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Re:500 Startups Demo Day on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @07:33PM (#2893341)
Wakemate and these startups were not part of the 500 Startups accelerator program but part of the seed fund.

BTW, MarketBrief, formerly Secwatch, YC S11 was part of the old LaunchBox Digital accelerator in '09.

Re:Habit Labs Gets $250K To Turn Leading A Healthier Life Into A Game on Monday August 15, 2011 @12:58AM (#2885542)
Note that "Contagion Health" AKA "I Move You" (YC S10), merged with "Health Month" to form "Habit Labs". No mention of the other "I Move You" founder Andrey Petrov. I wonder whether he's involved or not.

Ask HN: What is the point of this? Email form sending.

Posted by seto28 on Sunday July 17, 2011 @10:12PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have a feedback form which emails me a message. Today I have been getting dozens of messages along the lines of, "Im so glad that the internet allwos free info like this!"Since this is not posted publicly anywhere, why is this being done? I can think of these possibilities, but I still don't get it:1. Spam - they think it's posted somewhere publicly, even though it's not.2. Security...

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Re:Verbling (YC) Links Up Language Learners With Native Speakers on Friday July 08, 2011 @09:19PM (#2744725)
Both Verbling and Quartzy got TC coverage today, both are YC S11 startups I think, so I wonder why Quartzy got so much more attention than Verbling did.
Re:Quartzy (YC S11) Brings Order To Science Lab Supply Cabinets on Friday July 08, 2011 @06:54PM (#2744429)
YC S11
Re:Google To Buy Mobile Loyalty Card Startup Punchd on Friday July 08, 2011 @05:42PM (#2744228)
This seems to be the first company from the 500 Startups accelerator program to be acquired. Other companies from the 500 Startups seed fund have previously been acquired, like BackType and CardMunch.
Re:Harjeet: I'm a partner at Y Combinator. Ask me anything. on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @02:01AM (#2708575)
Nobody wants to be portrayed as elitist so I'm not so sure about this. Given 2 people who both have done impressive projects I would bet the one with the Stanford degree would be more likely to get in. It might even be a sub-conscious decision.
Re:Show HN: My Weekend Project Nudity Detector API on Sunday June 26, 2011 @04:44PM (#2699033)
I think you need to define nudity and semi-nudity more.

1 - No nudity detected people fully clothed. 2 - Semi-nudity detected people fully clothed. 3 - Nudity detected private parts/gentials visible.

How can there be semi-nudity if people are fully clothed? Are female breasts considered nudity or semi-nudity? What about male breasts? What about pubic hair without display of genitals? There are so many gray areas you need to be more specific.

Re:Sam Odio: I Left Facebook to Rejoin Y Combinator With a New Start-up on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @10:41AM (#2678903)
"Alexander, meanwhile, had helped manage OdioWorks, in addition to founding a previous Y Combinator company (a failed coupon site)"

What was the previous "failed coupon site" nick007 founded?

Re:Review my startup: ShowMetheLove.co - Quantified Self for Love on Friday June 17, 2011 @11:28AM (#2665850)
I'd change the name, thought it was a site for meth addicts initially.
Re:Scathing review of Scvngr by burned customer on Thursday June 16, 2011 @09:55PM (#2664018)
Given that Napa is so close to the bay area, it might have made more sense to partner with a local company from YC etc. than one on the east coast.
Re:500 Startups Adds 21 New Companies on Thursday June 09, 2011 @04:28PM (#2638696)
There are only 20 companies listed.

Tell HN: Annoyed with Go Lang

Posted by seto28 on Thursday June 09, 2011 @03:41AM
from the self-post dept.

As a Go player, I'm always interested in articles concerning Go, the game, but as I scan through the titles I see so many posts concerning Go the language that it's becoming annoying.Imagine there's a language called Chess, wouldn't you find that annoying? Or is it just me?

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Re:UsingMiles Founder Arrested on Saturday June 04, 2011 @01:48PM (#2619974)
I submitted this with a "TechStars Boulder 2008" part added to the title, why was it removed? I see "YC" references to companies in titles all the time so isn't that relevant info?
Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to change your HN username? on Tuesday May 31, 2011 @06:49PM (#2605028)
You may want to if you're being stalked and you used your real name as your username, and there is personal info attached to your submissions that could help the stalker locate you. Not saying it's likely but it's possible.
Re:Show HN: a social site designed to manage multiple groups on Saturday April 30, 2011 @02:07PM (#2501146)
The graphic on the about page is not correct because parts of groups can overlap as well. For example, some of my surfing buddies can be my closest friends.
Re:Another Way to View the "Decline" of HN on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @01:08AM (#2440862)
As the community increases in size, it's normal for this 'decline' to appear. I believe rather than focus on tweaking karma points or moderation is to introduce list functionality ala twitter so people can create their own HN within HN, as they see fit. As newer HNers start contributing, they can be tracked and eventually added to lists so it doesn't stagnate. Doing this will ensure old-timers will be happy while the community gets bigger and the quality 'declines' relative to x years ago.
Re:New Rule: Stop Calling My Company a Lifestyle Business on Friday March 18, 2011 @09:15PM (#2342668)
Why 20M and not 200M? Or 2B? The question is, can it scale? If so, why not show the VCs how it's a potential 1B+ company rather than 20M?

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