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Re:Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @08:54PM (#11070274)
I wish technology was simple enough that writing these TILs would be unnecessary.
Re: on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @06:35AM (#11064627)
If we both feel you'll be happy with the results after 60 minutes of work, yes.

You might want to think about reducing the scope, like take out the soundcloud, and support only text messages initially.

Re:How we got our first 100 paying customers on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @06:19AM (#11064580)
What was the company? I didn't catch this in the article.
Re:Parker Conrad Steps Down as Zenefits CEO on Monday February 08, 2016 @07:36PM (#11062120)
"Our culture and tone have been inappropriate for a highly regulated company"

That might not be a bad thing. It could be precisely because it was inappropriate that Zenefits got ahead.

Re:What computer science can teach economics (2009) on Monday February 08, 2016 @04:33PM (#11061047)
There's a third option when shooting a penalty kick: aim straight for the goalie. No matter which side the goalie goes for, the shooter always wins.
I never understood why homomorphic encryption is too slow to be used reliably today. Does some part of the computation need more power than todays computers can offer?
Re:Show HN: GoBelle. Like our mission? on Monday February 08, 2016 @12:51PM (#11059613)
A few notes:

After spending 5 seconds reading I can't tell what your mission is. It works best to first write out the mission statement in a one sentence.

Do you sell photovoltaics? Jewlery? Bitcoin services? My mind jumps around with the current page.

The mission statement may also read better if it talks about what the company wants to do -- not what the visitor wants.

Now I visited the main page, it is jewelry. It's a beautiful page. I would suggest making the subscribe button taller so people will be more likely to press it. I also wish I knew how the stones are sourced, which perhaps is was what you tried to touch on in the mission.

Re:Show HN: Bubblehunt – curated web search on Sunday February 07, 2016 @10:07AM (#11053056)
It's worth giving this idea a try.

1. I wish there was a different way to sign up, without needing Facebook or Twitter.

2. Can I add resources, to see how it works, without signing up? Like try it out for a week (with cookies), and if I like it then I can sign up?

3. Will this approach let you do something Google can't? Why/how?