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by bkovitz 17y ago
Wow, a data point! Thanks. May I ask, broadly what kind of product and what kind of market?
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Ask HN: Cash-flow muses
71 points by bkovitz 17y ago|37 comments
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by bkovitz 17y ago
In Safari 3.2.1, all I see is a big blue empty rectangle. Works in Firefox, though (of course).
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by bkovitz 17y ago
I also got a couple bogus numbers. (I count those under "refusals".) It's amazing how most women will avoid humiliating you in public even if they don't want to give you their number. Once, I asked a lesbian for her phone number, in a bar
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by bkovitz 17y ago
Because they're wannabe novelists.
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by bkovitz 17y ago
Yup. You can eat cheap as dirt if you cook your own Indian food. Rice, dried beans, vegetables, and spices--all are available in almost any grocery store for lower prices than anything else. It's really easy, too, and tastes way better t
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by bkovitz 17y ago
Here's a written article by the same person: http://www.nasw.org/awards/2001/01Taubesarticle1.htm
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by bkovitz 17y ago
Actually, I was usually following the strategy of "just start a conversation, and be open to the possibility of it leading to a date." I started conversations with men no less than women. The object was just to discover something interest
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by bkovitz 17y ago
I used to take Caltrain to work (Silicon Valley). It was always possible to get a seat, so my experience might not be useful to you, but here goes. Some things I did while commuting: - Practice starting conversations with strangers. (I go
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by bkovitz 17y ago
There is a reason why mathematics students have the highest virginity rate of any major. http://www.forwardon.com/view.php?e=Id1200c8f6b7f5f813
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by bkovitz 17y ago
Also, these beautiful young women with boyfriends give out their phone numbers. And they switch boyfriends quite frequently.
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by bkovitz 17y ago
BTW, the actual policy, as far as I can tell from a couple years experimenting "in the field", is that women's policy for giving out their phone numbers is: they give them to men who ask. I know, it seems too hard to be true. I had to work
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by bkovitz 17y ago
This analysis is just wrong. There is no shame or misery in finding out that Carol already has a partner. The really bad outcome is that she's totally alone, but she finds you such a dork, she humiliates you with a zinger that everyone ar
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by bkovitz 17y ago
Most beautiful women in their teens and 20s do have boyfriends. That doesn't prevent men from approaching. Regular, socially outgoing men approach. It's nerds who talk themselves out of it. Think of salesmen. Salesmen start conversation
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by bkovitz 17y ago
Yeah, there is something off about the article. Too much math, not enough reality. The fact is, beautiful women get approached. A lot. Like, to the point where they find it annoying. Tens of times a day. This is why they get skilled at
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by bkovitz 17y ago
A data point in support of this: Extreme nerd in 20s, never dated, got a few dates in my 30s, and then everything reversed when I turned 40. I think a big factor is just that I never learned how to play the game until around age 40. In my
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by bkovitz 17y ago
That is the truth. The word "random" in a blog title says, "I have no purpose here other than to be a windbag." At least it's honest.
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by bkovitz 17y ago
Is it really true that online readers like to be fed? Do many people actually follow blogs, or do most blogs get read only when an article comes up in search-engine results? Is there any data on this? BTW, I do indeed like the "occasional
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by bkovitz 17y ago
I like this: "blog about what you've learned". That would capture just-learned things every day, while they're fresh, and thus serve a useful purpose for me--and therefore provide a good anchor for social connection through the blogosphere
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by bkovitz 17y ago
I like the idea of writing to sort out my thoughts. I've been doing this for years in email with a couple friends. We've sent about 15,000 emails back and forth so far. Writing those brainstorming emails happens naturally because I know
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by bkovitz 17y ago
No TV here, either. Haven't had one in nine years. I actually do miss it, for one reason: vegging out is a fundamental human need, and nothing helps you vege out better than a TV.
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by bkovitz 17y ago
What's the URL of your blog? A friend of mine can translate. I'd like to see how you make this work.
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by bkovitz 17y ago
"This is what I believe: to have consciousness, or rather to be conscious, and in spite of being sure of this, it should be considered as a proper belief, since one cannot formulate exactly what is meant by this, leave alone prove that it i
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Does anyone read blogs?
18 points by bkovitz 17y ago|30 comments
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by bkovitz 18y ago
I knew a guy who was being ignored by a Big East-Coast Technology Company before email was commonplace (no need to say "Who"). After getting no response to his pleas for a similar 5-minute job that they were contractually obligated to do,
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by bkovitz 18y ago
Funny thing: the word "school" is actually the ancient Greek word for leisure. The idea was, if you had the means to live a life of leisure, then of course you'd spend it learning and talking about cool stuff with other similarly well-off
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by bkovitz 18y ago
Who buys these sites once they're fixed up?
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by bkovitz 18y ago
Many thanks for this badly needed whack on the side of the head. I'd lately gotten so involved in stuff like reducing the number of SQL queries that I'd lost sight of one of the basics: push the benefits, not the features. Now completely
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by bkovitz 18y ago
Thanks! I just ordered The Wisdom of Crowds on Amazon--been meaning to read it for a long time now, and needed a push. The core idea of decisionero is based on methods like The Six Thinking Hats, the Creative Problem-Solving Institute's si
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by bkovitz 18y ago
I would love to hear an expert's (free!) suggestions on how we can improve our copy on decisionero. I believe very strongly that, especially on the web, short copy that gets the message across is crucial--and short copy is the hardest to

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