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OK, so I just saw Tom Cruise and James Corden jump out of a plane. Before I saw Will Smith do it. It looks like so much fun, but its so scary.

I wonder if the visualization aspect of jumping out of a plan would also help my nerves. Maybe set a date and then watch YT videos for a few minutes a day on tandem jumping.

Sounds sweet! I'm actually releasing a website/business September 1st. So, this is perfect timing. Might as well give it a go.

It works now and is pretty sweet! Have you made any changes/updates?

I'll play around with it and try to give some feedback. So far, it looks sleek and I can see a lot of people using it.

I will say one thing - it looks really good.

I'm not sure if I'm doing anything wrong though. When I click the play button nothing plays. I've tried on multiple browsers.

Thanks for the heads up on the movie. I didn't know it was out in theaters yet.

I grew up in the 90s watching PBS all the time. PBS was pure magic at that time with Ghostwriter, Carmen San Deigo, Sesame Street. Mr. Rogers was my favorite program overall. I always stopped to watch him. He just made you feel calm and collected.

I just recently watched an episode on YouTube and I ended up getting teary-eyed watching it. His simple little show was so impactful. So many great memories and morals I have learned from this show. So good.

I'm afraid to go to the movie. I feel I will be sobbing uncontrollably at the end.

Same here.

I'm currently working on a part of the site where it should be refactored, but I chose not to because I just want to get the functionality to work. Once its good, I'll find the similarities and then refactor.

I'm also an artist, musician, and an athlete. I see similarities with those things and coding. In order to improve, you have to go through the "fog". That is, go with a concept , get messy, and see it through.

In the "fog" I tend to second guess myself and feel I'll never get out of it. But in the end things tend to work itself out and I'm better for it. After 10 pictures drawing the same thing, the 11th one is almost always better. Same with coding. I find myself looking 3-4 steps ahead and eventually write better code because of it. All just from working on and seeing through projects.

The closer I'm getting to a release version of my side-project, artjutsu, the more I realize that the code is just gonna be an ugly ugly mess. I could take the time to make it beautiful, but that's not helping anyone. Not at the moment.

I feel that I'd rather have some un-easy code that is not optimized so that I can have something cool for people to use. Besides, if its successful, I could go look back and make it optimized and beautiful.

Getting things done is what matters (at least for me at this point).

Unfortunately, I only have time to post this since I'm on a lunch break. I hope to read this sometime after work.

That said...

GATTACA is a much watch and I can't believe that it was a trilogy. I can't wait to read through this!

Well, you've already answered my question before I made a random response.

I was going to ask "Why are there laws against people making money?", but it make sense. Residential areas are for residents, not commerce. There should be a place for folks to relax around their contemporaries without having to deal with knowing that their environment may change from day to day.

I would say, perhaps there should be a compromise. After-all, being able to rent out a room from time to time can help home owners stay in their homes longer (or even enjoy life more). Maybe there could be a 2-3 strike rule on tenants. Where, if things do go out of hand (for whatever that reason), then the homeowner cannot be part of the AirBnb renting experience.

That way, there is something to gain and something to loose. Educating tenants would be priority.

For me, its actually a really good thing. I've been on the .NET stack my entire career. I love using it (obviously, since I'm use to it). But, there's always been a lingering worry that time may be up for my skillset (at least for non-government work).

The move, seems as if Microsoft is really pushing hard to make .NET the defacto developer platform of the web. Or at least, focusing on making it very compelling to use. Not just for old work, but going into the future.

In response to Vera, I would say "No, he doesn't owe anything".

He's an employee, plain and simple. He got paid to fulfill a service. He did that service well. He then wants to fulfill services elsewhere and decided to do so. Tasks and services were completed, what more can you really ask?

I'm in the same boat. After over a decade working at the same place, I feel its my time to go as well (after all, I want to build a business instead of just be an employee). I know that I'm probably the guy in the company's plans, but I had to look at it this way - You're always needed wherever you go if you do your job as well as you can.

I just purchased it. Its nice that you felt motivated from an audio book! I definitely need it. I'll let you know how it is once I'm done.

This is pretty sweet assane101!

I've only been playing with this for a little while. I love how you already had in mind that this would be used on the phone, so that the controls at the bottom can interact.

I'm sure those may be easy to implement, but its nice that you had that fore-thought.

Is this just a hobby project, or do you plan to expand upon this idea?

I thought it was digg v4 that was Digg's undoing. Which was taken over by...Reddit. I guess its time for some other community site to take over. Maybe those Amino apps.

You know what, I've never thought about that possibility at all. Usually, when you hear about starting a business while working, you're just working extra hours on top of your 9-5.

Maybe I can try that with the leave I have saved up and then ease my way into a part-time gig. Well, after I start making money on the side business.

Thanks for the insight.

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Wow! That's pretty amazing!

I have a course on how to do that. It seems pretty easy, but for some reason I never go out and just try it.

I have another business idea that I've been working on for some time. So, maybe that's the reason for not starting this one. But, why not have multiple source of income than rely one thing that may be BIG.

I guess I'm saying I'm throwing my hat into the ring today. Gosh, business is scary and exciting at the same time.

My point exactly.

Kids are going to use whatever their parents put in their hands. All of my nieces and nephews has some type of smart device (tablet, or phone). They are on it all the time. They never paid for it but it was given to them by their parents.

If parents stop giving their kids smart devices, then they will use that spare time doing something else (e.g. video games, homework, hanging out, smoking, idunno). There's no need for a study at all. Kids, in general, don't have money to buy an $800 device.

Small world. I loved this blog when I was young. Its nice to see it again.

Here's a nice overview (no login required) of CSS Grid. Never heard of it today, but I will try it out.

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/

Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't one of the reasons to join YC is to find ways to get funding? Even in the Standford videos, there's a lot of focus on the topic of raising money.

I think Sam's point (or concern) is with the so-called "Startup-Culture". There's a big focus on...

-1 Presenting a basic idea

-2 Get into Y-Combinator

-3 ???

-4 Profit

Or, I think that's how startups are interpreting what being an entrepreneur is all about.

I think Sam's point is that the product shouldn't be a placebo that happens to raise money. Or, to better say it, you are not here to be good at fundraising. You are here to be good at making a product that will (wait for it) change the world.

I think the success of those so-called unicorns (Dropbox, AirBnb, Twitch, etc.) had caused this problem. There are a lot of investors that are willing to spend away hoping for something to stick and to become profitable. On the other hand, there are a lot of startups who's soul purpose is to be good at selling a 'not fully realized' idea, raise a ton of money, and then cash out. Oh, and have 'fun' while doing it. Why? because it works!

It reminds me of the Hubspot videos with Daniel Lyons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVSLLvHceSA

Now, if someone was banging on my door desperate to give me a crazy amount of money with almost no strings attached to but into my 'shell of a product' I may consider taking the offer. But doing so may benefit me, but could cause harm to those who really have a great world-changing idea.

I'm working on a little project I've been tinkering with for the past 9 or so years. Its a club-house of sorts for artists so that they can learn and discuss art.

One of the features is called 'Lightbox' where you can draw overtop a picture and follow steps of a tutorial. Another feature would be to help artists find resources related to your niche with 'LinkKit'.

Right now its very old code and I've been working on a much cleaner update during the past year. So, once its ready I'll do the show 'Show HN' thing for feedback.

Here's a taste of the old code.

Lightbox http://artjutsu.com/lightbox/canvas/Default.aspx?q=3

LinkKit http://artjutsu.com/beta/linkkit.aspx

Gosh, those marshmallows looks devine! I'll make sure to link to it within my side-project (once the new version is up).

Just go forward with it anyway and see where it leads. The trick to entrepreneurship is to bring out the "great" ideas you have in your head and see where it goes.

You can deal will an anti-corruption slant later.

Its a classic mob/tribal way of life. If you show a difference from the majority, then the majority may have a tough time integrating with you.

And, why would they want to really? Learning a language is a daunting task. Yeah, you can do it, but its more than just learning words. Its about discovering a whole new culture, and that takes a lot of energy.

Its a complex issue. We all have our daily lives. Good things and bad things happens to our culture, associates, friends, family everyday. Its hard for a person to want to take on any more challenges.

On my end, I am learning Korean. Partly because they are a big focus point of (potential) conflict to our culture. Partly because I want to watch Korean Dramas without reading sub-titles. I'm about 7 weeks in, and I feel drained trying to learn the language. Still gonna power through for the greater good.

TLDR; The world could be a better place, especially from learning another culture. I'm learning Korean currently. Its hard, but I want to really know more about them.

Most other don't have the time because ... well, umm.. "have you seen the latest Bitcoin price!!!??"

I feel its too late for me to buy in and to get any value out of Bitcoin. 3 years ago (when it was around $350 per coin) I asked my friend about buying one up and I received a pretty good reason not to jump in.

3 years later and it looked like I made the wrong choice. I don't have $10,000 just hanging around to buy into one whole coin.

Oh well...

What a small world. I was looking at purchasing the Walter Issac's Ben Franklin book from Audible yesterday. I remember seeing a Discovery documentary about him a few years back and found Ben to be fascinating (before that documentary, he was the guy who flew a kite).

I do know that after a while he did do away with his 13 virtues since many of then conflicted with each other (after all, the dude was a ladies man). I guess its a decent experiment to try, but I think its over doing it to have it as your way of life (well 13 virtues anyway).

I do like the virtue of being Proactive and Silence. Maybe I should practice them for a week.

My point exactly. I can't for the life of me see how Facebook can be so addictive (based on the application itself).

If you're the type of person who HAS to know what other people are doing, then 'yes' Facebook will take over your life.

I'm always so busy (and can careless of the day-2-day of people) that I'm barely on the platform. And when I am, its probably for 5-10 mins every month (unless someone Messages me).

I'm thinking that closing your account may slowdown your addiction, but there are other apps, sites, avenues to be 'in the know'.

Maybe Facebook in this case means all social networking apps?

I believe I ready that somewhere else on Hacker News. At that time I wanted to learn guitar for a year. I've seen so many videos where people recorded themselves everyday for a year learning things and wanted to try it.

So, I got a notebook and created a daily log. The plan was to play at least 30 mins of guitar a day. I was to record myself every once in a while to keep a record of my progress.

So far I've made it to day 30! I broke the streak once because of prior commitment. It becomes a part of you and you feel bad/let down when you do not complete the daily ritual.

I'm planning on blogging the progress soon. Perhaps it may inspire others to pick a goal and seize it.

Congratulations!

Ryan's a cool guy. You're going to learn a lot and have fun doing it. I wish you the best of luck, and hope to see more information on your start up soon.