darius
Re:The curse of free cloud services: A cautionary tale
on Saturday May 26, 2012 @04:40PM (#4028298)
I've been looking for a service just like this. Thanks!
Re:User Authentication with Rails and Backbone.js
on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @01:18PM (#3859071)
Or just use devise. Backbone will work just fine with it.
Re: my 30 minutes project datetimenow.org
on Saturday February 19, 2011 @11:13PM (#2240982)
Re:Feel free to type anywhere
on Friday June 04, 2010 @03:39PM (#1405387)
My first reaction was wtf but after playing with it for a minute I must say it's fun.
Re:Google Maps Lawsuit: Woman Follows Directions, Gets Run Over
on Monday May 31, 2010 @05:09AM (#1392138)
HaHaHa. I think this is quite funny: "Kayak across the Pacific Ocean." I wonder if this is humor from google...
it's down right now... i guess they weren't expecting anybody to test it out
Re:Y Combinator Challenge #2 - Simplified Browsing
on Wednesday July 23, 2008 @01:19AM (#254088)
oh Jesus, how is this simplified? you just introduced a bunch of new functionality. now instead of downloading attachments you need to browse through modules to find them? what happens if the sender is not a trusted contact? it should be simplified not more complicated (which is not what happens if you add IM to it). if your targeted user thinks that FF is too complicated then good luck finding the IM box in your new simplified browser!
Re:Yes or no: Should web startups host on Amazon?
on Wednesday February 13, 2008 @03:18AM (#114731)
Yes! We have the production server on EC2 and the development one runs on a virtual server from Spry. From our load tests EC2 can handle about 6 times more site usage.
Sun moving in the pc world?
Re:Happy New Year!
on Monday December 31, 2007 @04:09PM (#93977)
An nou fericit! (Romanian)
Re:Could S3 be an end-user product?
on Thursday December 27, 2007 @04:32AM (#92932)
Man, good idea... unfortunately I didn't even think about personal use for S3 and I already signed up for an online backup service. I kept thinking that an online backup system would work great with S3 but not for a second I thought of using it for myself :(
Re: Amazing new 3D face detection technology from Japan (vid)
on Thursday December 27, 2007 @04:18AM (#92931)
Didn't understand much but you might appreciate this:
http://tele-immersion.citris-uc.org/projects. And guess what? It is from Berkeley =)
Re:Cheer YC: Happy Holidays!
on Tuesday December 25, 2007 @03:20AM (#92578)
happy 2008!
Re:Ask YC: What tools are you using to monitor a site's load?
on Monday December 24, 2007 @08:01PM (#92517)
Thanks everybody. I appreciate all the good links. I'll go experiment a bit with them.
Ask YC: What tools are you using to monitor a site's load?
Re:Any feedback appreciated for Ajax IRC/Telnet/games project
on Monday November 26, 2007 @08:38PM (#83780)
You really need to let the visitors know what you are trying to accomplish with the website. After trying all kind of stuff I had to come back here to get a feeling of what you were trying to do.
You need to make it dead clear what the website does if you want to retain any users.
Re:How to Shave Ten Hours Off Your Work Week
on Saturday November 17, 2007 @05:35PM (#81034)
I'm closing my browser right now :)
Re:Y Not - YC rejects of the world, unite!
on Saturday October 20, 2007 @01:51AM (#70642)
Good to know that there are so many Romanians on YC. I moved from Romania in Bay Area 6 years ago. I just went back there for a few weeks in August. Life is getting more expensive there and from what my friends were telling me, there is an increasingly demand for programmers, therefore the wages are going up.
I was thinking about moving back for a while but I don't think this will happen very soon. If anybody would like to talk about Romania some more feel free to email me (email address in the profile).
Re:James Hong Gives Advice to Berkeley Startups
on Friday October 19, 2007 @05:56AM (#70233)
Oh man, I would have loved to attend... To bad I didn't know about it.
Re:Boulevard R - releasing from private beta
on Thursday October 18, 2007 @08:50PM (#70049)
We tried to move away from the regular excel looking calculator. Retirement planning is usually something very time consuming and boring that people keep pushing off. We wanted to make it a bit more engaging in order to keep people focused. As a result the drop out rate once the users get started is pretty low.
Re:Boulevard R - releasing from private beta
on Thursday October 18, 2007 @08:30PM (#70043)
Thanks. Fixed the little age bug.
Re:Boulevard R - releasing from private beta
on Thursday October 18, 2007 @08:29PM (#70042)
So would you take out the whole typing thingy or would you just make it type faster? We had a big drop out rate on that page and from our interviews we came to the conclusion that people thought that was the end. We decided to put that animation there because it 'forces' people to read the text. We all know that nobody ever reads plain text instructions.
Boulevard R - releasing from private beta
We created a 5 step process to get people on track for retirement which includes: defining a meaningful retirement, identifying short-term goals, selecting options to achieve the retirement vision, receiving a custom plan & getting support (track progress, get tips, etc).Next we plan to to extend the support step by building a community around it. I think a good idea is to start with tips,...
Re:EC2 now out of limited beta; four-core and eight-core instances now...
on Tuesday October 16, 2007 @07:16PM (#68800)
Way to go! Really good news.
Re:Zero to Riding the Rails in Four Months
on Monday October 15, 2007 @02:22PM (#68122)
I see you moved away from Java. Have you guys tried JBoss Seam (http://www.jboss.com/products/seam)? If not I strongly suggest you give it a try. If you love RoR I'm almost sure you'd appreciate JBoss Seam.
Re:Ask YC: What mail server do you use?
on Sunday October 07, 2007 @04:35PM (#64504)
You are right, that's what google suggests to do if you hit the 500 emails limit. Using a queue is another option...
I didn't find any other limitations to using google apps.
Re:Ask YC: Why does 800-GOOG-411 have a listing for "prostitutes" in SF?
on Saturday October 06, 2007 @11:52PM (#64339)
There is a tall free number to get around using 411: (800)FREE-411. It has some commercials but it saves you a buck from not using 411. I wish I came up with that idea...
Ask YC: What mail server do you use?
We are using google apps to host our email services and got our application to send emails out using gmail servers. The limitation to this approach is that we can send only 500 emails per day.What are you guys using to send emails? Are you hosting an email server yourselves?
Re:Your Man in India - Outsourcing Your Errands
on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @03:17AM (#59326)
this reminds me of the call center movie (http://callcentermovie.com)