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by xux 13y ago
If you start a startup in New York, you can forgo business taxes for 10 years.
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by xux 13y ago
You can't press Enter to line break. Was that intended?
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"Facebook Inc. changed its newsfeed algorithm. You’ll never believe what happened to Upworthy’s traffic next." The start of the article is gold.
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Because you have to upload them, wait for them to upload, limited by size, zero control over files once they're sent, etc.
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That's really interesting. Will you open-source the NLP algorithm?
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"I already know what the reaction to this essay will be. Half the readers will say that Microsoft is still an enormously profitable company..." Looks like he hit right on the spot.
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Ask HN: Do you regularly read news related to your industry to keep up to date?
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Jason Calacanis launches Inside, a mobile news-curation app powered by humans(gigaom.com)
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>It is estimated that the Dutch transported 550,000-600,000 Africans as slaves. Although slavery is banned, the Dutch society still has exploitation of expats ingrained in their mentality. Just read the blog... what the hell?
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But it's precisely because Uber was able to get such traction, that other companies followed into the field. Lyft and Gettit may not be "clones", but I'd wager the followed the industry leader (Uber) in the the field. Ge
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Status says it's up, but my Google Apps email doesn't work. Good thing I've my emails backed up.
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>The extension from "call the car company to get a car" to "use an app to get a car" is a pretty obvious innovation, particularly in NYC. Sounds like downplaying success to me. Everything is obvious once it's don
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by xux 13y ago
So what? You can say that about any large tech companies. Google wasn't the first search engine. Apple didn't make the first music player. Facebook wasn't the first social network. Being unique doesn't matter a single bi
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Don’t change link colors in emails(blog.bitofnews.com)
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That's a pretty cynical view. You're a assuming people will strive for the lowest common denominator of living standards just so they can get free housing. Do some people take advantage of welfare? Sure. But if you're doing
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What we're discussing here isn't how to maximize happiness. An entrepreneur's job isn't to be happy, it's to get things done. I specifically bring up entrepreneurs because 1.) I assume most people here can connect a
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The problem with focusing on the system is that it gives you an excuse to procrastinate. Last set too hard? Well I workout everyday anyways! That bag of chips is irresistible? Well I ate healthy all week! The Goal vs System approach work fo
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I've a suggestion to FansUnite. Instead of asking people to enter a username and a email, why not just use email as the login name? Much less annoying. Also, ask for Twitter handle after the user finishes registration. You want you
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I think people are pointing out "survivor bias" because the qualities listed aren't unique to successful companies.
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Wow looks amazing. I tried doing some queries on public directories, and it even supports parameter passing. Will be using this for some side projects.
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Very nice use of Medium theme...
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by xux 13y ago
And how did Japan get to where it is today, without fast economic success?
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N/S: Sensing is paying attention to facts, literally things you can hear, see, feel. Intuition is prediction, what do the facts mean ? J/P: Judgement is about planning, making concrete decisions. Perception is leaving options ope
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by xux 13y ago
In December I found a glitch in my university's directory that let me have access to personal info of over 60,000 professors, students, and staff. I was thinking of writing an email to the IT, but fuck that. I'm not paying for som
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they redirect to mobile.* though
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The article was written by Ben Horowitz.
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by xux 13y ago
Maybe you have ADD [serious]. During the school year, I can't focus on reading even 5 pages of textbook. It's only after I started taking adderall could I blaze through 100s of pages per day.
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My bad, yes square.
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Just read the description on Amazon, • Evan “Ev” Williams, the ambitious farm boy from Clarks, Nebraska, who had already created Blogger and sold it to Google for millions. Quiet and protective... • Jack Dorsey, the tattooed “nobody” who
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by xux 13y ago
what framework are you using to render the graph?

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