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by kevinelliott 15y ago
How will you sustain a "free storage" site without any income? Surely you must be charging someone for something. If not, it leads me to believe you might do something with our data to make money. I don't want to jump to conclusions, so it
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by kevinelliott 15y ago
Yep, this is exactly where my guilt comes in. What am I doing to help any of those millions of starving children? Very little. So many people have told me throughout my life that I need to just ignore it, and you can't save the world. I can
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by kevinelliott 15y ago
I am ignoring those people. Amit's high profile presence has made me think about the problem more, but I have not gone out of my way to see if any other people might be in need. Sure, my registration in the database will help to match me ag
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by kevinelliott 15y ago
I feel absolutely helpless. I hate this situation. I don't know anyone who qualifies, and I certainly don't. The idea that Amit may not find a donor furiously irritates me. What's worse, none of my Facebook and Twitter followers have relaye
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
The story was fascinating. What is most interesting to me is that several people here on HN are dumbfounded by how such a simple service was in such demand. That seems to be the trend these days: do something simple, that everyone needs, an
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Nice to see someone has my line of thinking. I'm sure we're not alone. It's probably just not trendy to talk about the valley the way we have. I like it here, a lot, but I find it very hard to find people who actually have the same product
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
It's not fair to offer that comparison after we've already been exposed to our own cultures. Of course now that we've had technology, our social traditions and structure, and advances in science and history, that it would be nearly impossib
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Don't forget that technology is in itself a drug and nearly impossible for a "simple" mind to resist. To them technology appears as "tools of the Gods"... how could they reject it? After all that, you have to think... do they really have th
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
You criticize the OP for not liking the incentive system, but then openly admit that you don't visit the SO site much anymore because you have other priorities and don't want to play the waiting game. You're nearly saying the same thing in
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
I don't know the specifics of your product (or anything about it at all really), but it may be possible if you primed your database with data you've gathered yourself. Depending on the content, you may be able to spend 20 hours, 40 hours, o
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
I wish this wasn't so far above my abilities. It would be fantastic to find a course to work up to this point.
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Where are all these likeminded individuals? Are there places other than meetups to find them?
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
I'd rather not discuss details, but I chose not to work for Google simply because I had worked for other large companies with similar perks and I was too young at the time (and at heart) to see myself there. In the future, I may change my m
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Most people don't drive home a success. Those failures still teach hard lessons, ones that a cushy job rarely can. Not that I'm even suggesting this is for everyone, but those willing to take the plunge will certainly gain from the effort,
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Congrats! I run a startup too, at the age of 32, and my wife helps me out when she has time (data entry, marketing tasks, brainstorming, etc). It's exciting, but hard work with long hours. After all, you've got to manage finances, licenses,
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Your reasoning is synonymous with why I never accepted an offer from Google in the past. Big companies often have a lot of perks, but much like continually buying electronic toys every week, it's only medicating most people's existence. Bre
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
This is truly remarkable. Those of us yet to have submitted to YC now have an additional reason to do so. And it took a foreigner to do it. Po.iticians should take note, because this is how you stimulate an economy and innovation.
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Congrats! Can you give us a hint on what's next for the platform?
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Yes, failed is a bit harsh, but see how difficult adoption has been? A near apocalypse of ipv4 is required before the leap occurs. My point, though, was simply to illustrate how insane it sounds for a bunch of random people to do what an or
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Very excited to see what becomes of the Atomontage Engine. For years I've been annoyed with static 3D environments where walls don't actually crumble when shot at, and windows never shatter. This engine will change the way we react to reali
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
The one fatal flaw is that the author assumes disparate hoards of people can come together to create a new network to replace the existing one, which is a difficult task (dare I say extremely difficult). Just look at how an organized, busin
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Don't forget that for most of the ones that wanted something immaterial they also have "already made it" and have a reasonable allocation of wealth and material things already. Besides, it looks fantastic to look like you care about people,
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
I suppose it depends on if a man is loyal to his conscience, or loyal to his pocketbook. It wouldn't necessarily be a "moral crime" to have kept the money, but it might have been one of "personal value." I'm sure that many of us set persona
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
People have a right to be compensated for their effort. If you don't like it, no one forced you to tip him, and you got all that valueless writing for free. Had he charged up front, you either 1) wouldn't have paid, or 2) would have been di
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
After reading the full story I read all the comments here on HN. I didn't see mentioned several thoughts I had while reading the story, so I thought I'd share them here. 1) Transparency. I thought it was really interesting how candid and tr
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
Perhaps, but just because he gave the money back to the "evil bank" instead of a charity doesn't mean it wasn't noble. He stayed within the limits of the law, and now instead of looking like a sneaky anti-system Robin Hood, he's fought a la
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
I've noticed that too. I try to write very personally when I post things on the net for just that reason. It's getting to dark and impersonal on the net these days, even with all the bright colors :) I miss BBSes for exactly this, too.
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
I did too. While these ads felt a little uneasy, his assurances and explanations for the ads were reasonable. And when you see him turn down almost $100k of "easy" money, and instead take the route of sharing the story for free (even with a
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
And also take note that the author was flabbergasted by the quantity of people that read it online. Untraditional media was such a new thing then! He almost seemed more excited by the Internet traffic than the hundred million viewers of the
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by kevinelliott 16y ago
I struggle with placing items like my iPhone on the bed for 2 reasons: 1) althoughly likely harmless (not convinced, but it's prob true) my mind worries about having my cell phone at head level and so close while I sleep with radiation, and

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