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This supposedly doesn't count yahoo's recent acquisition - Tumblr - either. http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/08/21/yahoo-tops-...

Hey, check out the site we're working on: www.criticrania.com. We're doing exactly what you mention. You'll need to sign up to see these features, but it's something we're working hard towards perfecting.

Interesting article but it's still arbitrary. I don't think it solves the problem still. What it boils down to is trusting the raters. This is the only way to get by spam, ignorance, and trolling.

I think the solution is knowing who is rating what you're looking at. In the old sense - "Quality over quanitty." I don't need to know what the whole world gave it, just a few people who I've come to trust. We're trying to do this here: www.criticrania.com.

I think this is the only real way around this problem.

I think it comes down to fasle negatives vs false positives. A company is in a far better situation if they don't hire a good candidate than if they hired a bad one. So asking algorithm questions and brain teasers, while not a perfect science, is not a bad way to screen fro general intelligence, which hopefully the company can mold into an efficient employee.

See and therein lies the problem! I love working on the idea (Far more than I like doing school, that's for sure). It's practically my baby. But of course I like my idea...

But you raise very good points. I am quite stuck on this one, as you can see.

"You can create new ideas, change the world in ways you haven't even thought of yet." - What if this one isn't it. When do I move on? Haha

Thanks jnorthrop.

I guess I should have added more detail. We've written out a full business plan, it's just very weak (knowingly). We've pitched a few different times and just finished up a Business Plan competition at our school.

It was a fantastic experience and we learned an absolute ton (a lot of it being how much we did wrong from the start, but still very valuable). It's just so hard to tell the difference between "quitting" and spending your time more wisely, i.e. on a new idea.

It's interesting that you say Hacker, because it is really the avenue we've used least. Facebook was a good start, because friends can invite friends, and so on. But it tends to seem like spam there which is an immediate turn off.

How did you go about contacting the writers? Did you have prior relationships with them or some sort of contact?

Thanks a lot for the great response!

Hacker News is a great community, but not really the audience we are looking to attract. With little to no funding, what're the best ways to get people to just take a look?

I admittedly am a newbie to studying abroad, but I don't think I can do Erasmus as I am from the US.

Why the bad rep?

You make a very good pitch! =) Do you know if they happen to have an established exchange program? (I haven't looked on their site yet but I will!) Thanks, this is definitely on my radar now.

Wouldn't have expected that. Any University in particular? Thanks!

I'm only a sophomore, so I'm just now starting to try to figure out what direction I want to go in within CS. So the abroad experience would really be to experience teachings of computer science in a different fashion than is custom here. Whether that will actually happen... No idea.

Part of me wants to go to a country where I am forced to speak another language and the culture is substantially different than here in the US, but I'm not sold on the idea. Thanks for this suggestion though, I've heard the name and it's now on my list. Thanks!

Learned web langauges (HTML, JavaScript, PHP, mySQL, etc). Been a learning process and want to see what you think and where I can do better. Design was a definite challenge, but I think the idea and execution aren't bad. Looking forward to any and all input. Thanks in advance!

IIW (International Intelligence Agency)....? Bad start, BIG turn off.