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by ahallerberg 11y ago
I'm glad that I didn't judge this one by the first 6 letters. Some great math and algorithms here.
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Scribd (YC S06) Expands Audiobook Catalog in Deal with Penguin Random House(nytimes.com)
7 points by ahallerberg 11y ago|0 comments
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
Good luck trying to get Congress to do anything actionable, especially when it comes to education. Any sort of education reform is going to come directly through the internet.
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
For me, it's because each symbol, letter or number is given a ton of weight in mathematical equations. You can't skip over and fill in the gaps later - like reading a book, for example - you have to understand each aspect before the whole m
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
Invest a little over a lot of time versus a lot in a little time since like the winner to me.
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The Aha Moments That Made Paul Graham's Y Combinator Possible(fastcompany.com)
95 points by ahallerberg 14y ago|52 comments
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
For what it's worth, I think the second paragraph does a good job setting up what the product is. But agreed, the first sentence (while still humorous) is definitely a mouthful.
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
Trying to think of specific examples of this - I guess Steve Jobs is the obvious/most prominent choice here (although he was already CEO). Any others?
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
Definitely agreed with the above comment. Telling a story about what the game actually is is more powerful than inputting a list of facts.
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
Interesting. Reminds me of Hugh MacLeod's book Ignore Creativity: http://www.amazon.com/Ignore-Everybody-Other-Keys-Creativity...
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
Right, if you are devoting time being average and not growing at X when you can be grow and be extraordinary at Y, it's time to move from X to Y.
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
Ridiculous metaphors FTW: "You know, the twice or often thrice yearly events that bring everyone out to Cupertino, where they stand in line and contribute a few licks to the collective rim job the press loves to give Apple."
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by ahallerberg 14y ago
This looks like a potential disaster.