matthias

X for math and Y for reading? Age 9 I obsessed over Civilization, Sim City, Myst and the Journeyman Project. I distinctly remember playing these games and wanting to "be smart", sitting at the computer with a dictionary in hand and a jotter for working out puzzles. I have no doubt that the mastering of these games played a significant role in my academic achievement.

Thanks Jason, that's an interesting idea. We've talked about payment models that charge incrementally for actual usage, like Tarsnap does - which would be a good fit for alot of different use cases. I think the issue though is that a flat rate per month is much more easy for people to understand.

Thanks Federico, that's an interesting idea - we'll have a think about it. We're keen to keep a good balance between adding options to the text area and keeping it lightweight. Your input is much appreciated.

There is an interesting balance between keeping the interface very simple and giving pro users the flexibility they require. Possibly in the future we could find a way to make it skinnable (ie upload custom css) without losing simplicity, but we'd be very wary of overcomplicating things.

Thanks for the offer, that would be superb! There's not contact details in your profile, so if you fancy droping me a message at [email protected] we could talk more about this. Additional languages and currencies will be great for this site - we can geo-locate users when possible switch to the right one. Really looking forward to hearing from you. Cheers for the bug report too, we'll get that sorted.

Thanks for letting us know, looking into it now.

Good point, we'll sort that. Thanks

Thanks, this is a great point and is borne out by the stats. Last night we saw 83% hitting the "Now Click Here" button but far far less taking it beyond that. We're talking about a consistent "what to do next" element now.

Yep, additional currencies are a high priority for us. And we live in Glasgow, so £'s will come next.

well you've caught us on that point! but a little frivolity is ok too, right? "A little madness now and then, is relished by the wisest men" - Mr Willy Wonka.

Spot on! We made this after reading 37s' Rework and very much admire the "how can we do less" mindset.

If you click Config there's a small payments panel. So far you can enter a paypal address to receive your payements and it will integrate with the cart, or you can simply accept your orders via email. We'll integrate with further providers later on, too.

YC Application Video: http://listy.posterous.com/74768699-97655 1 minute long / we talk about purpose and target market.

Cheers for the feedback, these are all things we need to think about and your suggestions for the cart are spot on. In terms of shipping, we stripped it down in the seller config to just postage is included in prices, with a dropdown to specify where you shipping to. We'll sort out options for postage prices by item/ by order later on.

thanks! so far we're working on the following for the text field:

+quantity for multiple item sales, ie +5 #tags for categorising, ie #electronics

further ideas welcomed

We're working on adding (minimal) inventory control. You'll be able to put +Quantity on a line, ie +5 if you have five to sell. The site will then track stock level, and you can edit the quantity in the list at any time.

MVP for YC'12 application. We've been heads down on this for a month now so it seemed like the right time to gather some feedback!

It's good ol' chestnuts like this that made me think of the "rerun" button: http://bit.ly/ek6kqi Instead of upvoting you would click the rerun link to signal the content as duplicate (but worthy). This would move it out of the news and to a dedicated classics page of timelessly good content.

I've smiled at many a piece of HN serendipity in the past, but never expected it to happen to me. I wrote this car park post, and also DJ'd at the arty last friday night. Perfection.

Suggestion: the Rerun button allows veteran users to signal that an article has reached the front page before. Far from flagging the links for removal, the rerun button signifies that the content has a timeless quality.. it definitely isn’t news, but it is still worthwhile. A link that is getting both sufficient upvotes and rerun clicks is moved to the Reruns page, which would feature all manner of old chestnuts and stop them clogging up the front page.

So it offers unlimited free food, but only in the US. You can't choose specifically what you want to eat, but it does a great job of guessing foodstuffs that you might like. And you can't eat the same thing twice due to licensing restrictions.

A very good question. Will they be really able to resist "Poxxer, who we broke the news on in 2011 here and here" ...pfft always hate that <a><a><a> start to a blog post.

If they really would drop startups that made it big they could make it a feature. Instead of a deadpool, they can add startups to a bigpool, and tease the major sites with it: "we followed them then, you follow them now"