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mattiss

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    Ask HN: How to donate money effectively?

    I'm thinking of donating some cash to a charity of some kind. How can I make sure my money will actually make a difference and be utilized properly?

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    Comment #1368761

    Is there any practical ways to apply some of this research today? It seems like there must be something out there we can be doing right now to help ward off aging? Also what is the…

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    Comment #1293152

    Insider trading?

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    Comment #1268448

    Lift heavy weights. Eat as much as you can stomach, then eat some more. It isn't rocket science. Seriously just eat 5 huge meals a day and a protein shake before and after you work…

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    Comment #1263106

    You should make this into a Django app that people can plugin to their admin interfaces. It would be a great tool for on the fly code development, bug fixes, etc.

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    Comment #1263068

    Unfortunately there is really no way to get these things as an employee, excluding Wall Street (fuck those guys :) ). The logical conclusion is to start your own company.

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    Comment #1237453

    Nice man!! I've been following your progress for a while, congrats congrats congrats! Very curious to know how you made out...

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    Comment #1222230

    You would be surprised. A lot of these guys write the most horrific code you will ever see.

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    Comment #1187232

    So so poignant. I guarantee you there are about 25 people with articles half-way written who are cursing your name...

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    Ask HN: For the prototype.js users -- is it worth it?

    Prototype.js sounds very interesting. I'm about to start writing a pretty hefty JS lib of my own, and I'm wondering if any of you guys use it regularly and your opinions? To you fi…

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    Comment #1155685

    Which office is this?

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    Comment #1153699

    5% is still pretty good. The fact is most people offer .1% -> 1%, which is practically worthless after dilution.

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    Comment #1152296

    I would never work at a startup without 1 or more of the following: 1.) Same pay as big-corp + much more interesting problem domain. 2.) More pay than big-corp scaled by the extra …

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    Comment #1138642

    Classic. But no minority student group is complete without a witty t-shirt imprinted with a slogan worthy of the uniqueness of each member.

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    Comment #1138636

    You do realize that without patents large companies have FAR less incentive to buyout novel startups right?

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    Comment #1137751

    What are the results of Education vs. Income and Income vs. Happiness?

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    Comment #1093876

    Weird. I thought this board was about entrepreneurship?

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    Comment #1093309

    I mean this is interesting and all, but first page? Really? Does everybody want to work at Google that badly?

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    Ask HN: How do you find designers and animators?

    I am in need of someone to do some animations and graphic design for me. Anybody out there do this sort of thing or know of a good way to get it done?

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    Comment #1082492

    Yep I definitely have considered that as well. Especially the possibility of RTS board games of some sort, as opposed to turn-based. I'm sure the Parker Bros would be well advised …

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    Comment #1082358

    Games, games, and more games. Take advantage of the multitouch features. As a side note, I'm developing a pretty awesome concept for a game in time for the iPad release, and could …

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    Ask HN: Anybody tried Ginkgo Biloba?

    Did it work? Do you use it?

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    Comment #1066593

    Out of curiousity, what client side JS library to people typically use for comet? I've used Orbited and found it pretty good albeit light on documentation.