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I think the real reason people say 'ideas are cheap' - is because in the grand scheme of things - an idea is not worth much. An idea on it's own, is just an idea - without a really…

Just looking at his two blog posts, I think that the company's hiring practice worked perfectly and weeded out someone who may be technically competent, but is toxic to the work en…

I think this is an important lesson in marketing and getting press attention that other start ups or entrepreneurs should take note of. The key to getting press / marketing attenti…

It's coming from China[1]. A LOT OF MONEY from China. Like $millions. That's how all these early adopters in the USA are being able to cash out millions and the price is not crashi…

This is why I was unable to buy bitcoins when I first read about them on HN in 2010 and similar in 2011 when the price had gone over $1 and actually showed promise. (I have some em…

Capitalism is powered by money and greed. At it's heart, the point is to maximise profit and efficiency. This drives innovation and growth across the world... this is no bad thing.…

That is incorrect, London is not like that today. London is an extremely multi cultural city, with both rich and poor living side by side in the same boroughs. A lot of people argu…

1. I address this somewhere else. I agree this is broken, but this is not a problem with the benefit system - it's something to do with wages not rising accordingly with everything…

The idea is nice, but if it causes widespread increases in costs / consumer goods / rent due to the reasons I mentioned, then the only places you may be able to just stay at home a…

That's correct Mike, it's not always the case (benefits being cut and working a job can provide you with a worse quality of life) - but I think that is more of a problem regarding …

The thing I genuinely don't understand regarding the basic income for all argument is that surely it just moves the goal posts rather than solves the problem at hand? In the curren…

Fantastic work. I really hope pg has accepted your application to ycombinator. You clearly have a talent for hard work, perseverance and knowing how to market your product well. Ev…

I understand what the blog post is trying to convey and I agree that programming is a wonderful craft, allowing anyone who knows how to code an amazing world of possibilities. Howe…

Am I right in thinking with this design you can only have one app as a point of focus at a time? So assuming I'm doing development, I can't be in my IDE, with a browser open on a p…

The idea of it was a smart idea, but the real reason for the success was the marketability of the story behind it. In a world of internet before everything went viral, this story w…

I really like this idea. It removes the risk for the developer to just 'build' (which is ultimately what they enjoy doing) and also shifts the key responsibility for the initial ma…

I disagree. I thought it was a clever idea to ask people what they would pay for the service. It's a simple service, pricing it would be hard unless people tell them how much it's …

Perhaps half the reason they kept asking about the business model / trying to compare it to Dropbox was that they were trying to evaluate whether they had a potentially billion dol…

I don't want to be negative, but $34 for a 124 page book seems a bit steep. What's more, the fact it's 37 interviews over 124 pages means that on average it's only 3.3 pages (inclu…

One of the trends I've noticed more and more over the last few years, is that Design is now a USP in itself. Take anything that already exists and execute it with better design / u…

Well, think about it this way. How many people as a result of his great advice and transparency have mentioned / linked to his site? - That alone ensures he will rank top of Google…

To be honest, some of the recent success stories like this, have often become a success partially due to the publicity gained through sharing how they got it and being transparent.…

Refined carbs / refined sugar seem to be the problem with most foods these days. With the fear of 'fats' many food producers replaced the 'fat' with refined sugars to add the flavo…

I think what I enjoyed the most watching this was the fact that he clearly has a lot of artistic talent, as well as the ability to code. Many programmers have been unable to produc…