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Re:Microsoft Makes Fun of Older IE versions To Promote IE9
on Thursday March 15, 2012 @03:49PM (#3710234)
I like that they include a cute cat as a point of reference, so I can tell how outdated IE9 is by comparing it to Peak Lolcat on Google Trends[0]. I realize this is a bit unfair to IE9, but it's not too far off.
Re:The Gentleman's Agreement
on Thursday March 15, 2012 @09:34AM (#3708332)
Am I the only one who thinks this whole sharing business has gone a bit too far?
Honestly, how many people would say that finding content is one of their biggest problems today?
It's easy to think all you need is more optimized/better content while what you really need in fact is probably something of the following:
- think about something
- focus your attention
- get to work
- get in touch with other people
Re:Milk Inc. to shut down Oink on March 31st
on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @01:36PM (#3704279)
A shame to see Oink getting shut down again.
Re:The Markdown Mark by Dustin Curtis
on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @12:47PM (#3703998)
That's not ASCII.
EDIT: Is it? Text files should be readable by everyone, which rules out special characters like "" (I can't even write it).
Re:Why I Left Google
on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @09:08AM (#3702978)
> Social is the future of search
Says who? The fact is that arguably the most hardcore googlers are here on HN, and I would imagine that most of us don't care for, and even dislike, social search.
That's not enough to prove that social isn't the future of search, but it's enough to think twice about it.
Re:Blueseed: Visa-free startup platform on a ship 30 minutes from Sili...
on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @07:31AM (#3702686)
Rent and equity from startups. They mention this in the deck.
Re:Blueseed: Visa-free startup platform on a ship 30 minutes from Sili...
on Wednesday March 14, 2012 @06:11AM (#3702490)
> how will order by enforced? medical emergency?
Pay for some private military contractors, doctors, and a standby helicopter. Split the cost.
EDIT: If PMC are too militant, just any lenient security company would do. I don't really see how this is a problem. Think of it as a big festival with less alcohol and run for a longer time period.
Re:The real reason health insurers won’t cover people with pre-existin...
on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @02:51PM (#3699789)
Isn't this common knowledge? I'm pretty sure this was something that was mention in a seminar on information asymmetry when I studied Microeconomics 101 a couple of years ago.
Re:Defining Property
on Monday March 12, 2012 @03:30PM (#3695020)
This is going to make me look like a pg fanboy:
I don't see where he outright dismisses other people's opinions. In fact, he's repeatedly said to people who disagree with him to "point to a sentence which you think is false". You will have to be more specific than that.
It's impossible to speak for someone else, but I believe pg would very much welcome someone DH-sixing him.
Another thing to keep in mind that this is not some long lasting argument that pg has with the RIAA, it's an essay on property.
Re:Defining Property
on Monday March 12, 2012 @02:54PM (#3694829)
This reminds me of Cory Doctorows excellent talk at 28C3, The coming war on general computation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUEvRyemKSg
Basically, Cory is saying that the fight againt RIAA/MPAA is just the first battle of a long war.
Re:From Miserable Launch to Decent Success in 3 Months, Thanks to Hack...
on Monday March 12, 2012 @07:33AM (#3693055)
Re:Paul Graham PyCon 2012 keynote
on Sunday March 11, 2012 @07:05PM (#3691547)
The "Responsible, Serious and Altruistic" bit was a bit of a straw man I must admit. My point was basically that:
1) if pg doesn't have some well thought out and articulated perspective on moral questions, that's OK - he's not a priest
2) Saying it's alarming is basically pushing him and people like him into taking a (probably artificial) position for the sake of taking one.
3) Just because one is powerful doesn't mean one has to be a role model in all areas of life. This is unnecessary pressure on an individual who hasn't asked for it - he's basically a sort of VC, he isn't running for president - and I don't see anything good coming out of it.
I chose a utilitarian belief system as an example because it felt like the most non-controversial one to make a point. Incidentally, I don't subscribe to it.
Agreed about humanities, but I don't really see the connection to your OP.
Here's a highly related essay by pg, by the way: http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html
Re:Paul Graham PyCon 2012 keynote
on Sunday March 11, 2012 @03:23PM (#3691020)
> it was alarming that pg didn't have a clear moral position when asked about his decision-making process.
I would prefer it if people didn't force pg to qualify his statements like a politician.
Obviously he could add "of course, this is just a good idea as long as the expected utility of the humanity at large is greater with it than without it on a reasonably long time line." but it would just be an empty phrase.
We need powerful people to be more open like pg, what we don't need is more people putting on a PR-mask just for the sake of seeming Responsible, Serious and Altruistic.
Re:Paul Graham PyCon 2012 keynote
on Sunday March 11, 2012 @12:06PM (#3690553)
Question for pg:
There is probably an essay there, too bad I don't write them anymore (43.30 in video, regarding "moral compass outsourcing")
Have you stopped writing essays? Does that mean you're shifting your focus to YC 100% or going back to work on arc again? Or are you talking about non-startup essays?
Re:Securing Your Domain Against Seizure: Where Is Safe to Register a D...
on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @04:16PM (#3677288)
If you have particularly anti-US content, I would think .ru or .ch is a good bet.
Re:Hacked: commit to rails master on GitHub
on Sunday March 04, 2012 @12:49PM (#3663258)
Here's the guy's blog post about the hack: http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/egor-stop-hacking-gh.htm...
"Today I can pull/commit/push in any repository on github. Jack pot."
Stratfor emails: US has issued sealed indictment against Julian Assange
Re:“What’s the waiter doing with the computer screen?”
on Friday February 24, 2012 @08:32AM (#3629093)
For all you non-swedish people out there: Jävla skitsystem is swedish for "fucking shit system".
Re:The Problem with Facebook Connect
on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @07:23PM (#3623214)
This is a good point but we shall never forget the intersection between FB and G+: if you aren't paying for it, you aren't the customer
Re:Twenty-year-old Alex Rawlings speaks 11 languages
on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @05:40AM (#3615985)
How-to-learn-any-language forums is to polyglots what Hacker News is to hackers.
Top startup questions you should be asking yourself
http://fr.anc.is/2012/01/21/top-100-startup-questions/
http://fr.anc.is/2012/01/21/top-100-startup-questions/
Re:Why I use Windows and not Linux
on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @11:03AM (#3590460)
Yes, because all the best C programmers use Windows.
The million dollar space pen hoax
Re:From r60 to Go 1
on Sunday February 12, 2012 @06:18PM (#3583382)
Anyone using or planning on using Go in the near future? For what?
It looks intriguing but I can't think of any obvious immediate applications (I'm sure there are plenty, I just don't see them).
Re:SendHub (YC W12) Lets Businesses Text Their Customers, Teachers Tex...
on Sunday February 12, 2012 @02:34PM (#3582720)
Like the lure of the Sirens, the viral factor of social sharing is too hard to resist.
Oh VCs, some of our users put adblockers in their ears, but where's our rope?
Re:Ask HN: How to move away from Gmail
on Sunday February 12, 2012 @07:11AM (#3581624)
The reason Gmail is free is because they have ads. I wouldn't expect to find a free and good email service.
Here's one that costs some money: http://fastmail.fm/
Re:Texts Editor - True WYSIWYG Markdown
on Saturday February 11, 2012 @06:46AM (#3579072)
Looks useful! Two things:
1) How do I make several levels of headers (#, ##, ###, ####)? This is what I use markdown for the most - nesting texts in clearly visible subsections. In the menu I can only see only one header, and in the screenshot I see two (==== and ---).
2) Rendering the PDF side-by-side would be useful. If I understood correctly one currently has to compile to PDF manually, which sort of defeats the purpose of a GUI app.
Re:Ron Conway is a Silicon Valley startup's best friend
on Saturday February 11, 2012 @05:58AM (#3579024)
At those critical moments in a startup's life Conway responds quickly -- and so do those in his network. There was the time when a top executive at Tellme Networks, a telecommunications startup, e-mailed Conway in desperation at 11 p.m., as a business deal with Verizon (VZ) was falling apart. Two minutes later, Conway's reply came, in all caps: "AM ON IT." By the next morning Conway had arranged a meeting with the Verizon president, which led to a nine-figure contract with Tellme. Microsoft eventually bought Tellme for $800 million.
That's pretty badass.
Re:GUI Architectures
on Saturday February 11, 2012 @05:49AM (#3579014)
Because things change fast in the industry.