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Re:My Favorite Books of 2016 on Monday December 05, 2016 @07:55PM (#13111355)
audio books work great for me! :)
Re:Ask HN: Women iOS Swift Meetup Group in Oakland, CA. Interested? on Friday October 21, 2016 @07:03PM (#12765670)
my fiance and I would love to. Are there any discounts available for the HN community?

Ask HN: Women iOS Swift Meetup Group in Oakland, CA. Interested?

Posted by mightybrenden on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:45PM
from the ask-hn dept.

My fiance has been teaching herself to code for a while now and is now to the point where she wants to start chatting with other women about coding in Swift. We own a house in Oakland with a nice yard and would love to start hosting swift meetup groups. If you are interested please email me at: [email protected] or add a comment.FYI: I'm a Product and UX/UI designer. You can view my...

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Re:I’ve Worked with Hundreds of Recruiters – Here's What I Learned on Thursday June 19, 2014 @01:48PM (#7917328)
recruiters are old news, try using Mighty Spring (https://www.mightyspring.com/).
Re:My experiments with preventing heart disease on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @10:59PM (#7563921)
This article addresses a huge problem that Eating Academy and https://www.plantdietlife.com/ is attempting to address. This issue should be especially important to a community who does a majority of their work sitting at a desk for long hours at a time.
Re:Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland on Sunday March 30, 2014 @06:02PM (#7498148)
Here's one of my favorite new startups in uptown Oakland http://spotlabs.com
Re:We Built a Hacker News for Biotech on Thursday March 27, 2014 @03:04PM (#7482597)
I've been experimenting with one as well (https://www.plantdietlife.com/) I'm getting a lot of interesting from physicians interesting in plant based nutrition. I'm curious where diet's based on plants and biotech will merge. My buddy shared this (https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body)

"Soylent is a food substitute intended to supply all of a human body's daily nutritional needs, made from maltodextrin, rice protein, oat flour, canola oil, fish oil, and raw chemical powders." -Wikipedia

Re:We Built a Hacker News for Biotech on Thursday March 27, 2014 @02:46PM (#7482473)
I agree! That's why I built https://www.plantdietlife.com/ It might be interesting to setup a meetup for people interested in harvesting sites like this.
Re:An Open Letter To Recruiters on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:01PM (#7307772)
you won't have to deal with recruiters if you use Mighty Spring (www.mightyspring.com)
Re:The Seven Deadly Sins of Startup Storytelling on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @12:23PM (#7018423)
The Story Wars are the battle to be heard in today’s overcrowded media marketplace. In the fray, you either tell stories that inspire people to act and share or you get immediately forgotten.

But it’s not just marketers who sell ideas, causes or products who need better stories. Our audiences desperately need to receive them. Ours is a global culture in search of new stories to give our lives meaning and hope. That’s why those willing to tell – and live – the truth in the timeless language of great storytellers will rule the future. Winning the Story Wars will show you how.[http://winningthestorywars.com/]

Ask HN: hardship of being a tech entrepreneur

Posted by mightybrenden on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @01:02AM
from the ask-hn dept.

In the wake of Aaron Swartz death there was a blog post posted on HN about the hardship of being a tech entrepreneur. The article referenced some of the pressures Schwartz was dealing with which might of potentially lead him to make the decision he made. The author provided his contact info in case any other tech entrepreneur was in a similar state of mind and needed someone to talk to.I have...

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Re:Plant-based version of Hacker News on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:58AM (#6319636)
I don't know the complete story behind HN, will you please explain how PDL and HN have a similar story to you?
Re:Plant-based version of Hacker News on Monday September 02, 2013 @11:37PM (#6318653)
plant based isn't for everyone but here is an MMA fighter who is on a similar diet (MMA Fighter Mac Danzig: Athletic Prowess on a Plant-Based Diet https://www.plantdietlife.com/post/11/).
Re:Show HN: Highlighting Efforts of Creation from Hacker News on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @10:27PM (#6293907)
Hi Chris, I agree, underdogs deserve their shot at the title. I actually duplicated the functionality of Hacker News at (www.plantdietlife.com) with an emphasis on plant based diets.

I think one way to address the great idea you're bringing up is to use the code I have produced for PDL (voting algorithm and all) and create another site that's only for peoples personal projects. We can have some sort of verification process where the submissions have to be approved as a "personal project" to be on the home page. Once the item is on the home page we'll demand that it needs a certain amount of comments/likes in order for it to be removed and for the next personal project to appear.

IDK, it's just a quick idea. I look forward to seeing how this vision of yours progresses.