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Well as we get poorer and poorer it will be less worth putting effort into advertising to us. Im guessing AI will instead focus its effort on convincing rich people of various thin…

There are a few clashing forces. One is the power of startups - what people love is what will prevail. It made macs and iphones grab marketshare back from "corporate" options like …

is clojure boring yet? Im considering using it for a web app.

I agree and think that this is a huge growing cultural expectation - "you have to live for your children". I don't think it used to be the case. Well OK sure I get that that would …

Yes. But my understanding is that you have to be exceptional already - probably have a pHD and notoriety in some way so you won't be surprised when you get the offer anyways and al…

I think I have unique insight on this. I used to prioritize "important" work especially things that improved the world (I didn't have a good metric though), and even more especiall…

can you elaborate?

Where did the assumption that tech solves big problems come in? Consumer problems of course, but societal problems? Somehow people assumed that solving the problem of being bored o…

Good startups are about making something that people will love. Not something that solves a global crisis. Thinking of the latter instead of the former often results in "playing ho…

My Dad did the coolest one for my fifth grade class that everyone still remembers. He showed us how binary addition in a calculator/computer works by giving us all 0 or 1 notecards…

go outside during lunch mang.

I think you're right but at least startups incentivize trying really really hard - as opposed to joining some big R&D firm. It challenges people to wrestle again and again with the…

Are you sure that human thought isn't basically brute-force bulldozing? Just because we don't feel like it is doesn't mean it is. The time it takes us to learn something, the numbe…

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This is awesome. I have noticed this type of logic with most content online. If a message is targeted towards a demographic consistently it probably means its not actually a proble…

Yep, every item would be a node. Similar items like bookmarks would be in 1 cluster while blog posts would be in another. As far as publishing, its mainly for my own personal use, …

Im still learning/building. I will link you when I have something more substantial to show. For the first iteration, I am making it with d3.js - something like this: https://bl.ock…

as opposed to what? An app? A website is accessible from the largest number of places - my phone, any computer, etc. Also, 1 intention of this is to streamline my browser use. So t…

Im building a personal notes classifier, a website where I can write down links, bookmarks, ideas, thoughts, blog posts, projects, articles, etc. and it classifies them based on th…

This thread provides a wide enough sample population of people who have a problem with these services. Additionally, this population is getting bigger. I do hear friends and family…

She wouldn't. But there are many people who don't like Facebook for privacy reasons or other reasons mentioned in this sub-thread. They might opt for such a service. And then it wo…

do you use this?

I believe that the internet is powerful because it connects us to people rather than content. My dream is for our portal into the internet (currently google or Facebook) to become …

thats because its tough! Its tough to come up with good useful things to build. Ideas may not be everything but they are something.