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by pmichaud 17y ago
Yeah, you're right. Part of the reason I wrote this is that I've been getting a lot of those questions lately and it seemed convenient to have a link ready at hand 8)
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by pmichaud 17y ago
I didn't think this was particularly relevant to HN, which is why I didn't submit it, but if you're looking for an angle, this article is extremely relevant to those seeking employment. Think about what kind of first impression you make, in
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Summary: Don't overserve your market. If you only offer "enough" you can segment more effectively.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Neat. Once you have a very clear problem statement, you can write a program that can perform experiments and analyze the results. It's a step.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
I was kidding. You should skim my submissions.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
tl;dr Researcher coded fairly short conversations between about 60 married couples, then six years later he fed their marital status and self rated happiness into the computer. He used modeling software to create an optimal equation for pre
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by pmichaud 17y ago
It sounds like she may have some minor hearing problems, but I think your social disabilities probably have a much greater affect on you than her disability has on her.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
What kind of a blowhard would make bombastic claims of achievement against the odds?
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by pmichaud 17y ago
About 80% of the income comes from books, 20% from things like ads and affiliate links (reply to grandparent). Actually though, I was hoping to accomplish something different than "drop everything for your pie in sky, because it'll be great
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How I retired at age 25(petermichaud.com)
82 points by pmichaud 17y ago|46 comments
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by pmichaud 17y ago
High comments don't really mean you hit on a point well. In my experience it means you polarized a bunch of people: some people fall over themselves thanking you, others call you an idiot.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Er... Dick was one of hte most influential scifi authors of our time. He wrote Bladerunner. Maybe he was over the top, but if anyone could say something like that with a straight face, maybe it's Dick.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
You only think that's a disadvantage because you're a geek, not a suit. Suits live for things that have to be replaced.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Ok, yeah... but, as someone who actually writes long form sales pages, I'm impressed. He nailed the shit out of it. I bet he'll make a mint on this page.
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Achievement Porn Follow up: Meaningful Work(petermichaud.com)
3 points by pmichaud 17y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How to automatically mirror your own sites?
4 points by pmichaud 17y ago|3 comments
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Achievement Porn(petermichaud.com)
219 points by pmichaud 17y ago|120 comments
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by pmichaud 17y ago
I wrote this a while back. Writing is Thinking: http://www.petermichaud.com/essays/the-secret-about-writing-...
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by pmichaud 17y ago
I've seen worse apologies, but the weaselly wording still leaves a bad taste in my mouth: He learned of "the challenges" fabulis faced. He apologizes for the "confusion about the status" of the account. He regrets the "unintended message" t
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by pmichaud 17y ago
I don't get the title. Summary: Guy writes app in college, it's pretty good, applies to YC, doesn't quite get in, builds it anyway, gets his own VC, launches the site Feb 8th. Site is: GoodCrush.com Save the trouble of reading.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Not at all. What I mean is that if I invest in a platform, I expect the rules to stay roughly the same so I can hope to make a fairly predictable return on my investment. If Apple creates a track record for itself of saying things like: Eve
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Interesting. Synopsis is that there's a temple complex in Turkey that dates back 11,500 years, way before anything like it (6,000 years before stone henge, for example). The earlier theories were that farming and animal domestication led to
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Of course Apple is free to do whatever with it's platform, but it's a little suicidal to change the rules out from under the people who make your platform worthwhile by creating its content. A couple more shifts like that might cause a big
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by pmichaud 17y ago
You should read Martin Fowler's Refactoring, it's the bible on that sort of thing.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
I'll add functions at the drop of a hat. Even for one line of code: instead of commenting the line to explain that it Does Foobar, I'll just drop it into a function DoFoobar().
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Yes, if you buy one they are about the price. However, if you buy 10, they are about $250, so buying in bulk makes a lot of sense if you're planning to publish more than one book.
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by pmichaud 17y ago
Er... ok Mr. Downvote guy, then what beef should I have?
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by pmichaud 17y ago
I guess people are upset because he didn't make it clear that it was a pseudonym. I don't see the beef, really.
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Hack the World: A Conspiracy of None(petermichaud.com)
1 points by pmichaud 17y ago|0 comments
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by pmichaud 17y ago
A little more context would be outstanding.

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