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Techniques for matching similar/identical products from different stores?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6667144I’m trying to write a simple program to compare prices for products from different suppliers.Different suppliers may call the same product different things.For example, the following three strings refer to the same product:A2 Full Cream Milk Bottle 2l A2 Milk Full Cream 2L A2 Full Cream Milk 2LOr the following two strings are the same product:Ambi Pur Air Freshener Car Voyage 8mL. Fresh Vanilla Flower fragrance. - 1 each Ambi Pur Air Freshener Voyage Primary 8mlFurthermore - some products are not the same, but are similar (for example, Full Cream 2L Milk may encompass various similar products.)What are currently recommended techniques for matching product strings like this?From my Googling, I found:1. Some people recommend using Bayesian filtering techniques. 2. Some recommend doing feature extraction on all the products strings. So you might extract things like brands (e.g. “A2”), Product (“Milk”) and capacity (“2L”) from the products, then create distance vectors between products, an
Nov 4, 2013 6:14 AM
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Million Singles Projecthttp://www.millionsinglesproject.com/One Million Singles on One Webpage A new website claims to display one million singles from around the world on one webpage. The website, established by 32-year-old Israeli Etai Hugi, attempts to collect one million male and female singles from all over the world on a single page. The founder claims that following a disappointing love affair that left him with a broken heart, he heard from a friend that "true love has a one in a million chance” and decided to take this one step further, establishing a website that intends to display half a million single females on one side and half a million single males on the other. He named it "The million Singles Project”, or MillionSinglesProject.com. Participation in this project costs $1 for a lifetime membership, guaranteeing a picture of the participant + a short text and a link of the participant's choice. The website was set up in English and addresses singles all over the world. The founder says that in the future, a search by country will
Oct 7, 2013 6:54 PM
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HIRING/RECRUITNG: Software Geniushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6230913Look, we are a growing consulting and product firm. We are looking for a person that can take our founder's (my) architect role and help make the company succeed while I am out whoring/selling us as needed. We build some awesome products, focused on mostly the e-commerce and big-data space. Far more on really hard big-data than anything, but e-commerce interests us as a unique opportunity.We have an amazing group of people in Florida. Of which we have one person that could step into this role, frankly you would likely compete with them, but in a positive way. But because we aren't stupid, it seems logical to look at people smarter than ourselves. If you have interest, we want to talk. We aren't funded, we are bootstrapped. Which frankly means there is an opportunity that is usually unfounded. We are looking at Angles over the next 6-9 months, but frankly want to see if we can make it without them. Not because they are bad, but because we believe in our team and that our team should win
Aug 18, 2013 12:07 AM
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My business worked... until I found out it was illegalhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5582513My name is Max, and I'm 26.I currently work as a teacher’s aid in Special Education and am a counselor for a special needs summer camp. I met the girl of my dreams two Summers at this same camp (http://www.partnersinadventure.org/) and have been with her ever since. However, I’m worried about an inability to provide for our future family.I’ve had one successful business venture previously. I began selling Heady Topper online, an internet-famous beer made in the Vermont area. First I started doing it on Ebay. Eventually I made a website called headytopper.com with Magento (it’s down now for reasons I will soon reveal).Sales were going great and I had made an extra thousand dollars or so after a couple months. However, during my Christmas break, I got a call from Jen Kimmich, the wife of the brewer John Kimmich. She advised that I stop doing what I was doing as it was illegal in the state of Vermont and “Heady Topper” was trademarked. It was a huge shock I’m lucky to have not gotten sued
Apr 20, 2013 7:26 PM
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World Changing startup seeks hacker co-founderhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5298407Hey all; seeking a co-founder for a company that's going to eat the self-help AND nonprofit industry, while killing outdated modes of "helping people" and replacing it with an online hub that will make mucho money (business model is solid!) AND help millions of children & adults be happier. Looking for A++ hacker with back & front-end experience that ALSO loves to brainstorm, refine, and take ownership of ideas; must have strong belief that youth and adults can change their thoughts & behavior; and that it can be taught.Want to hammer this out this summer. I'll teach videos & raise capital 60+ hours a week; need someone to create kickass, gamified, fun-as-hell ruby/other site.If not from NYC; I have free housing for summer months for ya. Serious.About me: Former founding Executive Director of a US Dept of Education Funded nonprofit; educated at WashU leading schools of social work & business; have raised over $2 million in start-up environment, managed team of 4 full-time 3 part-time.
Feb 28, 2013 12:45 PM
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Looking for CoFounder / 2cents?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5117254My name Will. I am 23. I live in LA. Going to school for marketing but also thinking about dropping out to join a startup or CREATE a startup. Im in the process of gathering advice. Im an aspiring entrepreneur! Not the "idea man". I dont have a get rich quick idea. Looking for someone who is willing to hear out my ideas and work with someone who believes in them or meet someone to tell me im a f*ing idiot. Anything works.So, read below to check out projects I've worked on in the past or are currently working on now.I am constantly thinking of ways to better the world and make certain things in life less complicated or constructive for the mass.Ive been passionately trying to start a business since I was 18...and failed or pivoted many times. This is the order in which they have originated from. I am still working on a few of them! Looking to hash them out more with other Entrepreneurs that believe in my vision or engineers that would like to assist in wire framing or designing beta sit
Jan 25, 2013 7:45 PM
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Tech co-founderhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4686804About us Gymnati is an exciting new innovative way for people to find and connect with others who share similar sport interest and are looking for a sport partner or team to engage in such sport with. Think of us as a sport matchmaker. Gymnati is located in Vancouver, BC and currently in developmental stage. We are seeking talented individuals with unique skills and personality for an 8 months program. This is an unpaid internship position with the option of making it permanent after serving.Working with the Gymnati team is a great opportunity for those willingly to get a taste of being part of a start-up as well as gain valuable experience in their respective field. The exciting thing is that you get to work alone as well as create your own project with little supervision. This thrilling experience would push you to your creative limit. Have you got what IT TAKES? Start date- December 2012Technical Co-Founder We are currently seeking talented developers to be part of a great team that
Oct 23, 2012 5:41 AM
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Mediaroom gets personal with Think Analyticshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d7d8cd51c44fba36eb09dbdc7a981&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvtechnology.com%2Fopinions%2Fmediaroom-gets-personal-with-think-analytics&c=7519404694931608511&mkt=en-usMicrosoft Mediaroom has beefed up its content recommendation by signing up UK based ThinkAnalytics for its partner program. Previously, Mediaroom has found it hard to differentiate between different ...
Oct 5, 2012 12:28 AM
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SMP, Asymmetric Multi- processing And The HSA Foundation - Semiconductor Engineeringhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxOd3dMRG16eHBTX0RTSWpfMmZpM0M0UUJQSmVTRjN4SlFXM2kxNzhFNVJNbWZkWmR3cEMwZGRvZkc0M2tXcWVoSE9sTUU3V3hBbTVtVktBejRHcmtMRVM4TzJjVmJWTU9uNnJrVXU1SWs4SVgtQkp1WFBGeTlaeW1MQzBFX2tsUk44Q0dF?oc=5SMP, Asymmetric Multi- processing And The HSA Foundation Semiconductor Engineering
Sep 27, 2012 7:00 AM
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Ask HN: Can you comment on my job posting for employee #1?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4218294= PHP Developer =Hi, my name is Brad Touesnard. I’m the founder of WP App Store (http://wpappstore.com), a marketplace which enables users to purchase and install themes and plugins from within WordPress. I’m looking for employee #1. That’s right, at the moment it’s just me and my wonderful advisors, Adii Pienaar of WooThemes and Carl Hancock of rocketgenius.== Flexible, Proactive, & Embraces Change ==In addition to being a talented PHP developer, you should welcome taking on tasks outside of web development. In fact, you should identify and take on tasks without having to be asked.Most people don’t like change. You should embrace it. You should be open to trying new things. This isn’t IBM, Microsoft, or another colossus. This is a nimble startup and things change quickly, including your role.== Extraordinary Benefits ==I believe that a healthy work-life balance is very important and key to creativity and overall happiness. And if you’re happy, I’m much more likely to be happy too. To
Jul 9, 2012 2:21 PM
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Ask HN: How should I go public with a security hole?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4050901We're evaluating an expensive software system for a certain industry. We've found public facing exploitable holes in the login system (default passwords, improper firewalls, SQL injection), which is directly translatable into profitable fraud.That is, if we used this system and someone exploited it, they could cause direct financial harm. These systems are almost always exposed to the public internet.I spoke to the company, and they seemed rather apathetic about the situation, although they said they'd fix the SQLi. Despite the codebase being in C, they report they've had no RCE security issues, "just crashes". I find that highly unlikely, more no one bothered investigating.How should I handle this? I'm worried for my own company which is at risk, and I'd also like to publish this info, as this market tends to sweep things under the carpet. In the past, with another vendor in the same market, I've privately reported, and found the vendor lied about fixing things and did not explain the
May 31, 2012 11:04 PM
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Looking for Tech Cofounder / CTOhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3924843Job Posting – Technical Cofounder and CTO contact: dustin@hockeyfollower.com The Company Hockey Follower is a web application that combines a social network for competitive hockey players with an unparalleled aggregation of statistics from hockey leagues around the world. In a model similar to LinkedIn, players, coaches, and scouts can communicate and track statistics on the private side, and fans can follow and interact with players on the public side. Founder Dustin Sproat recognized the need for better statistics and communications within the hockey community while managing Hockey Players for Kids (HP4K), a successful charity engaging over 70 pro hockey players with kids in their communities. The Hockey Follower site will feature game statistics, an interactive charitable application, and the hottest news, blogs, videos, and twitter postings about the players. Amateurs can get noticed by scouts, and pro’s are able to brand themselves by using simple applications that make it easy to
May 3, 2012 5:38 PM
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Organizational Structure of a Committeehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cdbdfbcd74d288631c316c0e83f19&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusiness.chron.com%2Forganizational-structure-committee-43081.html&c=1664473883356324658&mkt=en-usCommittees are commonly found in nonprofit organizations as governing boards or project-based volunteer committees. Some for-profit companies use committees to help the board or to manage ...
Apr 17, 2012 6:31 PM
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Ask HN: Are we giving away too much equity?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3754389My (non-technical) co-founder, let's call him Mike, and I have been working on a startup for about a year now. I developed a pretty solid MVP last summer and we now have about 15 customers who have brought in approximately 50 users each that use our product as well. We started making a little bit of money through affiliate marketing, but have several revenue generating options planned for the future. Our business is somewhat seasonal, and the money we've made so far has been made in an off-season. But we see huge potential for growth and exponential increase in revenue as we get more customers.We've been looking for angel investors to get us going, and through an acquaintance Mike found a group of 5 friends willing to invest. Unfortunately, Mike and I live in different cities (he's in SoCal, I'm in NorCal), so I wasn't there to pitch the investors. Anyways, they agreed to give us $100k for a 45% stake in our company. Originally we wanted to bring on a partner who would give us $80k for
Mar 26, 2012 12:46 AM
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Tell HN: Steal my ideashttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3690627I've got a few ideas and I'm not sure if they'll ever see the light of day. I'm happy to share them with HN in the hopes that you work on them or they help give you other ideas. Some may already exist, and if so, I apologize!Idea #1) A scholarship service/site that doesn't suckYou'd think finding scholarships wouldn't be that hard, but you're in for a surprise. My wife is fixing to start graduate studies and I've been pouring over scholarship/fellowship sites for her. I've spent countless hours just looking for ones for her to apply to, and I've visited 20+ scholarship search engines.They're filled to the brim with scam/"you could win $100,000! sweepstakes" type scholarships. They also have tons of extra offers from paid for profit universities. Lastly, they display scholarships that she isn't even qualified for, despite narrowing the filters to ones that she is supposed to be qualified for.I've found different scholarships on each site, so there's not even a single site that has all o
Mar 11, 2012 4:47 PM
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Ask HN: Work at Google or a Startup?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3488447To the HN community,I'm at a crossroads in my career and wanted to reach out to the HN community as I value the insights and experience of everyone here. For a little background, I'm 25, spent 3 years at Shell Oil Co. as a Territory Sales Manager, and quit my job about 6 months ago to join a YC startup in SF. I ended up leaving the company for a variety of reasons, and now face a decision to either go work at Google on their inside sales team in Mountain View, or take a business development lead role at a startup in Pittsburgh, PA. The cofounder and I worked together in college and we actually started a company together during our last year in school. I trust him (I toasted at his wedding this summer), and the company has a solid revenue growth curve with a product that I believe has great potential.I've always wanted to start a company of my own in the next few years or so, and I want to choose the role that will put me in the best position to succeed when that time comes. Of course,
Jan 20, 2012 5:15 AM
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Ask HN: Please Review My Startup: What Do You Really Think About Me?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3329308Hello HN! We are about to launch a new site and would welcome feedback. The site can be found here: www.whatdoyoureallythinkabout.me?Overview: Feedback helps us learn how other people see and experience us. The problem is we are not great at giving or getting feedback. We struggle with giving feedback because it is often against the rules of our society to give honest feedback. We fear that we might risk the relationship or hurt the other person’s feelings, so we avoid it. This is often to the detriment of the other person. It can be a minor thing like your boss having terrible breath, but no one telling him. Or, it can be more serious like a friend with an abusive girlfriend or boyfriend. Everyone around them knows that the relationship is bad for them and is hurting them, but no one can risk telling the person. Consequently, the person stays in the bad relationship for months or years. Then, when it finally ends and they see how they were being treated they ask, "Why didn't you tell
Dec 8, 2011 3:03 PM
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Ask HN: Please Review My Startup -- a SaaS for Local TV Stationshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3287367Hi Everyone,I am a solo founder . I have bootstrapped my start-up NewsPVR.TV and now I am launching. I will appreciate any feedback you may have.This is the problem I am solving :(My target customers are Web-admins & Marketing folks at Television Stations with Local News and Programming. )Local TV stations promote their content by Tweets, Email alerts and Facebook posts . These posts/links are driven by their content as opposed to viewers’ interest. A One Hour news show might cover more 15 than topics -- but if a viewer is interested in 4 things --e.g. Price of Gas,Military , Football , schools -- she or he is unlikely to sit through the whole video to get to the bits she or he is interested in.This is how I solve it:My product, NewsPVR.TV, will figure out which exact segments of the news video corresponds to the topics each member of audience is interested in ; it creates a play-list with only these items extracted from the news video and posts it to the viewer’s wall as a video clip
Nov 28, 2011 8:03 PM
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Ask HN: How to resolve my difficult cofounder situation?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3272134I'm in a difficult situation with my cofounder. We're both developers and we received some grant funding allowing us to work full-time on our product since July. We have reached this point after arguments including, email exchanges, telephone calls and in person meetings. The arguments and other personal distractions effectively paralysed product development for the last two months. We are both fairly ashamed of how little we have achieved. Fortunately, while it has been a close thing at times we still have our friendship intact.This is where we are at:1) We have enough money in the company for us both to work full-time on our product until the end of January or for one of us to work full-time until end of March.2) My cofounder has decided that regardless of the state the product is in, he doesn't want to be part of the company with me after January, he is considering getting a full-time job or switching back to consulting.3) He wants to spend the next two months until then working rem
Nov 23, 2011 10:48 PM
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Need a Developer Partnerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3221497What?We are a luxury marketplace for gourmet food and beverage products. Our goal is to create a social commerce marketplace that allows consumers and merchants to build trusting and dependable relationships. We make it possible for producers to grow their business without any investments into marketing, web development or an online team.Whys’?It’s the new hot market right now, current startups Gilt Taste and revival of Foodzie are the social proof.Team:Me (Founder), I’m a serial trep. My first startup was during my 2nd year of college. I wanted to get involved in business (was a computer science major) and ecommerce. Started my ‘project’ selling paintball equipment; first year I generated $308k in revenue, all from my parents bedroom (I realize the cliché but it happened). Ran for another 2yrs, then sold it to finish my business degree. Prior to that I project managed an ecommerce project for a mail order company (literally paper catalogs you ordered from). Under new ownership, the co
Nov 10, 2011 7:39 PM