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Re:Ask YC: Feedback for our new startup
on Tuesday February 03, 2009 @04:28PM (#464712)
Bigtimebids.com is available.
Re:8 "frat-boy" business ideas
on Monday February 02, 2009 @10:48AM (#462403)
Google-owned sites generated $3.81B while partner sites generated $1.69B.
I think the act of comparing the amount Google makes from AdWords to AdSense is moot -- Both of these channels are very successful. Both of these numbers end with a capital "B".
So question: Do I become an ad broker and take on Google or simply utilize Google to display ads on my property and make some coin?
At this point, I don't care how much Google is making off of me as a percentage, but I do care how much money I actually do put in my own pocket.
Welcome to the Universe of Fancy Colored Paper
Re:Ma.gnolia.com crashes hard -- no backups?
on Friday January 30, 2009 @04:50PM (#458759)
"take some simple steps to ensure that you don't bork your site"
unborked[.com] is currently available.
A site dedicated to stopping all of the borking going on out there.
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I think some cheap, simple sql dumps from the db, burned to an external HD and taken home would've been a good first step -- your data would be dated but somehow restorable nonetheless without the need for off-site, replicated, heart-beat monitored databases.
IMHO you really need an expert database admin (of which I am not) to get all of this up and keep all of it going; a caretaker who's only job in life is the maintenance of any and all persisted data.
On another note, backups are really useless unless you have actually tested the restores.
Re:Rate My Startup: DomainPigeon.com
on Thursday January 29, 2009 @02:16PM (#456930)
Can I get that with a ".com" please?
@OP, how about "Get a great .com, .net, .whatever right now!"
Re:WEF 2009: Mark Zuckerberg thinks difficult times require a tie
on Thursday January 29, 2009 @12:12PM (#456675)
I can't help but think that the suit isn't far behind.
Re:Building a Web App in 1 Hour For Promotional Purposes (IsHilarySwan...
on Friday January 23, 2009 @04:55PM (#447178)
Cool.
Looks like the cookie the only thing from keeping people from voting more than once.
To everyone here:
How else could you keep people from vote bombing low friction (no required login) sites like this one?
Does it even matter in this case?
Why the hell are people voting NO?
Re:Post a possibly good app idea that you have no intention of doing y...
on Friday January 09, 2009 @11:24AM (#426728)
Pre-sealed pocket of wipes; good idea!
The wipes would be warmed by the baby's body heat as well; babies don't like a cold wipe on their tushies.
The Truth About the "Robber Barons"
Re:Rumors of Upcoming Microsoft Cut-Backs
on Monday December 22, 2008 @09:19AM (#406374)
The consumer web has been "built".
--Charles H. Duell
Re:Thank you HN: BreakkUp.com Story
on Thursday December 18, 2008 @02:05PM (#402466)
Love that logo. Good luck!
Re:Headhunter: Employers Hate World Of Warcraft Players
on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @08:25PM (#401677)
I agree. It seems like you never get enough oomph from an engrossing session of WoW - never really satisified, always feeling empty after the latest chapter/quest.
It's kind of like reading a Robert Kiyosaki book - getting to the end and needing to buy the next book right away. The content makes you feel good but it always leaves you feeling a bit undernourished, hoping the next fix will finally complete you - leaving you whole.
The preceding was a bit of self-reflection, perhaps. :)
Re:Headhunter: Employers Hate World Of Warcraft Players
on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @01:52PM (#401278)
Don't worry - I'll quit WoW as soon as I can get my paws on Starcraft II.
Re:Killing Robot Being Tested by Lockheed Martin
on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @01:26PM (#399791)
Guns end wars quicker.
There's a certain beauty to getting to the wrong answer quicker - I just don't see it in this case.
Re:Ask HN: you're rich, now what?
on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @01:14PM (#399774)
You're in Dallas, too?
Re:Ask HN: How do you explain what you do to your relatives?
on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @09:50AM (#392950)
Sounds like you're a salesman. :)
Re:Ask HN: How do you explain what you do to your relatives?
on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @09:43AM (#392940)
I'm gonna use that!
"I help $these_kind_of_people kick more ass!"
Re:Ask HN: What's your philosophy?
on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @08:44AM (#391263)
this thread came up as one of the top results. I guess Google _really_ likes YC News.
Just wait a few hours; whenever this submission falls off the front page, Google should drop it quicker than a greased pig down a mud slide.
Re:Lesson learned from my biggest business mistake
on Monday December 08, 2008 @01:07PM (#390100)
The strategy that provided you victory, may not be repeated in the same way.
--Sun Tzu
Re:Linus Torvalds: Debugging hell
on Friday December 05, 2008 @01:32PM (#387360)
I think some of us are simply scanning through the new section, tagging things we'd like to read at a later time. :)
Re:InviteUp : Easiest Invite Ever
on Friday December 05, 2008 @01:27PM (#387351)
please checkout my http://smacklet.com/ too
Nice.
Although ...
http://smacklet.com/del-note?id=264
Please only use POST for modifications to data. You probably want to obscure that id counter as well.
:)
Re:The Problem With Logging
on Thursday December 04, 2008 @10:10AM (#385722)
Logfiles [:] where useful data goes to die, alone, unloved and ignored.
Priceless.
Re:Ask HN: Is my little tool doomed to obscurity?
on Wednesday December 03, 2008 @07:44PM (#385088)
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Why Unmaterialistic People Should Want to Get Rich
Moving to a start-up? Fasten your seatbelt
Re:The other half of "Artists Ship"
on Friday November 28, 2008 @02:50PM (#379487)
I guess so many checks in a big company could be considered the biggest mistake of all?
Resurrection Science
Re:The Manifesto of the Futurist Programmers
on Monday November 24, 2008 @12:06PM (#375028)
I thought the same thing. Here's my translation (don't hate me):
Let us make an end also to the wasters of disk space who clutter up our machines and profane our lightning-fast memories!
Translation: Down with Windows!
An end to the quick-money architecture of the jobbers of the prefabricated!
Translation: Down with uhh ... uhhh ???
An End to the common run of program decorators, the fakers of technology, the masters of software cosmetology who sell themselves, and the slovenly and thick headed "managers"!
Translation: Down with consultants!