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Mankhool··on Ask HN: Will you play video games on a next-gen console?
Only if I need to in order to play whatever Bungie builds next - and it appears that Destiny will be available for XBox 360. The only reason I own an XBox is because of Halo, and because I had played every Bungie game since Pathways Into Darkness and would have purchased whatever console I needed in order to do so. I would like to know what others reasons are for ending up with whatever single console they own. What came first? The console or the game?
Mankhool··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading?
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. Awesome!
Mankhool··on Internet Kills the Video Store
Every city benefits from a video store with a deep catalogue spanning all genres - including videos that are simply not available to rent/stream/purchase anywhere online because of licensing issues or copyright owner greed. I understand the Top 100 video stores closing. They are dinosaurs. But the long-tail of online content is not yet long enough to kill the video store completely. Yet.
Mankhool··on Ask HN: When is it a good time to "Show HN"?
That quote is a derivative of a long known anonymous quote, "It's easier to be finished, than to be satisfied". You can call it done whenever you want - or tweak it forever . . .
Mankhool··on I Bought An Apartment To Rent Out On Airbnb
Don't move to Vancouver, Canada. We are right up in in unaffordability, just like London, NY, Hong Kong, SF, Zurich etc.
Mankhool··on $2,999 Mac Pro to go on sale in December
The fan in the Sonnettech is very noisy. I don't want that enclosure in my edit suites.
Mankhool··on .museum domains held in the US
This is the longest one. national.healthandmedicine.washingtondc.museum It redirects to a real estate site in Spokane.
Mankhool··on Ask HN: How long until we can become immortal?
Exercising to live longer actually works against us because it speeds up cellular division which we actually want to retard if we want to live longer.
Mankhool··on Ask HN: What don't you like about iOS 7?
The way all the icons zoom in to the home screen.
Mankhool··on Why do we have to give 2 weeks notice? our boss fire us right on the spot?
Where are you? In Canada you don't have to give ANY notice to leave. It is done out of consideration for your employer and their need to replace you before you leave.
Mankhool··on Paul Graham Thinks You Should Exercise
I think the health results of daily excersize are a fringe benefit to the perseverance and dedication required to do so. Once you have perseverance and determination, you can DO anything.
Mankhool··on Ask HN: What is the stupidest startup idea you ever had/heard?
They are numerous. Almost daily I see things funded that make me shake my head. Here is the latest http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/10/foodiequest/
Mankhool··on Ask HN: If you could record your entire life from now going forward, would you?
No. There will be enough recording of me in public places and with Google Glass that I would not want anymore - even if it was self-inflicted.
Mankhool··on Ask HN: I want to take a no-tech retreat for 6 months straight. Where?
Got to Tofino. Stay on Cox Bay. http://www.pacificsands.com/ I live in Vancouver and when I need to leave the concrete beast this is my favourite place.
Mankhool··on Show HN: Popped At, my many, many weekends realtime photo project
I like this idea, and the others referenced, very much. I think there is a huge opportunity here for all photos (and eventually video?) that are geo-tagged. What I would like to see, and what would be valuable to journalists or media organizations would be a real-time stream based on geo-location. Simply: a map interface that I can choose a point on to see a real-time stream from (I should be able to select the "nearest" data (which might be best in remote locations) or define data based on a "radius" that I draw or otherwise define (which might be best for urban areas)). Imagine something happening somewhere and being able to see all the photos/videos from RIGHT THERE in real-time. Valuable?
Mankhool··on Request HN: Tell us what to build. Or hire us. (Group of Stanford Students)
Please build an application that will allow someone to click anywhere on a map of the world and view an aggregate stream of all photos and/or video uploaded/streamed at/from that location. Content should be available from any photo or video app. Streams should be from the nearest location (if it's remote), or radius defined (if it's an urban location).
Mankhool··on Recommendation for good VCs in Canada?
http://www.cvca.ca/member_search.aspx
Mankhool··on AIRBNB for garages
Is anybody doing anything to connect bands with rehearsal space?
Mankhool··on San Francisco median home hits $1 million
Here's what $1 Million will buy you in Vancouver, Canada. http://realestateresults.ca/officelistings.html/details-2956... I rent a 2BR apartment in a 1950s building for $1615/month. Would love to see/hear comparisons.
Mankhool··on The Year of Dressing Formally (2008)
Here, here! Quoting Linda Grant, "Dressing down, ubiquitously known as “being comfortable”, says that you don’t care about how you look, as if your appearance were an entirely private matter that has nothing to do with anyone else. It’s the exact opposite: what you wear is part of the visible environment, as relevant as the architecture, the decor, the food on the table, the scents in the air."
Mankhool··on Ask HN: How would you want the next Craigslist like?
I like CL the way it is. They are finally implementing some changes to the way the site displays results and it is a welcome improvement. As a comparison, I think Kijiji is way too cluttered (by design and with ads) and clunky. IMHO only. Good luck.
Mankhool··on Introducing Photailor: A marketplace for mobile photos
How do you differentiate yourselves from OurSpot or Gigwalk, or any other such tasking services?
Mankhool··on Ask HN: Who are good web hosting companies in Canada?
http://www.blacksun.ca
Mankhool··on Ask HN: Do we still need payphones?
Of course we still need payphones. There are millions of people in the world who cannot possibly afford a mobile device . . .
Mankhool··on Apple avoids potential $9bn tax bill
Please don't post articles that require subscription in order to read them.
Mankhool··on Do you take notes just shooting a photo?
The Nikon D2X has a voice memo function, but often there is no time to do this either. I would rather see someone develop an external RFID reader (http://www.icarte.ca/) that can dump RFID data (name, title, company) read off of a name tag INTO an appropriate metadata field in the camera.
Mankhool··on Doctors Denounce Cancer Drug Prices of $100,000 a Year
Nothing will ever be cured so long as Big Pharma can profit from it.
Mankhool··on Ask HN: Has anyone been fired for not wearing a suit and tie?
You've never worn a made to measure suit :)
Mankhool··on Ask HN: Has anyone been fired for not wearing a suit and tie?
Dressing down, ubiquitously known as “being comfortable”, says that you don’t care about how you look, as if your appearance were an entirely private matter that has nothing to do with anyone else. It’s the exact opposite: what you wear is part of the visible environment, as relevant as the architecture, the decor, [and everything else in that environment]. - L. Grant
Mankhool··on Show HN: Rappad - Write better lyrics
Not knowing anything about Rap music I saw a product name and then a tagline, nothing more.
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