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Thanks for the feedback - you make some good points. I started from the point of slavery mostly in response to other authors who describe the modern system of employee/employer as …

Those both sound very interesting. I'll see if there are any BBC archives available, but you're probably right that they no longer exist legally except at absurd price points. Ther…

Glad to see it on HN! Thanks for the positive feedback :)

That happened to me once from this site. It lead me to do the following (which also I happened to post today): http://www.bootstrappingindependence.com/technology/how-to-i... Can't…

Thanks, those are good resources! I wish I had seen those earlier, but I'll comb through them and see if I can't find some more stuff to try for part 2 :)

Thanks. I agree, I think most of the real work comes in the months and years after launch, slowly building back links, improving your funnel, trying new advertising channels. This …

Thanks! I plan on doing a follow up a couple of weeks after launch. I am also not sure why Drupal isn't more used for startups - it's a powerful way to build a site. I can see that…

I'm sorry for your loss. People don't always understand, but losing a pet is losing a family member. I wish I had a quick fix for you, but I would recommend you take a couple of da…

Articles are interesting, but I have trouble trusting the author since there aren't a lot of links to supporting materials. Also, the statement identified by getonit immediately st…

I'm a huge fan of his novels (I am currently working through his final trilogy now, which is a masterpiece), but this work seems like a money grab. The woman who wrote it was marri…

I am working on starting my own bootstrapped business also, and am in a similar position as yourself. Start by googling resources about how to bootstrap a startup. $150/week is ple…

Is it just me, or do these businesses sound kind of boring? I read their pitches, and after the first sentence my eyes began to glaze over - I couldn't really tell what some of the…

There are some programs you can download to help reduce eye strain - they will remind you every so often (20-40 minutes) to do some eye exercises. I find this helps me if I am havi…

I don't know... All I could see in that picture was spiderman 2 :) Plus, I think it will take a lot more than a laser to create fusion.. Haven't they been building a fusion plant i…