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Here's another person who had a very cool implementation with the actual Amazon Dash button. They messed with it (software only) to track baby data! You could use the same method t…

I think it's important to note this was from last October (2014). And here is somewhat of a response blog post from Suster (investor) around that time: http://www.bothsidesofthetab…

As a quick 'part answer' to your question, a lot of the reasoning behind so many rounds for many companies is actively choosing to stay unprofitable by pouring would-be profits (an…

I'm visiting India currently from the States and the biggest hurdle to launching delivery sort of services here must have been effecively locating homes. Addresses that most "weste…

Agreed. Also part of the issue: staying up all night DOES impress (just not to professors aka no impact on your grade). Students stay up late with friends; complain about 90% of th…

I'd agree with you that not much can be done because it's not like education is advocating this take on studying per se, it's just a relic that gets passed down through the various…

As a University student in the States, I can say that, other than academics themselves, this is mostly propagated by a "I slept fewer hours than you so clearly I work harder look a…

The pro side to easier access to larger and larger audiences is the ability to find a niche audience (or have a niche audience find you via Twitter). This turns your 'boring' pursu…

For those that have been down the startup road before - should this focus also be reflected in the same proportions in your budget? Ex. Should 50%+ of a startup's budget be spent o…

I'd argue that people generally have an underlying expectation that they'll be able to do far more on the internet with web apps than with physical mediums. If that is true, then h…

Facebook has all the tools in place for sharing things perfectly and privately just as I would want and I know I can even customize them per piece of media I put out there. The pro…

dotmatrix22, I'd like to chat with you about how you're handling things - I'm working on a startup that is leveraging this in a similar way and I'd like to see if you can help us o…

At some point, I had Reeder, Read it Later, Instapaper, Flipboard, Quora and Snackr that I was using to consume media on my iPhone. Needless to say - didn't work for long. After a …

I worked with a few venture firms last summer and got to meet a lot of the entrepreneurs they've funded. Most of them were working out of a angel or seed round and all were being p…

As a student, I can say you're spot on with the first one. A huge challenge, to be sure because applications are scattered across the internet as PDF's, docs and outdated online fo…

Isn't twilio working on allowing web apps to receive MMS messages? I assumed this is what Chute is intending to do.

I'm a little confused as to the Twilio reference. Does this mean Chute will allow users to MMS images to a phone number with a server backend?

I've had this exact same issue - or at least used to. This is my way of dealing with it: Articles: Get Read it Later and install the FFX extension if that's your browser of choice.…

On a slightly unrelated note: I love reading something linked from HN and then far later receiving a NY Times email alert about the same story. HN FTW.

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You bring up some good points with the parallels in the brain however I think more is lost in the exposure to different experiences that you simply can't replicate online. For most…