allanscu
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13 years ago
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on: Nintendo Almost Made a Knitting Add-On for NES
This peripheral is a good example of innovation that was way ahead of the market. There probably was a market opportunity when the Beadazzler was the nation's favorite "As-seen-on-TV" gadget. Even if it were to be released today for the Wii/360/PS3, the R&D costs would likely far exceed the revenues that it would take in.
allanscu
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13 years ago
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on: There's a hackathon in the Philippines this 25th of August
This is great! While I'm a Fil-Am living in the US, I'm happy that technology and disruption are thriving in the Philippines.
I'm also glad that many companies are helping out by sponsoring the event. Best of luck!
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Someone has launched the same niche website idea as me. Do I abandon the idea?
Ignore the other site and launch... Full steam ahead! You never know what may happen, and two companies are never exactly the same. Maybe you'll appeal to a different set of customers. I think it's too early to give up especially since you haven't launched.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: 5 of the Dumbest (and most costly) Startups Mistakes, Part 1
Definitely a good tip. Looking forward to the other 4.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Cubism.js: time series visualization
This is amazing! Kudos!
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Why is there no Facebook for programmers & hackers?
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
Yeah. We noticed that a few weeks ago.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
Depending on how your company is formed could make a big difference. Keep in mind that YC is investing $10-20K in your company, so it may not be appealing if there are $40K in legal costs to create an entity that they could invest in.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
That shouldn't be a problem being from out of the US.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
We built
http://embark.at - the easiest way to buy and sell cruises online. We're a marketplace that connects people that like to cruise with travel agents who have awesome unadvertised deals. We have a demo video at
http://embark.at
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
While it would be great for founders to get quantitative and qualitative feedback from PG & team, it would be a pretty daunting task for YC partners to give a well thought out answer to the 1000+ groups.
While 1-2 sentence answer from YC could help out your company, it could open up a whole new can of worms that causes some groups to say, "but wait.." or "good idea, we can pivot...".
Their nice rejection letter is probably the best result the non-interviewees can get.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Do you host a web server at home?
I used to do it. I've played with both static IP and dynamic DNS. Hosting from home works fine for a web server that doesn't expect a lot of traffic. Otherwise, save yourself the headache and fire up a VPS in a few minutes.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: How to thrive as a solo non-technical founder
Great job!
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Scientific Linux, the Great Distro With the Wrong Name
I recall that Meebo was debating on switching over to Scientific Linux -
http://blog.meebo.com/?p=3213I'm not sure what they ultimately decided to go forward with, but they were considering SL and Ubuntu Server LTS to replace CentOS
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Urban Airship raises $15.1 million
Congrats to the UA team. UA took a simple idea of push notifications and made it extremely easy for developers to use. Kudos!
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Voyager 2 to Switch to Backup Thruster Set
If I recall correctly, the Galileo probe (around 1989) had the same problems from anti-nuke folks that feared a radiation fall-out if the shuttle exploded while bringing the satellite into space.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: If all Rejection Letters could be so nice...
YC should never be the end of your dream. They're not always right (and they admit it). Keep on trucking along!
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: If all Rejection Letters could be so nice...
If you're hungry enough, being rejected may be the best thing that will ever happen to you. Don't let a YC Reject letter stop you from continuing your dream.
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: The 7 millionth person was born today Here’s how to find out your number
Did you mean billionth?
allanscu
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14 years ago
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on: Amit Gupta needs you
There will be a bunch of folks at FailCon in SF today. I encourage everybody to get a test.
