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[Podcast] Don Hoffman on the nature of consciousness
Re:Holy mackerel: Civilisation begins with fishing
on Thursday November 23, 2017 @12:41PM (#15766612)
Fascinating. I feel like every year or so a new book is written along the topic of something like this though: Fish, Salt, Grain, Money, Paper, etc and how that thing was responsible for modern civilization. I commend the author for bringing this idea to the forefront but its likely disingenuous to think that Fish and Fishing has as the author says, "created the modern world" more so than any of these other things.
Re:Evidence that ancient farms had different origins than previously t...
on Saturday August 05, 2017 @06:43PM (#14938358)
> "Anthropologists are simply realizing that early cities took extremely diverse forms. "Clearly, urbanism is different in different parts of the world, and we need to be more flexible in how we define this," he explained. The tropics demonstrate that where we draw the lines of agriculture and urbanism can be very difficult to determine."
It seems that the more humans learn about any topic: our own agricultural history, biology, psychology, mathematics, etc we begin to reach conclusions similar to the above. Wow, this is much more complex than we thought it was. I find this in my own life as I explore socio-political topics also - it seems the deeper one dives into any topic the more difficult it is to, as the article says, "draw the lines". Has anybody experienced an intellectual exploration to the contrary?
Re:HN Office Hours with Kevin and Sam
on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:59PM (#9786059)
Hi Sam and Kevin,
Company: http://PassWhiz.com
Question: We have an awesome product that schools love. It's time to sign up as many middle schools and high schools as possible before the new year rolls around. As a one or two man show, what advice could you give about approaching these schools and how to expose our product to this market? Thanks!
Do you think I need a cofounder?
Hello HN, So I am a 17 year old student who is running my own startup, PassWhiz. You can check it out at passwhiz.com It's been a crazy ride and I have almost 4,000 users. I am now out of school and want to dedicate some serious time to selling this product. Selling involves a lot of emailing and chatting with high schools and middle schools. While I do enjoy talking to the schools I think...
What to see in Silicon Valley
Hey HN! Next tuesday about 10 kids from central Indiana with a passion for innovation will be visiting SF, and Silicon Valley. We will be in the city for about 5 days and are excited to experience technology and innovation in this awesome city. We have already scheduled tours of Facebook, Google, and plan on going to the Computer History Museum. We are interested in maybe seeing some startups...
Re:Ask HN: Marketing My App to Middle Schoolers/High Schoolers
on Saturday August 30, 2014 @11:03AM (#8246605)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/truthly/id900784708?ls=1&mt=...
^There is a link to the app if your interested in looking at it
Ask HN: Marketing My App to Middle Schoolers/High Schoolers
I am a 16 year old developer who recently completed a fairly impressive app (I think) but the market is young. The app is called Truthly and it allows anyone to easily create and join a "Truth Is", "tbh" and more. If you don't know what those things are they are quite common posts on instagram and then your followers like the post and you send them a text saying "Truth is your funny" or "Truth...
Re:Ask HN: How to make sure I get this job
on Friday October 25, 2013 @11:39PM (#6616198)
Thank you! This all looks like great advice! Especially the feature creep, my client is already showing signs of that. I
Ask HN: How to make sure I get this job
In one of my recent posts I asked about pricing for iOS development. Well I set a price and wrote a proposal and presented to this company. I am only 15 but they were impressed I think. They told me a few changes they would like to see and wanted me to revise the proposal and also create a 5 minute video explaining the proposal. I really would like to get this job and I think it could open many...
How Much To Charge for iOS development
I am a fairly new iOS developer. I am also a sophomore in high school. Recently I interviewed for a job at a law firm. The task is to create a relatively simple application that will allow you to view laws and download them. It will also possibly offer access to newsletters and contact information. Not too difficult. But they have asked me too set the price. I have absolutely no idea how much...