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1.7 Person Year Application Rewritten in 2 Person Months (metromodemedia.com)
33 points by startupcrazy on Oct 2, 2007 | 43 comments

I'd like to hear the story from your partner's point of view. Could you please send me his name, email address, phone number, coding background and resume?
3.Utility Mill - My Latest Site - Feedback is Appreciated (utilitymill.com)
21 points by tocomment on Oct 2, 2007 | 27 comments
4.Ask YC: Should I look for funding?
18 points by webwright on Oct 2, 2007 | 23 comments
5.Algorithm Basics?
17 points by raju on Oct 2, 2007 | 34 comments
6.Follow-Up to "YC deadline brings out stupid decisions"
17 points by caveman82 on Oct 2, 2007 | 43 comments
7."Australian actresses are plagiarizing my quantum mechanics lecture to sell printers" (not a joke!) (scottaaronson.com)
16 points by amichail on Oct 2, 2007 | 3 comments
8.Amazon EC2 loses user data (amazonwebservices.com)
16 points by rams on Oct 2, 2007 | 5 comments
9.Ask PG/YC: How verbose can the YC app be?
16 points by nurall on Oct 2, 2007 | 14 comments

It has been rumored that Y-Combinator favors younger teams, but I wasn't aware that hackers as young as 12 are seeking seed capital.
11.Artists Build Secret Apt in the Mall, Prov RI (boston.com)
15 points by knewjax on Oct 2, 2007 | 5 comments
12.Kawasaki and Truemors: The stupidest idea ever? Not anymore. (mercurynews.com)
13 points by nickb on Oct 2, 2007 | 15 comments
13.The YC Deadline Brings Out Stupid Decisions in Another Applicant Team (myphdblogged.blogspot.com)
12 points by ahsonwardak on Oct 2, 2007 | 33 comments
14.Lisp-friendly Web Hosting (alu.org)
11 points by nickb on Oct 2, 2007 | 1 comment
15.Dynamic CSS (nubyonrails.com)
11 points by nickb on Oct 2, 2007 | 2 comments

I think you're being overly emotional here, they didn't think their offer through. Which makes it stupid, not malicious.

silence anyone?
18.Launching a UK Start-Up: Seven Lessons Learned (thinkvitamin.com)
10 points by luccastera on Oct 2, 2007
19.Cheatsheets to add to your toolbox (techcheatsheets.com)
10 points by nanijoe on Oct 2, 2007 | 1 comment


Eh, not so bad. Some EC2 instances crashed. I take that for granted. If they'd lost S3 data, I'd think twice about using them going forward.

He self-submitted the link.

Actually, despite the drama queening, I upmodded both posts (perhaps thereby obliterating my vote weighting) because they reflect an interesting pattern of hacker psychology that I've been thinking about lately. Once said thoughts are in a bit more of a coherent state I'll make a post about it.


Unless you and your accuser are asserting that Hacker X is a man slave, I don't think he can be owned.
24.Joost out of private beta (Internet TV from the Skype folks) (nytimes.com)
9 points by danteembermage on Oct 2, 2007
25.A New Look for Outlook (on Xobni) (technologyreview.com)
9 points by solfox on Oct 2, 2007
26.How Users Read On The Web (useit.com)
9 points by luccastera on Oct 2, 2007

Anything Trip-hop (Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Bjork, AIR, EBTG, Zero 7, Tricky, etc.)

I'll venture to say that no matter who was right/wrong you may just have taken a significant step towards not being accepted.

If your answers are less than 120 words that's fine.
30.Ballmer Calls Facebook A Fad? (webpronews.com)
8 points by transburgh on Oct 2, 2007 | 11 comments

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