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This. Definitely. Physical activity helps me survive my days so much more than coffee does. Even just 10 minutes of core exercises can give you a huge boost that lasts longer than …

[1] to escape the daily grind - consume information (news, downloading the top apps in the app store, HN, etc), help someone in need (volunteer at random soup kitchens), write (cod…

Premii's too slow for me. I use Dinopost - http://hn.dinopost.com/ . I like how you can change the text size for a small phone. And it's light-weight for mobile connections - cache…

Any way to file returns for the previous years?

Love that you have a functional page and not another one of the launchrock sites I had to click through. One alumni told me that YC was all about picking billion dollar, not millio…

Judging from what I see here, most applicants sent in a landing page? Or was there more to it - any demos?

Any rejectees in Toronto want to meet up for a mind meld this weekend?

I agree, impressive landing page. Every application round I see someone as polished as this, and then realize to not take rejection to heart. Rejections, even at YC, will have thei…

Context: We sent an application in for S12 and S13. Interesting that you mentioned "serious." Looking back I don't think I was a whole lot "serious" the last time I applied, but I …

We had 4 views from the west coast the day after we applied. Another 4 this week. Last time we applied, we got over 20. PG says they only look at the videos if the application seem…

Sorry Isaac, but it was on a blog with much similar posts to yours and swombat's. Btw, one of my all time favourite posts actually is your "Two paths to greatness" one. +1 Thanks f…

There was a blog post here by that title or similar. May replace "Facebook" with the "next big thing" or "accelerator" with "Y Combinator". But my Google search skills and HNsearch…

The best advice I got was: 1. Never compare your beginning to someone else's middle http://www.lifewithoutpants.com/someone-elses-middle/ 2. Don't look to the past. It's all dead b…

Thanks. Any along the lines of Peter Norvig? That I can learn from: books, udacity videos, etc.

I second that, and also think parenting is a big factor to blame.

Does flux practice readable colors on their own website? It seems like they do - I just returned to HN from reading flux's pitch, and my eyes did not take too well to the higher co…

Did you just compare scrolling to a black swan? :-) A good effort, I didn't realize it was a pitch for the magicscroll extension till I read it a few times.

also vidyard, kytephone and upverter

Anyone got one for musicians?

They look at: - qualities of the founder/team - the product you're pitching - traction (growth rate, # paying clients, etc) If you're at the idea stage, stress how you can monetize…

I'm from Toronto I've read some comparisons on costs of living, taxes, etc on blogs that are a few years old. Need an update whether it's worth moving from Toronto to SF, or for th…