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smashthepants
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Comment #25216102
I don't understand what it's for.
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Comment #25187441
The landing page mentions blogs once, but gives no examples and blog posts aren't listed on the pricing page. Can it generate blog posts? If so, what's that experience like?
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Comment #25169712
Who are the coaches? What are their backgrounds/experience? Do we get to choose our own coach?
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Comment #24841764
Yep pixlet is very cool, but I want a Tidbyt :) I'll sign up for the newsletter and wait for your announcement
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Comment #24840598
What's the pricing on a Tidbyt?
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Comment #24820065
It would be good to see some example challenges and the format of the challenges
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Comment #22409007
Your conclusion is wrong - she admits in the quote you referenced that segregation was there. She does not say it didn't affect her, she says she didn't feel it (as in let it affec…
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Comment #21466127
You're assuming a world without inheritance, nepotism, politics, lobbying, etc. So many factors go into how much a person's effort can compound....
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Comment #21466066
How are we defining production? They say Bezos makes $215M per day. Does he personally produce $215M in 'value' per day? Or do his employees contribute to it?
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Comment #21383184
Maximum comments on the free plan - is that 200 per page? Or 200 per site? Also is it 200 in total? Or 200 over some time period? Also, is there a blurb about privacy or how this e…
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Comment #21329901
From the show HN rules linked at the very top of the page: In Comments Be respectful. Anyone sharing work is making a contribution, however modest. Ask questions out of curiosity. …
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Comment #21202837
Fair points. And it gives me a little more context into the intensity of the reactions. Thank you.
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Comment #21199235
Well...characterizing the usage as a marketing term wouldn't be relevant if the potential for making money weren't an issue here. Even beyond that, on a human level, the attacks on…
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Comment #21199096
Windows isn't free. Nor is the source available to be viewed, modified, extended, learned from, etc. Also, you're comparing one of the biggest tech companies in the world, to an in…
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Comment #21198394
The words 'community' and 'customers' are not mutually exclusive and using the word community to refer to your customers is not misleading in the slightest...
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Comment #21135576
The problems were created by giving preferential treatment based on race, but the solution is to ignore race? No one is advocating wishing anything away. If you want to focus speci…
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Comment #21132075
The goal is defined - equality. If it mattered to you it wouldn't be a complicated concept to grasp. And just as I said in my previous comment, this is the exact sentiment that pre…
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Comment #21131224
He explicitly said income equality is unachievable. I didn't put those words in his mouth. You can't answer the question of "when" if a person has already decided the goal is unach…
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Comment #21131025
Ummm...because historical discrimination has led to an environment where educational resources are unequally distributed? The effects of those historical policies still exist...and…
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Comment #21131000
Income inequality is only "unachievable" exactly because of thinking like this. If people were genuinely invested in equality they would be asking "what can i do to get us there fa…
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Comment #21130918
There are so many studies on this if you're actually interested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_U... Regardless of whether family wealth is lost over ti…
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Comment #21017475
Sounds cool. Screenshots of the app being used would be nice.
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Comment #21017431
You would get a lot more feedback if the landing page described the product a bit more - specifically what you're doing, how you're doing it, and why I'd want it...
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Comment #20943441
The readme says that 'for profit' projects aren't allowed. Side projects can't be created for the purpose of making money? I'm not sure I understand the purpose of that restriction…
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Comment #20919464
You can still do that today, even with laravel and composer. There's no requirement to make your deployment process any more complicated...