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amichail
18,811karma·7,884submissions·February 20, 2007
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I'm an indie game developer.
My previous games include DropZap and DropZap 2 for iOS.
My latest game is DropZap World. Check it out: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1072858930
https://bsky.app/profile/dropzapworld.bsky.social https://x.com/DropZapWorld https://www.threads.net/@dropzapworld
a.michail@me.com
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Is this comparison with respect to all Y combinator founders or only with respect to those who have succeeded? Have you identified any personality differences between those who succeeded and those wh…
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Intelligent along what dimension(s)? Or is he a believer in the g factor?
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Very few people are good at math. You need more than energy and enthusiasm to succeed in that field. Anyway, older people bring critical skills to a startup such as creativity, which can improve over …
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Yes, math is hard and successful academics in the field are super smart. And yes, mathematical ability declines with age. However, I don't see that math is really all that important for 99% of web 2.0…
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There are many different ways to build a web app and this can present a significant hurdle to finding cofounders. After all, some may like your idea but hate your choice of implementation technologies…
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I think that open-ended creativity has little to do with math. Yes, most people get worse at math as they age, but some get better at open-ended creativity. For most web 2.0 startups, I would say that…
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It's actually a static IP. I still need to think of a better name for the service. I'll buy a domain name after I do.
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BTW, feel free to share your favorite bits of the book here: http://72.36.160.114
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Did anyone find it bizarre that some of the responses given by founders are extremely long?
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Do you think this is any better? :) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17723921
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It's ambiguous: http://tf.nist.gov/general/misc.htm
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How can they detect abuse without violating your privacy?
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Out of curiosity, what do you think of the work done at the MIT Media Lab? Would you fund those sorts of things? http://www.media.mit.edu/research
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If you are interested in trying it out, please send an email to amichail@gmail.com. This is sort of like a closed beta but the prototype is pretty preliminary. Nonetheless, it is already quite functi…
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So social networking is a way to hire only young people without breaking the law? More generally, it seems that you can use social networking to get around all the antidiscrimination laws.
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From the blog post: == "I want to stress the importance of being young and technical," he stated. If you want to found a successful company, you should only hire young people with technical expertise.…
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"Men and women have unique sensibilities for information, which can be tapped to create gender-sensitive user interfaces that appeal more specifically to each sex. Building on previous research in gen…