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Kelliot··on Is mobile gaming a threat to the games industry?
I see mobile gaming as an entirely new field which can be explored. Mobile devices dont have the specs or controls to be considered true competitors to PC / console gaming.

While better consoles have killed off vast amounts of PC gaming exclusivity i don't think mobile devices will impede to much on traditional games.

Kelliot··on What is the biggest problem a programmer has?
Its got to be answering to a non-technical manager. I have had particular problems in the past with the 'hands-on, always in the know' types that need to be educated about the full issue before action is taken.

Drags out the most simple tasks.

Kelliot··on Twitter Loses 'Occupy Wall Street' Case, Forced To Hand Over User Info
If you post on social networks or micro blogs your posting information into the public domain. You are therefore responsible for what you say and this can be used for/against you. I see no difference between a twitter, a spoken recording or a written statement.

Either way it is nice to see twitter did fight this to some extent

Kelliot··on Ask HN: why isn't YC a reality tv show?
I'd love to see a documentary style show following different start ups. I think it could be both entertaining and educational. Seeing the decisions they have to make and the consequence of them.
Kelliot··on Orbitz shows costlier hotel options to Mac users
Good business model. Exploiting the higher disposable income / lower intelligence of mac users for profit is awesome =)
Kelliot··on South Korea bans virtual item trading & bots
Will this just push more Koreans away from WOW/D3 and back towards Starcraft 2?

I cant win as it is =/

Kelliot··on The DOD had two "better-than-Hubble" space telescopes just sitting around.
'Second, if the DOD didn't need these two birds, which are both better than any civilian telescope, what do they have?'

This line worries me the most, hubbles pictures of things thousands of light years away are spectacular. Imagine what a better scope could so pointed at earth 300 miles below!

Kelliot··on Artist turns his dead pet into flying helicopter after it is killed by a car
Had to share this around the tech office, not much love for it here =(
Kelliot··on Startup Seeks 2+ yrs exp: SEO, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Flash, etc. for...$8 hr.
£5 uk p/h - My paperboy earns more then that =)

Maybe this needs a rethink guys, your asking for a lot of things here. Uni + experience + multiple skills, seems unrealistic to expect that.

Kelliot··on Ask HN: Does this exist? A service to auto-enroll your username in new launches?
If accounts added in this manor where removed after a set period of time due to inactivity i can see it being feasible.

It would be a good way to offer the service in bulk and then reduce the numbers down to just the users who will truly help grow the service by using it.

Kelliot··on Humble Indie Bundle 5: pay what you want for video games
I love the model there using here!

Best aspect for me (and them i guess) is the need to spend an average to get Bastion, arguably the best game in that line up.

Already have 2 of the 6 but ill throw good developers money to take the rest and encourage the model.

Well done to the humble bundle!

Kelliot··on Ask HN: Does this exist? A service to auto-enroll your username in new launches?
I can see how this would benefit the user, you get to reserve your preferred name, but how is this good for developers?

Having users auto sign up would ruin any value in there uptake / usage data. How many of those users are interested in the product and how many are just squatting on the username?

Maybe this is over my head =/

Kelliot··on Ask HN : Should I buy Facebook stock?
I dabble in the UK markets (ftse 250+AIM)

I'd say no. There's massive hype and arguments going either way but for me two points stand out

1) FB total valuation compared to there income/profit is way way below what your getting at google. Google in my opinion is the closest comparable match.

2) 900M users to date. How many possible users do you think there are in the world? how much possible expansion and growth does that leave?

2.1) Are you willing to gamble china opening up 1-2 billion possible users to facebook?

Sorry its a scattered response, getting to the end of an 11 hour shift at work and im shot.

Kelliot··on Ask HN: How should I ask a startup about financials in an interview?
I'd be direct.

An interview runs two ways, your both assessing and weighing up each other.

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