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by mattiss 17y ago
That's funny, I was just reading this from a Google search ~1 hour ago. HN is starting to read my mind!
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by mattiss 17y ago
This is terrible. Is there any question left as to whether private healthcare is a disaster? I have known a few people who have been denied healthcare coverage when it is quite clear that it is due. Either there needs to be a regulatory boa
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by mattiss 17y ago
Excellent video. Must refrain from quitting job......
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by mattiss 17y ago
Great stuff jacque, I'm really digging your posts here. May I inquire when you went through this process and for what company? +1 Cheers, Steve
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by mattiss 17y ago
Yeah in Seattle area atm, thinking about moving to San Francisco though. Where are you located?
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by mattiss 17y ago
Rock climbing, mountaineering, backpacking, SCUBA, sailing, aviation, traveling, snowboarding, having fun!
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by mattiss 17y ago
Be careful though, it will take over your life! I am constantly battling between working 100% on getting a startup off the ground and selling all of my possessions, buying a van, and driving around the world climbing. It is not an easy choi
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by mattiss 17y ago
Get hobbies that correspond to the lifestyle you want to lead. If you aren't having fun, you won't keep with it. As a corollary, if you have an active hobby and any sort of drive to be good at it, you will train yourself as such. So if you
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by mattiss 17y ago
Unless you go to Stanford, MIT, etc. most people you will meet will not be interested in startups. My advise is first, stick it out. You are pretty far along, no sense in changing now. Second, go to your CS department and hang out, I'm sure
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by mattiss 17y ago
Very cool, hope to get there some day myself :)
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by mattiss 17y ago
Hey jacques, great article! I am thinking about making this jump soon, but am wondering how to be proactive in finding customers? It's one thing to drop a line to all of your contacts saying that you are a freelancer, but how does one activ
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Ask HN: Where's our Seattle area meetup?
2 points by mattiss 17y ago|0 comments
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by mattiss 17y ago
Did a quick search for Eduset. From the blogs I have read this dude Jeff just spams "Rip off of Edmodo", "Not impressed", etc. everytime somebody posts about this thing. I have no relationship to either, but pretty scummy practice IMO.
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by mattiss 17y ago
You are talking about minifying, which is great for bandwidth reduction and I suppose obfuscation. However this post was about JS design principles.
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by mattiss 17y ago
+1 for jQ
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by mattiss 17y ago
A big exit gives you freedom from everything. Want to start a new venture? Do it. Want to sail around the world? Go to town. Having to work every year, albeit for 2 million a year, still means having to work.
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by mattiss 17y ago
Damn this is tempting. I have a free plane ticket I need to use. Anybody up for a meetup?
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Ask HN: Javascript best practices?
51 points by mattiss 17y ago|47 comments
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by mattiss 17y ago
Sure looks sweet. I would totally be interested if I had work connections down there. Good luck!
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by mattiss 17y ago
I would never trust an exploding knot while rock climbing.
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by mattiss 17y ago
Can you quantify why it is better? Bowline -- outrageously strong, simple to tie, easy to undo, can tie it around things. What can be better?
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by mattiss 17y ago
Go to your city's rec center. They offer courses for under 200 bucks that will show you the ropes (no pun intended (ok pun intended)).
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by mattiss 17y ago
Knowing how to tie a few useful knots is surprisingly empowering. Cinch things down, strap things to your backpack, hang a tarp, fix broken items, etc. etc. I highly recommend learning to rock climb or sail as you will most definitely use t
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Ask HN: How does Y Combinator deal with conflict of interests?
9 points by mattiss 17y ago|2 comments
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by mattiss 17y ago
Thanks! Anyway to jumpstart PR about it? EDIT: Just checked out trailbehind.com, looks interesting! I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Not to derail my post, but is there a way to filter by additional criteria other
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by mattiss 17y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc spot on!
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Ask HN: How to successfully launch an iPhone app?
4 points by mattiss 17y ago|4 comments
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by mattiss 17y ago
I remember reading an article about fish population simulation in Scientific American a while back. Modeling how fish swim together with external influences like currents, predators etc. etc. Each fish was modeled independently with knowled
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by mattiss 17y ago
Who exactly would I pitch to? Someone I would be working with, or the company I would be contracting for?
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Ask HN: How did you land your original contract jobs?
13 points by mattiss 17y ago|5 comments

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