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So easy, and yet only one in 100,000 people can be troubled to do it.

"Add comment" page does not use the custom color.

Also, having the Y icon match the custom color would be great.

If it's already been done, then why re-invent the wheel? Cheat to win!

Yeah I do miss really good programming books though. Haven't seen one of those in quite a while.

The downside is, if your company is failing then you kill yourself.

The trick is, don't make conclusions about the article based on its title.

I found comfort in his anger towards the difficulty of developing for current web application platforms. The situation is obscenely bad.

Doesn't seem workable to me. I can't get into the zone as easily when I first wake up.

And yes, I do need more than 4-5 hours when I do it every single day, and I'll be working all day too.

It is like asking who is the greatest fighter among men who have never fought anyone. Go build something new.

So you're saying that one should never heed general warnings but instead discover all potential risks through first-hand, irreversible, unprepared-for personal disaster?

The critical aspect here is that you do not entirely control the temperament of your partner. That is up to her and your luck. Best to not throw away this advice and make use of this knowledge while you can.

Of course, congratulations on your awesome luck.

Google seems like it would wimp out of utilizing it effectively anyway. No-holds-barred myspace though, would not have the reservations that would prevent them from doing something interesting with it.

Thanks for the fantastically rare anecdotal example.

I feel great for coding after sex, if it's with a partner that I haven't just started with. It's like a cloud has been lifted from my mind. A world of distractions are suddenly gone.

Exact same here. Except in my case, she wins more often than not. She has her ways of making me do things....

Many nights I have stayed awake, looking wantingly at my computer across the room while I hold her, asleep in my arms.

No, and there seems to be no reasoning with her on this issue.

Legal advice on the internet...

morons.

Learn the definition of "illegal".

EULAs are generally not legally binding. So no.

I will never fail! I don't need priorities!

Good luck with that...

The layout, the naming.

Who cares about EULAs?

Thanks for the overview.

Is this really a "large" number of imitators? Would it be a stretch to say that many of these are traditional angel investing with a few small twists?

No.

This is really just a very early prediction on my part of where YC may be headed. I, personally, feel very little animosity towards YC or their current methods but have become more wary of their direction.

But yes, placing _too large_ of a priority on financial interests is always bad.

Finding a pattern that works is a good strategy, but what's their fitness function? This seems like an easy way to fall into the trap of only looking at the short term. With the volatility of software startups, I can't blame them too much for that.

It would serve their publicity greatly to show that they are still interested in improving the situation for us regular hackers and startup founders who are still at the bottom than appearing to just focus on their bottom line. This does not require lots of money or diving into unnecessarily risky investments.

Would be awesome if they let you build simple forms that could be POSTed too.

I'm still getting a private jet to pilot if I can ever afford it. The day I'm too afraid to do that is the day I'm already dead.

Wow.

> Maybe a discussion of how many major sites have grown 'organically' vs. getting major coverage..

Explosive growth 100% organically is a total myth.

I'm sure many groups better than YC will spring up, barring a major market collapse.

It's hard to even look at YC in a positive light anymore. They've gotten too greedy in just choosing the most ideal cookie-cutter groups that follow their rigid profile of the ideal founders.

It just always seemed that YC had a bigger vision than making lots of cash. No longer.

This is not unique to YC, many successful people admit later in their careers that they would never, today, hire themselves. I just wonder if YC will continue down this path or reach a point where they will turn around, stop trying desperately to prove themselves and make a more meaningful difference.

Launching major site next week. You can hold me to that. Will be awesome site that you'll all want to use. Not sure if I'll do it under this alias.

your formating fucking blows.

fucking think.

It's still absolutely no more difficult with if statements, and with if statements you don't have to worry about error prone fall through. There is no lack of consensus on how to do this. It's very obvious.

Concise? I've got some perl code for you.