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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 913 posts.
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How to waste money in Google Adwords
I have looked at quite a few Google Adwords accounts as part of a 1-day consulting package I do for other microISVs and small software vendors. I have also talked to a lot of people at conferences…
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Ejection Seats
I pulled a few pranks in the military, but the one that got pulled on me took years off of my life. Alone in the Cockpit There isn’t anything cooler for a 19-year old then getting into the cockpit …
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Not for sale
You can’t say your company is not for sale these days without incredulous stares and doubtful gasps. The big flip has become the holy grail. Worshipped to the point where non-believers are chastised, straight-faced, for refusing to give up their life’s work. See, the new world of …
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The Asian domain-name extortion scam
We are a leading internet solutions organization in Asia, and we have something urgent to confirm with you. Yesterday we received a formal application from a company called ” Varmer Investment Co., Ltd “. They were trying to apply for ” instapaper ” as Brand Name and following Domain Names through our organization:
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Can't start a business only eating a Tombstone pizza every day
The official blog of Inkling Markets. We make prediction market software for organizations to improve their forecasting and make better decisions.
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Let's just say it: 3D TV is a joke.
(At Panasonic's IFA booth: People using 3D glasses and monitors to watch the live women in front of their faces.) If you determine the big story here at the IFA tech show here in Berlin based on raw square footage in the booths, there's no question what it is: 3D TV is everywhere. The massive boot
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Google's mismanagement of the Android Market
Earlier this week, CNET ran an article critical of the permission model of the Android Market. Google’s response to the criticism was that “each Android app must get users’ permission to access sensitive information”. While this is technically true, one should not need a PhD in Computer Science to use a smartphone…
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The App Store Spam Problem
The first two are real. Rocket Bird 3D and MY BEST FRIEND are other things (although probably keyword spammers). The other six of the top ten results for this game’s name are pure spam. Judging from the number of customer ratings, a lot of people are downloading them — and, reading the reviews, it looks like they’re…
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Mozilla Open Web App prototype
The open Web is a great platform for rich applications. It would be even better if it had additional capabilities to ease discovery, acquisition, installat
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Steve Jobs just ruined the iPhone for Clojure
Recently Apple released new terms of service with their iPhone OS. By now most of you have seen the following section. I've copied this f...
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Competition is overrated
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
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How Steve Ballmer told me what to do with my iPad
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to see Steve Ballmer speak to two audiences, first at Microsoft’s Partner Briefing on transitioning to the cloud (#pbbcloud) and then at the UK TechDays Special Event on the future of cloud development (#uktechdays). I’m sorry I didn’t catch the name of the guy who asked Mr Ballmer a…
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Profits = Freedom
There are many reasons why someone would want to start a company. There’s the pursuit of wealth, glory, and fame, but above all, I believe most founders are searching for freedom. Freedom to run things the way they see fit, freedom to be the masters of their own domain. But until you have …
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Github has won
This is probably old news to most, but I've discovered recently that github has won.
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Stack Overflow hit 1,000,000 questions last night
At about 9:26 PM Pacific time, on October 12th, 2010, the millionth question was asked on Stack Overflow . And then promptly closed .
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Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me
Just over 5 weeks ago I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to seek new opportunities. I had no idea what I wanted to shift my full-time focus to and began connecting with people, researching and interviewing with a handful of companies — ranging from huge web presences all the way down to tiny star
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How to find start-up ideas
Chris Dixon had an interesting post a while ago about how to find start-up ideas. The advice boiled down to keeping a spreadsheet of ideas and talking to lots of smart people (entrepreneurs, potent…