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Well my platform is n number of $20 linodes to start. I'm clustering the python application across them using uwsgi+nginx (all I have to do is add an IP address in the config to sc…

> Please ask yourself why. Looking for a way to hands-free scale very cheaply without vendor lockin. Would be nice if I can simply add another machine to the database to the cluste…

I am investigating replacing MySQL with MongoDB in my model layer for my next prototype. My mind is still thinking in 3NF though. I understand dernormalization and avoiding joins w…

Do HNers still watch TV? I stopped paying for TV ~ 2 years ago and find it mildly nauseating when I visit relatives and they want to have it on in the background.

Anyone engaged in military\defense contracting is a legitimate target of war under the Geneva convention.

> wealth would be 'the ability to follow curiosities and interests, whatever they may be.' How would you differentiate between the terms wealth, freedom, and happiness (or do you c…

Wealth is the ability of an entity to create change. Skills you know, your business network, your emotional support network, assets you can exchange. People with great wealth can a…

> their backers were betting that Mr Obama would push through an energy bill that would force America to embrace alternative sources of energy more aggressively. Give him a break, …

> non-monetary gains like prestige or autonomy "Gains" obviously did not refer to strictly cash. Gains refers to anything you value. Cash is just a tool. I would go further than yo…

I meant the human species as a collective has no single consciousness. And also that individual humans do not have metaphysical consciousness.

I studied cognitive psychology not economics ;) I'm familiar with the topics your bringing up and agree they're interesting but also think they are irrelevant to the issue of corre…

If you want to go to Kahneman & Tversky, yes different heuristics people may use for estimating risk and reward are probably biased estimators (although I hope all pirate-entrepren…

> What I think is wrong is to take only a single terminology Utility is a basic textbook economics term and the context of Arrington's article. Also, Arrington was an economics maj…

> or else your definition of sane is very limited or else your definition of gain is very limited. You seem to be implying a mountain climber makes no gains by tackling Mt. Everest…

> What if exploring the boundaries of your capability, your talents, was its own reward? Then you're gaining something (discovery of new assets, freedom, happiness, sense of accomp…

> They don’t need to be rewarded for risk, because they actually get utility out of risk itself. In other words, they like adventure. Completely flawed. Every sane person seeks to …

> which will raise the general discourse level On one hand you want to avoid trolls, but on the other hand you want to avoid a circle-jerk and "my boss can google everything I wrot…

Seems unnecessary considering some of the most thoughtful discussions come from throw-away accounts doing Tell\Ask HN. It could also exacerbate other issues: http://en.wikipedia.or…

keep track of submission karma and comment karma separately. People should not be able to downvote in comments unless they have earned the karma threshold required to do so from co…

> a sort of wildly self-improving problem-solving algorithm that has no real consciousness and simply goes on an optimization rampage through the world That sounds pretty similar t…

Ever since Frankenstein was written, I think we have always been unfairly predisposed to think our creations will turn on us. Probably due to the ubiquitous nature of inner-guilt o…

Facebook has not built any robot cars that can accelerate onto highways, so no. For innovation, Google is practically grad school in comparison to Facebook. [ I'm not sure if Faceb…

An additional problem with subsidies is the detrimant to international trade. For example, massive subsidies make corn in America TOO cheap, that everyone in Mexico City buys Ameri…