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Once I saw an episode of the UK version of 'Dragons Den'. A couple of guys pitched some adventure sports equipment they had built and one of the investors, Peter Jones, told them o…

My apologies. I just checked and you were right.

I think the actual quote was "do or do not do; there is no try".

Oh, I see. I had guessed that stuff like that would be flagged to oblivion fast enough that it wouldn't be an issue. I guess that the speed at which flagging would have an affect r…

Would you mind please clarifying what you meant? I see how spammers would create fake 'review my startup' posts to try and game the amount of front page time they got but if flaggi…

Perhaps my comment didn't make my thoughts clear enough. First of all, I think we are working on different definitions of 'inflation'. There seems to be two schools of thought on t…

I'd like to see increased focus from HN on reviewing new startups too. One way might be a special tab but I'd suggest an alternative - putting 'review my startup' posts on the main…

The austerity cuts haven't started yet Actually welfare benefit rates have already been frozen. Couple that with an increase in prices in food/utilities etc and benefits claimants …

That's interesting. I guess it depends on the scale of the inflation. Germany printed money to pay their war reparations with and when it got to the hyper-inflation stage everybody…

I'd guess that unrest is inevitable when a country gets a debt problem whichever way you deal with it. The current unrest in London and other UK cities may be the result of austeri…

It's not really surprising. PG has said many times that they invest in people not ideas. I gather they also discuss ideas with founders and try and put them onto something other th…

Here's a list of them: http://library.readscheme.org/page1.html

See also the 'design recipe' approach advocated in books like 'how to design programs'.

My assumption was that most of the people who load up DrRacket don't go poking around for the teaching languages. It's a pretty useful IDE, not just for students. I usually use it …

The teaching languages are only a menu option away. Most of them are designed to be used by students working through 'how to design programs' (htdp.org). I wouldn't really consider…

Bamboo bike frames have been around for quite a few years but this is the first time I've seen anyone trying to commercialise them. I guess they might take off with the green crowd…

I'd like to add that responsibility for banks providing loans backed by the taxpayer ultimately falls on voters. This is what fannie mae/sallie mae etc are all about. Disconnecting…

I understand the reasoning that the fed & equivalents in other countries are supposed to manage the money supply as a smoothing function in booms and busts. I have never managed to…

Agreed. Inflation amounts to stealing from people with savings. I haven't read the book you linked to yet but I just wanted to chime in and reference another great little book "How…

I meant corporation tax revenue from businesses that gain income by selling stuff to people who are paying with drugs money. edit: I'm not sure I'm explaining myself very well so l…

I agree with what you're saying. A person's direction in life can change at any time and it's unfortunate that people judge and discriminate so carelessly. They are acting rational…

That might not work as well as we might wish. A substantial amount of spending in most first world economies results from spending money earned by illegal drug sales. (I don't have…

Yes, it was mostly that I would be more interested in watching a YC version than a techstars version. I think a single movie length documentary would be preferable to a series thou…

I don't think I'd be too interested in watching this but I'd very much like to see a one off documentary on YC - maybe following a few of the companies through the 3 month cycle an…

Hi. I don't have anything to add but I just wanted to say thanks for sharing :)