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Re:The 2016 Election on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:21PM (#12728414)
What is really bad here is that we have to vote against a very bad candidate, not for a good one. Hilary needs to commit to certain priorities for all those groups that decided to vote for her - potentially compromising what she has promised so far - simply voting against Trump. Otherwise voting for her is a lost vote...
Re:What If Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set? on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @09:22AM (#8492548)
"We hope you’ve enjoyed your 10 free articles this month."
Re:Why we don't sell ads (2012) on Friday April 25, 2014 @11:38AM (#7647146)
Sooner or later the ads will come. Even if FB hadn't bought them, that is usually the painful transition most social sites need to go through.
Re:The NSA: An Inside View on Sunday December 15, 2013 @05:01PM (#6911105)
Important voice in the whole discussion around NSA, but forgive me being suspicious - it comes around the time his Kickstarter campaign is to end...
And he got a Nobel price... it sounds like an terrible joke.
Re:Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimidation on Sunday August 18, 2013 @07:44PM (#6234777)
They do it because they can and they learned that the public will scream for a few days and move on with their daily problems soon after.

It's sad, very sad. I am pessimistic and I have an impression looking at how Obama and co. are lying without any consequences, what NSA has being doing and other recent examples, that we lost that war and we have no tools to fight against it.

Re:Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @08:48PM (#3732501)
my bets...

1. GoPro-camera viral ad... 20% 2. funny joke... 10% 3. this is real ... 70%

damn... the track record of incredible, but fake videos in the recent past makes me feel skeptical, but I wish it was real

btw 0:57 the tracks on the grass.. look suspicious ;)

Re:Polish Prime Minister suspends the ACTA ratification on Friday February 03, 2012 @03:54PM (#3548944)
First of all this is a reaction to polls giving the ruling party a significant drop of acceptance within the young people, who have always been the strongest support group for them.

Second thing, let's don't be naive. Tusk knows very well that what was there to sign in Japan, has been signed. It's to late to stop certain things, it's all cold thinking about the popularity and the party has to be punished in the elections anyway... although the alternative is still terrible...

Re:I am done with the freemium business model on Monday January 02, 2012 @04:30PM (#3417451)
Can't fully test the free vs. paid as "we are closed for the 2011....", but I am not sure how uncomfortable was it to go free option versus paid (eg. big site logo on the free printout). Maybe the free option should be slightly more painful to make users consider paying?
Great initiative! I reckon the demand will boost shortly...

Where do you want to get to after 8 weeks? Would the "students" be ready to take junior RoR jobs straight after 8 weeks in your vision OR do you expect it will take longer?

Re:Show HN: A clean directory of awesome startups on Saturday November 05, 2011 @01:41PM (#3200334)
9.99 per month ?!?! Good joke
Hi Mike,

I love the initiative and using the opportunity... what is your opinion about my recently launched project http://www.mindthebook.com and what would you change to make it a better user experience?

Cheers

Re:How I Overcame Bipolar II (and Saved My Own Life) on Sunday October 02, 2011 @07:01PM (#3064321)
Because Michael Ellsburg's (the author) new book has just been launched we get this pretty old article on the first page of HN... sort of crap.

The article itself is interesting, though.

Ask HN: Afghan girls' school terror. Are Edu startups ready to help today?

Shocking news: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/taliban-kill-head-girls-school and I wonder if with all the education startups like Khan Academy, Ingenic etc. booming, are we ready today to help places like Afghanistan access education with still pretty poor infrastructure there? can we offer basic hardware with offline content? let's brainstorm...

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Being a non programmer I try to build my first web app in RoR, but as I am learning from scratch it will take some time. Any others starting from scratch here?

On the other hand I am completing a project I am really excited about, a long kept idea, using external developers, which I hope to reveal in June - http://www.mindthebook.com . Stay tuned.

Re:Startups Are Hard on Monday May 02, 2011 @07:56PM (#2508412)
Great post Chad, people thinking or already starting startups have to wake up and stop believing that if every second article on TC is about another funding, that there is already money waiting for them.

And with regards to Nobody / Somebody.... this post, might get you closer than you think to Somebody ;)

Good luck! You have the right product. Think what's missing...and is it really money?

Re:Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @11:49AM (#2442777)
Nice idea. Topic will always bring hot debates, but glassdoor is doing a pretty good job.

Apologies for a bit off topic, but I built a bit different site in Poland, where you can actually vote on salaries for job offers based on the location / job content / role / company name (if known) for job offers from various websites, where in salary field it says "atractive" or "high" etc. Have a look http://www.jakapensja.pl (in Polish)

Re:How I got a blank book to the top of the Amazon charts on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @07:20AM (#2436685)
Good idea to increase sales of his previous books. It would be good to know the PR costs, but I guess it must be a few thousand british pounds.

The point I like most out of the story is that there is still space to get viral with really limited budget. Creativity and having a plan is key.