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   by itmag 15y ago

   Crazy idea: a course site that is also a dating site. Oh, and earmuffs made out of hamburgers.
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   by itmag 15y ago

   Is the design co-founder becoming the new technical co-founder? (In terms of perceived difficulty of acquiring them). So the difficulty of finding a co-founder would go like this: business < technical < designer. I certainly feel a
3. 573.▲
   by itmag 15y ago

   Is that 10% for "anyone who starts a startup" or is that 10% for me? I imagine the success chance would go up quite a bit if one does basic things like being persistant and reading up on the wisdom of others.
4. 574.▲
   by itmag 15y ago

   Yeah if you amass your forces in the wrong place you will get slapped around like a cheap toy. Kursk salient.
5. 575.▲
   by itmag 15y ago

   Yeah, that's a decent idea actually. May I post it here? http://ideashower.posterous.com
6. 576.▲
   by itmag 15y ago

   What are some more... unconventional classes HNers would be interested in taking? Internet marketing? Better thinking? Something like this: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3285535 Optimizing communications with the opposite sex if mal
7. 577.▲
   by itmag 15y ago

   I see it as an experiment in thinking about leverage. If you minimized all the corporate office bullshit, leveraged your work to the max, AND worked hard on top of that, how much could you earn? The baseline becomes your work earnings WITH
8. 578.▲
   by itmag 15y ago

   This. I often get stuck in communication with people because I tend toward abstraction and they toward being more concrete-bound. I often get annoyed with people when they get hung up on stuff which is just irrelevant detail to me. "No, dis
9. 579.▲
   by itmag 15y ago

   It depends on what you are interested in. Thinking better in general?
10. 580.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    That's kind of similar to the zero-one-infinity rule: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zero-One-Infinity-Rule.htm... Another application of the rule to startups: http://blog.opportunitycloud.com/2011/06/16/zero-one-infinit...
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    by itmag 15y ago

    I will not be silenced by the functional agenda, dammit. Sometimes the right tool is imperative programming :p
12. 582.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Well, FP is more elegant. But sometimes you just need a chainsword.
13. 583.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Yeah, it's an obvious patch to society with tremendous potential for trickle down benefit. Why isn't it being done?
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Hehe. It stings me 'cause it's true :)
15. 585.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    I would probably create a whole new class called "thinking 101" or something. It should teach: -numeracy: how much is 1 million/1 billion/1 trillion, etc. -common cognitive biases. -logical fallacies. -basic science. -basic coding. -De Bono
16. 586.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    I would probably just go with Python or something. Teach them variables, for loops, if statements, printing stuff to the screen, stuff like that. That way they get a good notion of what programming actually is. I'm only now getting into fun
17. 587.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Why is it that coding is such a rare (relatively speaking) skill? Sure, there are some hard concepts in coding, but for loops and conditional statements are hardly more difficult to understand than a lot of the math which gets taught in jun
18. 588.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Yes, contact me!
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    by itmag 15y ago

    """As one of those nerds in his early 30s living all alone by himself in a 5x5m studio, what's so wrong with "not figuring life out" and instead only caring about what interests you most? :)""" Dude, that totally counts as "figuring it out"
20. 590.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Yeah I've experienced it. Are you saying it's not commonly experienced?
21. 591.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Sounds like a mystical experience. Maybe something to look into?
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Many commenters here mention that they were/are really bright but also undisciplined and miserable. This underlines something I've been thinking about a lot: that cognitive style accounts for a big chunk of life's success. Think of the dumb
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    by itmag 15y ago

    That's interesting. So what you're saying is basically that if a kid is smart then he will be smart even without verbal acknowledgement of it. So it's better to keep hammering "you're really disciplined!" because then the kid will be smart
24. 594.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    If I can make it in Scandinavia, I am all for that. But I don't know if the "mental climate" is very suitable for doing so. People just don't grok disruptive startup ideas. I need to be on the same wavelength as my environment. Well, there
25. 595.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    If you want to network, it's a good idea to create something of value first. I did this in the form of a magazine ( http://www.interestingtimesmagazine.com ) which has allowed me to reach out to a ton of people. I am always sending out link
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Thanks! And I'll recommend this one then: http://www.mixergy.com (I am quite active over email with the host and have arranged several of the interviews - Morten Lund and John Robb come to mind)
27. 597.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Yes, that sounds like a dream come true. Got any pointers for me?
28. 598.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    How do I get started?
29. 599.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Et tu, Line?
30. 600.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    Thanks, that's some cool ideas right there! Upvoted for truth and justice. I'm all for exploring unconventional lifestyle design patterns. And I have been nursing certain plans of becoming a techno-hippie :)