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by jeromec 16y ago
All book sales. Not just bestsellers, but any book. If possible over time as well to watch as things become popular. A window into what people are reading would be fascinating to me.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Both sides come to the discussion with fixed ideas, and you have what amounts to a contest between different types of fundamentalism Sorry, I can't let that go without correction. Fundamentalism is interpretation of every word in sacred t
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I agree, but I meant peer review in an objective sense. There is nothing stopping anyone else from verifying their own measurements. The bigger and more unbelievable the claim, the more subject it is to scrutiny.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Secondly scientists are people too, just like the ones studied.. Everybody seems to overlook this fact. I disagree that people overlook that fact. Humans are certainly not infallible, and that's why peer review is an important part of the
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by jeromec 16y ago
Is the "scientific community" saying "you have to skeptical about everything ... except science"? Not at all, which is why gravity and evolution which are both understood well enough to be labeled accepted facts (especially evolution) are
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by jeromec 16y ago
When presented with unwelcome scientific evidence, it seems, in a desperate bid to retain some consistency in their world view, people would rather conclude that science in general is broken That's not all that surprising if the sample gr
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>Methinks there's more to this. I was thinking the same thing. I just watched a RT interview with a "military analyst" here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9kwPr9PqG8&feature=playe... . I transcribed parts that stood out to me: "
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by jeromec 16y ago
Try using Skype. Many hackers are most productive when not constrained by schedule or even location. Startups are hard, especially in the early stages with little/no compensation. Communicate with your partner about what is most crucial f
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by jeromec 16y ago
You asked this in the right place. I hope we don't come off as hostile, or simply defending a fellow hacker. This truly seems like a misunderstanding of personality types. Try communicating better with your partner, and focus on what is re
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by jeromec 16y ago
For the most part I totally agree. Rampant speculation combined with a fiat currency and too loose regulation is how we got so much money sloshing around, a deformed market, and this economic crisis (and a near collapse of the financial sys
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by jeromec 16y ago
> Speculation is a zero-sum activity between speculators I agree. > any individual seller's gain is some other seller's loss I disagree. A farmer can sell to a grocer and both can gain.
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> This is what happens when you play a zero-sum game. Even if you win, someone has to lose. How is it always a zero-sum game to win? Fundamentally, trading stocks is not that at all. If I buy one of the first issued shares of "Tasty I
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by jeromec 16y ago
I would chuckle, but I don't when I hear things like 20 percent of Americans are functionally illiterate and read below a 5th grade level.
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by jeromec 16y ago
That site looks great too, but looks are subjective. :) In this case I meant "fantastic" more in the context of an early project launch. I believe a site needs to communicate its few key messages to a new visitor quickly, and clearly as wel
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by jeromec 16y ago
Really nice! Some thoughts... Looks fantastic, and simple to use off the bat. Big buttons equals good. Some of the gray areas look a bit light/hard to see on my screen, but that's nitpicking, nothing to worry about at this early stage. Nice
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by jeromec 16y ago
If you have not read the Request for Startups Paul Graham has started posting for YC I highly recommend reading it here http://ycombinator.com/rfs.html . These can spark ideas to work on while possibly providing an edge to be accepted into
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by jeromec 16y ago
1. Caveat: the market can teach expensive unforgiving lessons. After you've read, learned and developed your own theories/strategies test them with practice and see if you're any good - consistently. Use a free service like vse.marketwa
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by jeromec 16y ago
We are looking at giving users customization options under Settings. As heavy Internet users ourselves, we're on the user's side when it comes to privacy. We never monitor user activity or transfer data to third policies. We do need to upda
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by jeromec 16y ago
I also agree, but I still think the HN community is great for getting feedback. It's true that we're not really aimed at hackers. However, a similar site to us AllMyFaves.com just hit 100M page views ( http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yes, I agree, and that may be what we use in the future, but to meet our early goals, which is getting something stable out the door that's the plan we used. My primary objective isn't programming/architecture debates (or prizes) it's simpl
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by jeromec 16y ago
We don't track individual user activity. We're huge believers in privacy. Profiles and content are also private by default.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yes, our own designer complained about that too, but because our app is meant to be used across a wide range of users and computer configurations we opted to go with a more consistent set up, since it's the same from the user perspective. A
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by jeromec 16y ago
That's great feedback. We may eventually have that kind of customization under Settings. In fact, we've actually discussed exactly those things (and a lot more!), but we wanted to start with a core set of features and evolve from there.
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by jeromec 16y ago
That bug is fixed. Thanks.
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That had never occurred to us. However, we consider ourselves an Internet Desktop, so like a PC we want to allow users some customization (possibly including their own design themes). Under the Settings we may include that as an option if t
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by jeromec 16y ago
The best answer I can give that is we feel a browser based solution is best, because your favorite content can be accessed from any computer.
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by jeromec 16y ago
Thanks for the helpful feedback. Communicating how our site works in a quick way remains a big challenge for us, and we will certainly keep working to improve that. As for the problem it solves, we think it solves a few, but one example wou
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by jeromec 16y ago
On average people visit the same 8 sites over and over. We feel this kind of interface is more efficient, because it's meant to be set as a home page. This way going from site to site only involves clicking the Home button and each site. We
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by jeromec 17y ago
Browse this list of HN contractors/developers and see how many did not list PHP. I think it's safe to guess around 75% have it. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlD_6iEb8Ed9dGs3clV...
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by jeromec 17y ago
You probably wouldn't have liked this Simpsons episode then. http://www.hulu.com/watch/46753/the-simpsons-mapple-store (clip)

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