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by beeboop 11y ago
Yeah, bought it probably 6 months ago and read it cover to cover. It was good, a lot of it is stuff you will already know if you've read a lot about startups, especially Paul Graham's blogs and YC's video lectures. It does co
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by beeboop 11y ago
That's not really a fair assessment. He doesn't advertise it as some scammy "Make money on a startup!" like those work from home pyramid schemes. The book is largely designed for people already invested in the idea of st
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by beeboop 11y ago
He started an owns Moon River Software, which does software consulting and development, I think. They make products like this: http://www.auditshark.com/ He's also done a few other side projects and seems pretty involv
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by beeboop 11y ago
Way too much fluff, filler, unimportant (at this stage) information, and latent Salesforce sales pitches. A much better resource without all the bullshit (and it's even on sale): http://www.singlefounderhandbook.com/
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Ask HN: You can't keep porn from teens, so maybe give them “safe” porn?
1 points by beeboop 11y ago|2 comments
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by beeboop 11y ago
The media is not controlled by the FCC in the way you imply. There is no evidence of it and to suggest it is ridiculous. It's accurate to say it's controlled by corporations, who have their own reasons that do seemingly align very
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by beeboop 11y ago
Or laws that are blatantly amoral.
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by beeboop 11y ago
Most people don't care about NSA surveillance or they agree with it. A surprisingly large number of Americans approve of the Patriot Act. Those who disagree with surveillance often don't understand the full implications of it and
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by beeboop 11y ago
I don't see why it shouldn't. Claiming Top Gear is completely devoid of any journalistic content is absurd, and the fact that it is presented by three journalists drives this home. Being on is Wikipedia is irrelevant, the poin
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by beeboop 11y ago
Using the free credit balance transfer for a savings account seems like a bad use of money. At best you're going to get something a little below the rate of inflation. You're better off investing it into a conservative index fund
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by beeboop 11y ago
a) The point was made very plainly regardless of how implied it was. I don't think the pedantic details of it really matter. b) I care less about the legality of it and more about the ethics of it c) Literally the first sentence of eac
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by beeboop 11y ago
"Bad review" is misleading. They sued because they outright lied in the review (saying the battery died when it did not). Not really any different from NBC rigging the Chevrolet truck explosion back in the 90s, in which NBC lost t
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by beeboop 11y ago
It seems unlikely there is no way for police to find a cell phone number attached to a physical address.
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by beeboop 11y ago
I appreciate you calling me out on this - This is an anecdote I recall from over a decade ago but in Googling have no found any instances of it, so I will stop using it. A better example is breaking a car window to save a child locked in a
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by beeboop 11y ago
I'm not sure you can get credit for being involved if your involvement is looking at what others are doing and saying "Ok" - input that only matters because he's paying for it, not because he has any idea that it's
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Ask HN: What's a good way for my employer to offer a programming mentorship?
2 points by beeboop 11y ago|0 comments
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by beeboop 11y ago
I would just tell my coworkers in private and say my farewells that way, but specify to not spread it around because it was asked that I not for some reason I don't understand. Your coworkers will spread it around themselves but hopefu
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by beeboop 11y ago
You could also say civilized society depends on people providing reasonable aid to those who need it in emergency situations, but doing stuff like grabbing a child to prevent them from stepping in front of a car has lead to many child abduc
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by beeboop 11y ago
I am sure they have your phone number too. They are welcome to call me, though I wouldn't necessarily answer any questions.
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by beeboop 11y ago
Stories like this further my conviction to simply never answer the door if it's a police officer unless they specify having a warrant. They can't detain you if you don't answer, and chances are the officer will escalate the s
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by beeboop 11y ago
Thanks for the responses. Have you considered reaching out to businesses to offer free stuff? Sort of like Groupon that doesn't cost them anything other than the discount/free item they provide?
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by beeboop 11y ago
Good point, thanks.
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by beeboop 11y ago
Absolutely my favorite post of his. Rings so true for me right now. Writing this comment is "bullshit" but it makes me feel better to express my satisfaction with reading this post. I need to connect with people more and spend few
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by beeboop 11y ago
Is the bottom being wavy just an aesthetic design or is there a reason? Seems like needless bulk on an already very bulky laptop.
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by beeboop 11y ago
Firefox on Android seems to render much better now, not sure if that was intentional effort, but if it was, thank you.
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by beeboop 11y ago
It seems like this would be expected behavior to some extent, couldn't you short a stock right before lockups expire and make easy money?
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by beeboop 11y ago
I don't think anyone I know would be interested in this website. So even if one person likes, it doesn't mean any of their friends will. As a web savvy person, I assume services like this are not worth trying because 1) it's
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by beeboop 11y ago
I wonder how accurate this is. I had assumed making a balance spring precise enough to be reasonably reliable was extremely difficult. Being made of a plastic like substance that can only be accurate down to a visibly low resolution, I woul
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by beeboop 11y ago
>It's an attempt to strike a balance between the different segments of the community who strongly disagree with one another about how much NSA is the right amount of NSA. Because dang is the one who added the weight, the blatant imp
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by beeboop 11y ago
My mistake

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