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by 205guy 13y ago
Yes, but the Etoile neighborhood is rather sterile if you ask me, with the big streets and lack of businesses. There is the Champs-Elysee with car dealships and over-priced cafes, and then the other boulevards with embassies and high-end ap
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by 205guy 13y ago
After reading this article, I can't help but think that Better Place is the Newton, or maybe the Palm of electric cars. Nowadays, we see smartphones and tablets in their near-final form (or at least one that's been stable for a fe
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by 205guy 13y ago
I think you may be downvoted (wasn't me either) because you assumed a negative consequence and negative reason without even trying to think of positive ones. I would assume that they don't reprint or reshoot things, they just have
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by 205guy 13y ago
I think the article missed some very interesting aspects of this story. First of all, why bother setting the time in the first place? I think it's because having many different times in different ads/websites/docs looks slopp
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by 205guy 13y ago
Twas not me who downvoted you. I did not even know before today that HN won't let me downvote any comment on my own submission (unless you need more points for that too). Only the upvote arrows appear for me here. You may not be grumpy
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by 205guy 13y ago
Submitter here: I have the same excitement (though not a sailor myself, just a spectator). I actually wondered about a kite pulling a boat a while ago myself, and now someone goes and does it. I was surprised how fast the foiling technology
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by 205guy 13y ago
Why so grumpy? And why assume it's my website? I thought people could post anything on HN, not just their own stuff. I've been a commenter on HN, but this is my first submission to get any traction at all. I thought it was self ex
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Kiteboat: sailing innovation on SF Bay(project.kiteboat.com)
46 points by 205guy 13y ago|14 comments
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Airbnb Finally Agrees to Collect Taxes in SF, Portland(wired.com)
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by 205guy 13y ago
Nobody jumped on your "time-waster" comment. I think that's an interesting concept. Is your startup a "time-waster" or a "time-saver"? 2 things about Yahoo: 1) I'm still paying for their email service
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by 205guy 13y ago
That is really the big question about open mesh networks: how much of other people's traffic is going through your open node. The more traffic you allow, the further the mesh can reach. But I really think it should be zero in the case
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by 205guy 13y ago
You know, I almost didn't click on the article because of the nature of the title. But Wired has been consistently good in my experience, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt. The article lived up to their good reputation in my mind
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by 205guy 13y ago
And even after using Kickstarter for promotion, they're milking the story for more promotion (how we used kickstarter, oh, btw, we have this cool product). And I see they're still using the Kickstarter branded video. Is that hoste
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by 205guy 13y ago
Since I'm just talking to myself here, I'll continue with another thought. If I were in or interested in city government, here's what I would do: pass a city ordinance that A) limits residential short-term leasing (<30 day
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by 205guy 13y ago
The buzz from the wine is wearing off, and I remembered that I do think the AirBnB model (but not modus operandi) has 2 legitimate purposes: 1) occasional subletting during occupant absence and 2) satisfying temporary demand. Case 1) is ess
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by 205guy 13y ago
Greggman wrote: "Put a password on it." Well, why didn't the password managers in several browsers do that by default? Also, not all attacks are about "pwning" a computer. If an attacker can gather data, such as com
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by 205guy 13y ago
dalke: please Note that I mostly agree with the arguments in your other posts, but here you're disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing. Fine, let's consider 5-story zoning (I do love Haussmannian Paris after all). Nobody adds 2 st
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by 205guy 13y ago
I poured myself a glass of wine and sat back to read these comments. This is exactly what I wanted to say myself. Facilitating breaking the law and the social compact of residential neighborhoods, that is their business model. It is because
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by 205guy 13y ago
The original article fails to take into account the larger population. The basic password managers in browsers are huge security holes. The one in FF does not use a master password by default, so anyone could look at an unattended computer
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by 205guy 13y ago
Except if you have a neighborhood full of nice row houses (almost historic by American standards), friendly local businesses, etc., then the "politics of zoning" by the local residents has tended to the status quo, which they seem
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by 205guy 13y ago
They were and are using the curbside public transit bus stops. There is a local regulation stating that any non-public-transit use of the bus stop (including stopping, standing, and parking) is subject to around $250 in fines (and probably
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by 205guy 13y ago
I like your idea, but I think delivery time is still hugely important for the owners of the cargo. It is still inventory on somebody's books. BTW, I feel this is one of those "why didn't anyone think of this before" situ
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by 205guy 13y ago
Writing things like that like an American. I don't think my analogies are very clear and I should explain them.
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by 205guy 13y ago
Crickets... I'll bite: I'm still not sure what Slack does, and more critically, how it does it. The wall of text that was linked was aimed at employee motivation (or maybe VC presentations), so it is not good at communicating with
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by 205guy 13y ago
The micro-apartment in this story seemingly includes large common areas, including a reservable conference room. That's a great idea, I'm not sure I've seen much of that in SF. But then, each unit has its own clothes washer&#
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by 205guy 13y ago
"I'm sure everyone is breaking leases and condo regulations to give out a discount to us." I'm not so sure that's a good argument. Are you saying AirBnB is a business that helps people break their leases and condo r
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by 205guy 13y ago
That no-randomness mentality is a bit odd, but I admit that some games don't integrate it well. In Catan, I think the random element is well-done because it is the board and its distribution of resources that is random, not so much eac
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by 205guy 13y ago
Awesome, I never thought I'd see a link to Mother Earth News on HN. I suppose plenty of us are interested in DIY homesteading to various degrees, just that the occasion to link so rarely appears. What the original article barely touche
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by 205guy 13y ago
On the subject of women who love passionate startup founders, did you see his previous vignette? http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2014/01/the-founder-hounder/ /ducks
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by 205guy 13y ago
Funny, no one (other than NYT) suggested you buy a subscription. I don't usually hit the 10-article limit so I haven't bought one, but you'd think if you were reading their content often, it would've crossed your mind. O

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