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How Pandora ships 20 features in 90 days with 40 engineers (fastcompany.com)
1 points by hansy 13y ago|1 comments
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Our terrifying troll culture(salon.com)
1 points by hansy 13y ago|0 comments
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America is no less socially mobile than it was a generation ago(economist.com)
44 points by hansy 13y ago|49 comments
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by hansy 13y ago
"You got 4 out of 5 answers correct. When you try this quiz with a sorry quiz-taker like you, that’s the result you’re going to get. [That's a joke, we think you did fine :)]"
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by hansy 13y ago
I read through this and was amazed by the OP's approach to the problems even though I could barely understand 10% of the reading. How do I learn to think and code like this? I honestly have no idea where to begin.
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by hansy 13y ago
What I really like about this approach is that people don't review a location, like they do on sites like Yelp, and instead "endorse" places they really like. What this effectively means is that while browsing, I no longer ne
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"Botwall" that stops DDoS attacks (qz.com)
2 points by hansy 13y ago|1 comments
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by hansy 13y ago
Always down for free food. Email sent.
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by hansy 13y ago
So smoking tobacco is bad. Got it. Now what about marijuana? Less bad? I don't think I've ever read a report on marijuana yellow-taped with as many warnings and dangers as those found in tobacco reports. Is this because not enough
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Bitcoin 2.0 explained(voices.yahoo.com)
137 points by hansy 13y ago|65 comments
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Eagle scout. Idealist. Drug trafficker?(nytimes.com)
72 points by hansy 13y ago|37 comments
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by hansy 13y ago
1.) Get the prototype in your customers' hands. 2.) Get feedback from your customers (i.e. you need to find out asap if they will use, or better yet pay, for your product). If you hear the words "interesting," "cool,&quo
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by hansy 13y ago
When related to happiness, some have said (annually) $75,000: http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2012/07/27/how-muc... Others claim $161,0000: http://www.cnbc.com/id/5002
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Ask HN: How is your income split?
2 points by hansy 13y ago|1 comments
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by hansy 13y ago
I have grown up in a typical middle-class household where one is rightly nurtured into not being extravagant. I was taught to value money (which I thoroughly appreciate). Even though, in my childhood, I always got whatever I wanted, the tr
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Improper use of antibiotics kills thousands, harms millions every year, CDC says(consumerreports.org)
11 points by hansy 13y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft's Windows 8 Is The Perfect OS That Nobody Wants(fastcodesign.com)
1 points by hansy 13y ago|0 comments
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Dilbert's creator says you shouldn't have a career plan(forbes.com)
58 points by hansy 13y ago|36 comments
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Why Apple's iBeacon is about to disrupt interaction design(wired.com)
20 points by hansy 13y ago|13 comments
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by hansy 13y ago
There's a toggle at the top of the app that lets you choose whether you want to send your contacts an SMS or an IM. I've been using the Hangouts app for a few weeks now and am pretty impressed with it so far. It's become my g
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by hansy 13y ago
See if you can find some subtle differences between the larger companies and the smaller ones. Those differences can be used as features to implement a tiered payment system. For example, my company services both small, boutique design firm
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by hansy 13y ago
Overall some good takeaways; this caught my attention though: One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my w
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by hansy 13y ago
I guess I never thought about it this way. The only time I ever did anything significant with my non-dominant hand was when I used to play lacrosse, and I had to shoot and throw the ball using both my left and right hands. Of course the pur
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by hansy 13y ago
Ditto to both, except instead of the office chair, I just raised my desk.
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by hansy 13y ago
What steps have you taken to help you write like him? Actually, I'd be super interested to see the evolution of your writing style. Do you have a blog?
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by hansy 13y ago
Whoa can you explain what you mean by using your non-dominant hand to improve self-control?
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by hansy 13y ago
Check out these threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=450702 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4060887 Also my personal list of favorites that entrepreneurs should watch (although not necessaril
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by hansy 13y ago
Tech + Non-profit + Marketing = Win-Win for everyone I get to donate to charity and familiarize myself with an interesting company, all without having to exert a whole lot of effort. Simple. I like it.
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by hansy 13y ago
I'm going to agree with the majority here and say it's probably a bad idea to buy a car just to do Lyft. However, I wonder if there are any arbitrage opportunities by combining Lyft with something like Flightcar (where you don&#x2
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by hansy 13y ago
Quick clarification about how it works: so the end-user doesn't get a random gift code for manual input and instead can just redeem the app after clicking on the url?

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