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Maybe journalists are acting in their own interests. Trump appears to be very hostile to journalists who are critical of him. Freedom of the press is their livelihood.

entangldon Ask HN: I found a flaw in a card reader. How should I report it?

It's crazy that I have to worry about being sued for pointing out a mistake.

entangldon Ask HN: Why does my laptop audio turn on when I log into Facebook?

Signed into FB from Chrome (version 47) from my MacBook (Mavericks).

It was 6am and I had my earbuds in and I could tell they turned on. They didn't turn off until a few minutes after I logged off.

I went to YouTube just to check. A few minutes after I closed my YouTube tab, I could hear the audio disengage.

I'm wondering if it's connected to FB autoplay videos, but those have no sound.

entangldon Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers

"The theft of wealth accumulation via property values and rent is far greater than the petty crimes of burglary and mugging that justify the police state."

>> "You are going to explain yourself, because this is quite backwards."

Source: http://www.npr.org/2015/05/14/406699264/historian-says-dont-...

There are lots of other sources for this type of information. Ta-Nehisi Coates has a comprehensive explanation in his Atlantic article "The Case for Reparations." Inflammatory title (also long), but well researched.

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/05/the-case...

entangldon Just Don't Hire 0x Engineers

Isn't this also called the "soft bigotry of low expectations."

entangldon Motivating-Uncertainty Effect

They have links to real studies at the bottom. It's not marketing, they're just trying to makes studies seem more interesting.

Links at bottom of article:

http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/ayelet.fishbach/research

http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~tedb/Courses/GraduateTheoryUCSB/Be...

http://www.princeton.edu/~kahneman/docs/Publications/prospec...

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7802.html

http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/ayelet.fishbach/research/Kle...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sensation-Seeking-Behavior-Marvin-Zu...

entangldon Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

I laughed earlier, but I wasn't trying to be a jerk. I just thought it was cool that you were going to go forward with it.

entangldon Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

Thanks! You're probably right about the icon. LOL

entangldon Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

I want to make sure I'm solving the problem before I decide how to make money.

It's useful to several different groups: business teams, coaches, people in the employment space and normal people. I only need to cover rent and other expenses.

There are a few options (in-app purchases, ads, pro account for business teams).

entangldon Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

Buffer (bufferapp.com) sends your tweets on a schedule so that you don't have to manually tweet them.

They also suggest tweets for you when your queue runs empty.

entangldon Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

Thanks for raining on my parade. jk

I know conversions are only a small percentage. Some people are excited and I still receive emails from people. Eyeballs first, conversions second right? My page visits have been growing, and Twitter is a percentage of it.

It's something to build on. My honest take is that people are interested in the idea, but I need to continue working on the product. Execution is important.

entangldon Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

People are sharing it independently. I haven't added my url to any of my own tweets.

I'm pretty sure Buffer suggested stories and LinkedIn Pulse have been a some part in the growth. It's largely being shared within a niche on Twitter. It's a very simple app at moment. I don't have much for in-app analytics.

entangldon Ask HN: My app is shared on Twitter every day. What should I do?

Could you contact me at info at rememberwinapp dot com?

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

!!!

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

You can do that. It is in the settings.

It doesn't quite auto-load though.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

Influenced by book Flourish by Martin Seligman

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

No offense taken whatsoever when it comes to criticism! My inner-perfectionist thrives on making things better.

Great idea on the alarm. I collect great quotes and I want to use them. I just thought I couldn't serve them well in this version of a small local app.

I'm hoping to eventually use the app to sprinkle a person's day with things more positive and substantial than a compliment or two. It might also make sense to have different features trigger after 25 or so entries.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

I immediately thought it was something to do with Apple infringement or something, but then I realized I have a Steve Jobs quote on the site already.

I am curious now.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

I just wanted something with a script feel, for nostalgia.

My bad. I'm not a fan of cliches either, even visual ones.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

I didn't leave my job, but I just worked on the design on th train ride to work.

Building something you think might help other people is good for your sanity.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

I'll remove it as soon as I can.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

All very good points.

It's better than a notepad in that it will send you reminder notifications of accomplishments. A notepad requires you to look at it again.

There are also counters on each category so you begin to notice and feel confident about how accomplished you are on certain areas of your life.

There is also a strengths/skills page which collects notes you've made on each accomplishment. It needs to be improved but eventually you will see patterns in the skills you use to accomplish things.

I hope that helps. I probably should have written that on the website.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

Not backed up on iCloud yet. It's a very simple app right now.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

That sounds like an awesome idea. I would be interested, but I might need an example to figure out how to start.

entangldon Show HN: Stressed and burned out, so I created my first app – Remember Win

Thank you for the feedback! I was nervous about posting to HN.

Info is saved on the device.

entangldon Harley-Davidson announces its first electric motorcycle

They'll probably need to make it louder. Without noise, a motorcycle isn't very intimidating.

The booming sound let's everyone know it's coming. It could probably be called a safety feature.

entangldon What the Theory of “Disruptive Innovation” Gets Wrong

She seemed to state that Clayton Christensen cherry picked his companies and excluded examples that didn't support his theory. And that there are many companies which have failed or succeeded outside of his theory of disruption.

To summarize, we pay too much attention to disruption nowadays. We overuse it to destructive ends, and she seems to think it wasn't based on rock solid evidence. The article ends with a reference to more organic, collaborative and poetic connections.

Not a strong critique in my opinion.

entangldon Curating Email Newsletters Sucked – So We Built Goodbits

Very cool tool, but I wish this was explained better. Your tagline should read:

"Build your newsletter as you browse the web" or something to that effect. Another might be "Build your newsletter in minutes as you browse the web".

Somewhere after that should be an easy to understand explanation of how you fulfill the value prop. Right now there is a big gap between your opinion of how long newsletters should take "should take minutes..." and how a person could quickly build a newsletter.

I will need this tool soon, but it took me a while to understand what service you were providing.

Sorry to seem overtly critical, but startup copywriting is always frustratingly opaque to me.

entangldon Is The Economist left- or right-wing?

Who can guarantee objectivity? No one. That doesn't mean it is not possible to pursue it or even gain a good measure of it. Do you really believe it makes the Economist look partisan to support Democrats since 2004? What about before that?

From 1996 - 2012 it was Dole, Bush, Kerry, Obama, Obama.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/11/us...

Isn't it possible to support certain ideals no matter which party they come from? The fact that their proposals do not always align with specific interest groups supports a claim of impartiality.