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Duffer1: ^and it is genuinely
to your benefit
to
take
that advice
mircea_popescu: and while
that is unfortunate, it's nevertheless what it is.
mircea_popescu: i get
that
this doesn't help you any in
the sense of getting you
to do what you want
to do
mircea_popescu: ninjashogun listen, you're really misbehaving here, albeit perhaps unintentionally.
the correct approach is
to lurk and read
the logs for about half a year.
then you'll be in a position
to meaningfully engage
th dragons here.
ninjashogun: Duffer1 - is a distributed
team a problem for you?
ninjashogun: And for a bit of information,
the
team is distributed - he is in Kentucky and I am from Boston
ninjashogun: project sounds interesting. I'm open and interested in hearing more about
this project."
ninjashogun: Here is
the other person's profile
that he responded with: "I am a full stack web/desktop/mobile developer. Currently my weapon of choice is C# for
the back end stuff, and JavaScript for
the front end. I am also versed in Objective-C (I have
three apps on
the app store). Daily my bread and butter is developing web apps. Lately I've been developing cross-platform mobile games. I have a degree in Math, so I know just a bit of graph
theory...
this
greenspan_fan: I get really sick of people defending btc-dev not doing important
things because
they're "probably" np-complete
greenspan_fan: it doesn't have
to be a solution, just an approximation
mircea_popescu: ninjashogun for
the other part of your question, i would say everyone speaking here knows a lot of math.
ninjashogun: Duffer1 - no, I just met and spoke with my cofounder
today :)
ThickAsThieves: customizable filter
templates, fully weightable factors,
totally
transparent seo
Duffer1: ninjashogun do you have any product at all atm
to show?
mircea_popescu: if you manage
to insert it into
the next round of ycombinator a la sokal, you get a bonus.
mircea_popescu: "Ice-breaking ships help keep Chesapeake Bay waters safe" <<< check out all
the global warming.
ninjashogun: antephialitc -
the specific graph
theory problem is related
to shortest-path
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mircea_popescu: ninjashogun
they're also inclined
to play, something vc's aren't normally. ATC got started because people were bored and so far cost about 50k or
thereabouts.
ninjashogun: mircea_popescu, it doesn't matter if
they're worth $10M altogether or $10B. As long as at least one person here has a portfolio and is interested in startups
greenspan_fan: yeah, does it have CSS?
that's what I want
to know
ninjashogun: mircea_popescu, ok...
that doesn't really help me
though :) I'm not here raising Series A.
ninjashogun: antephialtic - No, I don't want
to specify it here. It's not about solving an unsolved problem, but rather applying existing
theory in a novel way.
mircea_popescu: ninjashogun people here are worth well over a billion all
together.
copumpkin: and
the good people aren't looking
ninjashogun: Yes, but we have an innovation
they don't.
antephialtic: can you specify
the specific graph
theory problem you are
trying
to solve? (other
than simple bipartate matching)
ninjashogun: the moment I announce on hackernews (hwere I have a profile) at
the right
time of day, I will have some sign-ups
greenspan_fan: since
the netflix for prostitutes was immediately rejected by y combinator
greenspan_fan: my idea for a start-up involves me applying
to
thousands of places for remote work,
then farming out
the resulting offers
to india
ninjashogun: So I am looking for a roughly $50K investment (nominal, could be less). Is anyone here in a position
to conssider
that, has a portfolio and has been involved iwth other startups in
the past? An interest in mathematics (specifically graph
theory) helps immensely.
nubbins`: tier 2 job search for people who know
they're not up
to snuff
nubbins`: as cheeky as
that sounds, you're actually onto something
there
copumpkin: and one of
them had high expertise, low desirability, and
the other had low expertise high desirability
copumpkin: it was interesting, because
they
thought
there were
two of me
copumpkin: I saw my profile(s) on gild.com
the other day
nubbins`: unfortunately all
these people are in btc ;(
ninjashogun: No other site does
this - other sites just are glorified
text searches or databse searches.
nubbins`: some people don't want
the best and brightest,
they just want people who can do an okay job
mircea_popescu: (some people don't want
to do a specific job, but whatever, some people don't want something specific done, but whatever IS done) ?
ninjashogun: mircea_popescu,
that is
the problem we have solved.
nubbins`: bad news for
the imgur giraffe
tho
greenspan_fan: you don't need business, just data. Cash out and pass
the buck
to facebook or whomever
ninjashogun: mircea_popescu,
the specific problem we're solving is "connecting jobs with job-seekers". I.e. finding
the best qualified candidate for an employer, or
the place
to work for a job-seeker. BETTER
than a
text search where
they both just blurt out what
they need (exactly) on
the part of
the employer or everything
they have done (exactly) on
the part of
the job seeker.
mircea_popescu: nubbins` it's okay, Mr Hig Uyse proved
that any set of cats can be packed in less
than 7 dimensions.
nubbins`: it comforts me
that math still works with more
than
three spatial dimensions
ninjashogun: greenspan_fan, I don't
think so. I am sure every job site would be open
to us sending people
to
their ads :)
mircea_popescu: ninjashogun specifically, what is
the problem you are solving ?
copumpkin: you can
then multiply graphs with unusual semirings
to get more interesting behavior
ninjashogun: Duffer1,
then when we have a set of profiles and a critical mass, we can get listings ourselves directly, and get
the money from
them. However,
there has
to be content initially.
greenspan_fan: ninjashogun
the scraping part could be a
thing unto itself
copumpkin: then matrix multiplication "walks"
the graph
nubbins`: you just won't be able
to make a physical model of it anymore
nubbins`: 5 if you want, all
the rules still work
ninjashogun: Duffer1 - hi, Duffer1 .
The business plan is
to get profiles for free, based on
the novel application, which will cause people
to want
to upload
their profiles
to us, and use
them
to fill vacancies scraped from other sites. (Meaning for starters
the other sites get
the money from it.)
copumpkin: mircea_popescu: well,
there's an obvious interpretation of a square matrix as a graph
mircea_popescu: Duffer1 it's a start-up, what business plan.
they maybe have an idea is all.
greenspan_fan: but I always conceptualized pagerank for instance as being essentially graph
theoretic in nature
ninjashogun: "mathematic reality is accessible
to everyone on
their own
terms"
ninjashogun: mircea_popescu, I have no idea why you wrote
thta
to me
mircea_popescu: greenspan_fan yes, but
that doesn't mean any part of qm is inaccessible
to matrix.
ninjashogun: So just
to put
this in context I have just connected
this week with
the other mathetician I am creating
this site with, so it is a very fresh startup opportunity.
To whoever asked about
the means of investing, standard
terms as you would suggest based on hearing abou
thte opportunity etc.
greenspan_fan: also, idk how
they
teach qm in romania, but you can get by OK without knowing matrix mechanics
mircea_popescu: ninjashogun basically everyone's point is
that regardless how you personally look at it, mathematic reality is accessible
to everyone on
their own
terms.
ozbot: How
to recover your money as a small
time investor with funds in mtgox
ninjashogun: database queries are applied set
theory. Ours is different, it's based on graph
theory and is a very novel application
that results in much better matches ,and ALSO a good reason for people
to upload
their profiles.
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla check it out, your shitty chan is about
to break 200
ninjashogun: No, keyword search doesn't use graph
theory. It uses set
theory. (In
the form of database design)