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steveon Startup Question: Why Venture Capital for Web Startup?

>>> At least in my cases, I have found this to be simply untrue unless it is related to ad spending.

steveon What SAT Scores Say About Your Hedge Fund

> You'd think there would be lots of intelligent people who had interesting ideas and wrote them down, but really there aren't.

There are a couple interesting problems here. What there is no lack of is intelligent people with ideas that they never share.

steveon Startup Question: Why Venture Capital for Web Startup?

I just thought that there's more to publicity and marketing than ad spending.

steveon OK, you've convinced me. I'm coming to join you.

Man it would be awesome to have a wife that I could work well with, I think.

steveon What SAT Scores Say About Your Hedge Fund

no. What put me off is the speculation beyond the data that makes up most of the content of the article.

steveon Startup Question: Why Venture Capital for Web Startup?

Ah, the old "marketing is a myth", "build it and they WILL come" argument.

steveon Top 5 tips to become a productive student entrepreneur

> I've proved to myself that it's entirely possible to have decent grades, a healthy social life, run your own business, and get ample rest X all during your college years.

Being in a startup completely destroyed my social life. Also, soon I will begin to feel the full effect of passing up the best opportunities for building a relationship with a good woman.

Perhaps if I had funding then it could have been a little better, maybe not. Having to do the very best in anything is very expensive.

Oh, and you're majoring in painting? Man, I really wish I had that luxury. (seriously, I'm not trying to talk down.)

steveon What SAT Scores Say About Your Hedge Fund

downvoted. well, if I could.

steveon Wired: "How Mark Zuckerberg created the web's hottest platform."

I don't know how anyone did in the first place. You have to look past the big shiny numbers.

steveon The problems with social news

I was referring more to the article's statements than your comment.

steveon If PG and YC are such awesome hackers, why does news.yc use spacer GIFs?

Css is hell with shiny gradients.

steveon Whiting Out the Ads, but at What Cost?

You can't accept this practice as reasonable unless you accept that publishers can also block, or attempt to block, users who block ads.

If you ask me, both are fair game.

steveon Coding Horror: Choosing Dual or Quad Core

The conclusions on this are pretty weak.

steveon The problems with social news

I think it's ridiculous to claim that this book represents the ultimate truth in the subject.

This subject is in its infancy indeed.

steveon When you are born, you know nothing

So instincts don't exist?

steveon The privacy market has many sellers but few buyers

It took me a while to realize this.

steveon Whiting Out the Ads, but at What Cost?

That's not at all what he said. I think his point was reasonable and fair.

steveon IP address - locality resolution suggestions

Ah, all this time I thought you had to buy the whole database.

steveon Rails creator, DHH, on Java and the other 'junk'

Actual Cost vs Benefit calculation = not simple.

steveon Do you still read Slashdot?

I stopped for a while when reddit was at its peak, but now I'm back to slashdot every once in a while.

steveon IP address - locality resolution suggestions

http://www.hostip.info/

Good if you're not completely sure of how much geolocation will do for you or you don't want to spend a fortune.

steveon IP address - locality resolution suggestions

affordable??

steveon Is envy a good thing?

With every line of code I write, I stay focused on the day that I will achieve greatness and crush all others. At this rate I'm set to completely burn out in my mid 20's but I can take that risk.

steveon How Long Before You Purge? Apparently Never for the Gap

I don't understand. He criticizes them for sending a mail because it will cost them money? If he doesn't want to be on their list then he can use the can-spam mandated opt out option that the email offers.

Purge? Never if the customer doesn't want to be purged. I don't see the cost justification.

steveon Who Founded Facebook? A New Claim Emerges

So the lesson is... investors decide who the winner will be.

steveon Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit)

I think you have set a new record for deciding defeat the fastest:)

steveon Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit)

..unless it isn't.

(points to all the billion dollar networking sites on the news)

steveon Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit)

It is good that he chose an extreme though. Publicity tends to like extremes, regardless of which extreme it is.

steveon Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit)

Almost,

Success is paralyzing.

steveon Aaron Swartz: Perfectionism (and his new startup, Jottit)

Agreed, so what if his startup fails and he doesn't release a feature per day as he promised? That's what startups (usually) do. They fail. Shouldn't hold that against him personally.

As far as the reddit guys go, there's a reason you're not supposed to do a startup with your closest friends. Aren't you supposed to hate your partner to some degree by the end? I know I did... But I understand that to be normal so I just relax and don't let that anger bother me outside of work.