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Re:A/B testing our friends on Saturday October 06, 2012 @04:55PM (#4621677)
When does family/friends announcements turn to spam? I know many marketing email providers are weary of writing to your entire address book of people who did not opt in.
Why doesn't a cooking channel count? The definition of an educational channel can be a little broader.
This sounds like a niche that is waiting to be filled, and it is kind of exciting. But you should take this with a grain of salt. The audience on HN is probably quite skewed in your favor, geeks and hustlers who are predisposed to using something like this. I remember LinkedIn for a long time was primarily used in the tech industry.

That said, I like the simple design of the page, and I think it has a fine balance of seriousness and youth. I am going to look at your internal pages, and will give you some more feedback.

Meta: I bet a decision like that took a lot of guts. Congrats, you are no longer at step 0.

Re: on Saturday April 14, 2012 @12:51PM (#3841318)
It would be interesting to have a controlled study of how much where great entrepreneurs go matters. Perhaps it is a similar argument to the one that says a place like Stanford or Berkley are not great because of the actual schooling that goes on, but because of the kind of people it attracts. But I am not sure how you would design such a study.

The summaries are pretty nice though.

Re:Copy of Mona Lisa done in tandem with Leonardo on Saturday April 14, 2012 @12:45PM (#3841301)
Likely in this case. I just wonder what position they started from...looking for evidence to support the particular hypotheses, or were they open minded about it...
I was hoping the blog will have some links from times past, talking about how it was going.
Re:Copy of Mona Lisa done in tandem with Leonardo on Saturday April 14, 2012 @12:11PM (#3841222)
"Just the first pictures were enough for her to conclude that the two paintings had been produced in tandem. After that, it was just a question of watching the evidence pile up."

Confirmation bias anyone?

Do you think it is possible to do this in a generic fashion, or would you have to port games one at a time?
Re:Awesome jQuery File Upload on Saturday April 14, 2012 @12:05PM (#3841204)
Alan, just curious...how do you store your files once uploaded?