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Re:Politics is bad because we use an 18th century voting system on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:26PM (#17207720)
Santa Clara (in Silicon Valley) has a measure proposing Ranked Choice Voting.

For: https://www.betterelectionsforsantaclara.com Against: https://noasantaclara.com/

Re:Politics is bad because we use an 18th century voting system on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:31PM (#17207031)
The first step of a vote should be to randomly select 11 people who will be given responsibility for selecting the best choice and given time and resources to take it seriously. By "seriously" I mean like for a US presidential election a paid year of studying.

It terms of feasibility it should be popular because everyone wins either an hour of their life back or wins a chance to really make a difference.

(Starting out a vote by randomly selecting a smaller set of participants is called "sortition")

Re:Music theory for nerds on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @04:04PM (#12542871)
Thanks! This sounds like good terminology and your writing attempts to answer the question in ways I haven't seen elsewhere.

Also I think the fact that songs can get stuck in your head suggests some kind of mental reinforcement exercise for patterns over time.

Re:Music theory for nerds on Sunday September 18, 2016 @11:31PM (#12528665)
I've skimmed a lot of articles on music "theory" but none of them provide anything like what I'm looking for. A music theory should explain:

1. Why do we like pieces when played forward but not backward or inverted?

2. Why do certain sounds evoke certain emotions?

3. How could you write a program to pick out music that people find especially good (versus music that has surface similarities)?

In other words, why does a particular sequence of sounds A, B, C lead to a mental state M that has particular internal qualities?

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015) on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @08:19PM (#10156701)
Linc | Sunnyvale | ONSITE

Senior Front-end engineer passionate about solid code and awesome user experiences!

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular.

Posting at http://www.letslinc.com/jobs/engineering/senior-frontend-eng.... Apply to [email protected].

Ask HN: How much to pay recruiters if no payment terms have been discussed?

Posted by ektimo on Saturday May 19, 2012 @06:37PM
from the ask-hn dept.

A recruiter sent me a resume and asked if I wanted the person's contact info. The email header said that any communication with the candidate needed to be initiated through them. We decided to interview him and let recruiter know. We liked the person and made an informal offer. How should we handle this? I don't think we have any legal obligation to pay anything since I never agreed to...

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Re:Ask HN: Help a Hacker Out on Wednesday February 29, 2012 @01:21AM (#3646686)
We're seeking a smart guy/Python/big data engineer. Please send your resume (or other evidence of ability) to jobs(at)proximiant(dot)com. Proximiant is developing a touch-and-go digital receipt service.
Re:Mythbusters experiment goes awry, sends cannonball through two houses on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @09:10PM (#3327225)
"Incredibly, no one was injured in the mishap."

It's not incredible. Most space isn't filled with people.

Re:Beyond bubble: Google loses its mind on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @07:18PM (#2172904)
This sounds a lot more like Path loses its mind.
Re:LinkedIn to File for IPO Today on Thursday January 27, 2011 @10:31AM (#2148135)
The title is misleading. The article says "as soon as today".
Re:Is the "About" button more important than we think? on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @05:11PM (#2141150)
Yes, though we may not be typical. But I'm surprised how many blogs I run into that don't have any About. An About on HN would be nice too.
Re:Ask HN: Landing page Vs. jumping right in? on Monday January 17, 2011 @04:00PM (#2113451)
Generally I like it jumping straight in, but "it depends". (If anyone says "test it", generally I'd prefer you to be spending that time making the game better.")
Re:Developing on WP7 vs Android vs iPhone on Thursday December 30, 2010 @05:24PM (#2053778)
I meant it doesn't complain when sending a message to a nil object though this is probably not what you intended and makes tracking down bugs harder... or maybe I just have C++ mindset.
Re:Show HN: Review our public website? on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @07:40PM (#1741607)
Clickable link: http://salesathand.com/

Ask HN: How to generate Product Hyptheses?

Posted by ektimo on Saturday August 28, 2010 @07:24PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Steve Blank describes a Customer Discovery methodology that starts with a Product Hypothesis and then tests and refines it. But what if you aren't at step #1 yet? What are some good ways to generate hypotheses?Thanks!

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Re: Stop delegating. What you can learn from Joe DePinto, CEO of 7-eleven on Friday February 26, 2010 @08:00PM (#1154633)
in this clip he learns that folks working at the stores feel they aren't really part of 7-eleven as a whole company and can't advance anywhere

Reminded me of http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38690

LOWELL, MA–Jeremy Novato, a recent graduate of a well-respected Lowell high school, has secured a position with the McDonald's Corporation, a high-ranking Fortune 500 company. "I'm tremendously excited to have this opportunity to work with the world's number-one restaurant chain," said Novato, 18, pouring ketchup into a large metallic pump dispenser at the $41 billion company's Exeter Road branch Monday."

Re:Ask PG: What have I done wrong? on Friday January 15, 2010 @06:25PM (#1056167)
For some browsers you will need to use: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tl%3Bdr
Re:Ask HN: Where do you host your startup web services? on Thursday January 14, 2010 @06:21PM (#1053825)
I have the same question, but what if the uptime requirement is only something like 97%? Backups is a requirement though.
Re:Facebook is Building a New Payment Operations Team on Thursday January 07, 2010 @05:01PM (#1038122)
Isn't a 30% transaction fee too high for this? Unlike iPhone/Android, you still get the distribution channel regardless of whether you use Facebook's credit system.
Re:My billion dollar business idea on Monday November 09, 2009 @07:39PM (#932132)
Obecalp ("placebo" backwards) will be available for purchase from http://inventedbyamother.com/

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