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It depends, does the risk of offending potential users outweigh the gain? Or do you think you'll get more users with a more radical marketing approach? If you guys like it that muc…

How does that work? I thought most investors who get access to an IPO are usually obliged to hold on to their shares for at least 30 days. I'm guessing there are ways around this b…

You best bet would be the job description for the job you're applying for. You could also check out glassdoor.com to see what previous interviewers have encountered.

You could downvote the submissions but I think the main benefit of HN is in the discussion and commentary. I personally read the comments before I click on a story because I like t…

I think what is happening is there's a threshold for successful applications. Every application and website has a vetting period where momentum and marketing can advance to certain…

I applaud the fact that a developer can charge for his time and effort into building a good product. While I love hearing about these success stories, lets not forget the fact that…

Some staples for me are: Techcrunch Mashable Lifehacker Signal vs. Noise (37 signals) Smashing Magazine's Network A VC (Fred Wilson) Reddit Drudge Report NY Times ESPN or, shameles…

Be sides the obvious Hacker News, what newspapers, magazines, sites, blogs, etc do you like to follow on a daily basis?

Amazon: http://aws.amazon.com/ses/ Rackspace: http://www.rackspace.com/apps/email_hosting/

Good question, does anyone know if they're using public funds as a loan instrument or are they taking equity in these companies?

I have to disagree here both Oregon and Oregon State are underrated universities. I'm a bit biased towards Oregon State as I graduated from there but their Engineering and Science …

This is very informative, kudos to you guys for sharing. How did you guys set your goals as far as how much to raise and the amount of equity you were willing to give up? What did …

What works for you may or may not work for someone else. I don't think I'm alone when I say that more quality resources on a subject is never a bad thing.

This looks great. I'd love to find out more about your API and what type of web scraping techniques you're using. It looks like this is going to be available publicly to developers…

While I think this article raises some interesting points on the future of America, as a hacker with entrepreneurial aspirations I have some reservations. With all of the innovatio…

I think the key here is set some short-term goals. Although it's important to have some long-term, you need to get the ball rolling. Set some short-term/easily attainable goals tha…

Use the traction you've already got in the productivity category with this app to tackle other problems in that area. Be the next 37signals of the Android marketplace.

Congratulations on getting some nice media coverage. How is this different from Formspring or the hundreds of other annoying quiz apps on Facebook?

These guys are on a roll. Makes me debate switching from Rackspace Cloud. They've got some catching up to do.

"He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither." Unfortunately I don't see this changing any time soon with the TSA unionizing.

Check out djangobook.com its online and free to everyone. It will give you a good understanding of the fundamentals as well as a few advanced topics. Other than that the best advic…

This remains as relevant as ever... "Bad artists copy. Good artists steal." -Picasso

This looks pretty cool, nice job on the UI. I don't really understand the name of your service but at least it wouldn't be hard to remember. Are you guys planning on allowing users…