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‘Never Settle for the Lowest Common Denominator’(statspotting.com)
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It’s the Year 2200(statspotting.com)
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Run Upstairs(statspotting.com)
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Serendipity Is a Trillion Dollar Idea(statspotting.com)
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Interesting Way To Spot Startup Ideas(statspotting.com)
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Paul Graham vs Albert Einstein(statspotting.com)
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Facebook is not worth $33B (Sep 2010)(signalvnoise.com)
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Ask HN: How Would You Improve Stackoverflow?
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Hacker Dreams Up Crypto Passport Using the Tech Behind Bitcoin(wired.com)
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Why There Might Never Be Another Tech Bubble(startupmanagement.org)
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Water ATMs in Rajasthan(m.ibnlive.com)
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by npguy 13y ago
The assumptions made around Bitcoin being "programmable cash" are debatable. It is not moving in that direction - some thoughts on what is going wrong with the Bitcoin economy: http://statspotting.com/bitcoin-econ
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by npguy 13y ago
Here is some stats perspective on the size of student loans: http://statspotting.com/outstanding-student-loans-in-the-us-...
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by npguy 13y ago
Netflix is also making a huge mistake in its product strategy on the device front that will probably haunt them forever. http://statspotting.com/the-one-mistake-that-might-haunt-net...
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by npguy 13y ago
Given the effort that VCs put in to understand the business, this ratio of value addition is not surprising. http://fakevalley.com/conmen-arrested-for-cheating-vcs-by-se...
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by npguy 13y ago
Apple should spend its cash on things that matter, like new product ideas. http://fakevalley.com/apple-investing-in-black-magic-to-get-...
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by npguy 13y ago
Have to love these conclusions, particularly of the blink variety. They sound so scientific you almost believe that there is some science behind them. Like this one. http://fakevalley.com/breakthrough-coffee-and-sugar-are-bo
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by npguy 13y ago
Here is some perspective on the size of US student loans: http://statspotting.com/outstanding-student-loans-in-the-us-...
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by npguy 13y ago
You should also check out FakeValley - http://fakevalley.com
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by npguy 13y ago
Just after piracy hit all time lows. Good timing really. http://fakevalley.com/microsoft-pirated-software-sales-also-...
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by npguy 13y ago
What we need, is a Groupon model without Groupon in the middle. The idea is explained here: http://firespotting.com/item?id=2320
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by npguy 13y ago
The movie kind of confirms the fact that steve jobs actually lived for 150 years. http://fakevalley.com/steve-jobs-actually-lived-for-150-year...
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by npguy 13y ago
Posted this on firespotting - there is definitely a small profitable business in your idea -
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by npguy 13y ago
Gladwell also needs to learn a few things from the Indian parent - http://statspotting.com/malcolm-gladwell-meet-this-genius-ca...
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by npguy 13y ago
Thanks for the pointer. Did not try teles.pe - basically Firespotting started as an exercise to create a "hacker news clone" on EC2 - and Google guided me to the arc script implementation on EC2. Basically this link: http://nicholasblee.co
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by npguy 13y ago
For some good ideas around mobile and internet you can try looking at http://firespotting.com it is basically a hackernews for ideas.
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by npguy 13y ago
There is a HN for ideas at http://firespotting.com
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by npguy 13y ago
Just Finish Everything. Golden advice. Http://statspotting.com/just-finish-everything/
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by npguy 13y ago
If you need ideas for things to build, you can look at http://firespotting.com - Hacker News for Ideas.
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by npguy 13y ago
Many of these studies try to generalize the subjects too much: the fact of life is that everyone needs more money. That is just how we as humans have chosen to structure the world around us. And happiness cannot be measured in any objective

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