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by haploid 16y ago
Seconded. The claim that height is some sort of social, sexual, or financial advantage is absurd.
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by haploid 16y ago
"When I'm done with college, wal-mart customers are going to get a piece of my mind since I won't be worrying about getting fired." Right, because having a college diploma is equivalent to guaranteed employment.
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by haploid 16y ago
I don't think it would be possible to disagree more. Connections are not at all necessarily required for startup success. I am speaking here merely from an anecdotal and firsthand perspective, but all it takes is one data point to refute
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by haploid 16y ago
I am not particularly impressed with people who, by virtue of being born into money, spend years of their lives engaged in various unproductive pursuits. I do find it interesting that someone named johngalt would be impressed by someone liv
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by haploid 16y ago
As long as auctions maintain a BTC ratio over 1.0 with short tails, the appetite is effectively insatiable, especially at the enormous rate of issuance over the last few years.
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by haploid 16y ago
Right. That explains the infinite, insatiable lust for our Treasury bills, notes, and bonds. Until I see the world protest US actions in the only way that matters( e.g. refusing to finance our government's activities ), I will continue to
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by haploid 16y ago
Well, if your home gets foreclosed on, you find a rental. The only difference in lifestyle is now you have to get permission from your landlord to change the carpet. All in all, I'd suggest that foreclosure is not a big deal. Also, if you
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by haploid 16y ago
The author appears to have wandered into the playground of the idle rich and is somehow shocked to find that the idle rich treat their toys like toys. I don't really understand the indignation.
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by haploid 16y ago
It doesn't have to be either-or. Another option is to not get married or have children in the first place, and open yourself up to an entire lifespan of such opportunity.
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by haploid 16y ago
Am I the only one who doesn't understand this at all? As far as I can tell, Mahalo.com is a video site. Why on earth would google going after content farms affect a video site in any way? To me, this headline makes about as much sense as "
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by haploid 16y ago
"To be honest, I'm not sure there's any degree where the mere act of receiving it would be more impressive than the above feat." Because being in the presence of popular people is a major accomplishment, right? Far greater an accomplishmen
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by haploid 16y ago
A few kegs of beer on tap and a decent single malt scotch collection.
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by haploid 16y ago
Thanks for pointing this out. I've removed the spam claim. I still stand by the research that makes it evident human beings can't maintain relationships with more than a couple hundred people at a time, and I doubt very much that Feld( or
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by haploid 16y ago
The traditional process of "sales" doesn't provide nearly as much value as it once did. We now have google and more efficient social networking available as a means of locating solutions to various business problems one may have. I remembe
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by haploid 16y ago
This. The guy is obviously trying to run a spam newsletter on the cheap, using the trusted status of google's MTAs to ensure deliverable spam. Nobody can or will maintain relationships with anywhere near 10k contacts. Dunbar indicated tha
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by haploid 16y ago
I'm not even sure if I believe this. 10k works out to be 40 new contacts per business day( 5 days per week, 52 weeks minus 2 for vacation ) for a year. Let's assume this guy has been "at it" for 4 years. That's still 10 new contacts every
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by haploid 16y ago
Good point. Sparkly vampire movies produced and marketed with the express intent of playing on the hormones of teenage girls tend to be extremely complex and nuanced.
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by haploid 16y ago
I can give you one perspective. Moral hazard and fairness. The vast majority of costs borne by and in the US healthcare system are the results of overeating, oversmoking, and underexercising. Period. Heart disease, many forms of cancer,
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by haploid 16y ago
I believe he expected that it wouldn't make it to HN, given the assumed, and sometimes enforced, focus of the site.
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by haploid 16y ago
This sounds like an excellent use of one's time. I wonder if the health benefits of "meditation" are as significant as those of "hatha yoga", "chiropractic", or any other such Eastern mystic pseudoscientific charlatanism. Why spend 30 minu
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by haploid 16y ago
Stress reduction? I have a novel idea for stress reduction: Stop stressing. Are you going to die tomorrow? No? Then settle down and stop worrying. I tell this to everyone I know who "suffers" from stress, and I get some variation on th
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by haploid 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act
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by haploid 16y ago
Do you think there are a lot of bricks-and-mortar entrepreneurs who bitch endlessly about the lack of alternative planets on which to snap up cheap real estate or unique business name trademarks? If the name you want is already owned, make
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by haploid 16y ago
Everybody thinks they have "depression". Stop feeling sorry for yourself and learn some time management skills. Master some of the key concepts in the GTD literature. Chances are you have a lot more time than you think you do. Failing tha
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by haploid 16y ago
"It's different this time."
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by haploid 16y ago
We will see. If I were a betting man, I would wager that Helicopter Ben will announce QE3 before June.
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by haploid 16y ago
huh? random letters in candidates' names?
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by haploid 16y ago
Is this a joke?
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by haploid 16y ago
Don't knock the power of ideas. I have this awesome idea for a teleportation ray that will instantly transport me from one city to another. I even have a 15 page powerpoint presentation and I have 4 of my country club buddies who committed
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by haploid 16y ago
I think HN is being trolled. There is the possibility that this is a real post, given how insane and bubbleicious the whole mobile/social space has gotten, but I highly doubt it. The account is 3 days old.

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