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Looks like they're the chaps behind https://deadmanssnitch.com which looks like a simple and useful service.

I don't think he's out of business yet.

How is this legal? Let's assume he lost the money, how would this show up in the companies books?

> Had he been born in Africa, Hanauer points out — where the potential customers for his entrepreneurial efforts would have barely enough money to survive — Hanauer would likely be selling fruit by the side of the road

Africa in not a country. It's a continent with 50 plus countries, some with a middle class with decent spending power. So there's a high probability that Hanauer would in fact not be likely to be selling fruit by the side of the road growing up in a middle class family (as he did in the US) in an African country.

NPR had a brilliant episode where they discussed an experiment where money was given to a control group of people on Kenya. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/11/08/243967328/episode-...

> And a macroeconomic collapse—which may happen—would certainly correct valuations in a hurry

I wonder what the collapse will look like and what will cause it.

Presumably the employees were paid from revenue.

A very sad day for the Open Web. What can we as users do?

Spot on. A lot of people mistook it for a twitter clone. If it was branded as "infrastructure" it might have done better.

The old jQuery 1.6.2 code by John Resig is a good start for studying good JavaScript coding practices http://robflaherty.github.io/jquery-annotated-source/

Sharia law is only practiced in the Northern part of Nigeria.

Calling an intern Doofus is not a good attitude to take. Remember we were all programming noobs at some point.

You're confusing Motorola Solutions headquartered in Schaumburg and Motorola Mobility headquartered in Libertyville.

What a beautifully designed site. Do you have a designer on staff?

A power user is a more advanced user of a particular system/service. They usually push a service/system to it's maximum and know various tips and tricks to gain maximum efficiency from said service.

The site doesn't give a lot of information. Where to you go if you want to know more?

We are you referring to when you say 'we', if I might ask?

I like the layout of the book. For a self publish book how did you get the layout and typesetting to look that good?

Are you able to print in version 3?

Ahh, when I read the headline I assume Hurrah Linux was the name of the Linux distribution.

I'm uncomfortable with the "At this point, I'll take over ..." bit. I can foresee it becoming a mess if the project becomes successful and there is no chemistry between founder and investor.

Can you please let the man at least launch first before you start tearing down the project?

Looks like they're coming to YC. That should give them a positive boost.

Apparently a wive is really affordable http://priceonomics.com/search/?q=wife&fs=1

He paints a bad picture of the fist guy who left but it looks like the first guy stuck around and help finish the re-write so he can't be the villain that he's portrayed to be.

Congrats Sam! You have accomplished a lot.

> it’s an extremely simple and ugly unlock-gesture, just the sweep of a mono-color bar from right to left

I often wondered why a tablet would need such an unlock gesture. It makes sense on a cellphone because you don't want to accidentally unlock while your phone is in your pocket but can't we come up with a different gesture for the tablet form factor?

What is it about the main site that makes it look like it was done by an amateur?

True. I think that is what happened but insisting someone go by there firstname instead of their middle name is going a bit overboard.

I wonder if it is possible for a YC startup to take Andreessen-Horowitz $50000 investment and pass on Milner's investment.