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by jeromec 16y ago
If I were a dentist I would probably search for "appointment software", "appointment scheduler", or "scheduling software". Edit: According to Google's keyword tool "scheduling software" is a great place to be. Patrick, you may want to expan
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by jeromec 16y ago
I agree about reinforcing the mental branding of .org, because people are really dot com brainwashed. This could even become a distinguished part of mental recall: What was that reminder site again? Oh yeah, AppointmentReminder.ORG! The onl
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by jeromec 16y ago
Congrats Patrick! Successful entrepreneurs ship, and it looks great. In the thread where you introduced the concept of appointment reminders there was concern voiced that computer calls went in the direction of undervaluing customers by cut
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by jeromec 16y ago
Mr. Adams says he's a fan of conspiracy theories, but I don't think so, since he suggests conspiracy theories are typically "any wild story" engineered to sound feasible. This definition goes against the whole reason for including the word
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by jeromec 16y ago
That does sound like it could result in an improvement, but the tree would grow quite large I imagine! :) Each writer would have to read each horizontal version to decide where to continue, and I'm betting there would be multiple continuati
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by jeromec 16y ago
I watched a Never Ending Story play out long ago (possibly it was on a Lulu.com forum?). Absolutely horrible. You mix in bad writers with worse writers, and just when you come across a half-decent page some other author whisks the story off
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by jeromec 16y ago
I certainly agree that's possible, but not everyone finds the road rosy. See here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1961429 . Better to overestimate the difficulty and be pleasantly surprised than vice versa IMO (especially in the conte
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by jeromec 16y ago
I don't mean to sound condescending. I can't help the timing of the decision, either. I'm also guessing he's read HN enough to have more than my comments to weigh for various perceptions of a startup. To my knowledge the failure rate of sta
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by jeromec 16y ago
Let the [work] begin. FTFY I hope you're prepared to work at least five times harder than you did at your safe job, and for little to no guaranteed reward. Actually, if you're only giving yourself six months, make that ten times harder. I
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by jeromec 16y ago
Everyone has the right to drive a car Well, let me clarify that. People have a right to drive cars on their own property . Everyone doesn't have the right to drive cars on public roads. If they did they wouldn't need a license, which can
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by jeromec 16y ago
I want to play devil's advocate here, and would love input from others as well, because if I'm right my thinking casts the govt. in a much less harsh light. ICANN was created to manage DNS and IP address space on behalf of the govt. It's a
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by jeromec 16y ago
It seems like it would be a lot easier to simply trade for bitcoins. That depends on who you are, and what kind of value you can get out of bitcoins. ;)
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yes, wealth is tied to computing power... I spotted this flaw when bitcoins were mentioned in a thread on HN a few months ago. My comments are here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1655033
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by jeromec 16y ago
I remember that! :) Justin always took the camera off to go to sleep, but still pointed it at himself. IIRC, he kept this protocol up with the date but darkened the room...or was it putting up a sheet? Hard to remember it was so long ago...
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by jeromec 16y ago
Great to see some posted content from Justin, as he represents my unofficial favorite YC company. The reason is the way justin.tv started out with him live-streaming every moment of his life (video and audio) wearing an always on camera. I
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by jeromec 16y ago
IMO, if you're trying to make inroads into search market share against a juggernaut like Google then underdogs banding together makes a lot of sense. It's the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" model. In a way, Yahoo went this route with Micr
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YourTravelVoice.org Seeks to Give Travelers Voice on Screening(ustravel.org)
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by jeromec 16y ago
Thank you for elaborating. I wasn't seeking an argument, just clarification. I don't agree with all of Ron Paul's positions either, but the one impression I do get from everything I've seen of him is that he is truly genuine in his beliefs,
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by jeromec 16y ago
Yes, I do think Paul is a mendacious kook. I understand how his non-mainstream positions can cause people to brand him as a kook, but why would you add mendacious?
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by jeromec 16y ago
"The argument from the executive branch is when you buy a ticket you have sacrificed your rights; that isn't the case;you never have to sacrifice your rights." - Ron Paul
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by jeromec 16y ago
It's probably more accurate to say charities will make it. Buffett has pledged to gradually give 85% of his Berkshire stock to five foundations. A dominant five-sixths of the shares will go to the world's largest philanthropic organization
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by jeromec 16y ago
According to Google answers you're right: Is it okay to drink water during meals? This is interesting as a lot of complementary practitioners recommend against drinking water with meals, believing it dilutes the stomach acid and, hence, in
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by jeromec 16y ago
Etiquette for whom though? The English? Apparently the French eat salad after meals. I found an interesting link concerning this about dinners at the White House. ( http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/599224 ) Looking at this photo of the men
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by jeromec 16y ago
Really? One of the things I read while checking into the salad timing was about Americans also drinking cool liquids before and during a meal, which was not really advisable for good digestion.
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by jeromec 16y ago
I wasn't thinking it would make a difference in weight loss necessarily, but thought it would be better one way or the other for digestion.
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by jeromec 16y ago
I was having a debate with my brother about when salad should be eaten, before or after a meal. I said it would make a difference. He said it made no difference. (Americans seem to be in the minority for eating salad before meals) Some ligh
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by jeromec 16y ago
But it doesn't clone Groupon... Wow has no minimum qualification to purchase the deal (unlike Groupon's "tipping point," where a certain number of shoppers have to commit to it), and Wow plans to "keep it simple" and avoid gimmicks and gam
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by jeromec 16y ago
That's a good point. However, as you mention this data already exists on services like Twitter and Facebook, so I guess it just needs to be mined and analyzed.
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by jeromec 16y ago
I think the concept is good hypothetically, but wouldn't work in practice. People are not that organized. Knowing beforehand where you are going to go and what you are going to do at various points in the future is hard enough to imagine, l
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by jeromec 16y ago
I know graphic artists who are extremely talented visually, but certainly couldn't beat me for putting together Web applications. They may been drawing since they could hold a pencil, and know how to use Photoshop, but simply don't have the

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