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Yeah, in the US Charles Schwab provides most of this stuff (they refund all ATM fees so you effectively can use whatever ATM you want, they have an app w/ check depositing, etc) and has for a long time. Don't really get it.

The "instant signup" page says I have to wait one day for underwriters to assess the app, is that normal?

"seats upholstered with the tanned skin of Scandinavian virgins"

Ew?

I'm so glad the chances of San Francisco hosting the olympics in the near future are basically 0

"I don't much care about the successes of the developers if they come at the cost of the tools I've invested time switching into"

It's a bit silly to say that you don't care about their interests, if they come at the expense of your interests, but you think that them having what is arguably a milder version of that same attitude (i.e. that they value their own financial interests over your time invested in their product) is a "dick move".

What law entitles users to bug fixes for major issues?

MyGengo has built a fantastically useful tool which has saved me a ton of time and money. I don't know anything about the addressable market size, but they have <i>nailed</i> the product.

Strongly disagree with this. Minecraft's graphics are a direct consequence of what the game IS (i.e. a world made out of large-ish blocks). More realistic (that is, less stylized) textures look strange on top of huge blocks, and anything that obscured the block structure of the world would have made Minecraft a worse game.

Thanks. That doesn't appear to be the latest HN though (no search for example)

Would you mind explaining what the alternative is? (that is, what non-market-based approach to web publishing is better than the status quo?)

All of you who are saying things in judgement of Kevin Rose's behavior, have some perspective. This is the planet you live on: http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/earth-1.jpg

It has lots of problems, waiting for good solutions. Instead of explaining the nuances of your latest opinion of Kevin Rose, get up, and start fixing things!

I'd be very interested in a description of how italian coffee shops handle a rush

Yep, we targeted 10k for this project (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tocguide/toc-guide-to-sf...) and with 24 hours to go we have 15k. We certainly don't have any name-brand power!

Why is there no link to information about the team under About?

Yikes.

I'd be interested in seeing that. Someone did make it in Wolfram: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MiuraMapFoldingAndUnfoldin...

Actually, the same professor (Miura) who invented the fold I talked about in that note came up with another way of folding (that also involves binding part of the map) that does "reference a portion" much better than the traditional way manages. You can find it if you google for "Design of portable maps enabling longitudinal access" Miura, 2006

Err, if you can issue me a pardon here, that was meant to be a footnote but I got the markdown wrong. The footnote should read: "By conventionally folded I mean folded first horizontally and then vertically such that each folded unit is rectangular."

Beautiful app.

Your map styling looks really great, nice job!