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spotted_at

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About spotted_at

I am working on spotted.at

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    Comment #1639476

    I agree. Thats what I did. I made spotted.at and just want to get as much feedback as possible. My steath mode = My product sucks and not many people use it. As my product gets bet…

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    Comment #1636161

    Most recently I was doing data mining and warehousing for a new reporting system @ bofa. Before that at NG I was part of a team developing firmware for gas detectors.

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    Comment #1635639

    do you get an error?

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    Comment #1634467

    I was thinking about this same thing. But instead of connecting people simply based on proximity I choose to connect them based on proximity and intent ( http://spotted.at ). I thi…

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    Comment #1634052

    Thanx man. Its probably best not to use from work because people post up some really odd stuff. That was my main reason for adding the search screen and not just having a map. I di…

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    Ask HN: Is my project a potential startup?

    I am working on a project called spotted.at. http://spotted.at I am not really sure what it is. I just wanted to do some cool shit w/ HTML5 location stuff and node. I have a habit …

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    Comment #1633064

    PG / YC rejected me / my startup idea but I made it anyway and its starting to get some traction. YC / TechStars etc.. are just programs that help you not make you. If you don't ta…

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    Comment #1595364

    I think adding financial incentive would add too much incentive to game the system. I would not pay. I would not use it.

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    Comment #1594257

    I mostly work for banks and sometimes do military contracts. My last contract was with northrop grumman in SD and before that BOFA in charlotte. I saved appox. 36k a year.

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    Comment #1593998

    Yea, 150k. I thought I had enough savings to last about 2 years; I was wrong so I am seriously cutting back. If mainly feels like its going fast because I was accustomed spending w…

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    Comment #1593762

    I am. I usually pull about 150 - 175 a year contracting and now I am making 0 because I am working on my startup. Money starts to disappear fast when none is coming in.

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