mellow

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by mellow 18y ago
Probably not, but I've met some people with incredibly high innate intelligence and poor formal education. Really amazing/scary at the same time.
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by mellow 18y ago
lol
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by mellow 18y ago
Don't automatically laugh at or dismiss ideas you think are stupid. That's what stupid people do.
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by mellow 18y ago
Hacker means many things. If someone submitted a story or tadpoles I would read it, because the intent may be the 'hack'.
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by mellow 18y ago
What 'What...?'?
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by mellow 18y ago
I think many students fantasize a future for themselves and for many it is a safe, steady, well paid job in business. So they think 'business studies'. A lot of the most successful business men (and women) have come via unconventional route
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by mellow 18y ago
The first rule for smart people is intellectual honesty. The medium is not relevant. What the feck has KFC got to do with it?
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by mellow 18y ago
Really? So you have blinkers on when it comes to new ideas? Like, tell Edison to go somewhere else - somewhere they go to bed early and get up early 'cos that is what the sun does? Actually, I like the 'tone' aspect of your argument. Can I
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by mellow 18y ago
'Wealth', as in how many Yankee dollars you have is relative. I understand all the arguments about absolute wealth, and it is true that my parents (and I) are absolutely wealthier than 60 years ago. Now, here this: millions of people are st
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by mellow 18y ago
I just up-voted you. I know it is against the rules to say so, and it is a trivial statement to make, but I did laugh as I clicked the mouse button!
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by mellow 18y ago
He has posted more comments than I have which could be considered Trollish.
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by mellow 18y ago
To be fair, POTUS is one of the most important people in the World. His team should be reading news.ycombinator.com for many (I would have thought, obvious) reasons.
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by mellow 18y ago
I thought the one about Aliens was prescient. Oh well.
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by mellow 18y ago
Interesting. 'About 1/2 of the human population suffers from poverty.' Well, let them die so everyone can be wealthy. Can you see the flaw in my argument?
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by mellow 18y ago
I don't think I have a ceiling on the price I would pay for an iPhone business/productivity app. I would pay hundreds of £/$/€ if the app made me that much in return.
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by mellow 18y ago
Posted any interesting Submissions, yourself?
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by mellow 18y ago
Wealth is relative. Since the Baby Boomers' DoB, many people have got wealthier, many more have got poorer. This is not coincidental.
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by mellow 18y ago
"dramatic reductions in global poverty", lmfao. Quote me wrong.
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by mellow 18y ago
'The Baby Boom Generation will never be mistaken for the Greatest Generation that survived the Great Depression and defeated evil in a World War that killed 72 million people', is one of the greatest opening sentences I have ever read. Almo
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Ask YC: Are you more likely to use an online service if sign up is optional?
4 points by mellow 18y ago|5 comments
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by mellow 18y ago
I realise they would have done this already if they could. I was thinking more in the medium term - the next 3-5 years?
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by mellow 18y ago
If you are struggling with RoR, I would recommend doing a 1-5 day online tutorial on Ruby (the length depends on how quickly you can pick it up). I skipped pure Ruby and went straight to RoR. In retrospect this was a mistake as a grounding
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by mellow 18y ago
This is incredible. If astronomers analyse the spectra of the planets they can now image and find oxygen, methane and CO2 in certain proportions, the only conclusion will be life. Imagine if they find the spectral lines from chemicals produ
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by mellow 18y ago
Does anyone know if Porsche are well connected politically? I'm starting to suspect that the markets are being manipulated (well, opportunities are being taken at the very least) and given that governments are moving against private busines
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by mellow 18y ago
I see this coming to the West very soon. When the socially engineered 'everyone is a winner' generation AKA Generation-Y realises real life bears no relation to the one they are taught in school and increasingly college/university, we may b
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by mellow 18y ago
I would use a 3D printer to make another 3D printer.
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by mellow 18y ago
I'd say now is a good time to hide yourself away, work like crazy then emerge into the sunlight when the storm clouds pass - as inevitably they must - with something amazing, shiny and new.
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by mellow 18y ago
Hmmm... The Economist is a UK magazine, isn't it? There is a suggestion that another UK publication - The Guardian - helped win the election for GW four years ago when it asked its readers to write to American voters in swing states pleadin