tom_ilsinszki

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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
Animals may plan sometimes, but it seems to be the exception, not the rule. "According to the 'mental time travel hypothesis' animals, unlike humans, cannot mentally travel backwards in time to recollect specific past events (episodic memor
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
If I understand what you say correctly, you don't like when geeks act out the geek stereotype. I feel the same way. We like computers, but that shouldn't stop us from having a nice conversation, being funny and attractive to others (intelle
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
Whenever a non-technical person asks a computer related question, like: "Is it possible to do X?", I have to force myself to give a short answer, without going into details, in a way that it will fit that person's needs and abilities. I hav
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
See your point (btw I liked the comment you posted about your gf; I feel the same way). Okay then, there should be an option to mask your identity as anonymous, if you're not totally comfortable with a subject and post it like that. But tho
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
"Make all users post under real names that you verify". Advantages: * Better comment quality: verified users would think twice if they wanted a curse words to show up when someone googled their name. * Connectivity: If you like someone's re
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
An icon for iPhone users would be nice... EDIT: Oh, and thank you! It really seems to be better than iCombinator.
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
Completely rational and smart people can form an irrational group. Since you have a network of people, they could form such a group, that everyone's individual talents are cancelled out. This is why, I don't believe in complete democracy at
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
>>> You constantly have to 'battle' against focusing "on what you're not," Well, I don't have to. If I focus on the problem I'm facing probably I will be happy with the outcome. One thing is for sure: My "focusing on the problem
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
Life is _not_ suffering. * When I am unhappy it is because I'm focusing on what I am not, and what the end result should be. * If I focus on the process and the problem at hand, and I focus really hard, I will not have any more brainpower t
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
M.I.A.'s album is also "untorrentable".
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
At best it will not matter that much, but it will not help spreading the news. How will people search for the album after the next one comes out? "Mia album previous" I think this is when cool gets in the way of usability. (On the other han
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
Idea: since the comments are hierarchical there could be a thread for each continent.
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
"[...]use one of the 278 existing job sites[...]" I like to know what people in this community are working on. I'm not, however, interested in job openings in general. My points are: 1 ) a job site is not the same, unless it is tied to thi
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
On fivesecondtest, do testers behave like "real" visitors or are they "overqualified geeks"? How similar are they to the average visitor? Does anyone have first hand experiences?
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
It's a great way of advertising too. For example, it could be integrated into facebook too, this way, people know what their friends are planting, which helps spread the news about your site and service.
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
"I thought I’d be the next YouTube" As far as I know YouTube is far from being a financial success either...
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
Oh man, I didn't wanna say it before, but like, I have the same freaking idea. I mean the webapp thing... I think we should totally team up.
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Ask HN: Bad experiences after sharing your idea?
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
There is a potential danger with Skype. If I know correctly, phone companies (at least in eastern Europe) have to meet some standards set by the government. Since Skype is not a phone company, it does not have to meet any of these standards
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
Just imagine a movie, where 3D is not used as a distraction, but in harmony with the movie; and where the story is complex and beautiful. The only question is, which movie will it be.
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
In Chaplin's autobiography there is a part about the first movies that weren't silent. Everyone was used to silent films, and even Chaplin felt, that speech might hurt his character. I agree 3D movies are different, but they are here, and i
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
Rule #28941: When someone cracks a joke say "ha-ha-ha" out loud.
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
You might be right about my vision being distorted, and I will think about that, but just so you understand me correctly: I did not say anything about selflessness. I have no doubt, that every move Apple makes is a business move; still, I d
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by tom_ilsinszki 16y ago
We techies are guilty of always wanting everything. I see projects a lot of time, that won't move forward because the developers will not have the balls to stand up and draw the line between things the software will to, and the software wil
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by tom_ilsinszki 17y ago
I had a chat with one of my friends about what makes us tick; and I found that whenever I write code, I think about individuals using it - and loving it. I think, I was like 5, when I watched my dad drawing a dog, a house, and some animated
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by tom_ilsinszki 17y ago
Do you know this from experience? I'm really curious how iPhone app customers "work".
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by tom_ilsinszki 17y ago
A lot of people rate iPhone apps when deleting them, so I think a low price can really hurt your ratings. If an app is too cheap a lot of people, who aren't that interested will download it. After, however, they realize they never use it, t
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by tom_ilsinszki 17y ago
Were you the only one developing it? How long did it take? Love the app and the video on the webpage, by the way.
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by tom_ilsinszki 17y ago
"For C++ and more complex projects, you can pick from the U.S and Europe." – I never thought programming languages where area-dependent.
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by tom_ilsinszki 17y ago
"When you do your own thing, you give others inspiration and permission to do their own thing." - I once read in a psychology book, that a lot of us don't get permission from our parents to do specific things. Giving a person permission to

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