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Three views (one from London), all of which were for a substantial portion of the video.

Rejection here. Congrats to everyone who got an interview.

I feel okay with not receiving a reason for being rejected. We put in effort when filling out our application, and YC put in effort (at least according to our Youtube analytics) in reviewing our application. Sure, it would be nice to get some feedback, but all we asked for was a fair shake. And because they watched our video, I feel we got it.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7593830. They will be sending stuff out after 7PM.

I got my rejection last batch at around 11:30 PM PST. It might be a bit of late night (or early morning) for those of you not in PDT.

keepass/keepassx with the database syncd through the non-controversial syncing service du jour.

what browser are you using?

Uber does a great job of marketing by using its product in creative ways (e.g. valentine's day quartet and send a cat). I can't think of another company that has done as good a job at tying its core product in with random offerings (see also Uber to order skywriting) in order to maintain mind share.

I probably go for the Uber app more than Lyft just because I successfully summoned the valentine's day quartet last year.

Demonstrates expertise in a particular domain. It's a good exercise to improve one's skills and a good opportunity to provide evidence of one's skills. No one knows what you're good at unless you tell them.

I wonder how big of an effect getting on the front page of HN has on your YC application. I can't imagine it being that much, but this won't be the first time someone has tried (and succeeded).

Right. 80% efficiency is about as high as you can get. It's a real grind.

The distribution of pay is depressingly bimodal: http://www.nalp.org/salarycurve_classof2011.

Mid-tier law schools are definitely not pumping out lawyers who make $150k as first year associates. Even coming out of a top-20 school, you have to be ~top 20% to be competitive.

Susman, Wachtell, Boies (and several other litigation boutiques) all have had bonuses that exceeded 100% of base salary (160k). In order to get those bonuses, however, you're probably looking at at least 2400 billable hours a year.

Didn't the evidence indicate that engineers weren't off limits? That is, the companies were free to poach engineers from each other?

Is it possible that he's already cashed out some of his shares privately? (Get himself some liquidity prior to an exit.)

There's also http://www.safe2pee.org (now potentially defunct) and http://www.refugerestrooms.org/

The best approach seems to be a hybrid approach. Flat fee + per use on top. With something like this, you don't want stores to feel like they're getting the short end of the stick if they are suddenly facing a torrent of bathroom users.

If you're in NYC, you might want to check out http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/02/soon-....

At http://www.clnli.com we're a big fan of the subscription idea. But we source our bathrooms differently.

I think from Starbucks's perspective (and any other store's perspective), they hate having to expend resources on people who don't actually buy anything from them. There were rumors several years ago that Starbucks wanted to close off bathrooms to the public because they were becoming the de facto public bathroom in NY.

There are definitely laws that deal with this issue. In California for instance, "restaurants" of a certain footage must make their bathrooms available to customers. Most likely free of charge. http://www.ada-pros.com/know-before-you-go-restroom-requirem...

Chicago definitely has a bathroom problem though. See, e.g. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-21/opinion/ct-per...

It's really exciting to see all this feedback on this idea. I've been holding off on sharing http://www.clnli.com until it was more mature. But now seems as good a time as any.

We're going with a totally different business model. It's really good to see another player on the block.

This a patent on a method of making "toast."

And not having looked at the spec, it is possible that the claims might be construed in a way that won't cover how you or I would usually make "toast."

I am also in my late 20s and have worked in situations in which I've had my own office and situations in which I had to share my office with one other person. I much prefer having my own office. I dislike the feeling of always being watched in an "open office" environment. If you can take out your headphones, why can't you call a colleague or go into her office?

I'm also not sure there's a generational difference in how "differently [people] approach and accomplish tasks."