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5 New Technologies That Will Change Everything
I've always liked the prospects for an augmented reality car windshield.
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Comment #916179
i had an attny buddy that wanted to use an exercise ball instead of an office chair. ultimately he got made fun of by so many people that he ended up not doing it. i can see startu…
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Comment #912626
i've always thought this would be an interesting idea. it's neat to see someone doing it. if u think about it, the YC program operates under a similar concept (people are more impt…
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Comment #835510
Just downloaded it for myself. I figure I've read more than $3 worth of your HN posts in the past to justify buying the app regardless.
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Comment #835475
Andrew, I don't hike, but a buddy of mine is always hiking. I forwarded him the link. Very cool looking screenshot on the homepage. I almost want to buy the app just to see it work…
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Turning Smartphones Into Personal Security Devices
Company website is soslink.com
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Hospital chain posts real-time ER wait times online
I remember reading a thread on here about a guy that was partnering with hospitals to reserve spots at the ER within ~15 min window. If that was you, how's this going to affect you…
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Comment #719146
I think the dingitsup.com design is great. I won't use the service, but I appreciate how simple the design is (and I really like the white and grey color scheme). Designs like this…
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Ask HN: Is TMZ more "honorable" than TechCrunch?
Everyone read TechCrunch's reasons for publishing stolen internal Twitter documents. Now, there's a "stolen" video of ESPN's Erin Andrews that's being shopped around to places like…
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Comment #704333
I think the idea has promise. I could definitely see larger companies using it to communicate within departments on a real-time collaborative basis (versus in-person meetings or bl…
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Comment #580784
This is dead on. But it looks like, to some degree, Twitter Search is solving this problem. Twitter is able to do this because, luckily, Twitter has a base of users that are willin…
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Comment #577085
vaksel is right. I've seen recommendations on here before about different sites to find tech co-founders and seen the "go to tech meetups" advice. But the real problem is that the …
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Comment #576981
Most investors are going to demand standard terms. Any time you go with non-market terms, you better have a very compelling product. And in a down economy that's even more importan…
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Comment #576823
Aneesh, it sounds to me like you've been part of the 1% club for a long time. I applaud you for that. Without people like you, HN wouldn't be my homepage. But the point is that the…
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Comment #576746
I think that's a great idea. And 33% is a hell of a lot more than 1%. I think basically you found a clever way to convince a lof the people that Feld would say are "on the fence" t…
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Comment #576742
Unfortunately, I went to business school and remember the Pareto principle (80% of something comes from 20% of the population). The Feld post on 80-19-1 was a great read though b/c…
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Ask HN: A User's First Post?
I've been an active HN reader for a while now. This whole time I've been sitting on the sidelines contributing nothing to the discussion; I only recently created a profile. I'd ima…
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