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I don't understand: "Sand Hill Exchange" accepted items of real value (USD and BC) that could be used to "purchase" (or bet on) things named after real securities that trade (or ar…

I've always wondered about this with traffic tickets: How can officers have discretion on how to prosecute and still satisfy "equal protection under the law"? Or does equal protect…

thanks for answering the questions. i depend on node at my day job, so i am particularly interested in npm's future. i understand someone has to pay for the servers and development…

Accept my complements on the approach. Very cool. [Edit: Keep it up, and I wouldn't describe any of this as critique!] Slide 9, "Notice how de-emphasized Start is." Following the a…

Super interesting story, and thanks for sharing. I think you're referring to your time at DraftMix, right? Admittedly that was a really hard connection to find online [see below]. …

Fair point, we haven't heard of a similar thing happening in the US. However, I'm not convinced we would have heard about it happening. Consider, this is a _US invention_: http://e…

I saw you got downvoted for another comment, but in general you've got the narrative right. Microsoft sent a patent demand letter to B&N. B&N went public as part of its defense. Mi…

Very sorry to hear this outcome, and I wish the best for the team. Perhaps you can sell standalone products? There is still value in never having to touch paper, and I would have b…

> start charging you after a year Really? Oh, wait... http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/general/23014681 As an American who only heard of TenCent late in 2013, I also did not know that W…

May I suggest two other narratives that don't involve politics behind "the problems being solved ... are typically addressed at other geeks, upper-middle class consumers, entrepren…

Agreed. I've always wondered how differently municipalities would behave were the fines forbidden from funding operations. For example, what if all fines had to be paid to a trust,…

Completely agree with @thatthatis, but one separate thought. > "talks began in October" > "they [HandyBook] had a much better and well-defined marking model and they had already de…

I actually was just counting the 38 emails I got. I didn't feel like I could tell one way or another from HN comments or twitter, and I appreciated your thoughts. The snark was ear…

tl;dr -- the crux of the issue (right or wrong) is making the evaluation information too public. From the news story: > "[Administrators' primary concern was] making YC [Yale Colle…

This post will be downvoted to hell, but I have been wanting to say this for a while and can't find a way to contact you. (My email is my HN handle at gmail) You may or may not be …

"Like" is relative and based on tradeoffs. Loved Rick's talk, thanks. This last year I worked on a project with people from the valley, we used Go, and everyone contributed quality…

I love Scala as a language and would encourage you to learn it on the way to becoming a more rounded programmer. It does have its warts, and compile times kill me. On HN the two co…

Thank you for responding thoroughly to the write-up. I think you're absolutely right that we both are clouded by preferences and philosophies when looking at this data. Your conclu…

I really appreciate yours and the GP's comments because both describe different parts of the Everpix puzzle. You're right that capital should seek the highest returns, but one way …

I really appreciate that you released the underlying data. It is one of the best gifts you could give to the community. I think you and I would greatly enjoy chatting at a bar abou…

This morning I did a public write-up of the Everpix business model to see why it failed: http://research.ivanplenty.com/2014-economics-everpix-shutdo... (Submitted to HN a few hour…

Then they may have had a chance. That seems to be the way that the other major players (Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, etc) stay in business.

I didn't downvote you (just catching up to posts), but I wanted to thank you for providing a contrasting view (via Chomsky no less!) to the conundrum: Should I pay the crazy housin…

The server upgrade bug: 1. How many other customers were affected by the server upgrade? 2. Why was this not caught at the time or after? The customer response bug 1. What steps ar…