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Money, credit, bonds, and the stock market are mankind's cruelest jokes. We have no better way of transporting value so we base value on consumer confidence. It's just as silly as …

Great video. This guy seems grounded. He's my hero.

I used to work in a lumberyard with several insanely insensitive men. They had a saying which applies here that I will not repeat. I think that the super slick look can actually hu…

Does a video on your splash page help market things virally? I feel like there are few things more irritating than a video of a founder or an overly cutesy animation explaining a n…

I've been a high school social studies teacher for the past 3 years or so. I'm currently laid off and substituting, so I've been able to observe what goes on in a lot of subject ar…

"With computers nowadays. . ." I was thinking today about the potential of digital textbooks/instruction especially in subjects like math. Schools group so many students so arbitra…

I didn't mean to sound like I was being skeptical about ramps. Ramps make the most sense, especially the enormous three mile ones that lead right to the top level of the pyramid be…

I hear you. No worries. I've been running into some dominant themes on HN as I've been participating and learning. This is my first project so usually when I say I can't code, HNer…

Ok, lots of administrative suggestions here, which is good insight, I appreciate it. What about collaboration and working with developers to incorporate their knowledge of sound pr…

Any suggested languages? I was emailing a guy last week about learning C. My first developer I worked with (college buddy) was using Rails for my site but my current developer is u…

I'm a non-coding founder trying to develop a website. I'm looking to find a technical cofounder and I need to understand how to better work and connect with coders. I've read a fai…

Finding a technical co-founder has been surprisingly difficult as I've worked through my network of college buddies. The project is risky and I think my buddies who are also trying…

Thanks for the response! I hear you. The reason I'm pursuing the project is because the product is nontechnical, cheap to build, and has mainstream appeal. There is no rocket scien…

I think the trick is staying calm while you confront somebody about something. If you set them off, they stop hearing what you're saying and the whole "discussion" turns into a spi…

Thanks for taking time to help me out! I have a marketing buddy who believes the best course of action would be to polish up an amazing presentation of mock ups and present it to s…

A three mile long ramp made of dirt. I said they used dirt. Dirt. I like to ask my students how they think the Egyptians did stuff like this. They usually guess something like "a w…

I'm at a crossroads with my app and I'm looking for some insight from those who've come before me. I've spent most (OK...all) of my meager family investment seed money ($3K) on a v…

It would be hard to fight a creature with 8 arms and no bones. They would grab all of our extremities and still have four arms left to beat us up. To quote the esteemed Thomas Call…

Part of me says, "Teacher evaluations come down to tests, and tests are b.s.", but another part of me thinks there has to be some way to evaluate whether students make progress . O…

I've never met one, but I think octopi are the coolest.

"This fits with evolutionary perspectives that examine social pressures on the emergence of intelligence, and research showing a neural overlap between social-cognitive and executi…

I'm always amazed by the Egyptians. They cut enormous obelisques(sp?) out of solid rock, rolled them onto enormous barges, floated them down the Nile, then erected them (pun intend…

Is it fair to sum up the Startup School meeting by saying there's more than one way to surgically remove the epidermis of a feline?

HN Version of the comment I posted on your site: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ As a teacher in Milwaukee Public Schools, I tend to think that there is a direct correlation between socioeconomi…

I always hear stuff about how nanotech is going to do crazy stuff. What will a nanotech factory look like (if that's even an accurate description of how things will be made)?