What a 4am haircut taught me about hackathons
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#2"What I love most about hackathons is that failure is everywhere. When you’re not afraid to fail, you’re not afraid to push your limits, and that’s an attitude everyone can benefit from."
Truth!
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#3So who is willing to risk their barber's license offering this service...?
There's a reason we require licensing of that profession...
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#4So who is willing to risk their barber's license offering this service...? There's a reason we require licensing of that profession...
Wow - I completely forgot that you need a license to cut hair in most of the US. I find it amusing that you could write the software for controlling a self-driving car without so much as a high school diploma, but we're still requiring licenses for hair stylists.
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#5So who is willing to risk their barber's license offering this service...? There's a reason we require licensing of that profession...
Wow - I completely forgot that you need a license to cut hair in most of the US. I find it amusing that you could write the software for controlling a self-driving car without so much as a high school diploma, but we're still requiring licenses for hair stylists.
that's an odd comparison.
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#6"What I love most about hackathons is that failure is everywhere. When you’re not afraid to fail, you’re not afraid to push your limits, and that’s an attitude everyone can benefit from." Truth!
Yeah, one of my favorite things about them is that they're a risk-free creative environment when compared to school or work. It lets people get outside their comfort zones more.
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#7I would totally use this
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#8So who is willing to risk their barber's license offering this service...? There's a reason we require licensing of that profession...
Um, pardon my ignorance or lack of perception, but exactly what risk are you talking about?
Does it have something to do with where the haircut is being performed? Are you referring to sanitation issues or something?
I'm obviously not following you.
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#9So who is willing to risk their barber's license offering this service...? There's a reason we require licensing of that profession...
Wow - I completely forgot that you need a license to cut hair in most of the US. I find it amusing that you could write the software for controlling a self-driving car without so much as a high school diploma, but we're still requiring licenses for hair stylists.
Its the mom exemption where you don't need a license to cut a relatives hair non-commercially, and that existing legal framework collides with the current bubble of internet-coordinated-mom-replacement startups.
"Mom can you drive me to the mall?" and next thing you know governments are out to destroy a startup.
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#10So who is willing to risk their barber's license offering this service...? There's a reason we require licensing of that profession...
So what _is_ the reason? I have always assumed that this is an example of regulatory capture: existing barbers gain from raising the barrier of entry for competitors, while non-barbers don't care enough about it to lobby.