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badmash69

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September 8, 2010 (15y ago)
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  1. Ask HN: what are the sources of revenues for a Content Site?

    I know about Google Ad words , what other sources of revenues exist ? Given that this is not going to be a blockbuster mega site and it is being bootstrapped on a show string budget, how do I maximize the revenue…

    1 points 4
  2. Ask HN: What revenue sources exist for content based sites?

    I have read the techcrunch teardown (http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/10/teardown-13-ways-10-million-revenues/) and I understand ad-supported sites are very tough to execute. However, if one were contemplating running a…

    1 points 1
  3. Ask PG: Could you make HN gravity gentler for "Review My Start-up" posts?

    I had posted a Review My Start-up type of post about 2 hours ago. It never made it; it has sunk and gone. I was looking forward for peer review of my idea.

    29 points 7
  4. Ask HN: Please Review My Startup -- a SaaS for Local TV Stations

    Hi Everyone, I am a solo founder . I have bootstrapped my start-up NewsPVR.TV and now I am launching. I will appreciate any feedback you may have. This is the problem I am solving : (My target customers are Web-admins…

    7 points 11
  5. Ask HN: Best Practices For MongoDB with Amazon EC2+EBS?

    So I am a happy MongoDB user -- with a web app that is about to go public (which means I can't predict the actual load yet and my application would have to change fast and soon). I have been doing my back up etc.…

    3 points 2
  6. Ask HN: How complete must a demo be for YC application at submission time?

    Also, do you come back later if the demo server is down ,for instance when the application is being deployed .

    2 points 3
  7. Live in the problem, not in the solution: How customer development has gone awry (thisisgoingtobebig.com)
    3 points 2
  8. Ask HN: who would you recommend for failed hard drive data recovery?

    I have a physical hard drive failure. Google search for data recovery brings up a zillion services proving data recovery -- they all seem to smell fishy. They all have some sort of Class A or something clean room…

    3 points 16

  9. 30 and above

    2 points 0 pollopt

  10. less than 18.5

    0 points 0 pollopt
  11. Poll: what is your BMI (body mass index )?

    BMI (body mass index) is a formula that uses both weight and height to estimate body fat. For most people, BMI provides a reasonable estimate of body fat. ( I used http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bmi-calculator/NU00597)

    1 points 4 poll

  12. 25- 29.9

    6 points 0 pollopt

  13. 18.5 - 24.9

    7 points 0 pollopt
  14. Predicting when China will overtake America (economist.com)

    So I came across this article on The Economist which mischievously speculates about when the Chinese economy would overtake the American economy. The article is clearly to designed to increase page hits and good for…

    1 points 0
  15. How many AMAZON EC2s should I start with for a Facebook Application?

    So I am in the midst of doing a very private MVP type of roll-out of an application: I need to run Apache + Glassfish + PostGre + MongoDB + Memcache + ActiveMQ ( a java messaging server). I fully realize that I might…

    7 points 10
  16. So you raised $15k or so from YC. What happened next?

    How did you get to Series A ? What significant milestones did you hit ? What did the timeline from YC to Series A look like ?

    13 points 3