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If nothing else, you'll get a crop of /really/ disaster-aware backends.
Don't know why but this popped into my head. Arnold mindfucks Lou Ferrigno right before they hit the stage for the Mr. Olympia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwtL2KPPc1k "They should have it in a month for him. But then I have another month too."
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Ludicast, go home, you're drunk. But for real, what is this? Redeem yourself.
:) Not sure why it isn't clear and/or was downvoted "to Bolivia". I'm right now in Queens with wife/baby/spoiled-food/no-heat/no-power at home so don't give me that "too soon to joke" crap :). The video is a funny scene from a classic movie about a fringe culture. Arnold is playing with Lou Ferrigno's confidence. Arnold says that they should have extended the Mr. Olympia contest (the deadline) because Lou (the compet…
Don't know why but this popped into my head. Arnold mindfucks Lou Ferrigno right before they hit the stage for the Mr. Olympia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwtL2KPPc1k "They should have it in a month for him. But then I have another month too."
Getting into YC isn't really a competition, at least according to what pg has said publicly many times. They'd be happy to take as many qualified companies as they can, and the real problem is that sometimes qualified companies are masked by incompetence at presenting themselves in the written app and the interview. Which is why it's so awesome that Gleb and others have put together guides to the process.
Sort of like that line of George Costanza: "If you're funny and he's funny, then what am I? A short bald guy with glasses who suddenly doesn't seem so funny."
Don't know why but this popped into my head. Arnold mindfucks Lou Ferrigno right before they hit the stage for the Mr. Olympia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwtL2KPPc1k "They should have it in a month for him. But then I have another month too."
Getting into YC isn't really a competition, at least according to what pg has said publicly many times. They'd be happy to take as many qualified companies as they can, and the real problem is that sometimes qualified companies are masked by incompetence at presenting themselves in the written app and the interview. Which is why it's so awesome that Gleb and others have put together guides to the process.
At the core, many folks forget that it is their own startup and foundation upon which they should focus, not whether the competition is strong.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Getting into YC isn't really a competition, at least according to what pg has said publicly many times. They'd be happy to take as many qualified companies as they can, and the real problem is that sometimes qualified companies are masked by incompetence at presenting themselves in the written app and the interview. Which is why it's so awesome that Gleb and others have put together guides to the process.
This is very much consistent with YC's cardinal principle not to fund bad startup, and not to miss good ones. At the core, many folks forget that it is their own startup and foundation upon which they should focus, not whether the competition is strong.
Interestingly, my application is mostly going to be based on the storm itself, so this is excellent. Thanks :) We've collected more than 100,000 atmospheric pressure readings of Sandy so far and they're still coming in through pressureNET, our open source Android app.