mattiss

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Ask HN: How to donate money effectively?
2 points by mattiss 16y ago|2 comments
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by mattiss 16y ago
Is there any practical ways to apply some of this research today? It seems like there must be something out there we can be doing right now to help ward off aging? Also what is the most promising research being done?
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by mattiss 16y ago
Insider trading?
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by mattiss 16y ago
Lift heavy weights. Eat as much as you can stomach, then eat some more. It isn't rocket science. Seriously just eat 5 huge meals a day and a protein shake before and after you workout. You will put on muscle like nobody's business. It's als
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by mattiss 16y ago
You should make this into a Django app that people can plugin to their admin interfaces. It would be a great tool for on the fly code development, bug fixes, etc.
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by mattiss 16y ago
Unfortunately there is really no way to get these things as an employee, excluding Wall Street (fuck those guys :) ). The logical conclusion is to start your own company.
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by mattiss 16y ago
Nice man!! I've been following your progress for a while, congrats congrats congrats! Very curious to know how you made out...
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by mattiss 16y ago
You would be surprised. A lot of these guys write the most horrific code you will ever see.
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by mattiss 17y ago
So so poignant. I guarantee you there are about 25 people with articles half-way written who are cursing your name...
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Ask HN: For the prototype.js users -- is it worth it?
8 points by mattiss 17y ago|14 comments
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by mattiss 17y ago
Which office is this?
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by mattiss 17y ago
5% is still pretty good. The fact is most people offer .1% -> 1%, which is practically worthless after dilution.
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by mattiss 17y ago
I would never work at a startup without 1 or more of the following: 1.) Same pay as big-corp + much more interesting problem domain. 2.) More pay than big-corp scaled by the extra hours (not a 1:1 scaling) 3.) Large amount of equity. Enough
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by mattiss 17y ago
Classic. But no minority student group is complete without a witty t-shirt imprinted with a slogan worthy of the uniqueness of each member.
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by mattiss 17y ago
You do realize that without patents large companies have FAR less incentive to buyout novel startups right?
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by mattiss 17y ago
Sweet!
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by mattiss 17y ago
What are the results of Education vs. Income and Income vs. Happiness?
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by mattiss 17y ago
Weird. I thought this board was about entrepreneurship?
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by mattiss 17y ago
I mean this is interesting and all, but first page? Really? Does everybody want to work at Google that badly?
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Ask HN: How do you find designers and animators?
1 points by mattiss 17y ago|1 comments
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by mattiss 17y ago
Yep I definitely have considered that as well. Especially the possibility of RTS board games of some sort, as opposed to turn-based. I'm sure the Parker Bros would be well advised to make a Monopoly app.
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by mattiss 17y ago
Games, games, and more games. Take advantage of the multitouch features. As a side note, I'm developing a pretty awesome concept for a game in time for the iPad release, and could sure use some artists to partner with... Give me a shout if
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Ask HN: Anybody tried Ginkgo Biloba?
3 points by mattiss 17y ago|5 comments
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by mattiss 17y ago
Out of curiousity, what client side JS library to people typically use for comet? I've used Orbited and found it pretty good albeit light on documentation.
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by mattiss 17y ago
Maybe you should clarify your posting. It reads as "Well I never had any problems learning to program. I am pretty much the smartest person in the world I guess. My "problem" is that I am so great I have too big of a head."
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by mattiss 17y ago
Seriously dude....
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by mattiss 17y ago
Exactly. Google is a publicly held corporation, the board is required by law to operate in the best interests of Google. If keeping Google.cn would make Google a more profitable business, they would keep it. Granted the board can justify ju
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by mattiss 17y ago
Really loved this article. Only 3 points though? This is why I stopped looking at the "Top Rated" HN articles.
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by mattiss 17y ago
In order to not be nervous this guy first has to finish is Ph.D from MIT. Then and ONLY then will he be able to start a successful company. I would bet that the vast majority of successful software entrepreneurs have much less than a Ph.d.
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by mattiss 17y ago
That's pretty disgusting. Good on you that you are figuring out a noble way to get rid of it.

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