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Re:I got laid off
on Friday March 30, 2012 @02:11PM (#3777290)
Good luck to you, I've been in the same situation.
Re:How many hours of work does that purchase cost?
on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @09:49AM (#3761456)
Dan Ariely has made an app that does something like this, although instead of looking at the number of hours it takes to pay for something he compares it to what alternatives you could buy, so if you like coffee and you want to book a book you see how many coffees you would have to give up to get the book, similar but equally interesting concept. You can see his app here, its the first one Oranges2Apples
http://danariely.com/apps-tools/
Re:How I went from writing 2,000 words a day to 10,000 words a day
on Monday March 26, 2012 @09:20AM (#3756507)
When I wrote my first novel I spent a lot of time at my neighbours house using their old 486 and notepad. They didn't have internet access and the places was quiet other the cat that I was cat sitting. Needless to say, the situation turned out to be very productive and without distraction.
Re:Always a starter, never a finisher.
on Monday March 26, 2012 @08:53AM (#3756389)
Its good to finishes projects, but its also important to realize that some projects can't ever be finished, or may not be worth the effort of completing them. That's not to say one should drop a project when it gets hard or to think your self out of completing it, but more to the idea of being reasonable about expectations while still trying your hardest.
Re:Living in my car, working on a start-up
on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @12:04PM (#3729951)
Living in the Valley has its benefits, but living in a car to start an alarm clock start-up... hum... yeah.
Re:fridgemag.net - responsively designed imageboard
on Monday March 19, 2012 @10:48AM (#3724142)
it is sort of responsive? what's that delay when the page first loads?
Re:
on Monday March 19, 2012 @09:17AM (#3723766)
what's wrong with the title?
Re:Yahoo proves that Silicon Valley is no different to Hollywood
on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @09:24AM (#3703039)
How is anyone surprised that an old company that has run out of steam is trying alternative revenue models that are designed for the benefit of old out of steam companies?
Re:Why don't I see anything worthwhile happening in the startup space?
on Friday March 09, 2012 @09:12AM (#3684077)
My sentiments exactly, especially when I see people like Joshua Schachter, a brilliant entrepreneur creating stack overflow clones (jig) and companies like Instagram being valued at 1/2 billion dollars.
Surly I'm jealous of their success, but I still question the 'real' value they are creating.
Re:Ask HN: What do you do when someone else executes your idea?
on Friday March 02, 2012 @06:06PM (#3658746)
I had a very similar idea to, been working on it for a while. We pivoted a little. t
This seems to be a very popular genera right now, maybe it has to do with how easy it is to create a photo app?
Re:Show HN: my weekend(s) project, instant websites
on Friday March 02, 2012 @05:56PM (#3658719)
There was an article recently about how all the low end development/design will be done without developers/designers and only high end will need people. Tools like this seem to be propagating that idea.
Re:Kim Dotcom’s first TV interview: ‘I’m no piracy king’
on Thursday March 01, 2012 @01:13PM (#3653257)
I'm not saying that he is a good person, just that he's not so bad as all the information that came out made him seem.
Re:Kim Dotcom’s first TV interview: ‘I’m no piracy king’
on Thursday March 01, 2012 @09:10AM (#3652093)
Seeing all those videos that came out when he was first arrested gave the impression that he was a 'bad' person who deserved to be in jail. Hearing him speak gives a completely different impression, obviously he'd have to be smart to have the success he has, but this video goes to show he's articulate, convincing and well versed in the industry that he is a part of. Clearly the early propaganda served a purposes, but this video shows reality.
Re:W3C Proposal from MS, Google, Netflix for adding copy protection AP...
on Thursday February 23, 2012 @08:43AM (#3624871)
I like how I get down voted for pointing out an obvious problem with HTML5. Regardless of what world you want to live in, the world we live in is ruled by content owners.
Re:W3C Proposal from MS, Google, Netflix for adding copy protection AP...
on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @08:37AM (#3620780)
This sort of thing has to happen, as great as the idea of media embedding in HTML5 is there needs to be copy protection.
WSJ: What's This Pinterest Website?
Re:Being rich will kill your startup
on Monday February 13, 2012 @12:46PM (#3586508)
Having money is helpful for start-ups as it allows them to focus on a problem and solve it. The opposite side of the coin could be that when looking for solutions with lots of money their maybe less efficiency.
Re:Groupon Posts Disappointing 1Q Results, loses $43M
on Thursday February 09, 2012 @09:41AM (#3571262)
Good movie, hard to find.
Re:Groupon Posts Disappointing 1Q Results, loses $43M
on Thursday February 09, 2012 @09:38AM (#3571252)
Something about Groupon hasn't felt right since the beginning.
Re:White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd
on Wednesday February 01, 2012 @11:03AM (#3538474)
As for as intellectual discourse goes, politics seems to be one standard deviation above celebrity gossip.
Re:Ask HN: My Startup didn't go viral- what now?
on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @09:24AM (#3533314)
Like others have said, I don't understand what value this adds. Second, I don't have Facebook and won't give my twitter login to an random site..... at the same time, those 'social' networks seem to be what gives this product value.
Re:I Was Just Told “You would not have made it through the weekend”
on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @08:57AM (#3533203)
Similar thing happened to me, I was out of the country and was having serious tooth pains, before I returned I made an appointment and went the first day I was back. The dentist said 'Your lucky you came, this infection is pretty bad and almost spread to your brain'... scary shit, especially seeing as I was in another country for the previous 4 month and wouldn't have been able to get dental work done there.
Re:Dumping/Backing up Mysql Databases (Innodb) without locking tables.
on Friday January 27, 2012 @11:39AM (#3518875)
Try XtraBackup, it takes a little time to set up but its great and can be automated.
Re:Laptops are Dying and Being Replaced with Location-Specific Devices
on Friday January 27, 2012 @08:57AM (#3518252)
Did you just write an article about the things you posses?
But you're right, laptops will be removed from normal peoples lives and become a fringe thing for developers and more technical people.
Re:Philosophy - What's the use?
on Thursday January 26, 2012 @01:35PM (#3515304)
Philosophy is for the people who are pre-determined to be interested in philosophy. People who are not pre-determined to be interested in philosophy will never be able to see value in the act of studying philosophy.
Re:Show HN: We made an addictive way to browse pictures on reddit
on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @09:37AM (#3509823)
My internet connection maybe slow, but there was a lot of load time between pictures.
But did use it for like 10 minutes.
Re:Debian is now the most popular Linux distribution on web servers
on Monday January 23, 2012 @11:40AM (#3500975)
Although CentOS and Fedora both come from Red Hat, so maybe Red Hat is the most popular?
Re:Piracy - You can't have your cake and eat it
on Thursday January 19, 2012 @08:51AM (#3484433)
The author makes a good point, everyone wants to blame someone else and not take responsibility.
Re:Maddox - I hope SOPA passes
on Thursday January 19, 2012 @08:44AM (#3484404)
The problem with an awareness campaign is that everyone who the awareness is being spread to already knows about the issue.