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rrivalon MoD 'how to stop leaks' document is leaked

Ironic.

rrivalon What Would A Chicago-style Y Combinator Look Like?

ITA tried this with ILcelerate:

http://ilcelerate.wordpress.com/

And it doesn't look like there's going to be a 'second' annual ilcelerate =)

rrivalon Ask HN: Contractor Vanished, Now What?

Yeah, paper trail started last week, aside from the email history. I appreciate the comments - it's an unusual situation.

My attorney is up to speed, it's just a question of whether or not it makes sense to engage in arbitration.

I'm mostly curious to see if anyone has ever done that, chased an uncooperative contractor into that, obtained an injunction, etc.

wrt not receiving anything in return, a non-functional prototype never seemed like a useful thing to have ... until now =) Although it worsens his case significantly.

rrivalon Ask HN: Contractor Vanished, Now What?

Thanks!

rrivalon Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine (It actually exists)

That Dr. Strangelove quote is in the article as well, page 3.

rrivalon Tell HN: My Start-Up Launched our iPhone App Today - Gaia GPS

This is fantastic work guys, thanks for doing this. It's especially useful since Topozone.com became expensive.

Anyone who's had to head to EMS to pick up paper trail maps or spend hundreds on the National Geographic map packs (me) should be equally ecstatic.

Distant, distant future feature request: a little augmented reality - let me mount it on my dash and display a 3D view of what I'm looking at.

rrivalon Own up HN: What are your craziest abandoned projects?

and mugshots. like baseball cards.

rrivalon Own up HN: What are your craziest abandoned projects?

In the same vein, AdoptACon.com - trade prisoners like playing cards

rrivalon Why Gopher lost to HTML

TurboGopher VR had such potential.

rrivalon Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens

"We’re starting with a simple product, a contact lens with a single light source, and we aim to work up to more sophisticated lenses that can superimpose computer-generated high-resolution color graphics on a user’s real field of vision."

Reading this in a non-fiction context is so exciting.

rrivalon In tough times, cocaine dealers have to turn to cold-calling

Describing that as 'cold calling' is a bit misleading.

rrivalon HN Added to the Sociable Plugin for WordPress

I agree. It could be confused with a commodity content site. This is very much not "Hacker News!!" It runs the risk of raising the noise level.

I like introducing people to this site.

rrivalon The other problem with venture capital - management fees

Is 7 figures really considered "pretty rich" on Wall Street?

rrivalon AdWords: Conversion doesn't vary by position

Appreciate the stats but, from the post: "The value of traffic doesn’t vary by position ... In fact, the quality in position 1 tends to be slightly lower than position 2, and the quality improves slightly as the ads get lower on the page — these are small effects that can be ignored for practical purposes." Maybe my budget is too 'small' to ignore these small effects, or maybe I'm just cheap.

rrivalon AdWords: Conversion doesn't vary by position

Lies. I've spent >$50k on adwords and had far more garbage clicks in positions 1-3 than with 7-9. They directly affect CR.

More data please, GOOG.

rrivalon Turning off the distracting parts of the Internet

Typo - "Their getting good at these tests, and it’s costing us." - "They're"

rrivalon Visual Map of Your Name's Online Presence

This is helpful: http://personas.media.mit.edu/ Would be great to see a profile comparison feature.

rrivalon On the Auction Site Swoopo, Paying to Place Each Bid

It's not as if they don't tell you how it works...

rrivalon New ICANN policy stops domain tasting

"ICANN said the new policy resulted in a 99.7 percent decrease in domain deletions from June 2008 to April 2009."

Looks like they nailed it. Can't ask for much better than that.