pensiveye

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Why the auto business sucks
1 points by pensiveye 14y ago|0 comments
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by pensiveye 14y ago
There's a great book called 'Founders At Work' that tells Max Levchin's account of PayPal's early days. Apparently they stopped considering PayPal a payments company very early on. They moved on to being a fraud prevention company. In reali
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by pensiveye 15y ago
I know there are a lot of arguments for why the user owns a completely free interface that revolutionized electronic communication. I know that many of them will be stated below. I acknowledge that these arguments have weight and validity.
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True Wage Slavery(motherjones.com)
3 points by pensiveye 15y ago|1 comments
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by pensiveye 15y ago
The big 'Pay with PayPal' link really throws me off about the whole thing.
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Ask HN: A good charity to contribute to?
2 points by pensiveye 15y ago|2 comments
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by pensiveye 15y ago
This is where we started a couple of years ago. He has expressed a lot of interest in app design, and I'm taking the track of "walk before you fly." As an intensely analytic and intelligent guy, I think he's ready to get into the code. Surp
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43rd anniversary of the greatest rooftop concert(motherjones.com)
1 points by pensiveye 15y ago|0 comments
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Ask YC: Best way to get my son started on programming?
9 points by pensiveye 15y ago|17 comments
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by pensiveye 15y ago
At first read I was getting all upset about what a short-sell of virtualization the definition was. Then I read it again and realized it was an intro, and how do you really introduce a concept that solves so many problems? I'm looking forwa
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by pensiveye 15y ago
"...it was consistent with the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 to retain as much of the current workforce and its critical skills as possible." Does this sound anything like what you would envision as a core qualification for a long term tec
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by pensiveye 15y ago
I think you will find most people don't walk away from this with a full understanding of who is to blame. Instead, many may create a sub-conscious linkage with the Avenger and a bad customer service story. It's easy to create perceptions an
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by pensiveye 15y ago
The substitution picture is absolutely genius. Made my morning. Thanks for that.
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Startuphood and Parenthood(techcrunch.com)
6 points by pensiveye 15y ago|2 comments
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by pensiveye 15y ago
The moment that about face happened, when he said, "Screw it." That was when Mr. Jobs created the campaign. Certainly there was creative work involved that deserves much credit, but the leap was made in that mind and in that moment. In the