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511.
by 100k 17y ago
Bullshit. Almost everyone pays payroll tax, which is regressive. And sales taxes, property taxes, state taxes...
512.
by 100k 17y ago
Apple is really hurting themselves with the developer community. I don't know if it will matter (as pclark points out, they have millions of users willing to part with cash) but it is really painful for me as a fan and a developer. Glad I'm
513.
by 100k 17y ago
I loved Dr. Doolittle when I was a kid so this brought a smile to my face.
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by 100k 17y ago
Cool. This is an experiment for us, but we are going to tie the winner(s) into our existing events like MinneBar and MinneDemo to increase their exposure. And in fact, we're already getting some press about the event...it was written up nex
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by 100k 17y ago
I'd never heard of Awesome Foundation, sounds cool though. Obviously $1K is not a lot of money to build a company, but the goal is to get people over the mental hurdles that are stopping them and hopefully get them to a place where they're
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by 100k 17y ago
This is a cool idea. It will provide a useful index of Joel's writings. I already used to to re-read one of Joel's essays about how to deal with chicken-and-egg problems, which is something I've been puzzling over lately.
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by 100k 17y ago
Hey, awesome. We made Hacker News. I'm involved in organizing this. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know and I'll respond and if necessary add them to the FAQ: http://minnestar.org/minnespark/faq/
518.
by 100k 17y ago
I have coffee that needs fetching. Perhaps you can do that. ;)
519.
by 100k 17y ago
I imagine that this has something to do with RFS 3: http://ycombinator.com/rfs3.html ("Things Built On Twitter")
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by 100k 17y ago
It's good to have an enemy. SO has been targeted at destroying Experts Exchange from the beginning.
521.
by 100k 17y ago
Enjoy getting screwed by your group rate with a pre-existing condition in a risk pool of that size.
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by 100k 17y ago
I think non-technical founders have a harder time building a profit-based company (like 37signals or Plenty of Fish, his examples) because how do you get a programmer on board to build the thing if you can't pay them? Imagine the job ad: "W
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by 100k 17y ago
There is an excellent book by psychologist Martha Stout called "The Sociopath Next Door" which examines this subject. The author claims as many as 1 in 25 Americans is a sociopath. http://www.amazon.com/Sociopath-Next-Door-Martha-Stout/dp/
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by 100k 17y ago
I would like to say thanks for the great essays over the years. I started reading back in college before joelonsoftware.com existed (even exchanged email with Joel back in 1999 or 2000 or something) and his writing turned me on to a lot of
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Puppy (or, details on Joel Spolsky's retirement from blogging)(joelonsoftware.com)
102 points by 100k 17y ago|49 comments
526.
by 100k 17y ago
I haven't switched to Homebrew but the advantage is that MacPorts creates its own universe of libraries, whereas Homebrew uses what Mac OS X already comes with. This makes installs a lot faster.
527.
by 100k 17y ago
My Vanguard money market is yielding 0.01%. Ouch.
528.
by 100k 17y ago
"Don’t try to be clever and get an auction going" This differs from the advice I heard from a lot of savvy founders who used investor interest to ratchet up to better investors and valuations. You gotta be a playa to pull that off, though.
529.
by 100k 17y ago
Paul surveyed the YC founders a while back to find out what surprised them about founding a startup, and when he collated the answers he realized all the things that were surprising where things he'd already warned people about. It's an old
530.
by 100k 17y ago
> Those who (like me) oppose ObamaCare, need to understand (also like me, unfortunately) what it’s like to be serially rejected by insurance companies even though you’re perfectly healthy. So he opposes "ObamaCare" but loves the French
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by 100k 17y ago
My experience with payment gateways (note: I have not tried the new subscription services: Chargify, Spreedly, etc) was that their recurring billing support was rather inflexible. We had to implement it ourselves to get the customer experie
532.
by 100k 17y ago
I was involved with integrating with Braintree in a startup I worked for. 1. They do have good developer support (why we went with them) 2. They charge more than others, but we were able to negotiate it down a bit.
533.
by 100k 17y ago
I think this model is really interesting. It's not much money but it gives you some impetus to get moving! And it could clear up some expenses, like hosting, that hold people back.
534.
by 100k 17y ago
As Kenyes would point out, as long as someone got paid to dig that hole it was worth it.
535.
by 100k 17y ago
Uh...I'm American and am intimately familiar with the level of statistical reasoning that informs our political discourse.
536.
by 100k 17y ago
Well _this_ is going to be interesting! I look forward to seeing how Tufte designs for an audience (the American people) more used to USA Today infographics.
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by 100k 17y ago
Yes, and from a usability perspective. All US currency is the same size, shape, and (now with minor variations) color and design. Other countries have very different designs, sizes, and colors for different denominations. It makes it easier
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by 100k 17y ago
Mercurial welcomes git to the HTTP party. ;-)
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by 100k 17y ago
If there's one thing I hate about Hacker News its the rampant climate change denialism/do-nothing-ism. You can pretend global warming isn't happening, or you can open your eyes and look at the evidence of massive change and extremely danger
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Massive Methane Melt off Siberia(motherjones.com)
1 points by 100k 17y ago|2 comments

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