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by pclark 14y ago
The internet does a lot of good but times like this it can be scary – or just plain wrong. Once the wheels of motion are turning there is nothing anyone can do, even the way Hacker News behaved with it's mob mentality was absurd – two peo
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by pclark 14y ago
I don't understand what this has to do with Y Combinator.
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by pclark 14y ago
you're amusingly vitriolic about this
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by pclark 14y ago
I think they should just make reviews less than 3 stars require a text explanation.
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by pclark 14y ago
it seems kind of ridiculous to presume that one rogue one star rating would get a driver fired. i would assume that there is more to firing drivers than simply the rating system – someone must talk to the passenger to figure out what is up.
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by pclark 14y ago
You could do it for cargo ships of all kinds. Something astounding like 35% of the Maersk fleet sits idle at any given time.
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by pclark 14y ago
when i read about greader shutting down I instantly thought "good day for Samuel"
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by pclark 14y ago
This was a thousand times better than I expected. great job.
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by pclark 14y ago
What power do investors have if they don't have board control? All the percentage equity stuff seems irrelevant.
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by pclark 14y ago
that is incredible
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by pclark 14y ago
correct! we built something, it didn't work out, so we built something new.
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Vimessa (YC S11) Deadpooled, Founders Launch User Retention Service, Userfox(techcrunch.com)
6 points by pclark 14y ago|3 comments
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Is it better to burn out or to fade away?(deathandtaxesmag.com)
6 points by pclark 14y ago|1 comments
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Why Drag It Out?(theatlantic.com)
4 points by pclark 14y ago|0 comments
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The Joel from Buffer feature.(userfox.com)
6 points by pclark 14y ago|0 comments
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by pclark 14y ago
I believe the big spike a year last Nov/Dec was the cricket bat story that went mainstream media. The one after, was that _why going offline?
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Codecademy Partners With Twitter, Evernote, and Others To Offer New API Lessons(techcrunch.com)
98 points by pclark 14y ago|33 comments
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by pclark 14y ago
Jim Eno, from Spoon, was a semiconductor chip designer up until Spoon released Gimmie Fiction. They released four albums before Gimmie Fiction and had multiple international tours.
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by pclark 14y ago
Apple Remote Desktop does almost everything you're describing.
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by pclark 14y ago
You'd burn through $5M scarily fast with a staff of 28.
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by pclark 14y ago
I seem to remember Cambridge Medical School students learning Latin. Can anyone confirm?
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by pclark 14y ago
I personally think this is a matter of personal preference, but the critical thing is to ensure you always use the same terminology throughout the entire application. Mixing them up is horrendous.
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The Voice of the People is Data(tomtunguz.com)
4 points by pclark 14y ago|0 comments
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by pclark 14y ago
I have to wait how long to ascertain what exec is? The landing page should say "Exec will do whatever you desire for $25/hour, such as:" and then carousel through examples.
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Museums Grapple With Onerous Restrictions on Donations(nytimes.com)
3 points by pclark 14y ago|0 comments
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Teaching ‘Macbeth’ in Middle School(nytimes.com)
4 points by pclark 14y ago|0 comments
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by pclark 14y ago
I say the same thing about why I loathe Chrome and adore Safari. I can't really say why, Safari just feels right.
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by pclark 14y ago
Am I missing something or is Jekyll an outrageously user un friendly blogging platform? I have to create a text file, specify the layout, ensure the timestamp and title is in the filename, and then write HTML. I am stunned no one has made
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by pclark 14y ago
The unfortunate (to this article) truth is that the odds of x person being talented is higher if they went to a great school. I think it's often safe to assume that if you went to a top school you have either (or both) determination or raw
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by pclark 14y ago
I wish this would exist all my existing IMAP emails. Then I'd use this.

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