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Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV 'leak'(bbc.com)
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Sizing the Fintech Opportunity(mattermark.com)
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The Case for Buying a Home You Can't Afford(bloomberg.com)
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by wj 11y ago
I would counter that the first nine months are also where you can easily get away with taking the baby out to a restaurant. After that you have a period of a few years where that is difficult as they have difficulty staying in one spot for
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by wj 11y ago
I remember buying books of logic problems for road trips as a child. Definitely contributed to my ability to think critically. I wonder if they make those anymore. Now I only see books of crosswords (they had those too when I was a child) a
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500 Startups Introduces Batch 15: Under-Sea Drones, Puppy Treats, Snow Plowing(techcrunch.com)
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“Software Eating the World” is about demographics(blog.startopz.com)
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by wj 11y ago
Ah. I misparsed your sentence.
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by wj 11y ago
What is a 401(k) if not participation in the stock (and/or bond) market?
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by wj 11y ago
Billionaires have one vote just like you and I do. I believe market methods are more effective at most things but environmental protection is not one of them due to the tragedy of the commons. If course I could be wrong.
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by wj 11y ago
Out of curiosity, what do you envision your fountain > pdf program to look like? When you say html are you exporting fountain to html and printing view your web browser? Re. your first point I think a lot of writers date their scripts as
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by wj 11y ago
How do they enforce their beliefs via the political process? Last time I checked (in the U.S. at least) you needed to be elected to office in order to pass policy and I don't believe there are that many billionaires in elected office.
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by wj 11y ago
Probably a lot of reasons behind it (and maybe charities like that do exist -- there are a lot of charities out there) but some countries do not allow foreign ownership of land. I believe Mexico you can only get a 99 year lease on land when
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by wj 11y ago
I used to write mostly comedy scripts (tone similar to Get Shorty) but only ever produced one (extremely low-budget) feature-length film which was more of a modern noir. Still have numerous scripts that I want to finish (who has the time?)
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by wj 11y ago
Two Hollywood screenwriters really dove down into Groundhog Day and is a discussion you might find insightful: http://johnaugust.com/2014/scriptnotes-ep-133-groundhog-day-...
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Raped, pregnant and afraid of being jailed(bbc.com)
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by wj 11y ago
If you aren't liable as the driver, and the biker is, how does it work if you car is damaged due to them not having auto insurance? One of the (few) nice things about insurance is that when you are in an auto accident typically the ins
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by wj 11y ago
I run Windows 8 inside Virtual Box but the Windows 10 upgrade won't install due to a graphics driver issue. Hoping that is fixed so I don't get left out in the cold.
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Somewhere Over the Brainbow: The Unicorn Window Is Closing(mattermark.com)
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by wj 11y ago
I believe Personal has a business plan for sharing passwords and data between teams. I haven't tried it though. https://www.personal.com/
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by wj 11y ago
I really love Ad Hoc at Home for this. It is Thomas Keller's most accessible book and in addition to recipes contains instructions for things like piecing out a chicken. I've bought the book as a gift at least a half-dozen times.
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Show HN: Advice from 242 Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lectures(leanpub.com)
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Silicon Valley – still the capital of tech(bbc.com)
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by wj 11y ago
Can I ask the name of the tavern? As a huge Yankees fan living in St. Louis I might stop by some time I'm in the neighborhood.
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On the Shred (YC S15) Video Lawsuit(blog.ycombinator.com)
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by wj 11y ago
I think every person pulls something unique out of a talk depending on their experience and challenges they are currently facing. For me the biggest thing that has stuck with me was this quote: "Solve a problem by creating a business r
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by wj 11y ago
I was thinking it might be through scaling up the next batch.
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by wj 11y ago
Clicking through to one of them ( http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/4922?eventId=32998738&ca... ) says: "In July 2015, Y Combinator introduced YC Fellowship Program to make an investment of $12,000 into 1
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by wj 11y ago
One of the founders gave an amazing talk at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=3432 Worth listening to if you are interested in starting a company
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by wj 11y ago
If you're ever looking for something that captures the Sneakers spirit then I very highly recommend the TV show Rubicon that was on AMC a few years back. Unfortunately cancelled after one season but if you look around you can find it.

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