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I'm curious as to why you think charisma is sometimes a negative influencer of success?

How old was Paul Graham when he started ViaWeb? I don't think it was mid-twenties -- maybe 30 or 31?

yup -- there's a thin line between "Don't be evil" and "Do good"

why hasn't anyone suggested this: els[i].addEventListener('click', new Function("","alert("+i+");"),false); it works fine and it's much shorter and easier to read than nested funct…

What's interesting in India is that you'll often find a slum right next to a super luxurious hotel like the Oberoi or the Taj. I've never been able to understand why squatting "sti…

is it silly of me to think that this doesn't seem hard enough to be an interview question? i'd be more interested in whether (and how quickly) someone could grasp a complex problem…

I don't meant to be critical in any way (I just want to offer a genuine perspective) -- I really didn't like it. Not sure if it was because of the bright yellow color or because I …

The culture slides on Netflix's job site do make it seem like a scary place to work but at least they are transparent about what it's like to be employed there..

Dear EmailOracle user, We're sorry to announce that, effective January 31, 2011, the EmailOracle product and service will be discontinued. Until that time, the service will continu…

I think it has something to do with the fact that Microsoft had just invested close to $10M in Heroku in the weeks prior to the acquisition (making Microsoft the biggest investee i…

I think it has something to do with the fact that Microsoft had just invested close to $10M in Heroku in the weeks prior to the acquisition (making Microsoft the biggest investee i…

The culture at Google is probably also driven by the fact that it's such an academic environment (in addition to the fact that there's a lot of pro-engineer sentiment). Facebook ha…

And the TechCrunch posts always get upvoted and make it to the top. Isn't there a way to make these "worth less"?

I second American Express -- awesome customer support.

Just curious to see what the overlap is between HN users and Quora users since both have great but sort of similar content / people.