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jw84

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About jw84

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #3259948

    I see we've come to a full circle now. Reddit has been remade.

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    Comment #3259939

    It's so interesting how the tech reporting world is changing so much. Parr's departure is just yet another long chain of these events, but it also marks at how much money is being …

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    Comment #3249511

    This was Seesmic's original idea, short video messages, threaded into conversations, but for the web. iPhones are more intuitive and useful. Though I find myself more enthralled wi…

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    Comment #2642694

    Logitech's implementation of Google TV sucks a lot too. When first booting up I instantly get an update message and had to wait 45 minutes with the forced update right out of the b…

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    Comment #2562728

    Welcome to the Internet... Elipses hints at the sarcasm.

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    Comment #2526626

    This is over three years old: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84039 All references: http://searchyc.com/hackerne.ws

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    Comment #2498667

    Sounds like http://hurricaneparty.com/ and it sounds really fun if executed really well.

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    Comment #2491101

    Tumblr has done this multiple times in the past, justified or not. Last year I picked up mediaite.tumblr.com and within 2 weeks it was taken from me and given back to Mediaite. Gaw…

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    Comment #2483528

    The name escapes me right now but there was a YC company from way back when that was doing something similar, a feedback mechanism for restaurants and SMBs. Except they were going …

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    Comment #2434168

    MTurk + Facebook Translate + Rosetta Stone = hit

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    Comment #2431759

    I remember back in 06-08 this was the common response. Now YC is popular and well known enough to make this work. Good luck.

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    Comment #2425300

    They're called cam porn sites.

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    Comment #2319947

    It's very simple, it's affiliate marketing 101. Take a App creators, b Advertising partners, x End-users sign up, y Users complete reward levels Get as much x to provide value for …

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    Comment #2307360

    Going through an exact same experience with launching a mobile product in time for SXSW. And likewise I'm not the one that's in the frontlines coding, I'm merely facilitating. Even…

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    Comment #2259572

    Yahoo's lasting legacy is doing more to redistribute wealth than Reaganomics. Bless those charitable souls.

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    Comment #2255593

    Looks a lot cleaner. The old auto-play auto-dive technique--still employed at Justin.tv--was quite annoying.

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    Comment #2222309

    This is consulting packaged as a product. But just because this product fit isn't right for you and your humblebrag doesn't mean the entire premise fails. The right fit would be a …

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    Comment #2219044

    Survivor bias.

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    Comment #2207556

    http://stippleit.com/ idea validated

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    Comment #2180554

    $2,000 per scene are what studios pay to contract girls. Typical shoots are like $500.

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    Comment #2172736

    How's being an elitist prick working out for you at parties?

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    Comment #2172114

    No, because people would get it's a South Park reference.

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    Comment #2168859

    Ironic since TechCrunch bought InviteShare.

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    Comment #2159905

    Well, I see two pictures and the words compare who's hotter instantly. It's for the lack of a better word a FaceMash, which itself is a clone of a few dozen other predecessors befo…