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seannaM

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    Comment #12832406

    Maybe people shouldn't run over people who are in the road

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    Ask HN: How would hiring react to high profile/notorious company on resume?

    One example being, something like Theranos. I feel pretty certain it would look "Worse than google, better than mom and pop website shop", but I'm not sure entirely how it would be…

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    Ideal job interview form

    I've heard a lot of flack towards the facebook/google white boards 'n' algorithms interview process. Is there a process you think is better? What would the ideal be? I would like "…

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    Comment #12470984

    Run a small VR/game studio, work on my own experimental/risky ideas with a small group of reliable, interesting people who share my vision strongly.

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    Comment #9123565

    When you see one hot woman and four awkward guys playing tennis poorly everywhere in SF, you'll know why

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    Comment #9123518

    My assumption about such an app is that similar to couch surfing, the most motivated users are guys looking for a hookup, and that will probably be a turn off for other demographic…

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    Comment #9054219

    A) Working in startups is more interesting/fun (If you can have fun being stressed out) than most companies. A lot of people will compromise compensation for fun. B) The benefits o…

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    Comment #8744358

    Crytek is a huge mess, even by game dev standards (Which has a lot of huge messes). They've recently gone through periods where they just stopped paying their employees, they have …

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    Comment #8250953

    Here's a couple of possibilities, put some time into all of them, but gravitate towards the activities that you enjoy/tolerate the most. * Take some time to learn how to interview.…

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    Comment #7962026

    The subtext I read from your life-decision making is "I'm lonely, and money = women, so I'm going to get money." Money doesn't really equal women as much as A) If you're destitute,…

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    Comment #7859782

    I would like to say this in the nicest, most hopeful-for-your-future-potential way possible: Everybody can see through your bullshit. I think most people aren't sure what you're be…

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    Comment #7615963

    I don't think social anxiety is a bad focus at all. I personally suffered from a lot of social anxiety 10 years ago. My personal focus right now are more like social finesse, being…

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    Comment #7611015

    I like the idea of metamorf.us a lot, but it seems to me to be solely focused on social anxiety. Do you have plans to expand out of that?

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    Ask HN: Including video elements in a tech blog for employers

    I was thinking of starting a blog mainly to show off to tech employers. I'm wondering if video elements would be good to include in addition to text elements, essentially to shortc…

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    Ask HN: What software services would you recommend to an indie game dev?

    I'm working on a motion controlled fencing game (http://chrisswordguy.itch.io/fencing-sim) Besides game development, I have a big interest in startup web development, and thought t…

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    Comment #7359631

    Is your idea something that you think has to go into motion soon or else its not going to be nearly as successful? If not, I'd recommend the same thing I would to someone who wants…

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    Comment #7359595

    Could you talk more about that project? I can imagine some projects that would take at least 9 months to make a beta happen (Space travel), but I can't really imagine a stripped-do…

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    Comment #7357674

    We could perhaps consider treating this man as a human being worthy of dignity and basic rights, but this story is just too wild and 21st century

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    Comment #7294161

    I think the title used on the site is purposefully misleading/attention grabbing: "Runs out of parts" would be more accurate and fits the language used on the site.

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    Comment #7259159

    I think blunt incentive based systems tend to encourage aggressive tactics. If someone is going to suffer from the recklessness of a sales tactic, its someone outside the company. …

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    Comment #7250865

    If you'd like to follow the development of this game, I've got a mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/OyPsr

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    Ask HN: What sort of startups make money the fastest?

    I'm a software developer that wants to try out running a project on the side to make some extra income and test out the whole entrepreneurship thing. I'm really interested in tryin…

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    Comment #7235499

    I think everyone should in the Heinlein "specialization is for insects" sense, along with sonnet writing/manure pitching etc. I think everyone should spend more time making things …