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I think we'll be hearing a lot of this now, and it's my feeling that it's a sucker's rally. Every single one of those who correctly called the financial crisis are quite clear: it's not over by a lon…

That's an amazing quote. Thanks.

It's hard to make a decent living in film making, especially in a way where you're creative. So, if you're asking, my suggestion is keep your day job and stay a programmer -- at least for a while. Fi…

That's a great idea.

I'm a big proponent of this; I guess because it's worked well for me. You can get spectacular results for much less, but you have to know what to watch out for. For example, you should have (at least…

Paul Buchheit at Startup School 08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZxP0i9ah8E Sam Altman at Startup School 08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m43t44WL8-w …

First, no one is a diagnosis. But if your friend does have this, he or she will seem fine until they "break". For example, they may suddenly leave town. This isn't something for Hacker News and it's …

And replaced it with the soundtrack to that dog movie.

In the Czech Republic people used to have two windows -- an inner and an outer. Not only is it great for insulation but you can keep things between the two windows and it stays cold without freezing.

Everyone can recognize the glow.

Contingency planning makes all the difference in the world. When OPEC oil crisis hit in the 70's, only Shell Oil had done contingency planning for such an event, and it was the only major oil company…

Cool! Thanks!

I initially put a caveat on my comment and then removed it -- and it admitted that I haven't been very public about the work. The attention and support would definitely be better if I published on La…

Prague, Czech Republic

>I knew name-dropping would help Sadly, it doesn't just help; without it, no one would care at all. For all the pathos we showed in these threads on 'Where is the innovation?': http://news.ycomb…

What are you talking about? The whole YC program is explicitly about getting your hand held. Anyone can get a credit card or family/friend loan for 5,000 for a three month project. YC is not about …

There's a bit of chicken and egg problem with this, though. I know of people working on hard problems and there's no funding at all. Maybe a grant if they're lucky. The investors are just as into th…

But for $300? You can get something similar (although simpler) for less than $100: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6372429785.html I'm planning to combine the latter with Boxee to create my hom…

Fantastic thread, you guys. Gnaritas, in my opinion you've got it absolutely right. There are some strange memes in America, such as that it's the richest country on earth, socialism is bad and anyt…

Paul, can we have a feature that when we save an application there's also a 'feedback' button, which sends the application to select YC alumni and others who have time to give feedback?

That's the reason for the heavily-graduated property tax -- to target specifically those who might have profited under the bubble, yet who are not profiting as much now. I never intimated that "the go…

This is an idea whose time has come. Look at what happened during the last depression: the top marginal tax rate jumped from around 25% to over 90%. I think a broadly-graduated marginal property tax…

Interesting article. Thanks. What I find fascinating is that the Dollar is not being shorted. At this point, everyone knows the US is no longer AAA, and interest rates are effectively zero. In a nor…

If you murdered someone, that would be a simple act; the legal process, though, would be complicated. I'm sure there are aspects of the legal process in terms of repatriating the inmates, for example…

Wait a minute! Media disinformation campaign? So you are saying that there never existed a camp in Guantanamo Bay where the prisoners waited eight years without right to trial, placed in Cuba to avo…

8 or 16? In 5 years? I think Moore's Law will get us more than that. Typical now is 2 to 4. And while I agree that the most popular language will be something brand new, it's based more on non-publi…

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I understand; I think your frustration is completely justified. There are full generations in America and elsewhere who are about to go step-by-step through the Kübler-Ross model. You're smart enough…

Well, one reason I keep going is that I'm not you and I don't have 15 years of living expenses. I have a wife and three-year-old girl who depend on me. I still have value in my house, even at deflat…