Having said that, it's a great tool for debugging.

On hacker news, you respond to messages using the "reply" link below the comment rather than using twitter '@' style replies.

How does this help the VCs liquidate?; i.e. if the IPO market got killed in favor of such deals, wouldn't that discourage venture capitalists from making investments?

You just described 90% of the countries in the area. However, Costa Rica is the only one that has implemented this. The author's point still stands.

I already have this. It's a $25 HDMI cable that connects my netbook to my TV.

The argument that gold is equivalent to currency is false. It's almost impossible to buy food from the grocery store with the gold watch you got last Christmas. For all practical purposes, gold is a second-hand good like anything else, and selling it to a dealer ensures you get nowhere near the appropriate value for it, just like selling any other second hand good.

Click the "View Live Feed" link at the top. This is sticky (i.e. will cause the Live Feed to show up by default the next time you log in).

These numbers are lacking context. What percentage of their total revenue do these fees make up? Is $50b even a drop in the bucket when considering all the banks in the United States?

It's the classic "Paris Hilton at the Oscars" case.

That is, more people watch the oscars because Paris Hilton is there, even though she is not likely to win one.

The question is: is there something in silicon valley that makes startups more successful here? If there is, then the companies you fund will be working against competitors that have a significant advantage over them. I don't think a sample size of 30 is large enough to answer this question one way or the other. Therefore, while the initial prototype requires minimum investment, it likely will not give you the information you need to decide whether to continue with the program or not.

> "As a rule, any mention of religion on an online forum degenerates into a religious argument. Why? Why does this happen with religion and not with Javascript or baking or other topics people talk about on forums?"

I've also seen this happen on forums where people mention vi or emacs :)

>"An unusually sensible thing for a president to say."

It's sad that we are at a point that we consider it unusual when a president says something sensible.

If I'm a shareholder, I don't want to see profits (ha!) invested in a corporate jet. Fly commercial or better yet cut out travel altogether.

"The marriage has been saved by a well-timed bankruptcy." Probably the best quote I've heard in a while.

I love how 3 year plans are always in their first year.

Interesting that you used google to search for a "new search engine".

Give every Masters/PHD student a green card with their diploma. Then let them find a job, start a business, whatever. Else it's only a matter of time before they move a a country that gives them this freedom.

Isn't competition good? Isn't that what makes products better?