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by char 16y ago
Agreed. That's the first thing I thought of, too.
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by char 16y ago
Absolutely! I frequently have dreams in which random objects are represented by equations and I have to solve them. I never actually can, though. I also have the same exact experience with coding. For example, I'll have to write a for loop
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by char 16y ago
The main reason I'm completely happy with my iPhone, even with all its closed-ness, is because for me, it's just a phone. All I want out of my device is basic phone functionalities, a simple camera, access to the Internet, and the ability t
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by char 16y ago
My main issue with this article is that the author assumes that all developers operate equally. He averages the individuals who build apps in their spare time and might make thousands of dollars as 'extra' income, with the large app compani
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by char 16y ago
I agree with you completely and share the same dream. Having millions of dollars with which to build a corporate giant for some hotshot executives will surely distract me from doing what I really love, which is building things. Running a sm
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by char 16y ago
This is a terrible idea. All it does is teach the talented kids that they shouldn't exert themselves to the best of their abilities because they might make others feel bad, and the not-so-talented kids that they don't need to try hard to im
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by char 16y ago
From what I understand, what you say is true. When you go to Pandora, a bar pops up, on which you have the option to click 'No, Thanks'. If you click it, they won't have access to any of your Facebook information.
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by char 16y ago
If the goal of funding $80k is to attract more experienced founders, it seems to me that by default, those founders would be better suited for different investors anyway. YC is largely about helping founders learn how to start a business, a
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by char 16y ago
Absurd. I honestly don't see the difference between Opera Mini and a browser on my laptop. My MacBook doesn't make sure I'm over 17 before I download Chrome; instead, it leaves the responsibility of displaying mature content up to individua
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by char 16y ago
I completely feel where this guy is coming from. My first startup had a small seed round of funding, in which the investors took less than 10%. They claimed to be investing in us (the founders), because they trusted us to do what it took to
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by char 16y ago
I scanned the comments for the dead item, and I definitely found the topic interesting. It might not be in the Top Ten Interesting HN Posts Ever, but it was significantly more interesting, for example, than many of the dull, repeat-articles
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by char 16y ago
This reminds me of that board game (I forget the name) in which some silly definition is read and the players have to make up words and convince their opponents (who are guessing which word matches the definition) that their word is correct
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by char 16y ago
I completely agree with Jason. The way Diaspora is starting goes against everything I've learned in my experience with startups. Unexperienced hackers raising a ton of money without as much as an MVP to show for it seems like a recipe for d
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by char 16y ago
There is nothing in the post that even remotely implies he is leaving his coworkers with a heap of unmaintainable code.
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by char 16y ago
I really like what you said, because this is one of the first comments I have read which actually states a rational reason for feeling somewhat uncomfortable (in this case, a third party being able to target you with ads and such). I feel l
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by char 16y ago
This article was absurdly dramatic. He's right about one thing, though -- that the media is largely influencing the public opinion of Facebook. The number of emotionally fueled articles that have been written about Facebook recently (at lea
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by char 16y ago
I absolutely love this. I also applaud them for making sure they only zap the evil mosquitoes and not other friendly bugs, such as moths, who are not trying to suck my blood in exchange for a nasty, itchy welt.
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by char 16y ago
Me too! I'm so close!
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by char 16y ago
Sure. But this site isn't being introduced to HN as a startup. Usually there's a 'Please review my site', or 'Check out this new concept'. This just seems to be a regular link to a site, so I assume the content itself is what is deemed 'int
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by char 16y ago
Before putting on your ring and leaving them forever, of course.
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by char 16y ago
I completely agree that hobbies are largely beneficial to the mental health of founders. I have several, and they help keep me sane. On a side note, how much money does this guy HAVE? I mean, 'scuba diving with sharks'? 'Spelunking in New Z
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by char 16y ago
This is a really cool idea, and I would totally be a user if only I had a yard. A few small things I'd change: a) If I click the 'Get Started' button without entering a zip code, it says 'Oops! Something went wrong.' I understand what is ac
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by char 16y ago
Yes, but if you keep track of it, you learn how much weight a glass of water adds, for example, and you can calibrate for that. I'd say you learn more about how to control your weight in the long run if you keep track of these daily fluctua
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by char 16y ago
This definitely works for me. I weigh myself each morning and night. I frequently weigh myself after drinking x glasses of water or eating a meal. Sometimes I'll even weigh myself hourly to learn how quickly I'm burning energy. After a few
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by char 16y ago
I'm not sure I entirely agree with the 'pluralistic ignorance' theory. From my experience, hooking up seems to be a natural act after two people have been drinking and are attracted to one another. It's actually a really efficient way to fi
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by char 16y ago
"There is no decision that is more life-impacting than belief/disbelief in a god." Not really. The real life-impacting decision is choosing whether to live for yourself and by your own moral code, or blindly following someone else's.
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by char 16y ago
"The problem with God is that there is no way we can consider it as a Fact or Non-Fact. There is currently no objective reality of God's existence - so there is no element of fact or non-fact in it." The same can be said for unicorns and ga
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by char 16y ago
"When deciding which direction to take with a start-up we do hours and hours of customer interviews, site visits, market research, brainstorming, reading, and even self-reflection. The same, and more, should be done for religion." How, exac
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by char 16y ago
I've noticed this kind of thing at many food establishments, most notably Jack-in-the-Box. They actually have a system which lets you order any meal exactly how you want it a-la-carte style, i.e. you can order 1 sourdough bun + 1 grilled ch
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by char 16y ago
I'm generally pretty understanding about typos and occasional grammatical errors in articles, but this entire post is pretty ridiculous. I'll take that back if this person is a non-native English speaker, but if not, I really find it diffic

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