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Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
on Thursday December 29, 2011 @05:37PM (#3405731)
Sure that certainly is one way of looking at it. When I said Bush - I did not mean literally Bush. I think we both made our points - so I give it a rest :)
Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
on Thursday December 29, 2011 @04:09PM (#3405402)
Sure, I watched the video. Thanks - it was a nice, instructive video.
All I am saying is that your statement is a "bit of hyperbole". Things are never black and white when we are talking about such complicated topics. As an example, according to your statement, it would not have mattered if someone else had been elected instead of Bush. Whereas I think it is highly likely that Iraq war (for better or worse) would not have happened if Bush had not been elected.
Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
on Thursday December 29, 2011 @02:08PM (#3404867)
Thanx for the very detailed and interesting analysis. Part of what would determine US global leadership is how fast it adapts to the changing world order and accepts the facts instead of hanging on to the past world where it was dominant by a huge distance. This is not going to be easy though.
Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
on Thursday December 29, 2011 @02:06PM (#3404856)
I think there is some truth to what you say - but to say that it is "utterly irrelevant" who you vote is a bit of hyperbole. In a democracy voting ultimately decides who gets into power and what the policies would be.
Re:The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @12:06PM (#3396381)
I think the most important set of folks that should receive their share of blame is folks who voted the current crop of congressmen. I really feel that we should have a "how to choose whom to vote for" as part of core curriculum :)
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/05/opinion/main7121029.shtml
Interesting article. The current selfish and misguided crop of politicians and the declining economy (and prospects) lead me to believe there is some truth to what this article states.
Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011
on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @09:37AM (#3395836)
"The Moral Landscape" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/143917122X/) by Sam Harris
The book discusses how science can be used to deal with questions on morality.
Re:In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
on Friday December 16, 2011 @10:04AM (#3360878)
One of the foremost intellectuals - I disagreed with him on Iraq but scoured youtube to watch his debates - mostly against religious rabbis. There really was no one like him.
"“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." - Christopher Hitchens
Very interesting thread on quora on early stage startup composition
Re:Ask PG: How much did the lunch with you sell for?
on Monday November 15, 2010 @02:13AM (#1905535)
The first one went for 1600 and the second one was done sort of in private immediately after since there were two hours available.
Re:Ask PG: How much did the lunch with you sell for?
on Sunday November 14, 2010 @04:42PM (#1904255)
@zck - no idea - I spent almost an hour looking for the item and then was told that it had already been converted to a live auction due to high demand.
Re:Ask PG: How much did the lunch with you sell for?
on Sunday November 14, 2010 @10:07AM (#1903315)
$1600 - 2 spots (so total $3200 for two hours), I was there. It was a silent auction before and it became a live auction due to high demand.
Tell HN: Some more details on auction for lunch with PG today evening
The original post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1863923I got following info from a person managing the auction about how the auction works and thought I would post it here in case someone is interested:"When you purchase tickets for the auction (either at the auction, or in advance at the Bing Nursery School office), you will get a bidder package that contains stickers with your...
Re:Let's Do Lunch
on Friday November 05, 2010 @06:08PM (#1875120)
I think it is a silent auction. So you go in and put your bid. So it is not going to be like what I believe you imagine.
I am not sure whether 1. you know what others have bid(my guess is this would be the case to raise more money from charity's point of view) 2. you can bid again.
Re:Let's Do Lunch
on Friday November 05, 2010 @05:35PM (#1875028)
true - i edited for that just now:) I did not realize that it would be a silent auction.
Re:Let's Do Lunch
on Friday November 05, 2010 @05:18PM (#1874966)
I plan to be there...And hope to win:) @callmeed, i can bid on ur behalf assuming it is a straightforward one time bid...i can contact you on email if you want..though there is a conflict of interest :)
edit: edited some portion once i learned about silent auction
Ask HN/PG: YC applications - any successful cases with part time co founders?
I have applied for this round. I know that single founders (for logical reasons) are not likely to succeed. But what about part time co founders? By part time, I mean folks who would work part time for the duration of 3 months (put in may be 20 hours per week) till we raise money. Were there examples of such cases or are these rare?Reposting - for some reason this did not come in the "ask" tab....
Re:Self-employment is anything but the dream
on Friday October 29, 2010 @12:14AM (#1846078)
@arn, I agree and you give a lovely example of parents wanting to have children and point to an even lovelier set of cartoons - they totally cracked me up - thank you!!:)
Re:Ask HN: How do you find good designers for your projects?
on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @06:46PM (#1836458)
I am in the same bind. I am wondering what a decent rate for a good design is. I need to design two simple pages ("simple" may be subjective.) I have been quoted $400 - just for design - by htmlburger (they seem good). Would you consider that too pricey?
Re:Review my Startup: jMockups - A Better Way to Web Design
on Monday October 25, 2010 @05:17PM (#1831635)
Damn! Only yesterday I bought the balsamiq :) I checked your stuff briefly but did not get a chance to play around. I definitely think there is a market for this.
Juan Williams saga:Fox News Gives Juan Williams $2 Mill (npr)ion Contract(
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130746229
I listen to NPR every day. Do you think Juan deserved to fired for stating " seeing fellow airline passengers dressed in Muslim garb makes him nervous"? This statement seems to be at the border of freedom of speech?
Re:The Disruptor In The Valley
on Thursday October 21, 2010 @12:06PM (#1816046)
see this thread http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1745802
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to when coding?
on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @11:17PM (#1814141)
I am a musician (singer) and i can not listen to anything without focusing on music - so I like silence when I am coding:)
Re:IRC Or Chat Room For YC Winter 2011 Applicants
on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @10:44AM (#1811376)
same here - single founder but intend to find another co founder - hopefully soon:) your email is invisible, btw..
Re:Any bad experiences with Y combinator?
on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @04:26PM (#1808604)
cool - thanx! The first stage seems like a killer one!:)
Re:Any bad experiences with Y combinator?
on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @03:00PM (#1808289)
Thanx. Any clue how many total applications out of which 90 made it?
Re:Any bad experiences with Y combinator?
on Tuesday October 19, 2010 @02:39PM (#1808214)
Did anyone here make it to the interview round and then get rejected? I wonder what the %age is of folks who make it to the interview stage.
Re:Inspired by HNers, I'm sharing my startup ideas
on Monday October 18, 2010 @09:40PM (#1805853)
interesting, I just submitted "tldr" as one of the ideas to yc application in answer to the question "If you had any other ideas you considered applying with...":) I call it cogist (I was thinking of using mturk to do it since my nlp skills are outdated/non existent - "co" gist:)