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by kloncks 16y ago
It has always baffled me why people needed Publishers on the App Store. With console games, I get it. But it seems like the App Store's different.
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by kloncks 16y ago
There's a ton of jobs that society deems as bad that are in fact not bad at all. "Garbage men" in certain cities, for example, make quite a nice living. I just think that sometimes we see "Janitor" and think that it's automatically bad. Too
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by kloncks 16y ago
I grew up coding in PHP and still love it to this day, so I agree with the basic premises of this article. The one thing that bothered me was towards the end. In trying to justify PHP's coolness (which I am not arguing against), people cont
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by kloncks 16y ago
Usually, the number of rejects are much much more than the accepted. Time is a big issue. Take YC. 1000 apply; 40 get in. How long would it take to individually let the 960 that didn't get it why they couldn't get it? It's not a perfect sys
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by kloncks 16y ago
What's the difference between a 'maker' and a 'publisher'? Anyone else confused?
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by kloncks 16y ago
All this reasons have to do with raising money and valuations. I will concede that this is important but I think the problem that any other area runs into when trying to take something back from Silicon Valley isn't the money, but the commu
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by kloncks 16y ago
Worst part about Facebook is that the person usually gets an email notification...
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by kloncks 16y ago
I've accidentally down-voted only when using my iPad to browse HN. That and accidental Facebook "likes" can be a terrible ordeal. How would you fix that though?
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by kloncks 16y ago
You can't have a link inside the description of a post. So, I just provided it as a way of helping people get to the page quicker. That's all.
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by kloncks 16y ago
The big thing to consider is that programming, like any other art or skill, takes a lot of time to be good at. Even more time to be "great" at. Most will agree that in order to be an "expert" in something, you'll have to dedicate about 10 y
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by kloncks 16y ago
Link: http://www.weatherloop.com
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by kloncks 16y ago
Personalized private social networks might possibly have a future. See Diaspora. It would seem that in order to disrupt a market leader, you concentrate on what they're not excelling at or what feature users want but they don't have, and yo
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by kloncks 16y ago
The problem with napping at work is that a lot of people don't know how to nap properly (how long to sleep? when to nap? etc) so it might actually cause people to feel worse, more tired, or groggy. How long is enough? About 30 minutes is co
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by kloncks 16y ago
From the FAQ on "What to Submit": On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellec
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by kloncks 16y ago
"Strangeness" is such a bad description (imho) for three such great qualities. I'd re-name it "Awesomeness of HN members."
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by kloncks 16y ago
Honestly, as a CS major, I really believe that just looking at the rest of the people in my class. College only teaches you theory, for the most part. Some will not teach you any programming besides some generic C++. You have to learn that
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by kloncks 16y ago
I'll agree with the common sentiment that Carlos Slim's general advice is worthless. But, I think he's on to something here. From the article: It is the 21st century billionaire version of the old adage, “give a man a fish and he eats for
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by kloncks 16y ago
It's especially interesting as we're now hearing rumors of AT&T's relationship with Apple souring a bit.
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by kloncks 16y ago
I absolutely hate hearing these things: Remember, ideas are worth nothing. And these days, even your code is worth very little. Alright, so creativity and idea-making worth nothing . Technical expertise to make it? nothing . Honestly, w
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by kloncks 16y ago
Verizon working with Apple: Does this just validate all those rumors of an iPhone next month on Verizon?
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by kloncks 16y ago
Interesting that the countries with the most startups (USA, Israel, some in Europe, etc) aren't that highly ranked compared to surprises like Saudi Arabia. I really didn't expect Israel to be so low and Saudi Arabia so high. Anyone know why
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by kloncks 16y ago
Only two more characters left and MySpace can forever be gone...
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by kloncks 16y ago
I'd love to hear more details too, especially the name of the country you live in. One of the beautiful thing about the Internet is how it allows you to set up nice lifestyle businesses. If I have a successful application (I'm 20), I could
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by kloncks 16y ago
It will be interesting if CBS decides to buy a big chunk of Hulu on the public markets :)
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by kloncks 16y ago
That's exactly the point seldo makes.
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Sharia law is based on two things: 1. Things from the Qur'an 2. Things from the Hadith (sayings of the Prophet) ------------- Modern Sharia law is based on three things: 1. Qur'an 2. Hadith 3. Fiqh (which is the interpretations) ----- That'
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by kloncks 16y ago
I agree with most of your points, minus the phrase "most modern Muslim societies haven't progressed to this point". Yes, there's a fair share of the problems, but I can honestly just think of a few (3 or less) that truly practice the old ba
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by kloncks 16y ago
If you look at most of the Middle East countries, there are a few good examples of countries that practice Islamic (NOT Sharia ;)) law. Egypt, my home country, has a nice mix of Islamic law and British martial law. Jordan's similar. So is T
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by kloncks 16y ago
To be honest, I'm just surprised they didn't see this coming. Obviously, if you buy a domain from an old-school ultra-orthodox Islamic dictatorship, you should expect to follow an extra set of laws to please them. The fact that they then de
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by kloncks 16y ago
So, it's basically like a Twitter for Hacker News? Gorgeous implementation!

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