The author appears quite young, so I want to give my two cents to him (her?): when HN people downplay the importance of "ideas," be wary of what an idea counts

The author appears quite young, so I want to give my two cents to him (her?): when HN people downplay the importance of "ideas," be wary of what an idea counts for in the HN community. A PHP photo sharing site[1], useful markov chain eigendecomposition[2], and the underpinning of our entire industry[3] are all lumped under 'ideas' and yet the HN crowd seems skewed toward being the next PHP photo sharing site rather than the other two. HN is focused primarily on business. A PHP photo sharing site has a much lower effort-to-bux ratio than some wacky electrical switch. This is completely fine, but you have to make the separation between "dollas" and "innovation." Often they live under the same roof, but one doesn't automatically imply the other. Ideas are where researchers play, and researchers are the antithesis of business. Your advice ('think less, do more') still stands. I just want to let you know that ideas do have merit, you just have to look in the right place. Good luck! [1] http://www.facebook.com http://www.facebook.com [2] http://www.google.com http://www.google.com [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor