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I agree that we are too slow to point the blame at ourselves. It's healthy to be self-critical. That said, there are programmers who are legitimately lacking both in basic skills a…

And I've said this before, but I'd love to see votes for [dis]agreement, even if votes for contribution/karma may be better hidden.

I would vastly prefer not to die at all, and science is moving us in that direction. That said, I don't think death is necessary as a motivator to "make today count." Today is a mo…

Side-note: Many users vote, or withhold votes, based on some sense of what the comment "should have scored." Awarding karma only for quality votes allows the reader to register ass…

How about separating "quality" and "agreement" into separate scores? While it complicates the interface, it would be much more useful for both authors and readers. It naturally lea…

I believe the idea was to package the ideas in an approachable (and perhaps potentially more viral) format. The ideas are more succinctly expressed at http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wik…

Services make sense when you add value on an ongoing basis. Since it's not only possible but pretty simple to build this as an app, it makes much more sense to sell it as an app. M…

I see this cash discounting frequently, and it makes sense, as it's easier (faster, more certain) for the doctor to take the cash than to deal with billing the insurance company.

[Citation needed] We've seen some headlines about exploitative sales practices, but fundamentally, Groupon is an advertising company, and tons of small businesses are signing up an…

For more discussion of the subject by the same author, see his blog post: http://www.quickanded.com/2011/01/the-most-important-higher-...

And did you find out how many of the up and neutral clients also came from the yellow pages? That bit of information is useful only if it draws a distinction, e.g. what if the agen…

Perhaps in an ideal world some people should self-select out of voting; I haven't thought enough about that ideal world to say. But HN in general, and this page in particular, is t…

(Waring: US-centric answer) I agree that capitalism relies on government-supported stability and infrastructure, but I don't think Carmack was arguing the opposite point: >>This is…

It seems obvious to you and many others here that everyone slides down the slippery spending slope. I have the same problem understanding this position that I have understanding "c…

Not to recurse on your comment, but can we build a web app for this some weekend?

>> When someone says "you're too smart", or "you sound too smart" or "try to dumb yourself down", most of the time they're not really saying that you're too smart. They're saying "…

I imagine it's also for tracking how far through the article readers get. That would be useful feedback for the writer: "Katy, you lost 44% of the audience after page three..."

Your comment reminds me of this story: http://www.astatespacetraveler.com/have-you-ever-wondered-wh... Broad strokes: Startups directly create new value, which by definition makes …

The seeds of innovation were there earlier, though. The rifle industry comes to mind - I remember reading that innovative rifles with better range played some part in colonial mili…

Right: how GM foods affect health is an entirely separate question from how processing affects health, yet the two are conflated all the time. I'm sure it doesn't help that the mos…

His analysis of the difference between the trustee and participatory models is insightful, but he didn't address how what he's building is different from aggregators like HN or red…