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> when someone comes up with excuses for not making something open source This is a wild take even coming from HN. Nobody needs an excuse to not make something open source. This so…

In my experience, there is a thin line between "blameless" cultures and "responsibility-less" cultures. Blameless cultures accept that we are all human, make mistakes, have off per…

> One sort of answer would be how people are convinced that their data is not important. When I'm wandering through my yard watering plants, I like to imagine a world where our per…

While not limited to the Soda industry, this sentiment is expressed pretty vividly (even comparing testimony, marketing etc.) in the documentary Fed Up[1]. Worth a watch if this so…

Original Discussion from it's first appearance on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3906143 Also, blog post from presumably the author about how the idea hadn't really taken …

In all fairness, it makes it pretty tough to take your comment seriously when you consistently refer to Rails when you mean Ruby. Also, I have to disagree. Like the author of the p…

According to an Oct 2011 answer by Zach Holman on Quora[1], they only release publicly the number of users. According to the homepage, that number is currently at 1,455,656 (hostin…

It's not impossible to remain a creator while using an iPad (or other tablet) - at least not when it comes to development. There are certainly people who are happily developing on …

Snide comments aside, I think you're missing a lot of value in slides 26 through 34, the section on communication. Reducing the 'spin-up' time for new employees and documenting eve…

User westiseast posted a blog post[1] about A/B testing a grid vs. list product displays on his online tea shop, Min River Tea, which lead to a pretty good discussion on the topic[…

I sleep ~4 hours a night during the week. I find that if I sleep more (~6-8), I am not tired again by the time the remaining hours have passed and it is time for me to sleep again.…

Doesn't appear to guess correctly in Chrome 15 on OS X (10.7.2). I'm not sure exactly what the 'whoops' means for google - but I've obviously visited HN and have visited a few of t…

I read this more as being about creating jobs than making money for one's self.

While it's not drag & drop, you should take a look at beets ( http://beets.radbox.org/ ). It's written in Python and has fairly active development. It uses the MusicBrainz database…

Exactly. All of the points made about free or semi-free education can just as easily be applied to the 'harder' subjects, and while there are plenty of examples of well-versed, suc…

I'd say it has at least a bit to due with sampling bias - many of the more prolific content-creators on the internet are more likely to comment on the passing of Jobs than Steinman…

Clickable Link: http://www.flamecourt.com I agree that it does seem a bit vague. I get the idea of wanting to pique interest, but I'm also loathe to give you my e-mail address with…

My initial impression: I think I "get" what your site is used for, but I'm having trouble really envisioning the "work-flow" of the process. I would probably remedy this by either:…

More people joining a pool doesn't increase your personal Bitcoin production (in theory), it simply lowers your variance. That is, your payments will become smaller but more steady…

Actually, I'm almost certain that AngelusWebDesign (on Bitcoin.org) and Matthew (on Bitcoin-Board.com) are one-in-the-same. As I understand it, he runs Bitcoin-Board and simply cro…

The author addresses the first issue in the paragraph preceding the one you quoted. As it currently stands, most 'confirmation e-mails' I get also provide an 'if this isn't you' se…

"In the edge case, where some unauthorized person has signed up using my email, then include some directions at the bottom of the email that instruct me how to deal with the abuse.…