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NoBSWebDesign

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    HN Self-defeating Policies: The Username

    So, I know this has been proposed several times, though I can't seem to find it at the moment with a simple search on searchyc.com. Why is it that it's still impossible to change y…

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    Comment #839468

    but this sort of thing seems to keep happening to me Very respectfully, you strike me as the kind of person who is easily discouraged. Let me tell you a story about discouragement …

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    Comment #838814

    "Eduset completely changed the way I interact with my students." - High School English Teacher Would be much more effective with a name (and even a picture). My first impression wa…

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    Comment #836148

    I think I must be missing something here. Don't people set their screens to higher resolutions because they want to see more stuff on their screen. I always assume that people set …

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    Comment #833787

    We've been keeping quiet for the last few months while we brought in our new singer, but are about to start performing again... Moment of Inertia ( http://www.moirocks.net ) We rec…

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    Comment #833477

    It doesn't seem like anyone's problems are really being solved. I accomplish all of this with Hacker News, Delicious, Digg, and my own browser bookmarks. If I tried to become invol…

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    Comment #828761

    I got two engineering degrees (ME and EE), and you know what I learned? I learned that engineering is an amazing field and a boring career (for me anyway)! So, I started doing some…

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    Comment #810950

    That looks like an excellent idea and very well executed. I really liked that it literally only took 1 click to vote (as opposed to usual where you have to click the radio input, a…

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    Comment #809299

    I was in your exact same boat, though I stopped just shy of multivariate calculus in High School, and after the first 2 calc classes, took statistics and whatnot. Anyway, I would s…

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    Comment #804879

    Ayn Rand's philosophy is that of a free economy that stresses the importance of the individual. A democracy is a political institution that stresses the rule of the majority. Rand …

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    Comment #804851

    I think that according to Rand, fairness is a moot point when it comes to this situation. She is saying that if you are capable of achieving wealth, then you will achieve it no mat…

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    Comment #802482

    Yes you are crazy. And yes, I say do it. It seems the vast majority of the time, that the less crazy an idea is, the less it's worth doing. Also, I'm an entrepreneur in Ann Arbor, …

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    Comment #798652

    I don't think you would enjoy reading Rand (either you haven't yet read any of her work and are going based solely on what you read in this thread, or you just completely didn't un…

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    Comment #797471

    Thanks for the feedback. I'll definitely be sure to resubmit it down the road on a Friday afternoon (I also have to remember to keep in mind the time difference between me [EST] an…

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    Comment #797335

    Ayn Rand was able to name so much of what I've felt growing up. While she may have used the literary technique of exaggeration to heighten the contrast between her philosophical vi…

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    Comment #797312

    I'm also finishing Atlas Shrugged finally this week, having just finished The Fountainhead. Next on my list is Anthem, then I think I'll go back to some non-fiction for the next co…

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    Comment #794799

    This looks really cool, I would definitely be one of your target market if I still worked at my job (which I quit half a year ago to focus on my own startup). I now use Apple iWork…

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    Comment #794790

    This really isn't a tough market to get into, as long as you have the experience and portfolio to back up your skills. As many people as are in it right now, the market is still bo…

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    Comment #794776

    I am in a very similar situation as you are. We have a very niche product that we sell to higher-ed. We sell it as a subscription model, which we allow them to pay X years upfront …

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    Comment #789222

    Agreed that personal contacts and relationships are your best bet. Beyond that, we use Google Alerts to RSS feed + LeadNuke for a continuous stream of new client leads. (disclosure…

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    Comment #786693

    This is definitely a first. Is 0 comments a good thing or bad? Usually this site is great for its constructive criticism.

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    Comment #786452

    Backblaze. Very easy and well integrated into Mac OSX system preferences.

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    Ask HN: Review my webapp (LeadNuke.com)

    This is a webapp developed internally for my startup. A few colleagues saw me using it on occasion and asked me if I could break it out into its own service so that they could use …