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crindy··on Paperboy – A community of entrepreneurs sharing handy tools for startups
For me it just takes a second to kick in. So it's briefly unstyled.
crindy··on Ten Days of Silence
Did you sign up just to bash vipassana? I'm curious as to why you feel so strongly about the issue. If it works for some people, it works for them. Does it cause harm to you if other people give it a try?
crindy··on Ex-Googler: 'Tons of Engineers' Want to Leave Google
My mom makes this spinach lasagna. I emailed her asking for the recipe, and she sent back "Just google spinach lasagna and click the first link". It was an ad from Kraft's website. She's probably clicked it dozens of times.
crindy··on Show HN: Add forms to your static site – no iFrames required
I use BitBalloon!

Basically, I build static sites for some small businesses in the area. They want to be able to choose where everything goes, to the pixel, so it's easiest to work with just html and css. Then I can upload to BitBalloon and everything works exactly as it did on my laptop. Forms work, everything gets optimized, and setting up my own domains is super simple. And it's cheap.

I could use S3 or something else, and it would be cheaper, but deploying in a half second really is useful. Everything is done right with no effort on my part other than building the site itself.

I also built a site just for fun and host it there. 750,000 page views in the last couple weeks, didn't worry for a second. http://gallerrit.com/ It has also been very easy to push updated versions with no down time.

crindy··on VC's: Experienced 50 year old with good ideas. Will you talk to me?
The problem isn't the word "idea". It's the fact that you haven't gotten past the part that's in your head. You can't be sure that an idea is an opportunities until you've put them out there and seen if you can get them any traction.
crindy··on How to make $800/mo from three lines of code
I thought the article was just trying to make a point about charging based on how much work it takes vs charging what people will pay.
crindy··on How to make $800/mo from three lines of code
I think you missed the point. The point is that although it's technically very easy to 'highlight some job postings on the list, that simple upsell can generate hundreds of dollars a month.

This was not intended to be a literal guide on how to make $800 in 3 lines of code.

crindy··on Cheet.js: Easter eggs (Konami Code, etc.) for your site
This looks really cool and sleek! I may just use this somewhere.
crindy··on 100 growth hacks in 100 days: Day 1
they all thought us one valuable thing they all taught us one valuable thing

Good other than that. Be sure to keep us updated with the results of each day's action.

crindy··on Pitfalls of Startup Team Building
For a second I thought the title was referring to the things you slide down at playgrounds.
crindy··on Ask PG: What is the current state of the "Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund"?
Here's what you're looking for: http://ycombinator.com/rfs.html
crindy··on Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 mile
Just wanted to chime in and say I get you, man. "Chat with people within 1 mile" is just a better thing than "Chat with people within a radius adjusted based on how many users are online nearby."
crindy··on First Bitcoin ATM
Acting like this site is proof that node doesn't scale is just plain silly.
crindy··on Ask HN: How did you find your early adopters?
Wow, can you share any details of what your startup was?
crindy··on Show HN: I design & develop, my first solo project - a social network for gamers
I thought it was weird how you say that the invites are not easy to come by, but everyone starts with 10,000 invites, and everyone gets invited within a day of giving you their email.
crindy··on Strikingly Creates Simple, Beautiful Web Sites in Minutes
I was trying to scroll through the home page on my laptop, using the arrow keys, and it didn't work. When I pressed the down arrow, it scrolled me to the next section, but some sections were too tall and didn't fit on my screen.

Specifically, it's the Beautiful mobile pages section, that features a picture of a laptop and says "Our responsive templates look great on any device, automatically." Ha.

crindy··on Announcing AWS Elastic Beanstalk for Node.js
I'm working on a meteor application, and one of the things I'm scared of is that no one knows how to make one run on multiple machines.

Would this solve that problem, by providing an essentially infinite sized machine?

crindy··on Php-o: metaprogramming PHP to give it a saner API
Javascript is the only language that runs in the browser. There are tons of great alternatives to PHP to run on a server.
crindy··on How Oreo Won the Marketing Super Bowl With a Timely Blackout Ad on Twitter
I think this is it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5161941
crindy··on Sexism in Tech: A Good Apology is Better than No Mistakes
Thanks for the warm welcome, Nicole!
crindy··on Sexism in Tech: A Good Apology is Better than No Mistakes
I'm new around here, and I've got to say, this thread has really let me down. All these definitions of feminism and sexism that seem to have been taught by straight white fathers to their straight white sons.
crindy··on Sexism in Tech: A Good Apology is Better than No Mistakes
The problem isn't that women are being degraded. The problem is that women are being presented as bodies that can help sell laptop batteries.
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