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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by amichail on Sunday April 01, 2007 @10:23PM (#8103)
See:

http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=6777

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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by whacked_new on Monday April 02, 2007 @05:30AM (#8167)
A side comment; after rechecking after I submitted, the system seemed to chew up plus signs and ampersands. After I submitted and rechecked again, pretty much everything after an ampersand sign was erased, including the sign. I don't know if this is an issue.
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by cwilbur on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:40AM (#8227)
Oops. Teach me to post before reading all the threads.... I thought the deadline was last night, not tonight.

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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by pg on Sunday April 01, 2007 @11:18PM (#8113)
2nd and 3rd
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by colmworth on Sunday April 01, 2007 @11:24PM (#8116)
darn, I just rushed to have my application done by tonight. Oh well!
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by brlewis on Monday April 02, 2007 @09:04AM (#8188)
"Groups that submit early have a slight advantage because we have more time to read their applications."

http://ycombinator.com/s2007.html

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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by vegashacker on Monday April 02, 2007 @06:29PM (#8345)
I'm a big fan of the "11:59PM" deadlines, cause then there's no ambiguity.
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by theoutlander on Monday April 02, 2007 @06:01AM (#8169)
There is an issue if you paste from word ....
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by zach on Monday April 02, 2007 @12:31PM (#8240)
I'll say.
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by RareBlueMonkey on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @12:28AM (#8423)
Never mind, got it. sheesh that was something. My advice for the last minute submitters. Copy and paste to notepad and save without formatting, then CTRL C, CTRL V to the form.
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by RareBlueMonkey on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:25PM (#8408)
What is the word issue? and what is the solution?
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by joshwa on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @08:34PM (#8659)
Smart Quotes. And it's an issue in pretty much any web form... Go to Tools... | Autoformat | Autoformat As You Type, and turn off "replace straight quotes with smart quotes".

Then do a global search and replace... " and '.

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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by theoutlander on Saturday April 07, 2007 @02:04AM (#9928)
Microsoft! LOL
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Re:YC Deadline: Does the "midnight" mean between April 1st a... by colmworth on Sunday April 01, 2007 @11:44PM (#8121)
was an official application account released? not worried, just curious
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