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Ask HN: How best to cook a steak?
21 points by whyleyc 14y ago|20 comments
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by whyleyc 14y ago
It's a t-shirt. It's raising money for a great cause. Buy it if you like it. If not, spare us the semantic analysis - the only thing it does is add to the perception of a community disappearing up it's own arse.
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Good question - I was the original submitter and didn't change it, so must have been one of the mod's. I preferred TNW's version as there is more context in it. Also TNW had the story first - Mike Butcher was late on stage after Patrick's a
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Have been waiting a long time for this :) When announcing it onstage Patrick said anyone interested in participating in the beta should email him: patrick [at] stripe [dot] com I hope he's ready for the email deluge !
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Stripe launches beta in the UK(techcrunch.com)
254 points by whyleyc 14y ago|104 comments
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Some good speakers throughout the day, including Patrick Collison (Stripe), Ben Huh (Cheezburger) & Andrew Ng (Coursera). Full schedule here: http://london.websummit.net/schedule
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Live stream of Web Summit London (new.livestream.com)
1 points by whyleyc 14y ago|1 comments
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by whyleyc 14y ago
I'm not arguing that code in and of itself is sufficient, rather that it is the one necessary fundamental for most online/app-based/saas style businesses. Without code you don't even have a pig to put lipstick on.
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by whyleyc 14y ago
There is no Snapchat business without code.
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by whyleyc 14y ago
It's unclear from the data: http://m.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homici... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdExS... http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook...
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by whyleyc 14y ago
I live in a country where less than 7 people in every 100 owns a gun and where there are less than 50 homicides per year due to firearms. You live in a country where 88 out of every 100 citizens owns a gun and with less than 5% of the wor
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by whyleyc 14y ago
"I'll start by saying we do not have a gun problem in this country. We have a people problem" You have a culture problem, not a people problem. A culture whereby you are so fearful of violence that you have to carry a gun on your person
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by whyleyc 14y ago
In terms of getting up too early in the morning some friends of mine have had good success with a Gro-Clock which gives children a visual indicator of when it's ok to get up: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gro-Clock-HJ008-Gro-Clock-Trainer/dp...
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Philip - well done for retaining a sense of humour in the face of such outstandingly helpful feedback from the HN armchair critic brigade. Stay foolish :)
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Kind of a meta-post experiment :) See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5091763
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Designer News discussing Hacker News' discussion of Designer News(news.layervault.com)
11 points by whyleyc 14y ago|3 comments
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Agreed. Ed should bear none of the responsibility for what happened to Aaron - this was an unexpected and tragic outcome to a desperately sad situation. But Ed and others around here do need to take responsibilty for the comments they wri
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by whyleyc 14y ago
It's not dramatic to suggest that a discussion forum actually provide useful commentary on a story beyond pointless meta-discussions about link titles. It's also reasonable to expect that a story on hn might be about more than "technology
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by whyleyc 14y ago
If you are already selling, here's a piece of actionable advice if you want to test whether a user will pay more for your software than you are currently selling it at - Advertise the software at the higher price point, then when the user b
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Or they are just language pedants incapable of connecting with a human story.
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by whyleyc 14y ago
I guess most people would assume that running on train tracks wouldn't be a very sensible idea given the significant possibility of getting squashed by a train :)
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by whyleyc 14y ago
The parent asked why he should go paperless, not what technologies would enable him to do so. What makes it a worthwhile thing to do ?
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Actually you suggested that copied works would be redistributed - I was addressing the parent comment which covered the notion of printing a PDF to personally consume it in paper form. If that action is unlawful I'd wager that 99% of office
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by whyleyc 14y ago
That interpretation of fair use is too narrow - there is precedent for for copying whole works, it is the context in which they are used which determines infringement. A fair use defence of printing a copy of a PDF for personal consumption
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Nonsense - that's like saying you aren't allowed to buy a kitchen knife because you might stab someone with it.
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Where's your citation for this or is it just pure speculation ?
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by whyleyc 14y ago
I'm not suggesting that they should go internet-only, just that they may want to consider making their website ... consistent and readable ? I don't care that they don't have shopping carts, or "buy now" buttons, or online payments, or ship
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by whyleyc 14y ago
My housemate couldn't find what she wanted despite being an art technician. - No search - Items placed in bizarre categories - Pages with 404s Fail.
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Couldn't this be fixed by Amazon just requiring you to be logged in when you start a chat with them ? Tiny bit of extra hassle for the user but is made up for by the fact that Amazon wouldn't need to bother asking any security questions to
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by whyleyc 14y ago
Just because a site makes money doesn't make it good. Think about how much more they could make if they actually invested in a half-decent web presence. My housemate used this site recently to try and order some stuff and was almost reduced

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