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The last paragraph of this article is where the inanity of this tiring line of thinking really exposes itself. Coding a a travel search engine in node.js might titillate a hacker, …

As someone who fits this skillset and aspires to fill this kind of role at a web startup, can someone tell me what the qualifications are to actually be this person? I think the ar…

I don't think it's difficult to understand at all. The way I would describe it is: about.me with different design and a focus (though not exclusively) on mobile devices. I like it.…

I guess this is a two-part question: 1) Why hasn't Yelp gone international? 2) Why hasn't someone started an international version of Yelp?

Thanks for the helpful and straightforward response. When you say designs, you mean html/css/js -- everything client side -- right? I assume so, but being a noob means constantly a…

Non-technical solo founder outsourcing development on a MVP web app (but also learning basics of coding in the meantime in order to better navigate the process). As for the questio…

Correct, with the only qualifier being that this only applies to juries that are composed of anti-reason, science illiterate individuals.

Yes, I do. I think it's pretty logical to assume that you would begin to see many more money managers and executives as you go down the list. But I don't really see what that's get…

Come on. I think you very well know that the superrich class being discussed is more than just the Forbes 400. It's about the top 1% or 5%. There's a whole lot of room beneath thes…

PG, The cases you cite -- tech entrepreneurs whose startups generate vast wealth -- aren't really that relevant to Rich's argument. While I guess they do make up a portion of this …

Leave it to patent trolls to make you root for a pharmaceutical company.

Not till I read this post and the ensuing comments. Snark aside, it would be helpful (and more interesting) if you at least elaborated on what you found displeasing, and perhaps ev…

While I think this is a fine question for discussion on HN, you have to understand that 99% of HN users are clearly going to recommend the for profit route. HN is all about startup…

Very valid point, most petitions are in fact a sham. But given that exercises like these are incredibly important to the viability of organizations -- organizations whose mission/c…

I guess what sets HN apart is the premium it places on quality rather than growth/traffic. And that it caters to a specific niche rather than a bunch of disparate, mainstream topic…

That's a good point, but I meant this more in terms of taking YC out of the picture and just looking at the site alone.

I think that's a pretty fair example. But reddit is much less lean of an operation than HN. Would Reddit be considered more successful if it was a leaner organization? They say in …

Curious as a thought exercise -- how would/how well could HN be monetized? I think PG recently mentioned it gets about 60k visitors a day. How well do you think it could be monetiz…

Cool idea. One little thing I just noticed: when I click on an autocomplete term in the search field, it doesn't initiate the search. I have to hit the search button. Just a small …

I guess the title says it all -- looking for ideas and strategies on how to build traffic and momentum for a social news aggregation site. Especially for one that is more niche-bas…

It's a cool implementation, but I see one major flaw: unlike HN and other social news/submission sites, its popularity ranking doesn't seem to factor in when items were submitted. …