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Until now I don't think I have ever thought of the idea that greed could be applied to anything non-materialistic. I fall into the same category as the OP and many others who repli…

Another thought to the difference in email and news aggregators; If I want to read a blog post later (but am busy now) I need to mark it in some way to remember to get back to it l…

I don't consider any of those things as shortcomings, simply aspects of anything involving human minds using a creative process. You're right that it's the same as all other forms …

I think of software development more as an art than a science. If those questions were asked of a professional painter I think we would hear similar responses. It's all by hand, co…

I've had dinner with many people in their homes, and at my parent's house my mom hosts a home-made dinner every Sunday in an open invite sort of fashion like this, so I am familiar…

It does not mean that you aren't leading people, if you aren't trying to lead people. There are many great leaders who never intended to lead anything. And aren't pioneers leaders?…

Leadership definitely means leading people, and there are different ways to lead. I think of livestock. One can stand in front of the livestock and call them, pull on a rope attach…

"I know of a few businesses that build these internships into their model as a way of keeping costs down." According to those regulations posted we see that a business can't legall…

Many people have a misconception about this. An intern is a hired position (albeit temporary), and working for free is simply volunteering. There are unpaid interns, but there are …

At the beginning of this article I was reminded of Paul Graham's "Hackers and Painters." If women tend to have broader interests, leaning towards the arts, than I would say that th…

I like this article, but the title is deceiving. I read it expecting to find project milestones that hint to it's readiness to take off. I think a more appropriate title would be "…

I've been reading about genetic algorithms, and playing with some game ideas recently, and this game brings up some very interesting ideas of what one could do with a game...

I only get on hacker news once every couple of days and usually read only a couple of articles. I thought it a huge coincidence that I read two articles by the same person.

My thought process were as follows; "Oh great, it's just an ad for a book." to "It's a future book, could be interesting." to, "Hey this is the guy that wrote that article on Monet…

I think the point this author is making is not, "These ideas won't work, so don't do it." but rather, "You might think these ideas are unique, but they're not." So he's not shootin…

From a technology perspective that's pretty cool. From an ethics perspective, I don't think it really makes a difference, or will impact the future of war. It will definitely impac…

I feel so timid. Posting on Hacker News for the first time. I'm working on a new project, so it would be great to accept this challenge and join a pseudo-team of App-launchers. Cou…