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    1. Gabriel Weinberg
      11 months ago
      yegg

      If you were CEO of Formspring for a day, what would you do?

      asked by pims

      Dunno.

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    2. Gabriel Weinberg
      12 months ago
      yegg

      How much market share do you think DDG could grab in the next couple of years?

      asked by pims

      No idea.

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    3. Gabriel Weinberg
      12 months ago
      yegg

      What is your favorite blog?

      I don't have a favorite atm, but find valuable stuff from everyone I follow on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/yegg/following

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    4. Gabriel Weinberg
      12 months ago
      yegg

      What next hobby do you want to take up in your free time (assuming that you will have free time)?

      asked by pims

      Hah, I will have no free time for about 5 years (when kids are in school).

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    5. Gabriel Weinberg
      12 months ago
      yegg

      Why do you like/dislike maths?

      asked by pims

      I don't know :). Haven't thought about pure math in quite a while.

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    6. Gabriel Weinberg
      12 months ago
      yegg

      Why has Perl been your weapon of choice for DDG? What advantages does it offer than other programming languages can not match or not as well?

      asked by pims

      It is my default language. I use a lot of CPAN modules. Honestly, I'm not sure how easy or hard it would be in other languages, but I suspect the text processing stuff would be more annoying.

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    7. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      Have you considered hiring interns?

      Yes, but don't have an office.

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    8. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      Your search engine is so privacy focused that I'm starting to wonder what you have to hide. You're not really a dog, are you?

      All I can think of is http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/Internet_dog.jpg

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    9. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      why is DDG not better looking than it currently is? do you not see the advantage of taking some advice from designers or UI guru to improve your service?

      Haha, I do indeed and have a lot. If you'd like to give some advice, I'm all ears. Check out the community at duck.co

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    10. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      What is your involvement with RewardLevel.com and who uses it? Sounds like an interesting concept.

      asked by ericleebow

      None. I just know the founder and give advice when asked.

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    11. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      I'm curious about logging traffic. Many sites advertise the fact that they do not log traffic. What exactly does this mean? How can you tell how frequently your site is being utilized without analytics? How do I prevent logging on my own website?

      It means you literally do not save personally identifiable information. Here is a post I wrote up on the subject that also talks about the analytics question: http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/11/how-to-not-log-personally-identifiable-information.html

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    12. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      What's the difference between building an app and building a business?

      Having a customer acquisition and monetization plan.

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    13. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      Would would 1% stake in DDG cost today in the secondary market?

      No idea.

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    14. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      you're rapidly turning into something of a hero in my eyes - i started looking for a viable alternative to google and found (through google, ironically) DDG, and so far i'm loving it. especially also the philosophy and attitude behind it. so: cheers!

      asked by sebmichael

      Thx!

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    15. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      Where do you recommend going first to meet folks in the Philly start-up community?

      asked by rezscore

      Check out http://startupdigest.com/ - they list most good events.

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    16. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      how do you make money from ddg?

      Right now the only way is via amazon affiliate links, e.g. the !a bang.

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    17. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      I didn't see a way to reply to a previous post - so just wanted to say "Thank you!" for the quick reply re: new header. I like the way it came out and the background of its dev was really interesting - Back to DDG now!

      You're very welcome!

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    18. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      Any impetus behind the new look to the DDG results page? (i.e. the green bar)?

      http://duck.co/topic/new-ddg-header
      http://duck.co/topic/new-ddg-header-ii
      http://duck.co/topic/new-ddg-header-iii
      http://duck.co/topic/new-ddg-header-iv-final-beta

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    19. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      Alguém sabe diferenciar descriminar de discriminar ?? O.O

      asked by eluiz90

      Sorry, only speak english.

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    20. Gabriel Weinberg
      one year ago
      yegg

      If you were able to start DDG from scratch, and could change anything, what would you do differently if time or money were not a factor?

      asked by ericleebow

      I'd spend more on press and advertising.

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