mattiss | 16 years ago | on: We will be able to live to 1,000
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mattiss | 16 years ago | on: How hedge fund manager Steve Cohen averaged 30% returns for 18 years
Insider trading?
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: The world's most popular goals
Lift heavy weights. Eat as much as you can stomach, then eat some more. It isn't rocket science. Seriously just eat 5 huge meals a day and a protein shake before and after you workout. You will put on muscle like nobody's business. It's also the ONLY way to do it...
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Review my startup: Akshell, a web application network
You should make this into a Django app that people can plugin to their admin interfaces. It would be a great tool for on the fly code development, bug fixes, etc.
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Top Motivators For Developers (Hint: not money)
Unfortunately there is really no way to get these things as an employee, excluding Wall Street (fuck those guys :) ).
The logical conclusion is to start your own company.
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Facebook has acquired Divvyshot (YC W09)
Nice man!! I've been following your progress for a while, congrats congrats congrats! Very curious to know how you made out...
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: NY Pays 230 “Consultants” $722M For Project 7 Years Behind Schedule
You would be surprised. A lot of these guys write the most horrific code you will ever see.
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: So you didn't get into YC...
So so poignant. I guarantee you there are about 25 people with articles half-way written who are cursing your name...
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Google Office - Zurich
Which office is this?
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Memo to CEOs & Founders: Stop Being Such Cheap Bastards
5% is still pretty good. The fact is most people offer .1% -> 1%, which is practically worthless after dilution.
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Memo to CEOs & Founders: Stop Being Such Cheap Bastards
I would never work at a startup without 1 or more of the following:
1.) Same pay as big-corp + much more interesting problem domain.
2.) More pay than big-corp scaled by the extra hours (not a 1:1 scaling)
3.) Large amount of equity. Enough that if the founders become tens of millionaires, I become a millionaire.
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Making Undergrad CS More Enticing at Stanford
Classic. But no minority student group is complete without a witty t-shirt imprinted with a slogan worthy of the uniqueness of each member.
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Software patents are the problem not the answer
You do realize that without patents large companies have FAR less incentive to buyout novel startups right?
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Y Combinator Seattle Meetup, Feb 25
Sweet!
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Does Education Make You Happy?
What are the results of Education vs. Income and Income vs. Happiness?
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Things I've learned at Google so far
Weird. I thought this board was about entrepreneurship?
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Things I've learned at Google so far
I mean this is interesting and all, but first page? Really? Does everybody want to work at Google that badly?
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Will there be an iPad App gold rush?
Yep I definitely have considered that as well. Especially the possibility of RTS board games of some sort, as opposed to turn-based. I'm sure the Parker Bros would be well advised to make a Monopoly app.
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: Will there be an iPad App gold rush?
Games, games, and more games. Take advantage of the multitouch features.
As a side note, I'm developing a pretty awesome concept for a game in time for the iPad release, and could sure use some artists to partner with... Give me a shout if you are interested.
mattiss | 16 years ago | on: How would you serve 100,000 simultaneous comet requests with Node.js?
Out of curiousity, what client side JS library to people typically use for comet? I've used Orbited and found it pretty good albeit light on documentation.
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Also what is the most promising research being done?