dcbell

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by dcbell 16y ago
It would correlate, except so many things have gotten dramatically cheaper while the cost of, say, bread has stayed the same (adjusted for inflation). It's possible for inflation-adjusted income to stagnate while standard of living increas
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by dcbell 16y ago
This is why I like HN so much---the entire culture is aimed at getting rich by startup, which is a mercilessly meritocratic process. It's extremely focused on what can you do? An hour spent hacking to make something useful or cool
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by dcbell 16y ago
Ah, but it doesn't apply to the business world, that's the thing. What makes school bullying viable is that nothing you do matters---the effect of everything you do is delayed twelve years. Everyone progresses at the same rate through t
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by dcbell 16y ago
I don't know besides my company, but as a generalist technical founder, I would be loathe to take someone with experience in x technology over a generalist who'd shown ability to learn new technologies. We work with Flash, clojure, and ass
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by dcbell 16y ago
But the non-mathematicians will JUST give you a weird look, rather than laughing and then giving you a weird look.
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by dcbell 16y ago
Fun fact---I discovered "Open Source Cook" on facebook while I searched for Cooks Source. I was thinking today that there MUST be an open-source set of recipes or something similar out there. Silver lining to the cloud.
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by dcbell 16y ago
I meant for the customer, and while I agree that grocery stores don't care about deadweight loss for their customers, I think they could . I think the chief reason line length is considered noise rather than signal is because it's so unpre
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by dcbell 16y ago
It sounds like the Ask YC Archive at http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive , or Search YC at http://searchyc.com/ could be helpful.
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by dcbell 16y ago
Finance? I'm extremely skeptical, but my time on HN has taught me to be curious instead. Expand?
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by dcbell 16y ago
"On a day-to-day basis, it is suggested this could mean that social contact leads to 'over-stimulation,' explaining why introverts would withdraw or shy away." Anyone else feel like this? I come alive in small groups and one-on-one, but at
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by dcbell 16y ago
"Basic, quality food" isn't the issue. Right now we have an abundance of junk made from subsidized crops. High fructose corn syrup only came into vogue because there was a surplus of corn lying around because of corn subsidies. Food repre
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by dcbell 16y ago
I had a situation very similar to this; I quit and started freelancing. One of the smartest (well...most worthwhile, probably not the smartest) things I've ever done. I had it easy as a single college student---if you're supporting a fami