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That article misses the bulk of what good design is actually about. To quote Steve Jobs: "Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it's t…

Actually, it's quite easy to cancel or downgrade your linkedin subscription. See http://ang.us/qNiD3G and http://ang.us/pPA0Ab for example.

I have two stories to add to this discussion, although perhaps this discussion does not need more fuel to the fire. First, when I was 21 (in 1999), I was the founder of my last sta…

Curious, did you get these performance gains with off-the-shelf Mysql+myisam, or did you consider YC company rethinkdb ( http://www.rethinkdb.com/ )?

I haven't looked exhaustively, but there are solutions out there to book appointments with your doctor or dentist, and there must exist some solution to book an appt with your prof…

I'm an investor in a company called NABsys that's doing this type of electronic sequencing with nanopores today; it's definitely a cool space with profound implications for genetic…

I believe in PG's post on maker's vs. manager's hours: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html The use of office hours is a great solution. I get INUNDATED with requests for …

Um, it's called a "design pattern" for a reason. For more interesting discussions about where to draw the line on imitating others, you may want to check out a little company calle…

Yeah, it means the guy is smart and is borrowing strength from what he knows works. 37 Signals published their conversion rates from the highrise landing page for a reason. Goal at…

This is off on a tangent from the piece about Google and Rupert, but it's worth noting that in the general discussion of the demise of the traditional print newspaper business, few…

This is a great example of a business where the revenue opportunity when sold as an insurance policy may be much higher than when sold as a per-incident/per-claim service. Repositi…

I am not saying inflation should not be a serious concern, however the article fails to mention that the Fed changed the rules so they can now pay interest on these reserves. That'…