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by dwolfson20 12y ago
Thanks for the perspective. You're almost certainly correct that I am overthinking it.
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Ask HN: How do you gather email list signups in your web apps?
4 points by dwolfson20 12y ago|7 comments
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Ask HN: Has anyone found a good co-founder using “founder dating” techniques?
57 points by dwolfson20 12y ago|17 comments
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by dwolfson20 12y ago
I actually disagree that you shouldn't read "Roots." I just finished it myself, and it's about as close as you can get to experiencing what it would be like to be taken away from your home in chains.
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by dwolfson20 12y ago
Also -- it took the Civil War to end slavery in this country.
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by dwolfson20 12y ago
Conking is one example.
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by dwolfson20 12y ago
If you haven't read the book, how can you even begin to have formed a judgment of him?
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by dwolfson20 12y ago
Consider reading the comments on that article. A lot of good points are made about why Reading Rainbow is worthwhile.
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by dwolfson20 12y ago
Another way to put it: Malcolm X was authentic in everything he did, and that was something this country needed. He was able to articulate more clearly than anyone else the implications of being black in America: that the only way to succee
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by dwolfson20 12y ago
Actually, his views were rapidly evolving at the time of his death. Read the whole book.
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by dwolfson20 12y ago
Everyone should really just read the entire Autobiography. http://www.amazon.com/The-Autobiography-Malcolm-Told-Haley/d... Also, they should spell "Malcolm" correctly. :)
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Every Fucking Website(everyfuckingwebsite.com)
21 points by dwolfson20 14y ago|0 comments
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by dwolfson20 14y ago
As one who is serious about web apps, I have some different feedback for you. I would pay at least $300 for the interviews alone. While there are clearly improvements that could be made to the sales page, they are all tactical. I think your
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by dwolfson20 14y ago
How about evaluating the work itself -- through the sample, or buying the book and asking for money back if it's unsatisfactory?
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by dwolfson20 14y ago
> For the price of the book alone ($29), I could watch 100+ hours of tutorials on a site like Lynda or Tuts+ from a variety of developers with similar experience. I'm having a hard time verifying that the value of the resources matches
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
For other busy people, it's also worth pointing out that the schedule is very slow and focused on understanding. For instance, we are taking the introduction one section per day. The guy running it at Reddit created a nice Google calendar f
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New Fossils May Redraw Human Ancestry(nytimes.com)
2 points by dwolfson20 15y ago|0 comments
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
This is the field we choose. Expand your thinking in the abstract about what a database is. As 71104 mentions, a file system is also a database. What you are thinking of as "a database" is really a specific type of key-value store that is
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
As a sports fan, I wonder what's specific about the sports industry in this analysis? Vanity metrics are an issue for any business with a digital presence. Maybe left unsaid is the idea that sports organizations are used to relying on numbe
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
Maybe. It depends on what we as a society want our government to spend money on. Considering our current demands in this country (no cuts to entitlements), I think it requires at least that much.
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
People can't vote away multi-million dollar CEO bonuses, though.
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
It's a nice intention, but how do you devise that mechanism? If I keep $10,000 in my savings account for 30 years, are you going to tax it every year?
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
Without government to pay for the roads citizens drive to their businesses, and the infrastructure that gives them water and temperature moderation, and 1,000 other things that are essential to provide for functioning commerce, citizens wou
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
This is an extremely abstract argument. It's a matter of degree. If everyone gave all their money to charity, we'd have no government at all.
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
>Maybe the tax code needs tweaking at the level of the top 400, but it's very progressive up to the level of the top 1%. If you read the whole piece, that's exactly what he says.
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
He also puts on a great shareholder's meeting every year, where he and his #2 Charlie Munger spend a lot of time just answering questions. And of course, there are the discounts at Dairy Queen and Nebraska Furniture Mart. He even supports l
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
I'd have liked to see that, too, but one can run the numbers if one wants. Also, isn't getting more money better than not getting more money? (NOTE: We certainly need to slow our spending, as well, but I fail to see how an increase in reven
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
Maybe take a look at Buffett's charitable record sometime.
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
He really is amazing. I live in Omaha. You can drive by Buffett's house, and you'd have no idea who lives there if you didn't already know. I know people who have interacted with him on a regular basis, and he is just as personable and down
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by dwolfson20 15y ago
Buffett has been saying this for years. I don't expect anyone to start listening now.

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