Hacker News: markovich

New comment by markovich in ".me domain name open registration starts tomorrow at 8pm PST"

markovich — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:54:24 +0000

I also got me a nice domain, and even though they've taken the money, the domain is not showing up in my domain list. Hope dies last, ey?!

New comment by markovich in ".me domain name open registration starts tomorrow at 8pm PST"

markovich — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:22:26 +0000

Terribly slow. I've been waiting for 10 minutes for the payment page to appear...

New comment by markovich in "Why Skype is NOT Web 2.0"

markovich — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:31:45 +0000

Gmail is not really a Web 2.0 application. It's just email, but done right. There is no attempt towards buzzword compliance in gmail. Don't confuse synchronous XML requests with Web 2.0

New comment by markovich in "RejectedByYc.com - For those of us who didn't make the cut."

markovich — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:24:07 +0000

Well, don't forget that it does not really matter anyways: http://www.maximusklein.com/2007/04/20/why-ycombinator-is-a-waste-of-time/

New comment by markovich in "Y Combinator Clone in Vienna, Austria launches"

markovich — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:26:42 +0000

Hello Paul,

Your idea is interesting, but frankly, I don't get it. Your resume and your website do not hint at your having the money to sponsor the groups. You do not tell us how giving up a percentage of our companies is going to benefit us. The money is small - I could work on the side and make that money every month.

What is not clear is this:

1. Do you have the money for this? If so, from where? If a piece of software needed additional funding after 6 months, would you be able to do this (like pg put 50.000 in justin.tv)

2. Do you have the marketing reach? Will affiliating myself with you give me greater marketing strength?

3. Do you have access to legal information and advice? Can you offer this to your startups?

4. Do you have any connections to Venture Capital? Do you _know_ about venture capital, such as to give good or bad advice?

New comment by markovich in "Is Python or Ruby better as a first language?"

markovich — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:08:45 +0000

One thing you should keep in mind is that you have to move on to C++ to become a good programmer. Start with any of the languages, then do C++ for a couple of years. Otherwise, you will never be able to work in a low level language, since you will be pampered by all the simplicity of these languages.

New comment by markovich in "Don't do it alone! Lets connect co-founders. Post quick descript of your idea, location, and needs "

markovich — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:24:41 +0000

I can offer this: I want an internship in the U.S for 6 months from August. I would prefer to work on my software instead of doing this internship. Dilemma.

You give me an internship and I'll work half the day on your startup, the other half on my project. For free, of course.

Of course, I can't do internships in 1 or 2 men companies, it has to be a bigger company than that, which leads me back to the original problem.

New comment by markovich in "Justin.tv on NPR (includes link to audio)"

markovich — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:37:08 +0000

And how much are you taking from them for this contribution?

Why Y Combinator is a waste of time

markovich — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:29:22 +0000

Article URL: http://www.scribd.com/doc/25132/Why-YCombinator-is-a-waste-of-time

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9361

Points: 61

# Comments: 68

New comment by markovich in "Has anyone tried providing a service to improve people's blog posts (e.g., in terms of grammar, style, tone, fact checking, etc.)?"

markovich — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:03:31 +0000

This the type of thing that is doomed to fail. And it _should_ fail, because filtering peoples thoughts through a machine will lead to everyone speaking the same online, when in real life people do not speak that way!

Blogs are real people with no editors. If you want correct grammar, and fact checked posts, read a newspaper.

New comment by markovich in "YC/TS Results coming out soon. How about a backup plan?"

markovich — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:27:28 +0000

You know, I really think we should organise something like this. Rent a reasonably large place for 3 months, we just get together and work in a shared environment, then move on. It would be great just so one can get ideas bounced off other technical people, and get some feedback.

Of course, it could also turn out real bad, cos the one guy gets funding, and the others don't so everyone is hating on him. And then then the two guys who are at the house and discover that they are working on exactly the same ajax online calender.

Or what about the guy who came in and was working on a tool to catalogue your finger nail clippings, and this suddenly changes to a remote folder sync tool as soon as this other guy demos his own great folder sync tool.

And to top it off, you film this whole thing, Justin.tv style! It'll be great.

New comment by markovich in "How long did it take you to figure out that the top/bottom arrows are for voting? (honest!)"

markovich — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:10:14 +0000

I didn't look, I didn't notice, and frankly, I didn't care. If I had ever wanted to upvote a comment, I'm sure I would have found quickly.

New comment by markovich in "YC/TS Results coming out soon. How about a backup plan?"

markovich — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:21:24 +0000

What does summer mean for you (dates)? This sounds like a cool plan, I wouldn't mind hitting the US for a few months to work on some stuff...

New comment by markovich in "My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive"

markovich — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:13:13 +0000

It's pretty nice, and I was thinking to myself - hey cool, I could make an online backup of my code. Then it occured to me - who the hell is this guy, and why should I trust my code to be on his server!?

That's a huge issue you should consider. Why would people feel comfortable leaving their valuable stuff on "Drews" server?