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npguy··on [dead]
Browse AI tools, spot interesting ones. Talk about the tool for 15 seconds - Earn Money!
npguy··on Fidelity Digital Assets. Bitcoin First [pdf] (2022)
This was written in 2022
npguy··on [dead]
I tried generating everything on the homepage using ChatGPT (content for all posts and titles) and Dall-E (for all images). People making content for a living should definitely be worried!
npguy··on Tell HN: Coinbase now requires physical address of recipient in crypto transfers
Well, that might not be a very silly thing to say.
npguy··on Ask HN: Million Dollar Homepage- What other similar ideas have worked?
Cannot think of a similar story - that one was very unique.
npguy··on Ask HN: How will an AI/ML driven HN look like?
Story recommendations based on click history would be cool
npguy··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2020)
I made a jobboard for this - its free for everyone, http://jittoc.com
npguy··on Jobs in the Time of Corona – Jittoc
Seeded with most jobs from this thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22665398
npguy··on Jobs In The Time Of Corona
Seeded with some jobs from this thread - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22665398
npguy··on RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News
Try http://talll.com for tech and http://filll.com for finance. Solid collection of rss feeds.
npguy··on I’m starting an internet company and detailing the entire process
There is an enterprise software company named powwow as well. You might run into issues with your name.
npguy··on Amazon, the world’s most remarkable firm, is just getting started
Ethereum will be a solid threat to AWS. Overall.
npguy··on Ask HN: What are some good technology blogs to follow?
http://talll.com
npguy··on The ultimate list of feeds for technology professionals
Thanks!
npguy··on Ask HN: Where can a hacker find news?
http://talll.com is an organized list of feeds. Will not solve your issue on angularquery though.
npguy··on The Internet is for snacking
The assumptions made around Bitcoin being "programmable cash" are debatable. It is not moving in that direction - some thoughts on what is going wrong with the Bitcoin economy:

http://statspotting.com/bitcoin-economy-one-big-issue-with-t...

npguy··on The Supersizing of American Colleges
Here is some stats perspective on the size of student loans:

http://statspotting.com/outstanding-student-loans-in-the-us-...

npguy··on Why Netflix should buy AMC
Netflix is also making a huge mistake in its product strategy on the device front that will probably haunt them forever.

http://statspotting.com/the-one-mistake-that-might-haunt-net...

npguy··on Vinod Khosla: 70-80% Of VCs Add Negative Value To Startups
Given the effort that VCs put in to understand the business, this ratio of value addition is not surprising.

http://fakevalley.com/conmen-arrested-for-cheating-vcs-by-se...

npguy··on Free Software Foundation issues statement on new iPhone models from Apple
Apple should spend its cash on things that matter, like new product ideas.

http://fakevalley.com/apple-investing-in-black-magic-to-get-...

npguy··on The Science Of Snobbery
Have to love these conclusions, particularly of the blink variety. They sound so scientific you almost believe that there is some science behind them. Like this one.

http://fakevalley.com/breakthrough-coffee-and-sugar-are-boug...

npguy··on The Student Loan Bubble is Starting To Burst
Here is some perspective on the size of US student loans:

http://statspotting.com/outstanding-student-loans-in-the-us-...

npguy··on Hacker News Onion
You should also check out FakeValley - http://fakevalley.com
npguy··on Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months
Just after piracy hit all time lows. Good timing really.

http://fakevalley.com/microsoft-pirated-software-sales-also-...

npguy··on Groupon Fires Sales Rep Who Threatened Bad Reviews for Business Owner
What we need, is a Groupon model without Groupon in the middle. The idea is explained here:

http://firespotting.com/item?id=2320

npguy··on Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]
The movie kind of confirms the fact that steve jobs actually lived for 150 years.

http://fakevalley.com/steve-jobs-actually-lived-for-150-year...

npguy··on Welcome to the ‘Sharing Economy’
Posted this on firespotting - there is definitely a small profitable business in your idea -
npguy··on Malcolm Gladwell's Reponse to the Culturalism Post
Gladwell also needs to learn a few things from the Indian parent -

http://statspotting.com/malcolm-gladwell-meet-this-genius-ca...

npguy··on A Hacker News For Ideas
Thanks for the pointer. Did not try teles.pe - basically Firespotting started as an exercise to create a "hacker news clone" on EC2 - and Google guided me to the arc script implementation on EC2. Basically this link:

http://nicholasblee.com/blog/hacker-news-clone-on-a-free-aws...

npguy··on I know how to do, but I don't have a good idea, how I start?
For some good ideas around mobile and internet you can try looking at http://firespotting.com it is basically a hackernews for ideas.
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