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The glee with which people are piling criticism on these guys is disturbing.

"Do you think Moby Dick or War and Peace are considered great due to their simple ways of communicating ideas?" This is not an argument for being deliberately obtuse.

Really? There are valuable lessons in this speech. How does DFW's suicide affect his messages?

Sarcasm doesn't do well on hacker news, unfortunately.

That's unfair. I have no skin in this game. The example I gave originally addressed the establishment with no gift cards. Then I had to respond to the claim that Giftrocket is tryi…

I would give a giftcard if one were available. I'd buy a $30 card for $30. If one weren't available, I sure wouldn't pay a company $1.50 to set up a hoop for my friend to jump thro…

It wasn't a gift card in my examples. It was cash. Or an American Express giftcard. Just like you'd be getting with GiftRocket, except GiftRocket wants a cut.

$X is worth $X in gift cards. I'm fine with that. I hate the idea of paying this company when they don't add any value.

Me: "Hey dude, there's this great new Mexican place on your block. Here's $30. Enjoy." = free Me: "Hey dude, check out this website that's going to tell you about this great new Me…

At that point, why not just transfer the money yourself? I get that gift cards > cash for gifts, but if you're worried about the issues you mentioned, you might as well give the pe…

"Of course, the recipient can always opt not to actually use the gifted money..." That's some A+ writing there, Lou.

So I pay a company 5% for the privilege of sending my friend blocks away so I can put money in his paypal account?

Navy SEAL BUD/S

Headlines like this are one of the dangers of our little HN niche.

really? I think that makes it significantly better.

what work do your "fuck"s and "shit"s do?

what other verticals is airbnb entering?

I think you guys need to start exercising or something

more details?

junot diaz

"It's like trying to eat, but before you can bite, you have to pay for your share of the spoon."

edgy and cool

I may be mistaken, and this might require an exhaustive search of the relevant literature, but I believe 3SAT is NP-Complete and therefore this one example does indeed lead to the …