elaineo

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Why people post so many annoying personal status updates(bakadesuyo.com)
1 points by elaineo 13y ago|0 comments
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by elaineo 13y ago
The Ikea Effect -- People tend to think the work they've created is more awesome than it actually is.
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by elaineo 13y ago
Yes, I would really like that! elaine@p2ppostal.com
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Ask HN: Review my startup, Peer-to-Peer Postal www.p2ppostal.com
2 points by elaineo 13y ago|2 comments
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by elaineo 13y ago
I'm interested. I sent an email.
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by elaineo 13y ago
I absolutely agree with you. What Google didn't do is acquire Geocities and del.icio.us, only to disappoint the core users. That was Yahoo. And then comes the recent string of Summly, GoPollgo, Loki, and Tumblr. From my lay perspective, t
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by elaineo 13y ago
Google didn't get to where it is today by amassing a bunch of random overvalued startups.
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by elaineo 13y ago
The Mountain View library is actually one of MV's best-kept secrets. They just got a 3D printer for public use, and are having an open house to demo it next month. They also host "Maker Days", which are free workshops to learn how to make s
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Is This Why TED Talks Seem So Convincing?(priceonomics.com)
13 points by elaineo 13y ago|7 comments
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The Startup Bubble Has Only Begun(bumpscientistlabs.appspot.com)
5 points by elaineo 13y ago|0 comments
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by elaineo 13y ago
Hey, thanks for sharing that! So Cal Newport is effectively saying that humans are inherently competitive, and they'll feel passionate about something once they start kicking ass at it. That certainly helps, and I think it would hold true f
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by elaineo 13y ago
I'm sure that very few people feel that their true passion is to become a debt collector or tax auditor or patent attorney. Until the robots come along and render those professions obsolete, someone's gonna have to fill them. There's nothin
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by elaineo 13y ago
Yes, or a poorly-paid cog... The point of the article was that you can better optimize your earning potential if you don't follow a passion.
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by elaineo 13y ago
...then you become a well-paid cog working for someone else who does have a passion.
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I Know I'm Supposed To Follow My Passion. But What If I Don't Have A Passion?(npr.org)
8 points by elaineo 13y ago|13 comments
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Why do people hate their jobs?(jamesaltucher.com)
5 points by elaineo 14y ago|1 comments
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The age of entrepreneurs is rising(ft.com)
4 points by elaineo 14y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Hedge Fund Trading Strategy Generator
3 points by elaineo 14y ago|0 comments
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by elaineo 14y ago
But correlation does not imply causation: Maybe teams that have a lot of praise going around were getting praised because they were already performing well.
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by elaineo 14y ago
I disagree with the author's point that you don't necessarily learn more from working at a startup. You learn a lot about starting a company, especially if it's a crappy startup. When a company flows along nicely, it's hard to identify wh
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by elaineo 14y ago
I have only used English-Spanish, but as far as I can tell, the results are approximately the same (translating individual words with appropriate verb conjugation but no regard for context). You can test them out in their browser apps: htt
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by elaineo 14y ago
I recently switched from using the Google Translate API to the Bing/Microsoft Translator API for my Android app, because Google charges usage fees while MS is free at the lowest tier. This was the first time I saw Google charge money for a
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by elaineo 14y ago
People work in coffee shops to be noticed.
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by elaineo 14y ago
Go to public libraries before 3pm. Students will be in school, and college-age students have their university libraries.
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by elaineo 14y ago
Why do they call this a bubble? Almost all startups fail, and this has been true since the beginning of time. If there's suddenly a glut of seed investors willing to give startups a shot at survival, we're only increasing the chances of une
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Waiting for the Accelerator Bubble to Pop(businessweek.com)
36 points by elaineo 14y ago|39 comments