ryanmnly

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   by ryanmnly 18y ago

   I believe in the product. And although I have been involved in startups previously, I've either worked for one or haven't been in a position to found one as serious as this. My personal risk is greater and I naturally question it more. And
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   by ryanmnly 18y ago

   I don't think most people mind advertising. It's the ads that force videos and sound and blatent distractions that they don't like. But for the most part, it is a reality of how these sites make money and if it keeps things free, it is an i
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   Ask HN: Open discussion on the type of VC you really need

   1 points by ryanmnly 18y ago|3 comments
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   by ryanmnly 18y ago

   So you are asking if there is a correlation between mental health and worries about bugs in your code? Given the fact that coding leads to watching the sun rise from your desk chair, the hope that this particular algorithm saves the world,
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   by ryanmnly 18y ago

   I would assume that if a VC got the reputation of taking ideas and pushing them to other groups instead of the originators, it would kill their credibility. And without credibility, no one is going to go to them for funding.
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   by ryanmnly 18y ago

   That reminds me of a book called "Disney: The Mouse Betrayed." It made very interesting points about the shadowy doings of Disney behind closed doors. Unfortunately, it was written with such a bias that I could not take it with more than a
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   by ryanmnly 18y ago

   I've never had a negative impression of him. He is confident and forces you to think in a different direction. I also know the "4 hour" week is an exaggeration. Pay close attention and he does a lot of work related stuff (including writing
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   by ryanmnly 18y ago

   First, we definitely need critiques, and as many as possible. Aside from ad revenue, the plan for monetization is to charge for the data we collect. On a subscription basis, we want government officials, interest groups and lobbyists to pay
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   by ryanmnly 18y ago

   You are both right, thanks for the feedback. These are the types of things we need to iron out immediately. We've been working with a few different layouts, but without users actually engaging, it is difficult to assess what works best. We
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    Launch of FourthBranch.US(fourthbranch.us)

    4 points by ryanmnly 18y ago|0 comments
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    by ryanmnly 18y ago

    I'd like to let everyone know that we have launched our Fourth Branch, http://www.fourthbranch.us , for use and testing. It took us longer than planned to move to production, but our initial version is considerably better than what we prev
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    by ryanmnly 18y ago

    I think it is worth noting that although this is a good step in the right direction, Recovery.org is not going to make it easy to find unpopular information. It would be unreasonable to expect President Obama to highlight things that he bel
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    by ryanmnly 18y ago

    Even published on the recovery.gov site, it is still difficult to hone in on specific information. The bill is just entirely to big to be easily "accessible." Some type of smart search engine for it would be handy.