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dynamic99

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November 5, 2012 (13y ago)
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Hacker, Physics nerd, Student
  1. The Activist Tipping Point: A Few Magic Numbers (wearepalaced.com)
    2 points 0
  2. Power in the 21st Century (entrepolitical.substack.com)
    3 points 0
  3. Ask HN: What are some novel ways for consumers to influence corporate behavior?
    6 points 5
  4. What well-known startups have Chief Growth Officers?
    2 points 0
  5. Ask HN: Why do you keep a personal knowledge base?

    Why do you keep a personal knowledge base? What are you trying to accomplish by saving content? What insights do you want to discover? What tasks do you want to achieve?

    136 points 97
  6. Ask HN: What is wrong with Evernote's Context feature?

    Evernote has its Context feature which presents relevant notes to you as you're typing them. This seems like a great idea with poor implementation. Do you use the feature? What are its downfalls? What can a competitor…

    3 points 0
  7. Ask HN: How to get a small team off the ground remotely?

    A group of friends and I won a pitch contest at our university and decided we want to pursue the idea and try to start development. However, break just started and I am struggling to decide what the best way to organize…

    7 points 4
  8. Ask HN: What do you want in a knowledge base/bookmarking service?

    Think Pocket, Instapaper, Evernote, Pinboard -- what is the biggest hurdle to reaching your perfect digital knowledge base? On another note, what is the best way to make such a service more social, as to foster the…

    1 points 2
  9. Ask HN: What does impact investing need to take off?

    Impact investing still seems to be in its infancy in the US. Some areas, like Chicago, are slowly starting to see some growth in share of VC money and focus on social enterprises. In general, what does impact investing…

    3 points 0
  10. Ask HN: How do you get a job at a VC firm?
    22 points 13
  11. Ask HN: What should my pre-college summer gameplan be?

    Hey all, I'm an incoming college freshman planning to major in Computer Science. I've always been very interested in programming, and throughout HS I managed to teach myself some basic scripting in Python and Perl.…

    3 points 1
  12. Ask HN: What's the pathway to working on YC Research-like problems?

    Hi guys! I'm a rising senior in high school trying to decide what I want to do with my life. I've been looking at these YC Research projects (universal basic income, city building, etc.) and am absolutely fascinated.…

    21 points 17
  13. Ask HN: How do you remember what you read?

    Although I can generally remember the basic concepts of books that I've read, I have trouble retaining details. What are your methods for retaining read information?

    12 points 14
  14. Ask HN: How to go about learning Swift for iOS and OS X development?

    I want to jump into iOS and OS X development. Coming from a web development background (Python, Javascript, HTML/CSS, etc.), what would be the best way to go about learning Swift to make apps? What are the best…

    1 points 0
  15. Princeton: Practice has almost no effect on skill level of programmers (princeton.edu)
    2 points 0
  16. How does the "Fourth Dimension" work with arrays? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
    3 points 0
  17. Perfect MacBook Pro specs for developers?

    What specs should I get for my 13" MacBook Pro? How much ram? Is i7 necessary? Will the baseline 13" MacBook Pro suffice?

    8 points 16
  18. Ask HN: A startup centered around gamification

    A lot of sites use gamification techniques to encourage activities that they want to see on the site, such as Stack Exchange, Khan Academy, and even game platforms such as Xbox and PlayStation. My question is, would it…

    1 points 0
  19. Programmers Community Blog 2.0 (meta.programmers.stackexchange.com)
    1 points 0
  20. What does the Web have left?

    Today's the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web. It's one of the most influential inventions of the last few decades, and we've made a lot of progress with it, but is this it? My question, essentially, is what other…

    1 points 0
  21. How to Get Smarter, Be More Productive, and Do Everything with Zero Effort (farnamstreetblog.com)
    26 points 8
  22. Some of the Most Interesting Blog Posts of 2013 (dynamicjae.wordpress.com)
    2 points 0
  23. What are some of your favorite blog posts/essays/papers?

    What are your favorite blog posts, essays, or papers? Also, where do you go to find new writings?

    9 points 1
  24. The Experiment - 52 Projects (dynamicjae.tumblr.com)
    1 points 0
  25. I want you to convince me to learn Perl (perlmonks.com)
    3 points 0