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Mankhoolon Ask HN: What did you achieve in January 2016?

I found a couple of great guys to build the Android version of my app and have attracted interest from a VC in Silicon Valley.

Mankhoolon Oil price: Brent crude hits 11-year low

http://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/opec-meeting-effect...

OPEC is effectively dead.

Mankhoolon The Great Canadian Vowel Shift

What a great thread - from one Canuck to all of you - "How's it goin' eh?"

Mankhoolon Poll: How old is your HN account?

Since the age of our account is posted in "days" it would have been nice to see the poll reflect that.

Mankhoolon China Turns to the Sea for Fresh Water

There are other products that come out of the process with the salt. There is a good example of the Persian Gulf because of the number of installations and the ability to easily measure the increase in salinity and contaminants.

http://www.warponline.org/uploads/contents/103-content-9.-En...

Mankhoolon Show HN: University Crime Watch

It cannot find UNLV or University of Nevada Las Vegas?

Mankhoolon The decline of Vancouver

I disagree,because of this: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/microsof...

Imageworks is taking 2 floors in the same building, Amazon is already in the Telus building at the 555 Robson Atrium and have leased numerous floors in the new Telus Garden tower which will be open momentarily: http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/10/amazon-vancouver-office-t...

Mankhoolon What are your favorite sci-fi and fantasy books?

I just read these and am waiting for the third. http://www.wolfhoundcentury.com/ Peter isn't on Twitter, but he responds to email through his site. I hope there is a major motion picture in the works as he has created a very cool world.

Mankhoolon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2015)

SEEKING FREELANCER, Vancouver, BC (no remotes please) for updates/changes to the One Degree iOS app. This is on an ongoing, as needed basis so if you have some bandwidth from time to time, let's meet! http://www.onedegree.co

Mankhoolon Isn't it time that Cyclists had Indicators like Cars

I had battery operated signals on my 3 speed bike with highrise handlebars and a sissy bar in 1969! So yes, why not have them today, especially if you are going to ride IN traffic?

Mankhoolon Ask HN: What if all banks had to be nonprofit?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_banking

Mankhoolon HBO is finally going to let you watch its shows without cable

What about Canada? I'd subscribe in a second as we too, are cord cutters up here.

Mankhoolon Dear clueless assholes: stop bashing bash and GNU

Mr. Auernheimer needs to learn to write like an adult if he wants to be taken seriously.

Mankhoolon Dear clueless assholes: stop bashing bash and GNU

I stopped reading at, "a__holes".

Mankhoolon Ask HN: Did posting your startup in HN give you users or only competitors?

I echo this completely and I have done a "Show HN" and a "Share Your Startup" on Reddit.

Mankhoolon Ask HN: What would you build if you would be a multi-billionare?

I would pour billions into desalination R&D to chase an efficient, non-polluting and economical solution to providing clean water to the world.

Mankhoolon Ask HN: MTurk is no longer available to non-US companies. How are you coping?

AFAIK it has never been available in Canada so I have appreciated reading the suggestions here because I really want to use it.

Mankhoolon Ask HN: What is the single most competitive advantage in any field?

Location.

Mankhoolon Show HN: Get pictures taken by other peoples for any place

I've had this idea for ages, but other than Twitter (Geus was working on popped.at, but it seems to be down again) I was told that real time was not possible with the other services. If Buetol wants this to have real value then real-time PLUS being able to define a location by polygon or radius for an accurate stream is required.

Mankhoolon Show HN: Get pictures taken by other peoples for any place

There's an App for getting someone at or near X street in Chicago at dusk to take a photo for you!

Mankhoolon Show HN: Get pictures taken by other peoples for any place

Is this a live stream?

Mankhoolon On the prowl for local startups

Cool. Done. The groovy photo ask was kind of annoying, but then I got over it.

Mankhoolon Ask HN: What do you think about “Halt and Catch Fire”?

I've been watching it and racking my brain trying to figure out what company it is based on. As it turns out it is completely fictional. It could be tighter - the scene of the guy singing in his car went on FOREVER and did not move the story one. inch. And the sex scenes are kind of like, oh, well we need to fill out the hour . . .

Mankhoolon Ask HN: The experts told us soft-launch == app death. Does it?

I've had no hype, probably because I'm boostrapped, but I'm in this for the long haul. What would be the point of giving up six weeks in because I only have X users and the experts say I should have 1000X? The experts are not financing me. If they were, then I could afford to create hype.

Mankhoolon Ask HN: How Much Equity For An Idea?

As someone who has always heard, "Ideas are worthless without execution" and who was recently told, "Just because you have an App in the iTunes Store doesn't mean that you're not still at the idea stage" I'm going to say his idea isn't worth anything.

If I'm going to give 5% of my company to someone, it will be to my very first Dev who built V1.0 for very little money to build out his portfolio and because he liked the "idea". Without him I would never have had the opportunity that I do today.

Mankhoolon Ask HN: As a developer how do you create or find icons for your apps?

This was done by first Dev. He did 4. We both thought this was the best http://imgur.com/VD3x6dj EDIT: Devs are multitalented :)

Mankhoolon Show HN: One Degree - Find a Photographer

How do I contact you? Nothing in your profile. Is this Kari or Richard? PM me. My info is in my profile. Cheers!

Mankhoolon One Degree - Find a Photographer

Thanks Dang, and Happy 4th of July to you!

Mankhoolon One Degree - Find a Photographer

Cool. Thanks for that. I wondered why my Show HN was kind of flagged by you. Is it okay if I resubmit it with the link to the iTunes Store to download the App instead of to my website?

Mankhoolon One Degree - Find a Photographer

Hey Dang, does that mean that there has to be something other than a free App in the iTunes Store? Thank you.