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yanivt··on Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today
When high bandwidth communication is omnipresent, is "portability" of the interpreter really something to optimize for?
yanivt··on Why I Dropped Out Of YC
I would think the most fun thing to do would be to join a startup that's doing something that gets you excited, that already has an awesome team, that's already validated the product and the market. At that point it's still a lot of work but at least you know what you're getting into, there's less banging your head against the wall, and you're just helping to make the rocket ship go.
yanivt··on Why I Dropped Out Of YC
Sorry to say this but it sounds like you're not a right fit for startups. Startups aren't for everyone. If you want to be a founder it is absolutely a gut wrenching challenge. You have to put yourself out there and then be torn apart a million different ways. You have to adapt and change, listen to others. Be relentless. Work is a grind, you don't get to work on what's fun. You have to work on what's right. And if you can't get a very deep sense of fulfillment with all that sacrifice, it doesn't mean you're a bad person. It just means you should get a normal job, or be employee 100 at a company, just don't be a founder.
yanivt··on The Intercept
You know what's better than 2 slashes?

My new venture: Code///Interception

yanivt··on Show HN: Guipedia – clone, program, and execute in the browser
Custom protocol for writing app backends in the browser https://github.com/grimwire/grimwire/wiki/HTTPL%3A-JSON-enco...
yanivt··on Show HN: Guipedia – clone, program, and execute in the browser
The learn more button is in the top right. It's a very cool concept (friend of OP).
yanivt··on Introducing Paper
Yeah, he's actually talked quite a bit about how Facebook constantly takes out startups and you never know when you're going to be next. What tragic luck! Hope he pulls through.
yanivt··on Introducing Paper
Hey, that photo was from today. Gimme some cred
yanivt··on Introducing Paper
The point is that human nature rarely changes. But people always want something to blame.
yanivt··on Introducing Paper
I agree, I hardly use Facebook anymore. But I'm still open minded enough not to disparage everything the company does on some kind of misguided principle.
yanivt··on Introducing Paper
I think your "sucks us away from real life" complaint has become formulaic. https://twitter.com/HistoryInPics/status/428802773313134592/...
yanivt··on Introducing Paper
What a bunch of grumpy old men. I bet everybody sitting here taking shots at this app 1) have never created anything nearly as cool 2) would not have understood Apple in its hayday 3) spend too much time reading and taking shots at other people's work.

I'm all for being cynical and questioning what's out there but you have to let the good stuff through. The design here is first class. The Facebook guys have outdone themselves. Yes, it's a culmination of a large body of work that's come before with a few novel improvements. That's how art works. Quit bitching and do something useful.

/rantoff

yanivt··on Introducing Paper
Does anyone know how they do the full bleed animation? (show the user flicking through scenes)?
yanivt··on CoffeeScript 1.7.0
Woohoo! Been wanting to chain without parens for a while. Much appreciated change!
yanivt··on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
just to clarify, this isn't true ^. I log into my RDS mysql console all the time.. mysql -h -u -p from a properly configured host..