Hacker News: create_account

New comment by create_account in "Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show"

create_account — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:37:02 +0000

Since when is Union Square been renamed "Satoshi Square"?

New comment by create_account in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)"

create_account — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:51:51 +0000

Stop spamming this thread with your recruiter garbage!

New comment by create_account in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)"

create_account — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:48:46 +0000

This thread is not for recruiters.

Downvote.

New comment by create_account in "Show HN: I made an HN job board"

create_account — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:20:46 +0000

It doesn't do geographic searches well.

"San Francisco" results in just 1 match, whereas there are 5 on the front page alone.

Tumblr VC returns: Make that 1,400%

create_account — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:14 +0000

Article URL: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130522/TECHNOLOGY/130529942

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5757109

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by create_account in "Soylent Campaign"

create_account — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:50 +0000

While their high level goals (eliminate hunger, reduce stress on agricultural and environmental resources) are laudable, this project suffers from the same arrogance of doctors in the 1960s who said mother's milk was primitive and could be replaced by artificial formula.

Now, in hindsight, we know what a mistake that was, as natural breast milk contained compounds which decreased various cancer and health risks.

I cannot help but think they are going down the same road.

New comment by create_account in "Thirty Women In Tech Below Thirty"

create_account — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:09:25 +0000

Ha, Bashir got funding from Jack Dorsey because he's her boyfriend (or was, at one time, anyway).

New comment by create_account in "Learning Lisp The Bump Free Way"

create_account — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:03:38 +0000

Dude... the small, light gray text... are you trying to ruin our eyesight?

New comment by create_account in "Person with a long rifle and body armor in the Main Group Building of MIT"

create_account — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:27:18 +0000

"Scene is clear. Call unfounded. No threat to public safety in #CambMA #MIT"

https://twitter.com/CambridgePolice/status/30533598012521267...

New comment by create_account in "Pinterest Completes $200M Funding at $2.5B Valuation"

create_account — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:35:05 +0000

That's only part of it.

It seems this "affinity data" model is the basis for the high hopes and high valuation: http://gigaom.com/2012/03/24/pinterest-weve-got-a-business-m...

New comment by create_account in "Ask HN: Is the ER Accelerator (NYC based YC clone) worth applying to?"

create_account — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:26:02 +0000

A small amount of money for a few months, followed by a demo day in the end, etc.

It's not as established, though, and I haven't read or heard much about the startups which come out of it, though, which I why I posted the question.

New comment by create_account in "Ask HN: Is the ER Accelerator (NYC based YC clone) worth applying to?"

create_account — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:59:32 +0000

Their site is: http://eranyc.com/

I'd love to hear from anyone with direct experience.

Ask HN: Is the ER Accelerator (NYC based YC clone) worth applying to?

create_account — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:58:53 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5252453

Points: 6

# Comments: 5

New comment by create_account in "Knight Capital Says Trading Glitch Cost It $440 Million"

create_account — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:10:48 +0000

Why?

You might be far less likely to blow up the way Knight did, but you're hardly immune.

New comment by create_account in "Knight Capital Says Trading Glitch Cost It $440 Million"

create_account — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:08:24 +0000

"there are no logically possible situations in the code that they haven't programmed a response for"

Until they blow up one day themselves...

Call me cynical, but no type system, no matter how sophisticated, nor team of programmers, no matter how talented & experienced, is immune to this type of thing.

Steve Jobs: Connecting the Dots

create_account — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:43:24 +0000

Article URL: http://www.mandorlacoaching.com/blog/2012/6/26/connecting-the-dots.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4212659

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by create_account in "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs"

create_account — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:33:02 +0000

Can you imagine yourself paying someone to smear others on a forum?

I cannot, no.

But a large (and dare I say ruthless) organization interested in limiting the PR damage?

Sure.

New comment by create_account in "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs"

create_account — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:30:37 +0000

He's been on here for years, and so have I.

I have often wondered, though, about his alacrity to side with the establishment, in defense of investment bankers, against net neutrality, etc., and what his motivation is.

New comment by create_account in "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs"

create_account — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:22:45 +0000

Maybe, since he was willing to name his employers, who happen to be despised in liberal circles.

OTOH, there is a lot of PR spending on social media (e.g.: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/politics/obama-campaign...), so it wouldn't surprise me if Goldman has hired people to smear Smith on forums like this one.

New comment by create_account in "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs"

create_account — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:59:52 +0000

Some of those banks do very well, and it wouldn't be terrible for their PR to hire him.

Possible, but unlikely.

Smith must have known he'd be attacked personally (as in that ad hominem piece you posted), and it's unlikely another bank would want to touch him, regardless of their true feelings towards Goldman.

Do you know anyone who pays people for saying stuff like this on random message boards?

Sure: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/pku22/iama_former_koch...

I tend to say this kind of thing because I think it's true, and because I'm unimpressed with the quality of opposing arguments and would like someone to refute me.

I'll give you credit for the latter (if it's true), but not the former.