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Is a Kickstarter Against ISIS Possible? Hire Private Army
6 points by brianmac 12y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN:Best places for Happy Hour Fridays in SF?
6 points by brianmac 14y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN and Ask PG: Anyone not get any YC answer email at all yet also?
2 points by brianmac 14y ago|0 comments
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by brianmac 14y ago
There is, it's called github ;). More seriously, we don't feel the need to update our status every day. pushing code is our status, isn't it?
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The Tech that borught Tupac back to life Coachella 2012(musion.co.uk)
4 points by brianmac 14y ago|1 comments
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by brianmac 14y ago
Very cool that these guys are from Canada and friends with someone I know. Reminds me of PGs ambitious startup ideas, the more ambitious and far fetched the less competition as people write off what is possible before they even begin.
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Playing B-Ball with Obama: 6 Steps to Crossing Anything Off Your Bucket List (fourhourworkweek.com)
2 points by brianmac 14y ago|1 comments
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200GB Internet Connection and 5000+ Gamers at Norway´s Gathering LAN Party :)(gathering.org)
1 points by brianmac 14y ago|0 comments
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Thank the Dutch for a Flying Car that helps you avoid traffic jams :)(popsci.com)
2 points by brianmac 14y ago|0 comments
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by brianmac 14y ago
Thanks for your guidetoyc site was really useful in getting down to the stuff that matters :) Either way things are going to move forward! Difference between Entrepreneur (finding solutions to problems) and Wantrepeneurs (wanting answers ha
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by brianmac 14y ago
Yup! Was a great process trying to cut the thing down (easy when your excited to blabber on). Also died laughing making the video. See what happens next, "IF YOUR GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO..."
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Ask HN: Livestream for upcoming demo days available anywhere?
2 points by brianmac 14y ago|0 comments
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Mario stop motion video in the real world (youtube.com)
1 points by brianmac 15y ago|0 comments
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by brianmac 15y ago
I commented earlier about 4HWW from Tim Ferris, but one post from the his blog has continued to resonate and help me through the ups and downs, especially when you feel like you have hit the wall. It is actually about a letter written by Se
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by brianmac 15y ago
Great suggestion in regards to 4HWW, it definitely adds perspective and the concept of the mini-retirements is great.
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by brianmac 15y ago
Hi, I don't think I would, it's nice to have the URL lookup, but a tab in chrome with whois opened up is free while using trello or a google doc. Plus the market segment that would find this tool useful is quite small of start-ups. However,
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HUNGER GAMES Battle Simulator Built by Navy Research Lab(popsci.com)
2 points by brianmac 15y ago|0 comments
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by brianmac 15y ago
Check out Leo Babauta: http://zenhabits.net/ Lots of great posts about creating habits everyone is suggesting, like sleep, rest, meditation, to find balance and letting go of stress.
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Ask HN: Other Examples of A- to A+ YC Applications?
8 points by brianmac 15y ago|0 comments
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by brianmac 15y ago
Great idea! I know we spent tons of time with a google doc back and forth checking domains.
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by brianmac 15y ago
Check out www.psdtuts.com they have a lot of good guides but believe there are some introductory courses too (might be premium the courses).
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by brianmac 15y ago
Oslo, Norway - No car, easy to walk everywhere, great transport, and city bike system.
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The Real Jurassic Park - Scientist to inject Wolly Mammoth DNA in Elephant egg(popsci.com)
8 points by brianmac 15y ago|2 comments
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by brianmac 15y ago
Thanks for the positive encouragement :) We are working more of a tool for one of our founders to find a gf (will admit it is me lol). With working and graduated from school, meeting someone in the clubs the track record is not gf material.
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by brianmac 15y ago
That's great to know, I guess it is a matter of get over there and deal with the visas afterwards once you get more traction on what direction you are going. Do you know of any cases where people were accepted into say YC summer, but were a
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by brianmac 15y ago
Good call thanks! Fixed.
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How's your (Hacker) Love Life?(docs.google.com)
6 points by brianmac 15y ago|4 comments
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by brianmac 15y ago
In regards to email, google wave took a stab at attempting to change the dynamic of communications but that project has now been shelved. The difficulty in a new "email" replacement is overcoming the hurdles of engrained habits - see http:
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by brianmac 15y ago
Hi Simon, Thanks for responding so quickly. Well one of the questions we had being from Euro (Norway based) is around the turnaround time from say interviewing end of April till starting in June. Such a short time frame must be tough to sor
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Ask HN: YC European Alumni
2 points by brianmac 15y ago|4 comments

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