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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
What I find most astonishing is that people administer 'smart' drugs without having the slightest clue to their long-term side effects. You discount long-term risks in favor of short-term gains. We humans simply don't understand much of wha
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
It's just a movie, for us over here at HN. For most regular people, it's the first time they ever hear about Mark Zuckerberg, who apparently is the guy running the site they spend all day using and posting personal stuff to. And the guy who
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=username
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
As evidenced by Max Levchins recount of Paypal's problems in "Founders at Work", the massive problem with handling credit card payments is fraud, not coding or something similar. That's most probably the reason why so few firms tackle this
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
1- If you put any teenagers actions under a microscope, you will find regrettable and petty things. Just because Zuckerberg founded a huge company doesn't mean he necessarily had to be a wise adult at 19 (or whatever age he was). Cut the ma
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
That's very nice and how it should be. Still,if noone knows about your ideal workplace, you're still stuck trying to differentiate your firm from hundreds of others vying for attention with all the same marketing-speak.
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
For non-fiction: Remembering key concepts is a lot easier if you try to apply what you've learned to other articles, books or even the news you read. Try to actively remember what you recently read and how it fits with what you're reading n
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
Great insights, thanks! What I personally struggle with is learning all the necessary knowledge and lingo, coming from a different field - it's so much harder to even get to the point where you might come up with an investment idea of your
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
Do you know about any other of those types of clubs?
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
That's what you get for actually being interested in the topic - you miss the obvious.
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
It's a mostly useless list. The main problems are just like with startups - finding the right people, getting your product right and fundraising. Amongst the questions not answered at all: - How do you find good co-founders if you're not am
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
In today's media environment you probably need a singular spokesperson as a front for interviews etc. You won't get the same amount of attention by just being an anonymous "hivemind". Also, it's very interesting how the media has turned on
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
See, that's exactly why mud-slinging is so successful. People have no clue if there was ever an iota of truth in the rape accusations, still Assange's image is now forever tainted by it. It's 'How to destroy your enemies 101'.
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Small Change - Why the revolution will not be tweeted(newyorker.com)
38 points by dsplittgerber 16y ago|2 comments
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
I think stating that your product "will ship no later than" when you know there are still some serious issues to be worked out is lying. Whether they actually know that they won't come in on schedule or just think it's overwhelmingly possib
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
This is from Wakemate's April 1st email: "The next batch of units will ship no later July 30th, 2010. Based on your pre-order date, you should expect your WakeMate no later than 07/30/2010, but probably significantly sooner." Wakemate has g
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
Brilliant. Reminds of the old 4k demo competitions - craft at its best.
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
thanks, I knew about hushmail, but their usability and search function are not up to par. It's funny - I'd gladly pay for a technogically sophisticated alternative to gmail, just not to have all email data with google.
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
does anyone know of a secure, non-free alternative to gmail , where one wouldn't have (as much) to worry about having your privacy violated?
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
Guess my irony didn't show. Compared to the US and Asia and even EU-growth, Germany has not performed ahead of the pack at all, growth-wise. It has trailed behind US growth for years.
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
Which growth are you referring to? Growth has overall been dismal at best.
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
This guy has lots of facts wrong - makes you wonder about his accuracy in research: - no federally mandated six weeks of vacation time (though 4-5 weeks are the norm, even in private sector) - University tuition has been introduced recently
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
Their value, despite spinning thir leaks, lies in publishing original, often secret, sources after all and also in exerting distinct pressure on certain players who have something to hide from the public (e.g. government, julius bär case et
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
With WikiLeaks you get the original documents. Please show me _any_ news organization that provides original source documents for inspection by the public. Wikileaks deserves some critical commentary, granted. But comparing it to "news orga
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Leaked CIA Red Cell memo on USA 'exporting terrorim'(wikileaks.org)
27 points by dsplittgerber 16y ago|20 comments
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
This "social" thing is similar to so many societal changes occuring over time. It's introduced, picked up, overdone, there is an anti-movement and over time, it finds its way into regular life in an amount and a way that fits with people's
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
The good thing about losing sight of HN for a few months is, when you get back, it doesn't take long until someone questions the quality of comments and/or submissions and you recognize nothing really changed. Think about quality like tides
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
Am I the only one to think this won't fly? People probably won't wait longer than a few seconds to see whom they're chatting with. The internet and chatroulette have made everyone pretty ADD about waiting.. Prepare for lot's of "Ciao's".
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
One can probably have a good discussion whether one can force the muse to speak to oneself (see Steven Pressfield - The War of Art). Still, the author has quit several companies after working for them for just 6-12 months at best and still
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by dsplittgerber 16y ago
I think there is this huge gap between which startups are covered all the time in the tech-savy press and which ones actually (will) matter for most 'regular' people medium-to-long term. Being a 'media-darling' and getting lots of buzz IMHO

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