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by froo 18y ago
When did I say I took credit for the rickroll? The story is more like how I helped co-ordinate a large group of people (it will be several hundred thousand people by the time this is done given we're now at 150k) getting an 80's pop star th
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by froo 18y ago
I really don't want it to last, I just want to get the award for the man and leave it at that (it would make an excellent "I once did..." type story). I'm quite glad that there is an expiration date on this whole thing to be honest. I'm sti
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ASK HN: How to deal with journalists?
10 points by froo 18y ago|15 comments
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by froo 18y ago
Thanks for linking it - that was the first thing I was thinking of aswell when I read the guys post.
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by froo 18y ago
For me, it's not an attempt to rickroll the world, it's an attempt at making a bit of a statement. The nomination was a bit of a practical joke, but when you consider who else was nominated it transcended the prank for me into what it is no
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by froo 18y ago
(please forgive if this post seems incoherant, it's been a long night and I didnt get much sleep) Well the way I look at it is like this, not everyone can single handedly save the world like Al Gore, there are many different ways you can ch
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by froo 18y ago
How will I change the world? Longterm: I'm building my startup with a friend (we've applied to YC) which with we can help manage a common problem. I can't really say what it is just yet, but we've got high expectations of ourselves.
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by froo 18y ago
Cool, Apple do something that most other software developers out there do (albeit with a much stranger timeline) and get the upmost of praise! I wish I knew how to spin PR like this. (Full Disclosure: Poor attempt at sarcasm, I'm not an App
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by froo 18y ago
You know, riffing off this Matt - would it be possible for you to set up a page with HN and NHN side by side in iframes?
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by froo 18y ago
Perhaps a title for PG's new book? Hackers, Painters & Godless Killing Machines?
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45 million year old yeast reborn in modern beer(abc.net.au)
3 points by froo 18y ago|0 comments
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by froo 18y ago
Thankyou again.
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by froo 18y ago
My brother used to race his Porsche, so after reading the article I found myself wondering "How long til people start trying to circuit race these things" Anyone care to put an estimation on a time frame? I'm thinking somewhere around 2010-
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by froo 18y ago
I only have two words for this video. Awe Inspiring. I had to send it to everyone I know, Thanks for the link.
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by froo 18y ago
Australia has too few people and is behind Texas economically. So what does population have to do with it? I thought we're talking about economic strength. Also way to compare apples to oranges eg the whole of a country to the 2nd highest
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by froo 18y ago
> This will be a new concept to many people. Here's a little anecdote about your point as it is unbelievably true. I have a cousin, she's not too bright. Her first credit card was maxed out at about $10,000 so she applied for a second
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by froo 18y ago
> Considering everyone else, the US for the most part is pretty stable. You kinda forgot about Japan & Australia, if all those things happen I would bet that either of the two would become a standard. Being an Australian I would l
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by froo 18y ago
I think it might end up worse than that before this is done sir. In 95 years I predict Yahoo! will stage a comeback and become the supreme Internet superpower (after several more buyout attempts from Microsoft), being led by Jerry Yang's he
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by froo 18y ago
Financial Market's collapsing? - Check Built a machine large enough to destroy the world? - Check Yahoo still #1 site in the world according to Alexa? - Check Created a negative business void? - Check Cyndi Lauper staging a comeback? - Chec
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by froo 18y ago
That's not even remotely close to the point - you're looking at it using the magical power of hindsight. Not being a VC myself I can't really comment with any certainty, but plain logic dictates that they would try to make investments based
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by froo 18y ago
To me, this boils down to a few simple points. Should Sergey have posted this on the official company blog? Probably not Do I support his position even though I'm not gay? Sure do. Are people blowing this way out of proportion? Abso
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by froo 18y ago
If personal money wasn't an issue, there are a couple things I would do I guess. - I'd more than likely hack/work on projects that I thought would contribute to society in a meaningful way rather than trying to do something for profit. - Sp
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by froo 18y ago
... 8 Mile meets Silicon Valley? Ok...
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by froo 18y ago
Yeah, Revision3 is going blue next January. 100% home-made porn. Incoming slander lawsuit.
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by froo 18y ago
Don't laugh, I actually know a few top diggers who actually do that. No names will be mentioned, but they know exactly who they are.
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by froo 18y ago
so... it's like Valleywag, just without the occasional interesting post?
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by froo 18y ago
700B dollars... Well given the odds of me obtaining that amount of money is just shy of being pure fantasy, I figure the only real answer to this would be in the realm of fantasy too. So, 700B - here's my shopping list. Create Jurassic
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by froo 18y ago
As soon as I saw this headline I thought that the comments would be instantly split into 3 views. - The Apple Fanboys who say it isn't such a big deal - The haters looking for any excuse to heap ire upon Apple - The rest of us who are still
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by froo 18y ago
> "Like every other product Google has released since search and ads, OpenSocial has been a dud." Talk about one's perspective being waaaaay off. Gmail, Reader, Maps, Chrome, Groups, News, Orkut - all of these products have clearly be
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by froo 18y ago
I completely agree - the kid should be punished and political persuasion should not come into it whatsoever. It also shouldn't have mattered if the kid broke into Palin's account or your corner shop owner. The fact is he did so, and put tha

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