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by kirse 16y ago
Yea, and I also learned how to become a doctor by watching House and ER, fish for Alaskan crab by watching Deadliest Catch, and learned all about how to have relationships by closely studying Friends and Entourage! So no, that episode of To
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by kirse 16y ago
Another performance trick during competitions is association, the act of concentrating intensely on the very act of running or cycling, or whatever your sport is Oh cool! I've always told friends that if you can listen to music or talk, y
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by kirse 16y ago
Of course, you don’t actually end up getting there. Sometimes you achieve the goal and then you feel amazing. But most of the time you don’t achieve them and you blame it on yourself. No, where the author goes wrong is believing that unme
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by kirse 16y ago
Dude, you completely, totally, utterly missed the point of my comment. Where did I say that money can't bring happiness? Where did I say that wealth is a bad thing? Let me restate the point of it for you, since it clearly went over your h
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by kirse 16y ago
what's even more frustrating, your own measure stick is constantly changing; what I thought was important two years ago is completely trivial to me now and vice versa for what I thought was trivial. Life loves to subject us to the useless
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by kirse 16y ago
This stuff is all amazing and I hope I never take it for granted. Don't get me wrong, but usually people say they don't want to "take it for granted" about something that has a high level of intrinsic value. For example: other people, our
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by kirse 16y ago
I agree, I think my examples weren't as clear as they should be. I was running out the door trying to get my thoughts out... My point still stands though, we're often addicted to or deceived by that which is an inferior and poorer substitu
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by kirse 16y ago
Maybe PG and I would agree on this, because I do think things are becoming more "addictive", but I don't believe he's addressed the root cause of the problem. I think with new technological advances, etc, things are becoming better at being
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by kirse 16y ago
In my deals, I usually take $Well-Justified-Price and then tack on $Extra to swing the deal far in my favor. Usually $Extra brings the price close to where I think the buyer would walk away. You must have missed this. If a buyer is willi
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by kirse 16y ago
the first person to say a number loses This is really just a myth. If you present a buyer with well-justified and thought-out reasons for your number, it's going to be hard for them to counter-offer with something ridiculous, unless they
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by kirse 16y ago
The same way Apple got around Nokia's patents and licensing regarding GSM, UMTS, EDGE, WiFi, etc... ignore it and let the issue work itself out in court.
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by kirse 16y ago
This single-item subscription business model has really been taking off lately, so I'd really encourage people who can carve out their own unique niche to try it. i.e. Ask yourself what niche market you could possibly service with a well-d
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by kirse 16y ago
At some point Dawkins has to rationalize (or shall I say 'irrationalize', for a man so concerned with logic) away the consequences of his diehard belief in an evolutionary process explaining our existence... So to Dawkins, being the pawn of
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by kirse 16y ago
Oh I agree wholeheartedly! I usually don't comment much anymore, but this one was egregious enough to make me login and post a warning. The unfortunate thing is I've seen an increasing amount of this garbage on HN that purports to be "scie
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by kirse 16y ago
This "fallacy" is existential in nature and entirely subjective to the world-view that one holds. In just one example, how one defines "losing at the game of life" is completely subjective, so this article really isn't grounded in true logi
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by kirse 16y ago
Happiness, by its very nature and definition, is rooted in feeling pleasure about the happenings and circumstances of life. It's fickle and never guaranteed. Joy and peace (a positive confidence despite the sad or happy circumstances)
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by kirse 17y ago
I have Flash on my Nokia N900... Runs smoothly and nicely, too! Directly via the default Firefox browser! This may come as a surprise to some, but there's a whole mobile world outside of the Apple iPhone... you get far better hardware, no
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by kirse 17y ago
Here, you imagine an ancestor like Homo erectus sprinting on the grassy savanna to a patch of trees to escape one of the formidable predators that roamed over Africa 2 million years ago.... Our ancestors walked a lot carrying heavy weight
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by kirse 17y ago
It's funny how much effort goes into image and reputation management, as if we're putting more effort into maintaining this false appearance of who we are instead of simply being ourselves. For me all throughout college I put up this fake f
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by kirse 17y ago
2009 Demo Day - 370 days ago (First comment with 101 points = completely dismissive and a huge rant) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=522675 2008 Summer Demo Day - 587 days ago (First comment = snarky remark about the company logos ..
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by kirse 17y ago
I would say that what most people are doing in this thread (using all information available to them to make a best initial judgment), is exactly what you should have expected. This is basic human understanding - taking the available inform
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by kirse 17y ago
My favorite part of the whole sale page (that this article did not point out), was the cutesy little "Warning!" at the bottom that tells people they are absolutely going to be OVERWHELMED! by the amount of tools and features they're going
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by kirse 17y ago
Interesting how a similar service just announced their launch a day earlier on HN also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1207187 Looks like we have ourselves a nice little competition!
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by kirse 17y ago
I noticed you didn't get much response on here, but my best advice is to not root yourself in the outcome of the startup so much. It's tough to do (especially since we entrepreneurs are such dreamers and visionaries), but try to focus on en
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by kirse 17y ago
I don't know about others, but driving above the speed limit (i.e. 75 in a 55) forces me to pay extremely close attention to everything that is going on while driving. That way, I'm actively engaged in passing people, constantly scanning a
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by kirse 17y ago
Happiness is really a subjective and uniquely learned process for each person... Everyone has a different set of assumptions, expectations, and mental processes they have to deal with, usually all of which have to be overcome on some level
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by kirse 17y ago
Nietzsche thought solitude's effect was positive, and something to be cultivated, not something that will "drive you mad" It's funny how easily self-deception takes over the mind, while a single external perspective would easily have poin
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by kirse 17y ago
I'm not sure that Christianity is about "simply believing" -- I mean yes that describes the effect of Christ's grace (all you need is belief/acceptance to receive it)... but that's not why I choose to believe in a God. I completely agree
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by kirse 17y ago
Speaking as an ex-Catholic I can understand where you're coming from. The majority of my friends are Catholic (well, ex-Catholics), and to hear them talk about church almost pains me. I could not believe when they said people would show
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by kirse 17y ago
Where did I say that I, personally had to empirically experience something to accept it as fact? I edited my post in case it caused confusion. All I meant was that I will only accept science that is grounded in empiricism, because that i

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