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Good move. Yesterday, I got around $5 from Squidoo for a lens that suddenly become popular and was able to get 300 views in a month. I made it, if I remember well, months ago and forgot about it. But man, it only took me 10 or 15 minutes to make it and that was all I have done.

So I thought about it and decided to dig in for some keywords and create even more pages. If I only have 20 lenses like that, it would make me $100 a month. Not that much, but nice money to pay my Internet, phone and SaaS bills.

I'm writing this comment to tell you that I feel your happiness. Although it's a very small and tiny amount of money, you are very happy. I know it, because I'm feeling it right now.

May be it's the effect of money that comes from selling products and not working under a boss. Already felt it when selling scripts on CodeCanyon.

Nice work and now improve and promote more your product!
Broken windows at work here. Nobody loots because nobody else loots.

In any instance, it takes a few disgruntled, enterprising people to start a riot or mass vandalism. Particularly the disaffected.

Racial homogeneity can only go so far to explain things, but Japan is a country where people generally look out for one another. When I was there, people were so polite that I thought these people were feigning politeness. I remembered walking out of a food stall when the head waiter would call out that a customer is leaving, and all the wait staff would turn around and bow and ask us to come again. It was simply amazing. I guess by learning to be polite even when you are tired, stressed, you become very good at being outwardly calm and it helps to maintain social order.

Incidentally, I remembered the caning incident where a young expat in Singapore spray painted cars and got several strokes of cane as a punishment. Wanton destruction is an alien concept to me when I grew up in Asia. A lot of vandalism with spray painting were simply copy cats importing an unwanted culture.
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There's absolutely nothing about the "laws of physics" that guarantees that this particular reactor design is going to be able to contain a full meltdown, because it's never happened before. Nobody knows.

Physics isn't biology/medicine. The laws of physics are not discovered by running experiments to enumerate every possible combination or permutation of configurations.

You're assuming an intact core. Criticality is a function of density, shape and temperature, in addition to mass. Melt the fuel rods, and the guarantees of that nice, well-moderated behavior are off.

The optimal shape for criticality is a sphere - surface/volume is the key factor here. A wide, shallow puddle at the bottom of the containment chamber is the least dangerous shape.

Temperature affects things because higher density makes achieving criticality easier. I.e., the colder things get, the more likely criticality is to be achieved.
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I remember getting my first check through the post, and the first time someone handed me cash. This was 15 years ago, and I still remember them clearly.

Well done.

May I make a suggestion? Start keeping a diary. Nothing big, nothing fancy, just notes about things like this. If you become an entrepreneur full-time you'll want to go back and read about days like this.

Congratulations.
We've just put up a calendar on the wall, crossing off the days we're making money.

Feels VERY good!
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> The fact still remains: nuclear energy is the safest and cleanest we have for now.

Burning natural gas is both cleaner is safer, and it is a power source for much of Europe. I wonder why all nuclear advocates always bring in coal into the comparison.
Yes, i remember working for a company (java devs) where at some point we ended up having wrappers around wrappers around wrappers delegating stuff around, factories of factories ... It made your head spin.
I met the guy who wrote this bit that I had to maintain:

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What really pissed me off was that he was such a nice guy.

He still works a lot. Makes a lot of money. And his customers love him. (No, I don't think they review his code.)
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> Whatever the cause, though, people from the US almost universally think of lawbreaking as a common and often harmless activity, not something limited to the mentally handicapped or partially insane - something that many people would do if the law weren't restraining them.

I don't think you're correct, that's certainly not a "universal" thought, although I suppose there may be subcultures that believe this. I live in the US, and I don't know anyone who thinks this way (at least no one I've discussed it with). We think criminals had a bad upbringing, or that they have some kind of psychological problem (which may be due to physical brain problems).

> "He just looked like a normal person! But obviously he wasn't, because he robbed the store!"

I like this response; it sounds like the response I'd have given.
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Nice take on the Seinfeld technique. I will try this.
Yup, a small Moleskine notebook is perfect. Fits in your pocket and you can jot down milestones like this.
I got to the "Booya!" and tittered.
Thanks.. It was originally designed as a free software. I introduced the paid option when I realized there was a demand for it, especially from the PR industry.
The title is slightly misleading. A better version:

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Doesn't matter how open the source code is, the phone network still needs to know which cell you're in to direct your call. Knowing where you are is a fundamental part of the cellphone system.
That doesn't seem like a satisfactory answer to the question. It essentially translates to "they deserve to get special treatment because they're rich."

Why should a company with lots of tax gains not have to pay the same taxes on them as the company next door? Certainly they were familiar with the tax code and its consequences when they set up shop in that city.

The whole article reads me as simply "big successful company wants to avoid paying taxes."
I've got this same issue with the StackOverflow comments system. Usually, I type something, and type enter to go to the next line. Oops, you posted the comment (luckily they have an edit function, but still...)
I once took over some work that was previously the domain of our most highly paid ($150-200k a year) "architect"/contractor. Imagine my surprise when I actually examined his code and realized that it looked like it had been written by a student in an intro-level C101 class. At one point, I asked him what his approach to program design was...he replied "brute force and ignorance" and walked away laughing. We fired him shortly thereafter.
yes. It is a big mental barrier breakdown. It brings "making money" online into the realm of possibility for me. Congratulations on your success as well.
I'll do it. And you don't even have to pay me. Just the chance to work on something amazing is payment enough.
Well, if all software was free, you could run your own base station, not just a phone. Likely other people would do the same thing.

I look forward to this influx of wealthy and altruistic individuals.
Thanks. Hope that day comes :-)
Your argument would hold a lot more water if all the other things that 'couldn't possibly' go wrong hadn't already gone wrong.
I tried Airbnb several times, looking to find an apartment in London, Barcelona, NYC.. but it was only a waste of time for me, unfortunately.

The idea is great, but there are just too many people renting their properties who simply have no idea what they are really doing and how to do it responsibly.

I was receiving answers like 'Sorry, my flat is not available - it is a very short notice" from the renter, who's calendar was 'available' for my dates weeks in advance. From others I heard "This property isn't available, but I will offer you this and that", which were not even comparable. Then I came to the realization to avoid dealing with those who maintain multiple listings, as it's their main trick to lure guests with one available property and then try to market what they have really available.

All in all, there are just too many time wasting opportunities on Airbnb right now. I would rather pay a bit higher to deal with someone definitely reliable and who does it professionally.
I think it will take few more years for Airbnb renters to pass the natural selection and earn enough reputation to be easily discoverable among those who rent their flats out to get a payday advance..
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So what are you going to do? The easy thing would be to just shut it off, but more amusing thing would be to make the news links nonsensical (ie go to Onion etc).

Of course, the best thing would be to get your own cut of the revenue.
I've no idea if it's true that the iPod is bad at playing podcasts, but in any case it would be a terrible idea for Microsoft to base its strategy around a weakness of their competitor, that their competitor could fix with a few days of development and a free software update.
Note, for what it's worth, I could not find his site on the first page of Google using any of the phrases mentioned. I was going to check backlinks and the site isn't there to check.

The reason I was going to check is that there's no way he's getting that many visits on such an obscure term. There's simply not that many searches. Also without some kind of link, there's no way for a bot to even know your site exists.

Perhaps it's just me. I must be missing something. Maybe the article was a bit over-stated?
Isnt it time we hit panic mode on fukushima?
Isnt it time we hit panic mode on fukushima?

First they said reactor is heating but it's under control. Then things started failing one by one. Every time the report says it's under control, but the radiation level doubles. Now the rods in reactors 4, 5, 6 are exposed without sheilding in cooling ponds. If all the rods are exposed, what is the probability of starting a self sustaining chain reaction?

My point it this. If you knew that the batteries would last only 8 hours - ask for batteries from south korea, or us or some other place if you dont have any. if your diesel generators have failed ask for diesel generators to be flown in from some other place - doesnt matter how much they would cost you.

Another news update says:
"Authorities now hope to use a police water cannon truck to fire water into the pool, NHK television said. The operation could begin tonight."

Are you crazy - this should have started hours ago. Hit the panic button now and throw everything at it. Use fire brigades to pump water. if you dont have fire brigades have them flown in from some other country. ask for 1000s for fire brigades if necessary. I dont want to be sitting reading a news article which says this could have been prevented if only ...

The Columbian airline crash could have been prevented if the pilots had told the control tower that they were low on fuel. But they didnt do that.

Maybe the US and Europe should intervene, and to hell with diplomatic policy. Throw everything at it now - anything is better than having the facility blow up and release nuclear waste into the atmosphere. I generally sit quiet on hacker news - just reading stuff. But today I think it's time to panic
Not to mention the feedback was "we don't like that you didn't absolutely love our movie."
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I love reading stories like this.

There is no greater motivator than seeing that first sale or first deal come through the door. I've been lucky enough to have that feeling with two companies now - and it never gets old or tired.

I love the comments about waking/emailing PayPal receipts to wives. I did the same thing. I still do when I good sized deals come through. As leftnode said - that's the high of being an entrepreneur.

Congratulations on the sale. Hopefully it will be the first of many. It's a really good idea - I've forwarded it on to a few friends in PR and marketing agencies. Hopefully at least one or two of them will send $12 your way before long...
Isn't it ironic. Less than a day ago there was a link posted about how we should work to be more constructive and helpful, and not so destructive, sarcastic, scathing and rude, and it got a huge number of upvotes:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2322696

And now, the first few replies to this have been - guess what - destructive, sarcastic, scathing and rude.

So here's your chance to put into action the sentiments in that submission and show that it wasn't just lipservice to have upvoted it so highly. Be helpful, and don't just take the piss.

So, to answer the OP's question - it's generally held that ideas are important, but that great execution of ideas is actually the most important thing. It's generally held that great execution of a do-do idea will win every time over moderate exectution of a brilliant idea.

The brilliant idea isn't worth anything at all without the execution.

So with that in mind, you need brilliant execution for your idea. Are you willing to part with 50% of all future profits? If not, how will you attract someone to make your amazing idea come to life?

If you really have been working on this for years, and if it really is amazing, then you can invest a few days to read about the sort of person you want, and perhaps submit a request that's more appealing.

As it stands, from what you've said so far, no competent hacker I know of would come anywhere close to you.

Learn. Adapt. Make it a partnership.

Otherwise your amazing idea will never see the light of day.
No.

I suggest you do some reading on exactly what sort of worst-case failures can occur there. http://mitnse.com/ has good information.
Sidenote, I dont want to be a buzzkill but be carefull with your 1100$. I worked for an ecommerce website a few months ago, when we launched we received big orders we were so happy but unfortunately it's turn out that we had been scammed by people with stolen credit card.
Scammers are always looking for new ecommerce to scam, they love ecommerce that are fresh because it's easier to scam newbies :/

I know nothing about your business, and I wish you all the luck in the world, just wanted to warn you. Congratulations for your work ! (and your energy :) ! )
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60,000 (TORCH report) cancer deaths overall

Thanks for pointing that out one more time. I'm not an anti-nuclear zealot but I'm getting extremely tired of supposedly intelligent people citing the "35 deaths" bullshit-figure on HN in each japan-thread.

If there had been only 35 or 4000 deaths then Chernobyl would not be considered a catastrophic event up to this day. Instead it would be considered a testament to the safety of the technology.

I wonder if the part that these people have trouble wrapping their head around is the latency?

This is what happens during a nuclear accident: Nothing. At the very worst we may see a few hundred immediate deaths. Other than that, life goes on.

The real aftermath kicks in 10-20 years later, when people start developing cancer and birth defects. Different sources report different figures for Chernobyl, partly due to political bias, and partly because it's just really hard to track >600k people over such a long timeframe.

However, the estimates from most sources other than the IAEA and the russian government range in the tens of thousands - quite a long shot from "35".
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I guess I was just sort of surprised that this was a post. This happens to every single person/company who sells products, whether on the web or in person. You will always have a cat and mouse game between "potential customers" and your business model. I can't remember the various stories through the years but it reminds me of when a guy bought loads of Jello to earn free flights (I think that's what it was?) because he calculated that it was a great opportunity. It "wasn't in the spirit of the promotion" but it wasn't against the rules. The promo was, of course, canceled.

The point is that you have to have a TOS that gives you a certain latitude to deal with things like this at your discretion - something similar to "We reserve to cancel any account at any time for any reason".

KI would also suggest you start putting in IP address controls/ability/logic. Something like "If there are two accounts from this same IP address within the past 30 days that have both accessed the freemium subscription yet have not converted to premium, do not allow a new freemium signup from that IP within x days." - or whatever. Just throwing out ideas.

Surprised this is the first time this has happened to you.
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I can't tell if the number of parentheticals in your post is a pun about using Scheme or not.
... A book written sixty years ago with war prisoners interviews as material. A great book, but not really the state of art. (I'm afraid I've got no better advice.)
Congrats on starting! I checked it out - I'm probably in your target market (small web company with no marketing dept). I don't get why I would use you though. HN isn't the place to "sell" me (so a long "What we do" reply isn't necessary) - I'm just telling you so that you can focus the message on page.

Example: I have no reason to click another link on your site after reading your main pitch - "Does your company have news? Is there an event you want the world to know about? Tell your story; you have 140 characters..." - and I quit reading at that point. Immediately I thought "I'd just use Twitter if I only wanted 140 characters."

Sorry for the negatives - but I really don't see why I would use you for press releases/PR vs. anyone else and nothing on the site explains why.
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Stack Overflow actively tries to avoid open-ended discussions because it’s not a discussion site. I see that as a feature.
I am trying it for the first time, I just reserved an amazing-looking houseboat for a week in Amsterdam while I'm there for the Mobilism conference. Can't wait!

However I had tried it before in Paris and New York, and many people's places looked like they usually cater to couch surfers and are now doing the same but charging (often the same amount as a reasonable hotel!).

I think Airbnb has done a good job of curating certain lists (there's a collection of treehouse apartments/houses, for example, and cool, design-y places in London) and I'll probably look at those more than the regular area searches.
There wasn't any looting also in the 2008 Chinese Wenchuan earthquake, where people are much poorer. I don't think the absence of looting has anything to do with the Japanese spirit, and is more about the human spirit.

I'd expect the same from anywhere.
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i think that Airbnb's cereal story doesn't only demonstrate the value of having a hustler in the founding team of a startup, but also the value of understanding (pop) culture for IT startups, as this cereal idea only worked because they caught the right cultural wave at the right time with the right approach.
So at least for B2C startups, marketing/branding is an important contributor to success from an early stage on.
Is he sure that the iTunes output isn't just delayed by a small amount? This problem is common due to the nature of the MDCT in MP3 decoding, and while technically wrong, doesn't actually cause noticeable distortion (obviously).
I don't see many people crying out for abolishment of planes, though.

I think there's a tiny difference between a plane falling out of the sky and a nuclear reactor melting down. I'm sure you can spot it, too, if you think long and hard.
Congratulations. It's a huge moment when you suddenly realise you've made something that strangers on the internet are willing to give you actual cash for.

I'm still slightly bemused by it myself :)
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weight:-1 is correct..since you want the heaviest, you sort by weight descending. weight:1 should have returned documents in ascending order but wasn't working. It's fixed now on the tutorial..as well as in the core web console:
https://github.com/karlseguin/Mongo-Web-Admin/commit/761cd4e...
:) Besides, the Startup Visa is such a great hack.
At this point, you're basically spamming HN. This is your 3rd posting of your site in a week—you haven't even incorporated the majority of the feedback from your previous go-round.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2316652
It's owned by a guy called Jim Groome (jgroome.com), who, from the looks of it, has no association with Google.
OK, there's two separate things here :-)

Trumpet fingering is easiest in C, F or G majors (as read, concert Bb, Eb and F). The actual blowing is quite physical and needs a good bit of practice to build strength; that is easiest in C, and the lowest fifth of that too.

But.... There's only three keys, they always operate in the same sequence, so once you've learnt that fingerings flow quite easily, and the harmonics are good, useful intervals. Perfect fifth, perfect fourth, major third, minor third. That gives the five core open harmonics over a core range of two octaves once you use the valves. Hence, once you've got yourself going a bit, while some keys are easier than others the instrument's structure lends itself nicely to switching keys at will without major issues. It makes it a nice instrument for improvisation.
Concrete doesn't burn.

No. But concrete can crack during, say, an earthquake.

And I assume concrete can also lose integrity (melt? vaporize?) under very high temperatures.
I think the best point he makes is at the end: Ballmer is not a product strategist. He is in fact a fantastic salesperson, he closed amazing deals for Microsoft when I worked there.

But he has no business defining product strategy, creating or killing product lines or trying to imagine what the public will want or what's attractive to customers. That stuff should all be left to Bill Buxton.