Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — jamesfranco

jamesfranco

HN member
Joined
Tue, Feb 11, 2014, 6:58 AM UTC
HN karma
18
Public activity
26 items

About jamesfranco

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #7991732

    I completely disagree with what you have said. I have meet a lot of wealthy/successful people and trust me, they are way more happy than the poorer people I have meet. They've achi…

  2. comment
  3. comment
    Comment #7963346

    There a lot of pressure when you have 40+ people expecting you making them a 10x + return. But raising money is something that startups think they must do these days.

  4. comment
    Comment #7961194

    I'll say. Raising money is why many startups fail.

  5. comment
    Comment #7697053

    That's a great idea.

  6. comment
    Comment #7696851

    My writing skills suck. This would be really helpful!

  7. comment
    Comment #7609580

    "Nobody pressures you to achieve a certain level of material success." I live here in New Zealand and thats quiet true. There are 3 billionaires in NZ and almost no one knows who t…

  8. comment
    Comment #7608036

    OMG they find one of these all the time.

  9. comment
    Comment #7596822

    What are you talking about? Quixey.com is an app that let users discover apps and hasn't been removed from the android app store. Plus it has raised millions from Eric Schmidt's fu…

  10. comment
    Comment #7457841

    Chris, do you plan to release this on iOS? Are there any restrictions from Apple?

  11. story
    Ask HN: Is Intel Jarvis faster than Google's Speech Recognition?

    I read a bit about Intel Jarvis and they're saying that it really fast as they process everything offline on the device itself [1] Google's Speech Recognition is blazing fast. So t…

  12. comment
    Comment #7426315

    Whatever you wear reflects on you. I don't think this is something for someone who is fashion conscious people (like many people in LA). Wealthy people would prefer an Audemars or …

  13. comment
    Comment #7426292

    I have 3 question: 1. Will this only work with Android phone for now? 2. Do you agree that smart watches are more for apps that don't need a lot of user interaction. Like Instagram…

  14. comment
  15. comment
    Comment #7399116

    Secret's just a Instagram/Snapchat/WhatsApp wannabe. Those VC's are hoping as hell.

  16. comment
    Comment #7399072

    https://www.quora.com/Secret-app/Why-does-Secret-get-so-much...

  17. comment
    Comment #7389627

    Thanks for the reply! I thought Squirt used Spritz technology?

  18. comment
    Comment #7386301

    Does anyone know of a speed-reading API another than Spritz?

  19. comment
    Comment #7359525

    What's new? This is old. Hasn't this startup been featured on HN a couple of times?

  20. comment
    Comment #7230738

    I contacted them a while ago and they stated that they will let developers create their own intents soon. http://www.ask-ziggy.com is also similar

  21. comment
    Comment #7229638

    I'm not. I wish.

  22. comment
    Comment #7228969

    http://www.maluuba.com Does the same as wit.ai I guess

  23. comment
    Comment #7217568

    lol my username had been taken and I am a couple of accounts and I forgot login details for them so I used James Francos name.

  24. comment
    Comment #7216619

    Would you recommend the book for beginners with minimal knowledge?

  25. comment
    Comment #7216472

    Thanks for your reply. Would you recommend this course by Udacity? https://www.udacity.com/course/cs046 Its in Java and seems to teach you how programming works. How difficult is i…