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plaxis··on Ask HN: Why is the 40-comment penalty being applied to Show HNs?
Because you mustn't compete with the incubator itself.
plaxis··on The Economy
But it's not a bad economy VC/PE. It's basically loads of 0% money and no tax via carried interest. If you disagree, come see the number of entire floor apartment renovations happening on 5th ave.

<3 NYC

plaxis··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Accelerometer sensors to monitor natural gas fracking locations.
plaxis··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Search function for browser tabs. So hard to find pandora in the haystack, and I need a short cut to search through all the interesting things.
plaxis··on Four Things I Wish Every Chart Did
What is the author using to make such nice charts?
plaxis··on Ask HN: Open accelerator program without the VC?
You might like to check out NYU Incubators @ 137 Varick Street, DUMBO, and Urban Futures Lab at 15 Metrotech in BK. Independent accelerators and support systems attached inside, university support, NYC govt and private company backing.
plaxis··on Stored Hashcash
How about we increase energy costs? Huh guys?
plaxis··on Dogecoin now accounts for more transactions than any other cryptocurrency
But the supply is 28,310,185,834 DOGE.
plaxis··on Poll: As a founder, what is your salary?
Here visualized in bar graphs as a %. Interesting. http://i.imgur.com/yEW0ivT.png
plaxis··on Who rises to the top? Early Indicators (.PDF)
No. Correlation is not causation.

1. There's no discussion of potential influencing variables and other inputs, like private tutoring and income that could affect scores. Also, note the sample: "The sample included 253 males and 67 females; 78% were Caucasian, 20% were Asian, and 2% were of other ethnicities." Why bother to add anything but white male at all?

2. since when do we take SAT at 13 Y/O? 3. Is the 1980's SAT even remotely similar to 2013? If not, so what? 4. "Top of their field" n=260 means we get sub samples of different industries around n= 3 to 16 or so (on graph). Please do 1 industry with n=31, and I might pay attention to a correlation. 5. Can we see the model output? Are the results significant, and the model sound?

Based on the data, it would seem more likely that the influence on successes here is more likely that the individual is MALE and WHITE and NOT SAT score. I'm not sure I understand what this model is getting at except trying to suggest other than how to achieve material "success" through SAT SCORES??!!

Read this one instead: http://www.businessinsider.com/grant-study-reveals-what-make...

plaxis··on Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine
Imagine if we could crowd fund this event!.. sigh.
plaxis··on Should I Just Buy This Domain?
I say try politely negotiate reducing the cost. I've managed to talk down 75% or so from that range, and I wouldn't call myself smooth...
plaxis··on Starting a consulting business. Can I get some feedback on my new site?
As a non-developer looking to hire a developer, I would want to know what specifically you can do. And sometimes I might not know the difference between Java and Javascript. I see that the banner skills transition, but the transition is seamless and probably timed long enough such that people will miss your highlighted skills. Consider adding somewhere your "features" or skills. In fact, the "details" inside each app are more compelling than what's on the front page. Maybe switch and use the mini-pitch to create demand for your skills.

I second the comment on grammar -- says the hypocrite.

Great job!

plaxis··on The Bitcoin Report 2 [pdf]
Your friend goes to columbia? It's pretty good. Not perfect, but what is. Great Job!
plaxis··on Freicoin - easy-to-use demurrage currency
These are similar to concepts North Korea still cannot prove... I'm concerned that in the FAQ the creators think that private banks control money supply. While inflation and deflation are often painful, they're also the reason why cyclic growth is possible. Once upon a time, cycles enabled an American middle class. I'm optimistic we can revive that with historically effective method.

We all agree central banks stink in a recession, they are somewhat limited in what they can do, but during growth they double the fun.

I see the creator is intending income equality, and I think that's definitely just and purposeful. More research required.

plaxis··on Show HN: Push-Poll - Our MVP for quick, email-driven polling
You sir, are a scholar. Thank you. Buffing CSS now and will try that book next. I'll keep an eye on your project and share.
plaxis··on Show HN: Push-Poll - Our MVP for quick, email-driven polling
I think it's great. Total newb, but I would like to work on skills to make this type of project. I'm curious how did you build it? What platform, if any, or languages did you use.