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by maxwin 17y ago
If you read a New Yorker story about him, You'll understand that it is the money/fame driven us who needs medical help, not him.
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by maxwin 17y ago
As a math major, I definitely agree with you. There are a lot of problems that seem to be intimidating or unintuitive but when you try to formalize and generalize them a bit, they may be reduced to problems that have been elegantly solved b
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by maxwin 17y ago
They will still get lots of help. Correct me if I am wrong. I think the biggest advantage of being a YC company right now is the kind of press, reputation, and trust of investors founders might get. PG's advice is certainly valuable but the
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by maxwin 17y ago
my hypothesis: - choose a select group (eg. HNs,friends,family) -deliberately create some questions that are highly relevant, interesting or controversial so that most visitors of this group cannot resist the temptation to answer. -whenever
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by maxwin 17y ago
Good job. There are so many "lessons I learned..." from YC companies. And almost all of them are just repeating what PG said in his essays. Most of the 'lessons' are becoming cliche now. I will love to read on your startup story. You should
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by maxwin 17y ago
I think it is important to not take an influential person (like pg)'s words for granted without your own critical thinking and some healthy doubts. Like PG said, a lot of startup fails because they're single founders (without emotional supp
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by maxwin 17y ago
>'But if you think for one moment that a project needs more than one founder, and you have to pick one for the project to succeed, you simply don't know what you're talking about' Not that I agree with you completely. But I think it is
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by maxwin 17y ago
Another important reason to go to college is for personal growth. There are experiences that are to be found only in college. You might take a music or philosophy class just to fulfill credit requirements but it turns out to greatly influen
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by maxwin 17y ago
You maybe a really boring employer,then. You should appreciate the creativity. :D
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by maxwin 17y ago
Davidson College, North Carolina
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by maxwin 17y ago
It is all about cultural relativity. This blogger grows up in Western culture so it is so natural for him to perceive things or norms that are different from his norms/culture as being weird. For example, he complained a lot about the Japan
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by maxwin 17y ago
He can always go back to high school in 2011. But if he lost this opportunity to get funding and iterate fast to turn his product into a next-facebook, the opportunity is lost forever.
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by maxwin 17y ago
Agree! He already has tremendous amount of attention,press and users. If he iterates fast, and keep "freaks and fuckers" off the site, it could become mainstream(maybe it already becomes).
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by maxwin 17y ago
But they say they expect you to last 6 months.So it is 1000 per month! I think that's what r238 meant.
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by maxwin 17y ago
I took a look at http://www.zipzoomauto.com/ Nice work. One thing I dislike is the absence of PRICE until I fill out all the information. A lot of online fads ask for all your information (including credit cards) before they tell you how
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by maxwin 17y ago
It seems like you just put it in an iframe and register in on facebook. I don't think this is worth mentioning. But of course, if the hiring manager is non-programing person,then it will be a big plus.
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by maxwin 17y ago
Brilliant, especially love the hangman! Surprised that my browser didn't warn me when I click through your site. :)
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by maxwin 17y ago
http://emily.willyougotodinnerwithme.com/max
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by maxwin 17y ago
See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1123211 for more comments
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Ignorant Silicon Valley judges
3 points by maxwin 17y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Who is hiring (entry level)
21 points by maxwin 17y ago|5 comments
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by maxwin 17y ago
Great job. I have a friend who has a similar program (based in Stanford). Every year, they take a group of American and Japanese college students and then visit countries in South East Asia (Thailand, Burma, etc). Most of the students state
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by maxwin 17y ago
You're right . Got a bit emotional.That's why i edited it a few seconds after.
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by maxwin 17y ago
Yes, Great work. I guess i just misunderstood what you said in the earlier post.
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by maxwin 17y ago
Sorry to say rude things here. But alecco, you're such an ignorant person. How dare you saying or linking to such lies for these kind of great attempts to save millions of lives.
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by maxwin 17y ago
It is NOT paternalistic. So if you come across someone on the road and he is bleeding and dying. Will you help that person? Or will you think that he is bleeding and dying because there is violence is this society. So we should stop violenc
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by maxwin 17y ago
I agree. Bill is saving tens of millions lives. I am disappointed that Marciovm'sfirst reaction is to judge Bill's great effort and criticize him as a person who just want to get good names. This certainly isn't true. Even if it is true, it
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by maxwin 17y ago
It's not a tough problem. Think about it this way. Imagine you and your mom, your wife , your siblings are born and lived in a poor country. And they get sick. Will you want to save them because they deserve to be alive? Or will you want to
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by maxwin 17y ago
No, you're not callous. You are just damn ignorant. What you need is a little compassion and try to imagine if you are that poor person and that you mom now gets sick and now try to think should she die just because there's no cheap vaccine
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by maxwin 17y ago
Clean energy is important and the US government is already spending tons of money on clean energy research. We need people like Bill who will put his money on those who are more unfortunate just because they are born in a wrong place at the

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