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tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: Y Combinator's YC VC may lose the actual VCs

I'm in DC as well, and you're right about all the "beltway bandits" as we like to call them.

But, there are plenty of wealthy beltway bandits who are willing to make investments. You just have to approach them a big differently.

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: "I'm going to work for a few years and then start a company"

While I do think there is some amount of maturing that goes on in a job with a big company, I agree with this for the most part. I improved my technical skills dramatically working as a software engineer, but I still could have easily started my company without that experience.

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: YC Backs Its Next Nonprofit, Coding Education Program CodeNow

Great to hear a non-profit is attacking this. Unfortunately, companies like code academy don't benefit from users actually learning to code. They are focused on user engagement. Ideally, they are one and the same, but in reality so many of these "learn to code" platforms do not teach the concepts very well.

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: Privacy Protects Bothersome People (2013)

Poor choice of words. What I'm saying is that there have undoubtedly been thwarted terrorist attacks. I would like more transparency from the government on what led to those. That way, we can at least have an intelligent debate.

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: Privacy Protects Bothersome People (2013)

I agree that privacy is a fundamental right. However, has anyone thought about how we haven't seen any real terrorist attacks in the past decade? There are people out there wanting to hurt the US. And it's not difficult to do. It really isn't. Clearly the NSA is doing something right.

Like I said, I wholeheartedly agree that privacy is a fundamental right. But, I would like to see more people acknowledging the flip side of the argument.

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: How WPEngine Is Failboating Your SEO and Leaking Your Information

I've spoken to a former Googler that was on the search team, and he said the duplicate content isn't as big of a deal as one would expect. They realize when it is and isn't an issue. For example, blog reposts do not hurt you (in fact they may help you) even though they show up as duplicate content.

Just my 2 cents. I'm not a fan of WPEngine anyway.

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: Banking Startup Simple Acquired for $117M, Will Continue to Operate Separately

I love ING direct. Even after converting to 360 they've still been pretty good.

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: Mobile Analytics Platform Amplitude (YC W12) Takes On Flurry and Mixpanel

I've used Mixpanel for some time. It does most of what it's supposed to but I'm not a huge fan. I can't wait to check them out.

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: Plan To Split California Into Six States Gets OK To Gather Signatures

Would this mean everyone in CA would need to get new licenses?

tribe2012 | 12 years ago | on: “Facebook turned me down” (2009)

Just goes to show that the skills required to get a job are different than the skills required to start a company