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by ForrestN 15y ago
Ron Paul's approach to the economy is deeply unserious. If he were to implement his monetary program, especially right now, the economy would collapse. If the economy collapses, lots and lots of poor people in America will face very bad sit
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by ForrestN 15y ago
It would be interesting to try this strategy with Workflowy. They talk about it being a way to keep your brain online or whatever, and it certainly allows for fast dumping of ideas. The question is whether its structure will cause you to wa
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Could be a really interesting/useful hedge for a lot of people.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Had a few extra minutes, made a mockup of the more literal approach. Needs a lot of tweaking, and not exactly the right bottle, etc., but just something quickly thrown together to get you thinking: http://forrestnash.com/mockup.png
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Right, you should definitely prepay. But if you don't use the locket system then you have to remember to go and get the box. The nice thing about the locket is that it's always there around your neck, so you don't have to remember that the
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Get a locket engraved with the date. Write the message on thin paper, roll it up, and store it in the locket. Wear it everywhere until it's time to open it. Keep some spare copies in a safety deposit box. If you lose the locket, you'll noti
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Great! Already much improved.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I think this is an interesting idea with some potential. Good job building something for people! I'm sure you're not at this stage yet, but the best way I can add value is to offer a few design notes as you move forward: - The alignment, es
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Cool! Just out of curiosity, what's the justification for the million dollar valuation?
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by ForrestN 15y ago
http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com and http://www.contemporaryartvenues.com earn about $2,000 per month, and indirectly generate lots of web design business.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
So terrifying! With that photo of him! One more bit of evidence for the centrality of Twitter in current events. Obviously it's become a key way for anyone, hackers, politicians, criminals, to speak directly to the public.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Not at all, I understand what you're saying and should have been clearer in the first place. Re: Schmidt, he's not CEO anymore, but I think he's still the Executive Chairman or something, right?
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Err, seems like I should have been much more explicit. I was unaware of the sensitivity here. I'm not saying I agree with Apple, just that out in the real world they've done a pretty good job of creating a conventional wisdom around the ide
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Sorry, you're exactly right. Should have looked it up.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I didn't mean to say I had a strong opinion about who was more innovative or whatever. It's just a clever use of language to flip the usual narrative (Android is a cheaper, "open" version of iOS) against them.
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Google's Eric Schmidt slams Apple iPhone lawsuits(perthnow.com.au)
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Obviously there's not much use in keeping this going, but I want to be even clearer: the problem isn't whether or not what he's doing is cliche, the problem is that it looks amateurish, distracting and unpleasant (sorry to be harsh, just tr
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by ForrestN 15y ago
This could be reframed as a debate between the usefulness of different CEO archetypes. I might agree, especially for tech companies (I assume that's what the author means by "Startups"), that the visionary product designer CEO is a very eff
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Already posted: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2774239
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Would you opt in? What if you don't have time to answer right now? I would hate feeling like I had to either respond immediately or broadcast that I was waiting. Part of the appeal of e-mail (or any correspondence) is that each corresponden
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I for one am glad for the flexibility afforded by e-mail ambiguity. In a situation in which one person wants to go out to lunch and the other doesn't, is the better outcome that the first either confrontationally declines or reluctantly acc
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by ForrestN 15y ago
If you can't see the difference between good design and bad, it's totally understandable to think of all design as equivalently good. I would say that there is no reason to conform a site to any sort of "cookie-cutter standard", but when yo
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Agreed, this seems really necessary especially after the first couple of rounds of practice.
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I'm agnostic about the longterm prospects for Quora, but this article is not compelling at all. "It's not the next big thing anymore" is silly and could be applied to anything other than Google+ (according to this analyst). Web startups are
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by ForrestN 15y ago
Constructive criticism: the visual aesthetic of the site is so busted that I (and I expect many people) would never register to try the software. Some ideas for improvement which are specifically calibrated to match your case (not rules for
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by ForrestN 15y ago
What does their lack of transparency have to do with portability? Google is accusing facebook of holding users' data hostage. Both facebook and Google keep lots of aspects of their business private for competitive advantage. Locking users i
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by ForrestN 15y ago
I'd be interested to see this research. My understanding is that talk therapy is generally considered to be effective, although there is much controversy about which kinds are most effective and how that effectiveness compares to drugs.
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Yes, as I said it is definitely an attempt at dealing with the subconscious, but it's an attempt to do so only be engaging with the conscious. The idea is basically to bolster the strength of the conscious motives, which again, might be som
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Naive might be too strong, I guess I meant incomplete. These kinds of tricks can be helpful, but are unlikely to "solve" the problem for most people.
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This strikes me as a somewhat naive understanding of human motivation. While these kinds of reframing techniques might have some impact, most people procrastinate because of subconscious motives they have rather than conscious ones. If you

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