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hashtag··on Show HN: Eating Around, an iPhone app find restaurants nearby
What does this do that Yelp doesn't currently. (On mobile so lazy to click through is the site explains it).

I ask because I use Yelp for this a lot

hashtag··on Ask HN: How do you improve Soylent's flavor/texture?
I ordered several months ago and still waiting so I wouldn't expect to receive it in a few weeks unless you get lucky. It's actually already past the initial estimate they gave me and emailing got me a response of not being able to estimate a date of when I'll receive my order
hashtag··on Why did eBay succeed?
The core reason was the community
hashtag··on Ask HN: I'm bored, want exposure to new things but I don't want a job
Down to have a chat if you're interested
hashtag··on Ask HN: What should i answer to a question about salary?
I previously applied for a position knowing they were looking to hire someone around $65k-ish (it wasn't listed on the job page but there were other indications that's the range they were looking to pay for the position.

After several rounds of interviews, they actually came back with an offer for much higher (they did ask me how much I am expecting to get paid before making the offer). I countered back and definitely got a salary offer that was certainly way more than 50% of the original intended offer and about 30% more than the actual offer they actually ended up making in their initial pitch.

hashtag··on Ask HN: It's just me or Facebook disabled mouse right click?
Works fine for me
hashtag··on Why the Convergent Desktop Is So Important to Linux
This is an awful idea. Having a mobile phone power desktop applications with its current specs is a no go.
hashtag··on Ask HN: How do you read technical books?
eBooks all the way
hashtag··on Ask HN: Real-world programmer salary in Silicon Valley
Don't just look at salary comparison. You have to consider cost of living and this area is one of the most expensive to live. The salary high in part because of this. Ultimately it might be a wash compared to what you make in Germany relative to what your expenses are there.
hashtag··on Ask HN: What are you building?
I haven't used LetsLunch in years but the last time I did it was random pairing. You couldn't actually decide who to meet although you could submit who you'd be interested in and what general areas of interest were. If they changed that aspect then it sounds like you're building the original LetsLunch concept.
hashtag··on Ask HN: What are you building?
Reminds me of letslunch.com
hashtag··on Apple Pay Tries to Solve a Problem That Really Isn’t a Problem
I would actually prefer no physical wallet if it were possible. The idea that your driver license, credit cards, debit (figuring out how to make this work with ATMs too, and any other physical card all digital and works is in fact the holy grail.

If like Passbook, I could store my cards and select which one digitally and easily transact everywhere the way Stabucks does it or how the Apple Pay demo during the keynote does it, that would be amazing. I would prefer just having to carry my phone and nothing else (replace my keys while we're at it).

The problem is no matter how awesome this is, it won't happen unless this universal system is in place everywhere. Currently not every store or merchant accepts such a way to pay or identify yourself (in the case of IDs or even other type of cards). And much like how there are still places that are cash only, the adoption for this is likely going to take a long time, if ever, to truly remove the feeling that I can finally not carry a wallet at all.

It is a problem (in the first world sense)in my opinion contrary to the article, just one that lacks a universal solution due to it not being widely adopted yet.

hashtag··on I Have a Startup – What is the difference between a side-project and a startup?
I think there are several distinctions. You can have a side-project, a lifestyle business, a small business, a startup, etc...

I think a startup is by definition a company hoping to scale fast. By this definition, what the author is doing probably isn't a startup. But then again, everyone define startup in their own definition so maybe it is by his definition.

hashtag··on Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?
Unfortunately, at least for me, that isn't a selling feature. It's basically Secret (perhaps more social) without the personal friends angle and adding in location. Can't see a reason to use it.
hashtag··on Ask HN: Why do uber drivers use iPhones exclusively?
I don't know whether or not OP is correct in thinking that Uber drivers' use iPhones only, but I know that for the Uber rides I've been on, the drivers certainly have an extra phone that they use for Uber (I assume company issued) in addition to their personal phone.
hashtag··on Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?
True CloudOS
hashtag··on Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?
Curious but why do you see this as valuable?

Secret exists to confess anonymously within your circle.

General social networks to connect to your connections (FB, LinkedIn, etc).

An insane list of failed startups that try to get strangers to connect but no one actively seeks meeting strangers for the sake of in general.

I am having a hard time seeing why I'd want to connect to anyone anonymously in my area that don't fall into the above categories but I'd love to hear why you think it makes sense

hashtag··on Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?
UrbanSitters
hashtag··on Ask HN: What's your best startup idea that you're not going to pursue?
I'm probably an edge case user but I don't save stuff to Pocket because I want summaries of stories. I save them because I want access to the actual content.

For example, I do save articles I can just read. For that, a summary service would be great BUT that is true with or without Pocket. On the flipside, if I saw stuff like a blog post on technical code someone wrote about for something, more than likely I want to save that reference for later (true for a huge chunk of stuff I save or the type of things I save).

That said, I came across several people who have either worked on summarizers or talked about it but nothing seemed to have ever took off on those. I can't speak for others but in general I prefer to read content for myself.

hashtag··on Ask HN: Is 25 too old to get your first job at a startup?
Age isn't the problem. It's whether or not you have the skills necessary for hire
hashtag··on Ask HN: What skills are employable?
It really depends on the company and market location you're in. Around here (SF / Silicon Valley), there are tons of companies hiring Ruby devs. So if you're around here, that's probably the route to go.

If you are interested in Enterprise, Java is probably still dominant.

JavaScript is a must for front end stuff but I can't say that a lot of companies will adopt it heavily for backend, particularly if most are already established on some stack they've already been working on.

My best recommendation without knowing much is go with Ruby and Rails.

hashtag··on Ask HN: What have you been working on this summer?
Had an idea a few days ago. Spent the next couple days after that validating and iterating through mockups on first build. Just literally started coding it 2 days ago. Haven't really gotten very far so can't say much but for now I'm excited
hashtag··on Ask HN: What would you build if you would be a multi-billionare?
Atlantis
hashtag··on Ask HN: Imagine you can solve one of your own problems today – what would it be?
Education (I'm working on it right now)
hashtag··on Ask HN: Imagine you can solve one of your own problems today – what would it be?
I associate Home Ec (from Middle School) with cooking lol. I know thats not probably the only focus of it but thats what comes to mind.

What about stuff like http://www.handybook.com/?

hashtag··on Ask HN: Where would you host a quickly bootstrapped site?
Linode. It's the host I currently use.
hashtag··on Ask HN: Judging startup on hosting company it uses?
No. And AWS isn't that reliable. The thing goes down a lot previously. I wasn't doing anything crazy scalable or needed all the features so I moved off of it due to all the downtime issues it had last year.
hashtag··on Product Hunt iOS App
Can't speak for others but I wouldn't use the mobile version (never did) but with an iOS app I will now.
hashtag··on Ask HN: What tools/add-ons/sites do you use to get most out of Hacker News?
You can also follow individual user comments with RSS with some quick mods

Can you elaborate on how the mod works?

hashtag··on Ask HN: Would you invest in a company based purely on pedigree?
Never
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