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by Towle_ 16y ago
This article would be a lot more interesting/revealing if it were what the submitter claims it to be (that's not a jab, just a sheepish admission of disappointment). We have here the top ten brands for either political affiliation. Notably,
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by Towle_ 16y ago
I feel that mindset runs contrary to the mission of the site itself. Criticism is not impolite. In fact, it's the direct opposite. Criticism is a show of respect. You criticize someone when you care about them, when you desire their betterm
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by Towle_ 16y ago
This is one of several diseases in HackerNews. There's a whole spectrum of ways to disagree, all of which have value in the right situation. Here, a good portion of that spectrum has been lobbed off in the name of niceness and nothing mor
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Better idea: eliminate the capital gains tax entirely, forever and ever.
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by Towle_ 16y ago
PG looks very Roger Sterling in that photo there.
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by Towle_ 16y ago
AOL jokes got old years ago. Alexia Tsotsis doesn't notice.
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Google is its own hedge fund. At this point, I've seen far too many disruptive, innovative startups get acquired by Google, only to be quietly drowned into the abyss. Their game is keeping everything as directly linked to search as possib
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Do you think the future might happen again someday? Only if Jules Verne happens again someday. If he does, ask him. Nobody's ever matched that guy. Dude predicted we'd literally use rockets to literally travel to the moon at a time when l
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by Towle_ 16y ago
You ever hear of a publication called Congressional Quarterly? Extremely niche market: people willing to pay out the ass for the best and fastest coverage of everything (and I mean everything ) related to Capitol Hill. Government employees
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by Towle_ 16y ago
" Planet Express: Where tomorrow is today, and today is yesterday... you heard me ."
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by Towle_ 16y ago
© 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All Rights Reserved. Quick! Somebody, anybody: who owns the AAAS? Is it the Rockefellers? The Rothschilds? They're keeping ALL the habitable planets to themselves, I tell you.
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by Towle_ 16y ago
HackerNews is (loosely defined) a hacking/entrepreneurship community. I don't need to tell you where in this article to look for the hacking perspective. But the entrepreneurship slant? Q: Which single line from the article should stand out
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by Towle_ 16y ago
(Late to the game, but I assume zain has been working to fix the kinks.) Right now, the #1 highest female ratio is showing up as... 1887%. Without making a dumb joke about how your math may be off (duh), I will say this: from a business per
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Any time you've got something that can be done with a notepad and a pen, grab 'em both and walk around while you think and write. If nothing else, having a different environment for thinking while you jot down ideas can have a measurable ef
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by Towle_ 16y ago
I wouldn't waste your time on idea #1. Idea #2 could fold out into a bunch of different paths, at least one of which has to be worthwhile. Idea #1: You need to ask yourself why people buy gift cards in the first place. They buy them as gift
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Money (n.) a claim on human labor It's a tool, and like all tools, it's inherently neutral. If I use a hammer to kill a squirrel, is the hammer evil? No.
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by Towle_ 16y ago
I have no doubt something similar to this took place, BUT if you claim this to be the primary cause of the housing collapse, then you have ulterior motives. Like looking for a scapegoat to excuse your personal financial decisions. Or having
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by Towle_ 16y ago
How to fix our schools: Let's ask the people who've already shown they have no idea
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Graphene: Quantum weirdness on the end of your pencil(newscientist.com)
2 points by Towle_ 16y ago|0 comments
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by Towle_ 16y ago
If you got bored reading this, it may be because you've read this same article a dozen times before. The only difference was the name of the movie. Whether it's The Social Network or, say, any Judd Apatow film of the last few years, there's
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Study finds grant money for studies being given away frivolously.
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Good devs, sweet devs, let me not stir you up To such a sudden flood of flame-baiting. They that have written this post are honourable: What private griefs they have, alas, I know not, That made them do it: they are wise and honourable, And
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Apple Says "We Have Enough Fart Apps," Here's Why That's Wrong(readwriteweb.com)
59 points by Towle_ 16y ago|47 comments
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Bloggers and journalists seem intent on labelling YC an 'incubator,' despite YC's insistence to the contrary. I wonder how much PG and the others actually dislike the term. Are they against it on technicality grounds and nothing more? Or do
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WSJ on YC: Incubator Coaxes Start-Ups Out of Their Shells(online.wsj.com)
14 points by Towle_ 16y ago|5 comments
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by Towle_ 16y ago
This just in: Happiness became measurable.
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Apple TV is an experiment. They're trying to find a market fit, so to speak. If you're comparing anything Apple is doing to an existing product, you're looking at it the wrong way.
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by Towle_ 16y ago
Several years ago in the U.S., many of the Religious Right-oriented media outlets complained of stores putting up "Happy Holidays" signs instead of the traditional "Merry Christmas" signs. Despite the fact that this had already been relativ
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by Towle_ 16y ago
I hope everyone realizes the "War on Science" is being marketed to a specific demographic the same way the "War on Christmas" was. If you rolled your eyes then...
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by Towle_ 16y ago
To answer this question, one would need to... a) accurately define intelligence (good luck), and b) know the motives of those who belong to that highest tier of intellegence (again, good luck).

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