zumbojo
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Comment · 13 years ago
pg's "Ramen Profitable" essay contains an excellent Rice and Beans recipe: http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html#f1n
Comment · 13 years ago
The "Siracusa County" reference refers to this Hypercritical episode: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/15
Comment · 13 years ago
The Walmarts you mentioned:
Lush: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=walmart++Hilton+Head+Island,+...
Fully paved: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=walmart++Hilton+Head+Island,+...
Comment · 14 years ago
Stack Exchange (including Stack Overflow, etc.): http://stackexchange.com/
One of Jeff Atwood's blog posts on the topic: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/10/the-gamification.ht...
Comment · 14 years ago
The most recent Freakonomics on Marketplace segment focused on this study:
http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/08/23/there%E2%80%99s-cake-...
Comment · 14 years ago
In the case of Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange, see Jeff Atwood's (slightly dated - IIRC job candidates are no longer charged) answer to "What is Stack Overflow's business model?":
http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/79435/what-is-stack-...
And their Careers 2.0 employer page:
Comment · 14 years ago
Did you apply to YC, or were you invited to YC?
(I am curious how the process works for startups that already have significant traction before joining YC. Humble Bundle comes to mind.)
Comment · 14 years ago
E-ink Kindles write a "Your battery is empty" message to the screen shortly before the battery becomes completely discharged.
Comment · 14 years ago
Xbox 360 (mostly for Netflix and YouTube)
Comment · 15 years ago
Sencha - http://www.sencha.com/
Comment · 15 years ago
A NYT article during development in 2009:
Comment · 15 years ago
There was an excellent discussion on this same salary negotiation tactic in a recent episode of "Build and Analyze":
http://5by5.tv/buildanalyze/19
(Salary discussion was at some point after discussing VC but before Android market share.)
Comment · 15 years ago
I believe it ends up getting enforced at the retailer level; most major chains will refuse to purchase Christmas lights that are not UL listed, so you can be reasonably sure that the cheaply manufactured lights you purchase at Walmart don't burn your house down. They also seem to be providing education [1] and revising their standards [2] to discourage particularly ill-advised appliances such as electric turkey fryers.
[1]: http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/offerings/perspectives/co... [2]: http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/scopes/1083.html
Comment · 15 years ago
I believe Underwriters Laboratories and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety would be US examples of similar private agencies.
Comment · 15 years ago
37signals Podcast, This Developer's Life, Freakonomics Radio, Hanselminutes (in addition to several already mentioned by others).
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