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You seem to have found your destiny. Why do you even care what other people think/do? I would say: follow your path perseveringly and you will end up fine. Not having the urgent ne…

Probably not in general, but concerning architecture I would tend to say yes. Isn’t it an important part of “postmodern architecture” to melt premodern/traditional designs with mod…

The prohibition of minarets does not have anything to do with religious freedom. You can build as many mosques as you want and you are free to pray to anyone you like. It's only th…

I second that one, plus: I would especially check up on the persistency of the founders. Are they really dedicated to the product/company or are they going to lose interest if eith…

Check out the following page for official information: http://www.kmu.admin.ch/themen/00614/00715/index.html?lang=e...

The debate should not only be about Flash vs. HTML5. With SVG-Support in IE9, there's another argument against Flash coming along. SVG is already a pretty good alternative to flash…

Actually, the US isn't a net exporter anymore. You are importing far more of value than you export (2009: +45%, 2008: +66%) and that is the problem. How are you going to pay the pe…

According to CIA World Factbook, you're not the largest in terms of percentage of GDP. At least Germany, Japan, Italy and even Switzerland rank better in that metric. All of these …

PPP is indeed a silly measure as practiced. McDonalds has almost no competitors in Switzerland (no In&Out, Jack, TacoBell or Subway across the street) - therefore a BigMac costs at…

I know of a company that makes a living for about two dozen people selling (or better developing) ideas. Maybe you find some inspiration on their website: http://www.brainstore.com…

I fully agree. And they need to make a good amount of money to "feed" 20 people after they exhausted the funding. Think of it this way: you need at least 95% less sales to make the…

Was that before or after the Japanese did the same thing? I nominate you for the Ignorance-Award. I've never read such a stupid/useless Comment on HN before.

OMG, they'd better use Sharepoint ... http://www.sonova.ch/

Red Bull. An Austrian spots Krating Daeng in Asia, buys a license for all continents, designs a can, puts some carbonic acid in that “syrup”, positions Red Bull around extreme spor…

I personally doubt that you have been taken advantage of the way you describe it. Did you really take the one product from $50 to $700+ daily revenue all by yourself or did you “on…

Of course it hurts to lose any business just because some of your potential customers think your company is too small. Serve the customers you can get now well. Not only does “many…

Stop using fake names immediately and start responding with your own name in all cases. Many customers will probably think: “there seems to have taken place a reorganization; cool,…

I would recommend learning JavaScript. Java, VB, PHP, etc. are pretty much all the same in comparison to JavaScript. I’m not talking about syntax or patterns but about general purp…

The article you linked to does only look at static data. That’s to simplistic. What if you factor some dynamic data into that equation? For example Germany: this country exports ab…

How does buying stuff on credit increase your standard of living? At short notice, this may be the case, but this kind of behaviour is not sustainable. You know, there will be a da…

I can’t see much difference in comparison to a shotgun. I have had training with the older Sig SG 510 and the newer Sig SG 550 assault rifle of the Swiss Army and they’re both abou…

But what if they encounter them? "I could theoretically develop a solution within a day, but I have no idea what you are talking about!" I hope such programmers make sure that they…

"... with the exception of ease of deployment" Sometimes, this actually is a significant (technical) advantage. Of course, PHP is not perfect, but which language is? Sometimes, eve…

I would say: keep focusing on fundamentals. Learning new technologies is pretty easy if you do understand the basic rules that they are all based on. For example: I you have no ide…

What industry? That sector accounts for less than 20% of US-GDP. Besides that, if the dollar becomes worthless, how will your "industry" pay for raw materials that have to be impor…