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by klochner 16y ago
So flag it. Comments are for debate on the topic, meta-discussion is supposed to happen via votes/flagging.
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by klochner 16y ago
Did anyone find the dimensions/weight?
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by klochner 16y ago
you shouldn't put fingers in your ear so much ;) That's on par with "I'm rubber and you're glue . . . ", it's not a logically grounded argument, so there's really no counter argument. "institutional investors, namely pension fu
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by klochner 16y ago
I think it will become a bubble if a lot of these companies start to IPO (presuming that investors pile in at those valuations).
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by klochner 16y ago
Those are the extreme examples, of which there are few, and they're not easily traded by the general public. Bubbles almost without exception (please correct me if you have a counter example) are pushed to extremes by the general public (c
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by klochner 16y ago
There isn't enough scale or leverage to make this anything like the dotcom or housing busts. This "bubble" is mostly in early stage startups, doing $2M-$5M rounds, and there aren't enough of these deals to add up to the size of investment i
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by klochner 16y ago
Best of luck, beating craigslist is akin to proving P!=NP
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by klochner 16y ago
It should be a one-item list - craigslist killer.
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by klochner 16y ago
I find it hard to believe they really ask devs the manhole cover question, that's been making the rounds for well over a decade now.
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by klochner 16y ago
we need a new word for mainstream media , it's been appropriated by the mainstream media.
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by klochner 16y ago
Is that a multi-pitch climbing wall?
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by klochner 16y ago
You're wasting space on the homepage in explaining the benefits of a/b testing, you would be better off devoting more content to how your product works. I want to know what's involved in setting up and running a test, but came away from you
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by klochner 16y ago
stackoverflow thread on best books for algorithms: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/302270/what-is-the-best-b... similar thread asking about data structures: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/366317/good-data-structur...
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by klochner 16y ago
easing not easying
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by klochner 16y ago
Someone has to say it: So he can leave google for facebook
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by klochner 16y ago
For (2) I'd try to work in: - multi-agent systems - knowledge representation/reasoning - machine learning - CSPs "Learning" probably captures the bulk of it.
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by klochner 16y ago
Or to borrow from CS 101: 1. Data Structures 2. Algorithms
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Tell HN: Facebook email is live
2 points by klochner 16y ago|5 comments
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by klochner 16y ago
You realize that's a joke, right?
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by klochner 16y ago
He had me until "This is going to end, and badly." Bubbles end badly because of leveraged bets on overvalued assets. Call me insensitive, but this doesn't strike me as so bad: "they will find themselves unemployed and without savings."
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by klochner 16y ago
Scoble responds to our HN discussion: http://twitter.com/#!/Scobleizer/status/3154038992412672
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by klochner 16y ago
s/Facebook/AOL/ may be more appropriate. MySpace just blew it. AOL was a safe walled garden for people who didn't know what the internet was. As the internet outside AOL increased in value, people had less use for their walled garden. The
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by klochner 16y ago
David Peterson nailed it in the comments in 2003: NetFlix claims to have more than 13,500 titles and more than one million members. You order the movie on the Internet, you just can't watch it until all of the bits of the mov
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by klochner 16y ago
he clearly didn't read "8 things to do when creating a numbered list"
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by klochner 16y ago
It sounds like the alcohol contributed to your hypochondria [edit] lighten up, for the love of god. I'm taking the downvotes on principle here. He "often wonders"? Seriously, he should get over it - there's nothing he can do about it at t
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by klochner 16y ago
That's a false dilemma - the choice isn't between full-service rentals and forging my own steel from ore I dig out of the ground. Increasing one's autonomy has value, whether or not you ever reach full autonomy.
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Ask HN: What's the datastore behind HN?
18 points by klochner 16y ago|6 comments
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by klochner 16y ago
It strikes me that choosing to rent over owning is the antithesis to the theme of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" (recommended book). The driving metaphor comes from the contrast between (effectively) renting a BMW motorcycle (
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by klochner 16y ago
What I think you're missing is that the wind never drives the propeller - the wheels drive the propeller. When it first starts moving, the propeller moves the opposite direction from what you would expect - so that the propeller is actually
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Groupon raising more money(gigaom.com)
1 points by klochner 16y ago|0 comments

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