ganjianwei

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   by ganjianwei 17y ago

   Short of a disaster that pushes humankind to the brink of extinction, natural selection is likely to be based on traits of people who mate and reproduce. The more likely you are to mate and reproduce, the more likely the traits you have get
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   by ganjianwei 17y ago

   "When two people with the app bump phones, the sensor readings are sent to the Paypal servers where the algorithm listens to bumps happening all over the world and matches the two phones that felt the same movement." Correct me if I'm wrong
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   Ask HN: Can/do US startups hire non-American citizens?

   12 points by ganjianwei 17y ago|11 comments
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   by ganjianwei 17y ago

   I guess this brings up the question of whether "geek" and "hacker" are synonymous. In my head the difference is that a "hacker" focuses his/her intelligence and interests to more productive ends, while "geek" is the superset of people who a
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   by ganjianwei 17y ago

   This ad has succeeded to the extent that it's getting pretty popular on Hacker News and (hopefully) it's attracting the types of programmers they're out to hire. Assuming that they've got their 'ideal hire' right, it's almost a win-win situ
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   by ganjianwei 17y ago

   Small thing about the UI: as large as the "Try Trendly Now" button is on the main page, it didn't really occur as a button to me until I happened to mouse over it. Maybe I'm just not used to a link looking like that.