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I just watched Revolution OS. Really enjoyed it. Indeed it is somewhat of old news to many of us, but it is also nice to see the faces and personalities driving the GNU, Linux, and…

The first spam has hit news.yc....

"IllinoisVENTURES is a seed and early-stage technology venture capital firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences and life sciences, …

I don't know how competent their application makes them seem... "Week 9: Business model stuff"

Paul, there is nothing to the amount of attention given to applicants after acceptance?

Great post. Thanks paul!

I wasn't implying anything about Scribd's growth. Just commenting on the obvious, continued growth of Reddit.

"We manage to get back around 1AM and I’m stunned to see that kids are sitting and talking and playing ping-pong. What’s wrong with them?, I wonder. I just came back from an arduou…

"Should Google and Youtube be forced instead to add a link to the contents official home (where legal copies can be purchased) and thereby referring potential customers back to the…

Yes, it is. Reddit sure has a nice, strong looking curve.

North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be exact. Yourself?

I like the wider layout. Much more engaging and consumable. Subtle, still YC, yet well done. Kudos.

Interesting. For the lazy among us: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=scribd.com&site1=reddit.com&y=r&z=1&h=300&w=500&range=6m&size=Medium&url=reddit.com

If only I weren't in school on the East coast.

Seems like a case of treating the symptom not the ailment itself...

Indeed, it has been widely noted that craigslist's authenic feel (hyped by the .org TLD) and community fostering ruggedness has created a cult-like following. It seems that their l…

Tangentially related: http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/03/07/five_questions.html