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by jcc80 14y ago
I completely understand you don't want this type of article on HN. But, you don't need to worry the site will only be articles on social justice if hackers find the topic "inherently interesting." Most people here are inherently intereste
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by jcc80 14y ago
I don't think it's against the law. But, in an interview the student w/ the cell phone camera says there is a "no electronics" policy at the school, which I imagine means he's not supposed to have his cell phone with him. There's probably a
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by jcc80 14y ago
I watched the video too and didn't see that. It looked to me like he jerked the kid up, was shaking him around and talking to him, then slams him down (apparently after the kid says something back). Either way, agree it's not clear cut as t
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by jcc80 14y ago
That would be interesting but anecdotal. It wouldn't establish credibility of the advice one way or the other. Similar to survivorship bias examples. Most famous example I can think of is the 37Signals guys. DHH has talked about how he wasn
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by jcc80 14y ago
It's not that uncommon for people this intelligent and enterprising to be completely bored out of their mind in high school and get mediocre grades. Prestigious schools, in general, don't accept "the best" but instead accept a certain type
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by jcc80 14y ago
very skilled at interpreting needs and desires we didn't know we had This is basically the same line that I use when I'm mocking targeted ads and joking around with friends about how thankful they should be for them. If your edit wasn't t
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by jcc80 14y ago
I agree and upvoted you but at the same time, would you put references from your terms of service on your homepage to convince people to buy? Offhand, that was the best analogy I could think of for what is sure to be some obfuscated languag
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by jcc80 14y ago
Interesting in that I've had the same experience in delaying signing up for services when my name was taken. It's silly I guess but I didn't sign up for twitter for about a year because of this. Maybe that's the only argument a company woul
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by jcc80 14y ago
I am having trouble finding another example of the government penalizing citizens for not buying something through taxation. Government can tax/fine/penalize you for not engaging in the behavior they want, whether that's forcing you to bu
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by jcc80 14y ago
In my book something this important ought to have a very public extended debate period in order to ensure that everyone involved has a chance to understand, contribute and know what we are walking into. We had this. Remember hearing about
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by jcc80 14y ago
C'mon - asking to read a $2.99 book before you pay? Amazing. The response to this request is incredibly gracious but then again, I guess it has to be since he's internet famous.
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by jcc80 14y ago
Why would someone want to be the "go-to-guy" for a client that's refusing to pay an invoice of $780? I can understand the referrals just because it's YC. But, in general, I doubt designers go around asking clients that refuse to pay for ref
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by jcc80 14y ago
By now they have some traction: hundreds of thousands of users, some of whom are even real. I wonder what percentage of users are generally fake and how much some startups goose this number. Maybe adding in 5% worth of fake users increase
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by jcc80 14y ago
Does this mean you're not going to be buying the new disposable laptops from Apple? How will you live with yourself?
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by jcc80 14y ago
For me, the distinction is that the site was just starting out. Personally, I feel they're entitled to some leeway to get the conversation/momentum going. If this was happening 2 years down the road then I'd agree it's a problem. If it were
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by jcc80 14y ago
Kevin Rose first mentioned Digg as being a site that belonged to one of his friend's instead of saying "Check out my new site Digg!" Both Reddit & Digg would have been worse off if the founders didn't do what they did. These are social
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by jcc80 14y ago
blurre.com: photo related site vendorvote.com: angie's list for b2b mansworstenemy.com: dictators & oil spills
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by jcc80 14y ago
Agree. It would likely have to be someone you at least somewhat know already and perhaps known by your customer base (go to same conferences, etc.). In general the 100x company advice is right, but, at the same time I don't think you can p
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by jcc80 14y ago
We call them terrorists. And the rest of the world has picked up on this new vocabulary too. "Syria is at war against armed groups that choose terrorism." -Bashar al-Assad
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by jcc80 14y ago
This has some good points and the guy doesn't seem too arrogant or that he enjoyed letting people go. But, I just don't think I could ever write an article about firing people. Actually, maybe it's just the title that bothers me - but from
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by jcc80 14y ago
You've given yourself a job you don't like just because it's "boss" stuff. If it's your company you should at least be doing the things you enjoy, not things you don't just because it's what you're supposed to do. As suggested - hire a biz
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by jcc80 14y ago
It appears he was able to get some traction and they started to salivate thinking about picking off those users on the cheap.
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by jcc80 14y ago
Interesting, I guess if I had more than a few followers I'd feel the same. For now though, I just go ahead because I figure nobody's going to see it anyways.
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by jcc80 14y ago
Interesting article - the only question I had was about the "Pay with a tweet" to get upgrade/unlock extra features. I've started seeing this and actually thought it was kind of clever. Are most annoyed by this? I understand the point of th
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by jcc80 14y ago
You may want to research Distilled, the company this SEO Consultant works for. They're as above board as it gets and you'd be thrilled if they took you as a client. If you don't understand SEO, ask questions and you may learn something. Or,
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That's if you have a university degree w/ high GPA and a "chill" personality.
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It's also interesting how one person's definition of changing the world is working on a cure for cancer, another's is an app to share photos with family and friends and still another's may be better HR software. I sometimes wonder whether t
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Startup Seeks 2+ yrs exp: SEO, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Flash, etc. for...$8 hr.(sfbay.craigslist.org)
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by jcc80 14y ago
Added to a wordpress theme footer in a few different places. Couldn't get it to work & doesn't look like there's any way to contact you via the betapunch site. Email in my profile if interested.
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by jcc80 14y ago
Very cool idea - that's taking user feedback to the next level. Will have to give it a spin.

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