Yep! Restart Fund is actually partially a product of our pivot. We basically weren't getting anywhere with micropayments, and we weren't sure where to go next. We got approached by a few big companies about talent acquisitions, but we knew we really wanted to be working on something early-stage with a lot of opportunity for growth. So hopefully if anyone else is in a similar position, Restart Fund could be another option to consider.
Hey everyone, I'm the co-founder of Twice. Just wanted to add my 2 cents too.
- @jboggan, agreed. YC knows how to pick em.
- We're only planning on one acquisition for now.
- Yep, it's a mix of cash and equity -- we haven't quite finalized all the details -- and everything will vest (as is standard), but you'll at least be able to buy a car on day one.
- The equity is valued based on our Series A valuation, which, unfortunately, was substantially less than $100 trillion :-)
- It's definitely an expensive proposition for us, but awesome people make awesome companies, so we think it's worth it.
More at restartfund.com. Feel free to shoot me an email as well ([email protected])
You also can check out my company, https://www.minno.co/. We only support prices denominated in USD right now, but we accept payments from many different countries, and we can transfer your earnings to you via a standard PayPal transfer.
Yeah, that's not how the NYT rolls. We got around the paywall pretty easily -- getting around the legal wall though... It's a shame, because we really want to work with partners to help them build their businesses. In due time! :-)
Thanks for the interest! Minno is our main project, and TorrentTraveler is just a quick hack that we put together to try Minno out. We'll be working with other developers to roll out more sites over the next few months. If you have any other questions ping me at noah [at] minno.co.
Unfortunately what is really tripping me up is when we draw that line. I get the principle of regression to the mean, and why it occurs. What I don't get is this particular manifestation of it.
Fair point about "no connection between a and b".
What I should have said was something like: Why is it important that a come before b chronologically? If we were mistaken, and we thought that b came first, then what we would be seeing is "progression from the mean".
Does the concept of regression to the mean depend on the chronology of events? That would be weird -- most probability doesn't, right?
Yep, I assumed they were normalized. I don't see the canceling out, though.
If you do poorly on the first test, the x-coordinate is low/close to y-axis. You're then expected to do better on the second test, so the y-coordinate is high. This will flatten the left half of the line.
As you said, if you do well on the first test, the x-coordinate is high, and the y-coordinate is low. This will flatten the right half of the line.
Interesting excerpt. But isn't Murdoch actually something of an "upstart" in media, who himself has been viewed as corrupting the journalistic standards of yesterday?
I think Star Wars-type galactic civilizations are very unlikely. Instead, life forms (humans included, eventually) probably just upload their minds into better hardware and "live" in a virtual Shangri La. After that, why bother exploring?
a) I use the Yahoo BOSS index of your site to find other pages that would fit the search query well.
b) If the site isn't indexed then SearchEkko just doesn't display the widget at all.
c) Haha well it certainly tries to give the site owner front and center real-estate. It also displays up to 4 results, if they're available (not shown in the demo).
d) Excellent points. It's early -- I just wanted to see if there was any demand for the product before I spent too much more time on it.
e) I don't think that it really works very well in a sidebar. It would be hard to display the other hits attractively, and I don't think it as noticeable to the visitor. I played around with it, and 480px seemed as short as I could reasonably go.
f) Good to know. It's something I've been working on, and I'll try to clarify it.
Thanks for the feedback! In its current implementation, the widget actually only displays other articles on the installed site (that way it's more useful to the site owner). And each visitor's arrival only affects the widget as it displays to them -- they don't affect how it appears for other users.