<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: mnort9</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mnort9</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:05:02 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mnort9" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "How to talk to anyone and why you should"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ask questions.<p>Something I learned from being around a few outgoing friends over the years, the easiest way to start a conversation is to ask questions. Even if you already know the answer, it breaks the ice and let's them do the talking. Don't know what to say next? Ask another question.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:57:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218780</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218780</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It kind of feels like Anthropic needs to IPO before OpenAI.<p>If OpenAI IPO's first, it'd be huge. Then Anthropic does, but AI IPO hype has sailed.<p>If Anthropic IPO's first, they get the AI IPO hype. OpenAI IPO probably huge either way.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:48:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46139913</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46139913</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46139913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've been using Screen Time this year so far and it's been working pretty well. For me Twitter, FB, and Reddit were the go to dopamine hits.<p>I have separate 5 min daily limits for Twitter and Facebook. And a 15 min daily limit for Reddit. Reddit is much easier to curate topics that I'm actually interested in, so I give myself a little more time there since the comments add to the conversation more commonly than the other platforms.<p>This helps make it feel like I'm "checking-in" and leaving it behind, rather than letting it consume my time. It also makes me think twice about logging in as a habit since my limit will be up without recollecting at all what I just scrolled through. I find myself more often thinking, "Am I going to pay attention to what I'm looking at now?". If not, I'll save the session for later when I have the attention to give.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:32:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30588234</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30588234</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30588234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “once every 3-4 years”"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I notice an interesting adaption to this in the metalcore scene. Bands release shorter EP's (5-6 song mini albums) more frequently. In some cases 2 separate EP's are re-released after as a combined album plus 1-3 new bonus tracks.<p>At first I didn't really like this trend b/c I enjoy listening to the full album through on first listen. But I do understand why they are doing this to adapt to the streaming age.<p>Instead of releasing a 12-song album once every two years, they split that release into 3 every 6 months (5 song EP, 5 song EP, combined album + 2 bonus). As consumers we get the music earlier and more frequently. They get 3 release hype cycles for the same amount of creative work, which is what they need to be discovered in streaming platforms.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:38:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24012117</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24012117</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24012117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems (2015)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Speed derived from managing scope is the real value IMO. It's not about working faster, but rather minimizing scope constantly to ship faster and collect feedback.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:55:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20614670</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20614670</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20614670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "The humble receipt gets a redesign"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Your solution may be the better product, but info on receipt has 100% user adoption compared to the extreme minority that will put in the extra work to download the app, scan the receipt, etc. Distribution is the big win here.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 18:47:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19902499</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19902499</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19902499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is obviously frustrating, but do not focus on it. They were wrong and lazy to blatantly copy, but would it really make a difference if they spent an extra couple hours with a few copy/css changes to make it look more unique?<p>Unfortunately, the market does not care about who had what first. This is a validation for you. Frustrating validation. You likely do not have the resources to fight them for anything meaningful. Stay focused on your customers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19720049</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19720049</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19720049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Accepting Bitcoin as a Small Business – 4 Years In, No Customers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A shift in consumer habits require orders of magnitude in improvement over previous solutions to achieve mass adoption and become the new true "normal".<p>The reality is bitcoin and crypto are not much of an improvement (if any) for the avg consumer compared to cash/debit/credit card.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:54:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19283475</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19283475</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19283475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>FB is charging a premium for accessing an economy of scale (audience).<p>As a content creator that charges $25/mth, would you rather:
1. Patreon - 500 subs 25x500x.95=$12,500 rev
2. FB - 5K subs 25x5000x.70=$87,500 rev<p>10x growth doesn't seem unrealistic given FB's scale and $$ motivation to grow your audience</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19271479</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19271479</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19271479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Ask HN: What SaaS customer service tools does your startup use?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Drift <a href="https://www.drift.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.drift.com</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:12:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13838661</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13838661</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13838661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Scuba: Diving into Data at Facebook [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Seems very similar to BigQuery. I wonder how the architectures compare.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:50:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13463526</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13463526</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13463526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Chasing Cats"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is gold</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 22:48:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12059111</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12059111</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12059111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Ask HN: RESTful API Pagination Strategies"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Twitter has some good points on the problem with paging and uses a "max_id" & "since_id" instead.<p><a href="https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/timelines" rel="nofollow">https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/timelines</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:51:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11245515</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11245515</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11245515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Ask HN: What's your favourite typeface?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Open Sans</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:34:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11147497</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11147497</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11147497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Ask HN: Anybody planning on making a MailBox replacement?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Been pondering this the past few days.. I use Mailbox everyday and the alternatives just don't do it for me. Would love to create something that I actually use everyday.<p>However I question, if dropbox can't make a successful business out of it with their resources, can anyone?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2015 01:21:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10724996</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10724996</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10724996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show HN: Goosecon – mongoose console that auto-loads models and other modules]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://github.com/mnort9/goosecon">https://github.com/mnort9/goosecon</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10719727">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10719727</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:27:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://github.com/mnort9/goosecon</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10719727</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10719727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Automated Cat feeder powered by Node.js"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm looking to build something similar. What did you use as a hopper?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:41:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10652953</link><dc:creator>mnort9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10652953</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10652953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mnort9 in "Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I find this to be more of a PR stunt that says "Google tries to care about privacy..."<p>With every change they make to Google search, they put more value on a site's user experience. Now they take away data that is used to improve user experience... smh<p>If GA users are abiding by their terms and not collecting private info, why is this necessary? Punish all b/c we don't feel like investigating who is actually wronfully collecting private info?</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10235360">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10235360</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10221558">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10221558</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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