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Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with tools that compile to javascript? (i.e. CoffeScript, ClojureScript, pyjamas, and the like.)

Review my startup idea: disrupting the Trading Card Game industry

I'm a big fan of trading card games like Magic: The Gathering, and Cardfight! Vanguard, from the story being told by the cards, to the possibilities available with each draw of a card. However, I live in a city that doesn't have a game shop where I can find people to play with, and I can't drive.There are three main questions I want my product to answer. 1. How do I make it easier for...

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Re:Review my startup idea: Re-thinking the inbox on Saturday January 19, 2013 @09:03PM (#5085657)
I do not, unfortunately. Development is going well, and I hope to have a prototype within the week.

Review my startup idea: Re-thinking the inbox

I was talking with my dad about his work when he started complaining about the volume of email he gets. After looking through his email, I started thinking about how people use email and where it fits in the workplace. I'm a fan of GTD, so my concept is a tool that handles your email, tweets, Facebook posts, and Google+ shares as next actions in the GTD system.Down the road, I'd like to offer a...

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Review my startup idea: One API to rule them all.

There are more than 8,000 known web APIs in existence, ofOfering from weather, to financial data, to the ability to search inside libraries. One thing I haven't found, however, is one API that lets the skilled developer manipulate and search multiple APIs at once.A few questions. * I'm currently using a SQL style language to make adding more advanced features easier on my part, but if someone...

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Re:Poll: What are your prime hacking hours? on Friday March 30, 2012 @03:54PM (#3777794)
Midnight to 6 AM for me.
Re:Ask HN: What free tools or websites do you donate to? on Friday September 09, 2011 @06:54PM (#2980158)
I donate monthly to Ubuntu and the python software foundation.
Re:Ask HN looking for a co-founder on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @05:15PM (#2971475)
Yes, I'm mainly looking for someone with marketing skills.
keep a tiddlywiki in a shared dropbox folder.

Ask HN looking for a co-founder

I'm working on a startup (That I've talked about here a couple of times.), and I'm trying to find a co-founder. I have two questions.1. I live in a small town in northeast Colorado, is there anything I can do until I can get moved to Denver to start looking?2. I'm blind, (Not totally, but for all intents and purposes I'm considered blind.) How important should this be when talking to a...

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Ask HN: Review my (revised) startup idea.

About eight days ago, I asked for advice about starting an on-line college that offers small classes and teaches using the tutorial method. (1) After talking with friends and family, and thinking about pewpewlasergun's advice, I've decided to do is create a service that offers a full range of courses on technology.Some example courses: * Introduction to Mac OSX * Introduction to Linux *...

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Re:Ask HN: Review my startup idea. on Thursday August 25, 2011 @12:36AM (#2923778)
Thank you for your input, and I think I'm going to build a school for tech-based entrepreneurs, possibly walking the students from concept to launch, and teaching programming, system administration, and more as needed.

I need to get some sleep or I'll lose myself in this idea. :)

Ask HN: Review my startup idea.

I had a professor who graduated from University of Cambridge, where they use a tutorial style course system, (for more information check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutorial_system, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge#Teaching, and http://oxcheps.new.ox.ac.uk/Publications/Resources/OxCHEPS_OP1_08.pdf (PDF)) which I think would work really well on the web.The two main...

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Re:which technologies you using for your startup or project? on Saturday August 06, 2011 @02:45AM (#2853265)
Backend: Haskell, Yesod, Arch Linux. Frontend: HTML5, Javascript, and CSS (Provided by Hamlet, Lucius, and Cassius respectivly.)
Re:Ask HN: Rails for Django developers? on Monday August 01, 2011 @06:07PM (#2834739)
Very neat. Did you purchase the PDF or the screencasts or did you read it online?

Ask HN: Rails for Django developers?

I've done some django development in the past and I'm looking to expand my horizons by learning Rails. Does anyone know of good tutorials or other resources aimed at people with previous web development experience looking to learn rails? Strangely, google hasn't turned up much that's useful.

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Re:Ask HN: C++ lexer/parser generator on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @08:29PM (#2732116)
Maybe I need to just move to the metro-Denver area instead, seeing as I know my way around their public transportation really well.
excelent, thank you! Now to get my code done.
Very interesting. although I can't help but wonder, other than possibly starting silicon valley sooner, what would have changed if apple had been located in San Jose?

Ask HN: Review my Startup idea - Sync Things Done.

(Sorry about the mispost.) I've been looking at both desktop and web-based software for David Allen's "Getting Things Done", but one thing I haven't been able to find is a service that lets you sync your project and action lists between the web, computer, and smartphones, si I've decided to fill that gap. Does anyone think I'll be able to succeed in this alresady saturated market? Or am I...

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Ask HN purchasing a new laptop.

Around the 16th or so, my laptop quit booting, and while it's being looked at by my best friend, I’m looking for a new laptop. I have two problems that will make affording a new laptop hard;1. I take home around $670 a month. (SSI, because it’s next to impossible to find private health insurance for my medical condition, panhypopituitarism, so I’m on adult Medicaid.) 2. I have no credit. (My...

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Re:Common Lisp - Myths and Legends on Thursday April 07, 2011 @10:16AM (#2419511)
I had honestly considered writing my website in common lisp, but discarded that idea because I couldn't find good documentation for the RESTAS web framework.
Re:Ask HN: Best place to host a prototype? on Monday March 28, 2011 @02:49PM (#2379518)
PageKite looks like it might work, thanks.

Ask HN: Best place to host a prototype?

I'm working on a startup tht allows people to search for music by title, artist, lyrics, rhythm and more, and I think I'll have a working prototype in a few days, my main problem is where to host it so that investors, the RIAA, and others can see it?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use? on Sunday November 07, 2010 @09:34PM (#1881146)
Hardeware: HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop, 2GHz P4, 512MB RAM, 40GB disk.

Software: Ubuntu 10.10, emacs (with haskell-mode, python-mode, yasnippet.), Ubuntu One, the haskell platform (http://www.haskell.org/platform), Gens/GS (Sega Genesis emulator.).

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