TotlolRon

What I find disturbing is that the burden of enlisting potential donors falls on the shoulders of those in need and that they are forced to use such inefficient mechanism. Sorry if it wasn't clear.

TotlolRon··on How Ron Conway became the Valley's most influential start-up investor

yes.i.am

upvoted for insight.

TotlolRon··on How Ron Conway became the Valley's most influential start-up investor

> "Ron is the Internet," will.i.am said.

I would have said that maybe this was a little hyped. But my name is Ron, so I think it is 100% correct.

TotlolRon··on Facebook is a Ponzi Scheme

Maybe I'm outdated - but I find it disturbing that such a cause should be promoted in such a way.

TotlolRon··on What if you had bought Apple stock instead of that iPod?

True. But ironic.

TotlolRon··on Ask HN: Does comment editing on HN cause bad habits on the web?

Yes. Edit: Maybe.

TotlolRon··on Dropbox: Startup Lessons Learned [ppt]

Great product and great presentation? fffff life is not fair.

(would love to learn more about the details of the 2-sided incentive)

TotlolRon··on How to use time travel to improve your life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG9XfJxMY8A

Country Music. Everything that can be told has already been told.

TotlolRon··on Blippy Publishes User Credit Card Numbers

Visa, AMEX, Discover. Those guys will do anything...

TotlolRon··on Google Street View Logs Wi-Fi Networks, Mac Addresses

> "only a problem when Google does it"

Not necessarily. But it is MORE of a problem. Google like to scale. They also scale problems. Globally.

TotlolRon··on Blippy Publishes User Credit Card Numbers

There are a lot of reasons to participate in a community other than to seek consensus or approval. Has nothing to do with Blippy though.

TotlolRon··on Why Groupon is Overvalued

yah, Value is by definition subjective. And here the security is not "trading". It is "one time, in band camp, I bought some stock". So, the buyer's value is "the value", until some other buyer (not blogger) steps in with their subjective "value". Discussion is sort of useless.

TotlolRon··on Blippy Publishes User Credit Card Numbers

"A fool and his credit card number are soon parted" -- blippy, 2010

TotlolRon··on Why Groupon is Overvalued

Price is where supply meets demand. Not a comment just a reminder.

TotlolRon··on Immigration and Jobs: Where U.S. Workers Come From

When you can't see the count in relation to the population of the country, the map illustrates nothing but the obvious.

TotlolRon··on The only thing that can stop this asteroid is your liberal arts degree

This is total bs. The ONLY thing that can stop an astroid is Bruce Willis. And aerosmith.

TotlolRon··on What Is Your Dream Job?

"It's not having what you want It's wanting what you've got" -- S. Crow

TotlolRon··on Ask HN: Feedback on Braintrust.io's new homepage

I feel like I'm being pushed to do something I don't want even though I just arrived and have no preconceived notion.

(the overlay is not my cup of tea)

TotlolRon··on Deceiving Users with the Facebook Like Button

"The new button trades off this security for convenience."

Trend?

TotlolRon··on Please... No rockstars

"I just want incredibly intelligent, competent people who are opinionated but value each other as well."

ah. Much simpler.

TotlolRon··on Web start-ups almost always fail. So why are these guys launching one?

Going "alone on a wing and a prayer" is fine, but you gotta make damn sure you know who you your god is.

TotlolRon··on Your web app needs to be ten times better than the competition

Your blog title needs to be 11.785 times stronger than the competition. Or maybe 12.785.

TotlolRon··on The Original Techcrunch 40: Where are they now?

It looks like a table. Maybe it is a "tablegraphic".

TotlolRon··on Google Doesn't Do Evil, But It Is Creepy

Here's an opposite:

"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke

The bigger the group the higher the probability it includes a "good man" (or woman).

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