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by dstorrs 17y ago
I've often wondered about this...I know several parents of small children, and all of them have trouble getting their kids to eat. After a while, the parents get tired of the fight and they let the kid eat what they want--often pasta or su
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by dstorrs 17y ago
"Addiction" is a term with a very specific medical (psychological) definition: broadly, a compulsive behavior that negatively impacts your life. I don't see where you have addressed a link between entrepreneurship and compulsion, or negati
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by dstorrs 17y ago
The supply is infinite? Good to know. (Yes, I understand your point. We will reach "economically unfeasible" before we ever reach "gone", but nonetheless, there is also an absolute limit.)
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by dstorrs 17y ago
This made no sense to me, and the link to entrepreneurship seemed very poorly explained. Did I miss something?
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by dstorrs 17y ago
In addition to the JITing and the computerization mentioned elsewhere, WalMart had a very specific strategy of geographic domination: they defined their service areas, and then ensured that no one in that area ever had to drive more than 2
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by dstorrs 17y ago
They list it as "$50k - $1M". Their total fund size is $40M, so they will likely be looking for more smaller investments.
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by dstorrs 17y ago
"One major reason is that NASA picks its propulsion systems based on its targets — and true exploration of the solar system and beyond hasn’t really been a serious goal, the Constellation plans for a return to the moon aside. “The destinat
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by dstorrs 17y ago
Agreed. Also, do you really want to tell your designer that in order to add a new (id|class) to a tag, he needs to talk to a developer? Do you want to tell a developer that he needs to pull aside whenever this designer taps him on the shou
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by dstorrs 17y ago
Ok...I don't get it. Why is this better than having gCal send me an SMS, or just setting the alarm on my phone?
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by dstorrs 17y ago
This is really generous of you, Ye-Ha. Thanks for the offer. We live in NYC and don't currently intend to come out (we got bounced also), but if we do come I'll contact you.
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by dstorrs 17y ago
At Anticipation, I had my iPhone tethered throughout the con, and it worked great. (See here for directions: http://tinyurl.com/n26g4k ) Furthermore, as far as AT&T was concerned, I hadn't been transmitting any data--I checked that v
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by dstorrs 17y ago
> But the biggest cost would be the elevator itself, Of course. But the cost of the elevator itself is essentially fixed, regardless of where you build it. The only things that vary are the cost of the location under the anchor point
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by dstorrs 17y ago
1) Good news, you're making more than you thought: 1000 paying customers * $5-10 / month * 12 months = $60K-$120K/yr. 2) Bad news, as others mentioned you may not even get 1%. Also, everyone tries to get covered in blogs. That's the stand
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by dstorrs 17y ago
At which point the lawsuits and such start up. I don't see the problem--the delay before enforcement is irrelevant, it's only the question of enforcement that matters.
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by dstorrs 17y ago
As you all likely know, there is currently a 'ghost fleet' ( http://tinyurl.com/lof685 ) of huge, empty container ships anchored off of Singapore, due to recession-induced lack of shipping demand. I was thinking that these would make a grea
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by dstorrs 17y ago
According to my definitions, good code must perform correctly or else fail gracefully. It must also be robust, debuggable, and maintainable. Those extra conditions mean thinking more, and writing more code. That takes extra time over hac
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by dstorrs 17y ago
When MySQL came out it [...] said that speed of development and operation matters more than correctness. [...I]ts initial success stands as a testament to the principle that there are a lot of problems (particularly in the web area) where
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by dstorrs 17y ago
I remember RuneScape, from ads in old Dragon magazines. But I always thought it was a pen and paper game. Was it originally a P&P before going online, or were the ads simply unclear?
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by dstorrs 17y ago
Thanks, this looks like a good way to present it. Next time I'm in this position, I'll use this as my jumping off point for the discussion.
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Ask HN: How do you explain closures?
69 points by dstorrs 17y ago|64 comments
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by dstorrs 17y ago
Are you kidding? This thing is miles across, operates at temperatures colder than space, and is intended to cope with energy equivalent to two aircraft carriers ramming into each other at flank speed. If there's a problem, they can dump
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by dstorrs 17y ago
Were we reading the same article? "But when you accept the weirdness of quantum mechanics [in the macro world], you have to give up the idea of space-time as we know it from Einstein. The greatest weirdness here is that it doesn’t make sens
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by dstorrs 17y ago
Wouldn't this be a simple incremental improvement--hold it by the seat post, for example? Every bike has one of those, and they are pretty much in the same place. You'd also need a pair of 'arms' to keep the front wheel from falling to th
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by dstorrs 17y ago
True. But he's still right about the "don't panic" part. Until this actually shakes out into the real world, we don't know how much of an issue it will be. If it's one of those things that no one bothers to enforce, then who cares? If th
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by dstorrs 17y ago
My suggestion would be to join a local college games club. There is tremendous overlap between techies and people who play non-mainstream games (e.g. Rail Baron, Dominion, RPGs, San Juan, Fluxx, etc). Playing card / board games with peopl
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by dstorrs 17y ago
This is a great story and I'm happy for Mudge, but I wish the story had been a bit more detailed. It pretty much boiled down to "he had this idea, some friends liked it so he didn't quit, he got acquired". When I saw the title, I was hopi
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by dstorrs 17y ago
Here's a niche marketing idea for you: executable hedge mazes that print out paeans of praise to the owner of the maze.
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by dstorrs 17y ago
Thank you.
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Ask Y Combinator: Notification information for W2010?
10 points by dstorrs 17y ago|3 comments
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by dstorrs 17y ago
What left me puzzled was why HelpHive didn't simply de-list Conklin with an apology and a statement that it wasn't their intent to harm his business. It seems that this would have been the ethical thing to do, and would have resulted in som

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