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arepb··on Show HN: A Website for Comparing Protein Powder Prices
Who doesn't love a table
arepb··on Pivotal Tracker will shut down
Hate it when the VMware Tanzu division does that
arepb··on Blot turns a folder into a website
Longtime fan of Blot and the founder's (David) work.
arepb··on Ask HN: Share your favorite YouTube channels focused on mastering a skill/craft
Stumpy Nubs for woodworking. Just a very competent, normal talking professional with none of the usual YT tropes and thirsts.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCstwpLSByklww1YojZN-KiQ

arepb··on Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source
One of the weaker lead quotes I've ever seen.
arepb··on Yahoo Pipes End-Of-life Announcement
In an alternate universe not too dissimilar from our own, Pipes is an independent startup and this announcement is Yahoo buying it for 8-9 figures
arepb··on Apple Poaching Auto Engineers to Build Battery Division
I would add that an Airstream-like space is a lot closer to a good idea here than 'minivan.' In fact, you don't have to go too far back to see how much a few Apple people like that shape http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/null-n09...
arepb··on Chris Hughes Purges The New Republic
I would say this is just typical of a nincompoop, with no location necessary.

Plus, Vidra lives in NYC.

arepb··on Show HN: Merchbar – An app to discover and buy merch from your favorite bands
I agree and know it works. I am just so used to being asked that I've developed modal window scars.
arepb··on Show HN: Merchbar – An app to discover and buy merch from your favorite bands
The first app I've downloaded that doesn't ask to push notifications to me. <prayer hands emoji>
arepb··on Planes Landing in Beijing: Video from Space
You should be able to see Sean Miller on that northern Africa encampment pretty easily now.
arepb··on Tesla Announces $1.6 Billion Convertible Notes Offering
Indeed. 6500 jobs specifically.
arepb··on Vinod Khosla wins key Martins Beach battle
It's clear Vinod Khosla really cares about the environment.
arepb··on Video shows plane's moment of impact at SFO
The final closeup of the person in the video reacting is former Boeing exec and now Ford CEO Alan Mulally.
arepb··on I Hate Motivational Anythings.
Don't hate me if I found this post to be motivational.
arepb··on Rebuilding the pitch deck for the Pocket
When I went through it I tapped as fast as if I'm playing a video game, although not because I'm a fast reader, more because there are so few words on the screen. I don't think there's a good way to solve this, or that you need to.
arepb··on Rebuilding the pitch deck for the Pocket
Right. One way or the highway. A relatively refreshing feeling. I think the ability to tap anywhere on the screen helps too, there's no way to eff up.
arepb··on Designer of the Porsche 911, Dies at 76
Those are two different things, though!
arepb··on Designer of the Porsche 911, Dies at 76
Sorry PG but you don't have the full story clear. The 911 is on its sixth major product evolution and to say that 996 was the first 'new design' is inaccurate. Kirk Seaman's retrospective here, while not complete, is a good starting point: http://blog.caranddriver.com/porsche-911-generations-the-leg...
arepb··on Google Racing
Although this happens to be for April Fool's, the funny thing is Stanford already did this with their Pikes Peak Audi TTS race car http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/february1/shelley-pikes-p...
arepb··on Why is Twitter promoting rape tweets?
That they don't have a blacklist of words for this is beyond me...
arepb··on Path gets a pass? Why?
I think their return volley on this was pretty solid. They made a mistake. Did they know they were making it and did they do it deliberately? I am probably naive here, but I don't think they did.
arepb··on The ugly truth: why beautiful wins in 2012
I think the reason why this is able to get grow even stronger in 2012 is because our phones are able to make us more beautiful than our laptops. The easiest photo processing I can do is on my phone (Camera+), not my laptop.
arepb··on Think Like a VC
The trend of celebrating VCs like gods is such a vacuous endeavor.
arepb··on In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
A good landing page from VF is an excellent starter for those who are tiptoeing into Hitchens for the first time. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/christopher-hitchens
arepb··on Sorry Path, my 151st friend isn't who I'm hiding
A lack of places or methods to share is not a problem I have, either.
arepb··on Lesser Known Ways to Persuade People
This has been proven to be one of the things that helps grease the slide for a prospect to become a customer. One of the key things a salesperson does is to get the prospect to get accustom to a "series of yesses." Even the smallest yes, such as

Salesperson: "Nice weather today, isn't it?" Betty, unsuspecting: "Ah, yes..."

The thinking being that since the final sale will require one big yes, building up a series of small yesses gets the prospect in the habit (albeit subconsciously) of agreeing with the salesperson.

arepb··on Google Street View now includes interiors
I like them plotting more of the Y axis points of place. But I really look forward to the day when we can move on X, seeing the changes in these over time.
arepb··on Adding a picture of me to your site will improve conversions by 788%
This assumes people roll over the RSS button. What about putting in the image regardless?
arepb··on Creative resume site
Don't know, but good question.
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