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lemonysnicketon YC Startup Justin.tv hits Alexa 160

what he's implying is that it's (American) football season -- both collegiate and professional -- as well as grand finale of regular season baseball, great football(soccer) league matches, tennis, etc. and any curious passer-by wonders how much of the traffic spikes are due to this subset of viewers

lemonysnicketon Apple Extends Non-Disclosure to App Store Rejection Letters

what users outside of the hacker and/or tech crowd will ever know/realize that apps are being removed (or in fact being restricted in the first place)?

agree with the policy you or I may not, but let's not kid ourselves and think that the users will revort (a la facebook) -- when they have not a clue the process for this phone/OS, nor android nor the typical carrier platforms.

lemonysnicketon Apple Extends Non-Disclosure to App Store Rejection Letters

they are sacrificing long term strategy for short term gain.

not sure what the margins are now, but for iPhone 1.0 total end-end cost of the phone was something like $284 for the $600 phone. whatever the fuzzy math here, with Apple on projection to sell 10million + phones this year, they are making an absolute killing.

and thus, to the bottom line in the short term, it's not necessary at all to appease the developers -- they quality of some apps is very very high already, and will continue to do so while both independent devs and companies are also making a killing for arguably little work (a few months) and huge roi.

the long-term is that controlling the end-end solution with an iron fist will be just one of the many restraining factors that keeps them from gaining market dominance (single carrier, no keyboard, one phone model, et. al).

too bad so sad -- their way or the high way.

lemonysnicketon The best description of the fed bailout

i am still laughing. that is the funniest thing i have read in a while

lemonysnicketon YC Startup Justin.tv hits Alexa 160

watch illegal sporting events, tv shows, etc. -- free & live

lemonysnicketon Walt Mossberg - Google’s G1: First Impressions

the real thing the iPhone loses is exclusivity

and thus has lost some of its luster -- its not the only player in the market anymore with an app store, touch screen, and all the other goodies

lemonysnicketon Walt Mossberg - Google’s G1: First Impressions

iPhone has just lost a bit more if its luster with this release.

lemonysnicketon Automattic (Wordpress) Has Acquired IntenseDebate’s Enhanced Comment System

don't you have to a)generate revenue or b) have an exit before you win?

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you can't be serious.

is this MySpace?

understand the sentiments, but this is a tad bit ridiculous. everybody talking about doing instead of doing, and getting super excited when someone suggests more talking...

lemonysnicketon Ask HN: Stormpulse valuation

keep going as long as possible as you can without VC -- in fact, you need to plan to do this and not bank on getting funding.

out of curiosity, with $500k how will you "expand your coverage and services" in a way that won't currently happen? Is there really a burning need for this money, or will most just be salary for you to go full-time?

with the little info I know (and my few life experiences) why not built out the viable revenue model while still in bootstrapping phase.

lemonysnicketon Introducing BackType Alerts

backtype = searchyc.com re-incarnated as a start-up (rather than a completed side project)?

lemonysnicketon Startup Programming Jobs: C++, C#, and Java Reign Supreme?

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