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   by itmag 15y ago

   This is Sweden. Also, she's worked for $0 for 2 and a half years now :)
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   by itmag 15y ago

   I run a magazine ( http://interestingtimesmagazine.net ) as a hobby. It could really use some funds. I've never really considered that we could raise money this way, but now I am getting more and more interested in taking that route. Any ti
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   by itmag 15y ago

   In my opinion, caring so much about the opinions of others is reactive, submissive and weak. I could never like like that. Personal integrity is far more important than keeping up with Joneses. Japanese society seems batshit crazy, what wit
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   by itmag 15y ago

   This is very interesting. What would be some cool ways to for instance gamify dating sites to make it more appealing to fill them with lots of good content (ie photos and profile text)?
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   by itmag 15y ago

   This is very interesting stuff. I need you to tell me more :)
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   by itmag 15y ago

   I worked as a dating coach fulltime for ~ 4 years, Whoa, now you've really got my interest. Tell me more, dude :)
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   by itmag 15y ago

   So you've been in touch with the Speed Seduction community? Mind telling me more?, I'm fascinated by that stuff. Full disclosure: Ross Jeffries wrote an article for my magazine, so I may be slightly biased in favor.
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   by itmag 15y ago

   This guy is an acquaintance of mine: http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Going_Me... He seems pretty successful at life (MMA fighter, author, software engineering degree, Oxford distinction holder). However, I don't know h
9. 249.▲
   by itmag 15y ago

   I'm curious about a lot of things. Scientific backing is not a requirement for me to try something (as long as it's safe to try, of course). Of course, me trying something out also constitutes a form of science (with a sample size of n=1 an
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Speaking of this, has anyone tried Neuro-Linguistic Programming (eg the swish pattern) to accomplish the same goal? There are some interesting videos on Youtube of people having their phobias cured, for instance.
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    by itmag 15y ago

    It's just a particular way to analyze some data on oDesk, I wouldn't take it as a gospel of pure truth. I want to find out about the tried and tested niches that HN readers might know about. Background: my goal is to find some in-demand yet
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    by itmag 15y ago

    I didn't RTFA yet but what I want to ask HN readers: what are some good niches in IT work that are proven to reap high wages in consulting? If I'm going to be a highly paid consultant instead of an underpaid employee I have to do something
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    by itmag 15y ago

    During the year we started Matasano our Chicago team spent about 40%-50% of our time working from the Oak Park Public Library, That's fascinating. What are some other unconventional ways to find space to hack on projects?
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    by itmag 15y ago

    LessWrong is one of my favorite sites, highly recommended for debugging yourself and increasing your SAN stat. Is Lukeprog hosting this? Damn, I wish I could meet that dude sometime.
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    by itmag 15y ago

    So his message is basically that Microsoft users are creepy beta orbiters who have to send songs to girls on the Internet, while Mac fans are suave lotharios who get to enjoy actual physical proximity with girls instead? Good marketing ther
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    by itmag 15y ago

    The (oftentimes sublimated) drive to procreate is one of the most powerful drivers of all human society and action. Perhaps even THE "primus motor" behind it all. In Prometheus Rising RAW mentions that the reason monks take a vow of chastit
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Reading tip for you: Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson. Especially the part about the first 4 primitive circuits of the mind which govern survival, dominance, sex, stuff like that. War is very centered on Circuit II: dominance, emoti
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Porn and war drive all innovation. Or so they say.
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Yes!
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Fornicating hell! Thanks for showing me what's possible with HTML5 and JS. I am inspired to do stuff like this myself now. No chance you will release the source?
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Interesting. Even if they were franchises, there might still be some game-theory advantage to cooperating. After all, a happy customer at one Starbucks is going to be positive toward all Starbuckses.
22. 262.▲
    by itmag 15y ago

    You'd think that two Starbucks across the street would cannibalize each other Speaking of that, would they operate as two competing entities? Or would they help each other out? Ie lend each other supplies, direct overflow customers across
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    by itmag 15y ago

    P.S. A software solution to turn any arbitrary firm into Starbucks would be worth tens of millions of dollars if you sold it correctly. Whoa, that is seriously interesting. Would you mind emailing me more details about your idea? :)
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    by itmag 15y ago

    I don't know anything at all about biotech, but it seems to me that the current process is something akin to manually entering machine code by flipping switches on a mainframe (or, another analogy: randomly gluing together libraries until s
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Little known fact: Sweden has a bunch of American football (and cheerleading!) teams. http://www.amerikanskfotboll.com http://www.cheerleadersofsweden.se/ (That's right people: free money, blonde women, socialism, cheap Ikea furniture,
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    by itmag 15y ago

    I think the constant brainstorming over the years has had some kind of training effect on our brains, so that we are much better at coming up with ideas than before.
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    by itmag 15y ago

    I always find it funny when people consider my "anecdotes" to be self-evidently delusional and utterly useless. Guess I should just tell dozens of people that the years of frequent brainstorming we've engaged in has been a complete waste of
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    by itmag 15y ago

    I always find it funny when people "disprove" stuff I use successfully every day with my friends.
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    by itmag 15y ago

    Heh, someone should create some cool t-shirts. "Got quiche, bro?" "Quiche on Rails" "Brogrammer. Will code for quiche." Additionally, startups in the know should put "unlimited quiche" in their hiring posts. Free beer is soooo 2011.
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    by itmag 15y ago

    It's interesting when old lore like this gets posted. Always good to pick up a few historical shibboleths now and then. Rails-bros and node-ninjas: got quiche? :)