alexandersingh

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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Or, humans have always had to focus on their own self-preservation and only recently have we had the luxury to care for the past at the expense of the present.
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Slightly off-topic, but speaking of lists... http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/spiegel-interv...
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Turo is a short term car rental marketplace. Fair is a flexible "long-term" car leasing service. They have two different business models and are serving two different problems.
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Off the top of my head, Jimi Hendrix had it...and Blood Orange
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
In the good old days, we'd have just gotten Mulder and Scully on the case...Those were simpler times...
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Yes but "talking to your customers" is universally applicable and valuable advice. One could argue that it's of even greater value if you're targeting a niche with only "a few customers" because you need to ens
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
As jogjayr pointed out, the Hawala system has existed before and after formal regulations. Crypto alone might not represent a viable mainstream alternative, but it does have potential as one piece of a composite solution.
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
250 million people isn't mainstream? These are people sending money to their families on a monthly basis, and where current transfer fees can take the equivalent of a half day of work. That strikes me as an appealing use case.
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
According to Wikipedia, remittances were in excess of $560 billion last year, faciliated by 250 million migrant workers[1]. You and I are not the user demographic ;) 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittance
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
I don't know Kalanick, though I've read about how his brashness and "win at all costs" attitude was forged through his past startup failures[1] If this is true then he is his own worst enemy, and I find it very sad when
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
That probably depends on the narrative they're told and their propensity to believe it. "Copy this Snapchat feature" vs "Stories are a new storytelling medium" vs. "We need to do this because Snap is a grave th
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
The high-end smartphone market is dominated by Apple, with Samsung a very distant second.
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
I don't know about Bombay Beach but I was just in Wonder Valley in January and that town is a unique place with a self-selecting population that values isolation. There are larger towns and cities in the U.S. which more accurately depi
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Your point and the OPs are not mutually exclusive. It's sad to think that we may soon have the capacity to colonize other planets, yet remain incapable of calming the handful of petty & destructive emotions that plague us.
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Seconding this. Arena is a great tool with a really interesting community.
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
I'm just a happy person ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Microsoft is far from dead, and under Satya they've actually found their feet again :)
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Are you aware of any studies or successful real-world implementations of systems to promote and incentivize long-term thinking, planning & action?
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by alexandersingh 9y ago
Immediately. This is right up my alley :)
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Show HN: Fast Track – possibly the fastest, simplest way to track your activity(wearedomino.com)
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
I'd say it's in the eye of the beholder. You may not think it's profound, but I'm sure you know several people in your life who would. I believe we all do. What is inspiring - to me - about Naval's podcasts is they&
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
If you're looking for more, Naval was also on the Tim Ferriss podcast a couple of times: 1. http://tim.blog/2015/08/18/the-evolutionary-angel-naval-ravi... 2. http://fourhourworkweek.com/
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
I want to echo this advice. One of my closest friends was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in his teens, having surgery not long thereafter. He began researching for ways to get it under control which led him to anecdotal evidence on the
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
One technique that has helped me is what I call "atomic actions". What is the smallest action you can undertake, that you can build upon, which will help you realize your goal? I've wanted to write for years but thought I had
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
Coming across the Lapka concept for Project Ara[0] made me realize that the problem was to market this as a "phone" in the first place. Few people are willing to take the risk on a phone with an entirely new form factor, let alone
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
The myth and reputation surrounding The Factory has made it a popular point of reference for a lot of artists, many of whom identify their own studios or creative spaces as spiritual successors. An equally interesting, albeit different spac
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
I always click through to the HN comments about an article before clicking through to the article itself in the knowledge that I'll get a rigorous, open-minded perspective on the topic. Many times the criticism and debate I've rea
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
Good sir, I believe I may be of assistance: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=411
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
Thank you, Dave. Don't forget to search for yourself! ;)
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by alexandersingh 10y ago
We've built a Github user search engine to help people find great developers based on their Github activity. We've improved upon Github's own user search in a few ways: 1. We filter out the stuff that doesn't matter: We

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