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by nirvana 15y ago
How did you get featured on Tim Ferriss's blog? Just from all the kissing up you do in the video? (probably a good strategy....) We've been working on doing a video blog, but at this point its just experiments.. haven't had a chance to ful
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by nirvana 15y ago
When your server crashes like this... you can easily fix it by going to S3. just create a bucket with your domain name (Eg: maneeshsethi.com) then load a static page into that bucket, turn on "web access" in the S3 control panel, and redir
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by nirvana 15y ago
This is almost becoming a cliche, but that's a good thing, because I look forward to it becoming a massive trend! I'm dong a similar thing. In 2008, my cofounder and I sold off all of our stuff, and became full-time nomads. Our reasoning
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by nirvana 15y ago
The Apple II came with video built in. It also had a user interface in the form of a command line. Thus, when people used the computer, graphics were drawn on the screen, sometimes in the form of pictures (such as for games) and sometimes i
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by nirvana 15y ago
The key problem here is that people are conflating technologies that work on a completely different principle and don't have the same capabilities with the iPhone touch technology, and saying that their existence proves that nothing was inv
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by nirvana 15y ago
Your argument is akin to claiming that whoever invented magnetic audio recording on tapes didn't do anything innovative because Edison had already invented the gramophone. The paper you cite claims that people were working on multitouch at
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by nirvana 15y ago
The Mac. Nobody is disputing that every product relies on previous products. But the Mac is a good example of a technological break thru that had imperfect packaging, pricing AND timing. The packaging was too restrictive for the time. Jobs
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by nirvana 15y ago
Culture evolves over time, of course, and not to discount your observations, but I think over time, the success of the entrepreneurs in china will result in a shift in culture in the next generation. The other edge of that sword, though, is
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by nirvana 15y ago
"Welfare" is a general term that applies to a series of programs that date back to the 1930s, in the USA. So, it's existed for much more than a decade. I think we might be misunderstanding each other here. Peter Theil is, you're right, a
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by nirvana 15y ago
I never said this video was a fabrication, or that Xerox never invented any key technologies, like, for instance, the Mouse. Pretending that I did, is a bald faced lie on your part. You should consider the fact that, if you have to rely on
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by nirvana 15y ago
Do you realize you made several accusations against me, provided no facts to bolster them, and accused me of having "visible bias"? This communicates to me that when you hear something you agree with, you believe it to be "objective fact"
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by nirvana 15y ago
Between the time the iPhone was announced and released, Microsoft did whip up a quick demo... as anyone could have in the 1990s if they'd wanted to. Frankly, your claim about the Microsoft Surface false. It is completely irrelevant to this
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by nirvana 15y ago
The Microsoft Surface is not "multi-touch"[1]. It uses a completely different technology. Further that wikipedia article shows that the someone had the idea in 2001. Good for them. The movie Minority Report came out in 2002, and was in
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by nirvana 15y ago
The iPhone contains a key invention, and several innovations. This is the simple fact of reality. The reason these stories are constantly appearing on HN, nearly 4 years since the iPhone was introduced, is because those who want to diminis
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by nirvana 15y ago
Here's a calculator for founder equity split: http://foundrs.com/calculator/index.php (I think its faster than reading the whole QA session linked to in the original post.)
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by nirvana 15y ago
I believe -- unscientifically -- that sometimes high intelligence or high ability, can be detriments to greatness. I often see things that I think were done in a half-assed manner that are quite successful. I see people shipping things tha
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by nirvana 15y ago
I'm presuming that they are true, and that they are a revelation of an actual crime that you committed. Thus, by revealing the passphrase, you are revealing evidence about yourself, and effectively testifying against yourself. I believe you
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by nirvana 15y ago
Further, the definition of "child porn" now includes cartoon images, statements written by adults of a textual nature, and stories or other creations- by adults- depicting children. Not to mention, many pictures our parents took of us as in
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by nirvana 15y ago
Could you be more specific? Under the 5th ammendment, you can refuse to talk to the police. If a judge orders you to reveal it, or be held in contempt of court, is that not a "Testimony"? And thus, wouldn't giving your passphrase literall
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by nirvana 15y ago
I've always thought that a solution to the problems with insufficient 5th amendment protection would be to make your password a passphrase that contains an admission of a crime. For instance: "I admit that I smoked marijuana on the 5th of D
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by nirvana 15y ago
You're right, but I posed this very question to Kevin Mitnick once. He had just recounted how, during his prosecution, he'd been forced to give up his passphrase. (This was several years ago, and so I might have some specific details wrong
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by nirvana 15y ago
I can identify with what sebastian is experiencing here. Its easy to work with friends, or be friendly with your employees. Its easy for things to get casual. Its easy for people to start running everything by you. Its VERY easy for the s
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by nirvana 15y ago
False Dichotomy. Isaacson didn't present "all sides", he only presented one side, which was his uninformed and ignorant opinion. Often he would quote Steve saying something and then say "but that's a lie" or "that's the reality distortion
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by nirvana 15y ago
When I started out, a Hacker was an electronics or computer enthusiast. Steve Jobs was a hacker, though overshadowed by Woz, of course. I am as well. I watched as the media took that innocent word, with its origins in the MIT student railr
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by nirvana 15y ago
Think about the phrase "do we allow". I ask, what right do "you" have to stop me from investing my money wherever I like? I could go to a casino and blow $20,000 in a weekend. You're telling me that I can't put it into a startup that take
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by nirvana 15y ago
I'm curious how this recruiter would earn $15,000-$20,000. Is that the going rate for a full time hire? Is it usually a percentage of starting salary? Does it vary widely from firm to firm? Is it %20 of the starting salary?
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by nirvana 15y ago
Spreading a bunch of lies and engaging in the politics of personal destruction is not "holding him accountable". Also, I'm tired of seeing Apple haters say "I love me some iPods, so you must know I'm being objective when I say Steve Jobs mu
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by nirvana 15y ago
In 30 years, I've never seen the kind of people who hate Steve Jobs or hate Apple be honest about either.
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by nirvana 15y ago
In fact, that they split the company 50/50 when Jobs could have likely easily talked his way into a 70/30 split, is proof positive that the stories about Jobs being an asshole are bullshit. When you have high standards, a lot of people are
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by nirvana 15y ago
Isaacson's book is a hatchet job, with many errors, and some downright dishonest statements. It is a shame that Jobs cooperated with that hack. In numerous passages, Isaacson will quote Jobs saying something perfectly truthful[1], and then

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