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Looking good but speaking poorly is the message he's trying to get across, not being mentally challenged.

It's not a customer friendly policy, as it just serves to squeeze $2 from customers who aren't using more services. But it's not criminal to add a service fee(as much as I hate it as well).

I actually stopped reading when you used the phrase "babbling like a retard". As a Christian like you profess to be, I would probably look a little more closely at the words you choose.

I would revise this: Spend as much time as you want. If you get interested in something - keep going. Don't force yourself to keep moving according to this arbitrary list. Go where your interest takes you. JUST. KEEP. GOING!

I have a problem with the word cope, which is often used in these scenarios. I don't want to cope - I want to live, flourish and think. Everyone is different and there is no answer that will cover all situations. But I encourage everyone to explore all the options and make the decision after some trial, before ruling anything out. Especially when we're talking about adults.

I don't know if you're arguing with what I said, or if you thought I was criticizing the author, which I'm not. I saw two keywords and for me they line up with a list of symptoms which I know can be quite troubling if you think you are to blame for being lazy or not able to accomplish the things you want in life because you keep getting in your own way. It's a difficult nut to crack, but if you think you might also suffer from ADD, it's wise to research it and speak to someone who can offer a diagnosis and help you find a solution that works for you.

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! http://www.amazon.com/You-Mean-Lazy-Stupid-Crazy/dp/07432644...

Delivered From Distraction http://www.amazon.com/Delivered-Distraction-Getting-Attentio...

If you have those two traits I suggest you also research ADHD/ADD/Adult ADD. There are tactics and strategies out there specifically designed to help those who struggle maintaining focus for extended periods of time. There are also medical options which can greatly improve your ability to focus, process thoughts, live a more manageable, productive existence and have better relationships with those around you. I share this because I know and have experienced this myself.

One question I'm really curious about - how do you plan to make money? Are you going to try to achieve agent/broker status? Sell ads to different insurers? Or just wait and see?

For example - Showing a BCBS logo is hardly representative of the 39 separate companies which are part of the BCBS Association. Good luck trying to wrangle connecting to each of these companies and then trying to decipher the individual plan-level benefits of thousands of customized plans at each specific insurer. Employer's routinely customize benefits for their employee offered plans. These benefits are detailed in your benefit booklet or member guide which you probably get by mail and maybe have access to in a PDF online. Parsing and then reporting on that info is a tall order and that's if you can even get access to it.

This is in addition to the legal hoops that you'll have to jump through to even explore the ramifications of transferring PHI(Personal Health Information) from insurers and storing it elsewhere. Once explored you have to get permission to acquire this information - another difficult hurdle if its even possible.

TLDR - They're in for a long climb up a very steep hill.

3. Licensing: The terms state, "You agree that the Service, including but not limited to Products, graphics, user interface, audio clips, video clips [and] editorial content ... contains proprietary information and material that is owned by Apple and/or its licensors, and is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws, including but not limited to copyright."

That sounds confusing. Handel explained it this way: When we buy something from iTunes, we are paying for the license to listen to music or watch a movie on our iPhone or other Apple device. But we are not buying the product itself and so we can't actually own it, he said. "When you buy a book, you own the copy of that book but not the actual material," Handel said "What you are buying here is right to use music on certain devices."

The reference here is not to the items you're purchasing but rather "Products, graphics, user interface, audio clips, video clips [and] editorial content" - meaning the stuff they use to SELL/MARKET the music/movies/etc in iTunes, not the products themselves. They're talking about the reviews, the images, the sound clips or trailers, the actual iTunes interface - not the stuff you're buying.

Second, I found it difficult to enjoy the ride when the product, as released, was buggy and difficult to understand in both UI and user proposition.

People on HN have no problem being optimistic. I was optimistic when I tried the product. I spent a good hour or so with several people on several devices in different locations using the app. We encountered problems, no instructions, confusing UI, the inability to see photos from users you were sitting next to, and in general we all felt that there was no useful feature in the app. We didn't get the app, then when we heard about the $41M in funding... we REALLY didn't get the app.

Speaking for myself, my comments were based on my experiences of using their product, the information they released to the press and my opinions based on the words of their employees. I don't think anyone could ask for much more from a group like HN.

Second - The scientific journal that published the article looks really interesting - The Journal of New Music Research. I wasn't aware of this. Now to find out if the local college library subscribes! http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t71381...

Also, looks like a future issue in 2011 will be a special issue on 'Music and Machine Learning' http://www.auditory.org/mhonarc/2010/msg00428.html

She said I just don't happen to find photo sharing to be a big problem requiring $41M to solve at the moment. And my comment regarding the patents was based on the $41M investment being in their technology, not a photo sharing app.

I made no other comment on the validity of the patents. I believe the investors based their investment on the underlying technology used to create the app and not the app itself. They valued the technology and the team that created it worthy of a $41M investment.

Wow - I bet users will gladly line up to upload photo and video to a data mining company. From the start they plan on mining their users rather than serving them. It really feels like all marketing BS when the core of the business is to track, record and mine their users.

It may be good tech, but that's a horrible user proposition and it certainly begs for a line-by-line analysis of their EULA since everything you do with the app is public.

I understand the point here, but I disagree with it completely. Let people build what they're passionate about. Fund passionate people. If there's a market for the product it will be successful. If not, the investors made a poor decision. The money went into the ecosystem, it didn't disappear, it wasn't wasted.

We hear a ton about the venture firms that fund internet and software businesses because of what we read and pay attention to. Because we don't hear about all the bio-med and energy companies on TechCrunch or HN doesn't mean that they're not out there building the exact same products and getting funded by VC firms specializing in that space. They are getting attention, you're just not looking in the right places to see it.

All I've been reading lately are opinion pieces on what people should and shouldn't be doing with their lives, their businesses and their talents. If you're so passionate that you need to tell everyone what to do, quit complaining about about what should be happening and go make it happen.

Edit - Plus the author is currently head business development at Alphonso Labs, which develops iPhone, iPad and Android applications. What sense does that make? Quit making apps and do something else, but I'm going to keep working for a company that makes apps?

Then to quote the letter: I think their issue is just with some of the text. Let me know if you're able to take another look at it and make any edits.

That's a very PC way of saying change the post. They sounded like they expected compliance. They're expectations were wrong.

Why is this a troubling prospect today? The Developer tools you need are on your install disk. You did buy the operating system right? Just install them. If you don't have the disc handy at least you have the option of downloading it for free.

You're arguing that spending AN HOUR of your time is offensive. Think of everything you DON'T have to do since it's built into OS X. If that doesn't convince you, then yeah, OS X isn't for YOU - not Developers.

Right, because I don't go and listen to music when I visit Pandora, Grooveshark, etc.

Doesn't sound very free and open.

The front-end developer takes the design and builds it in code. All of it - code, styles, interaction, etc. There are web designers who are also front-end developers and vice versa, but the roles are not equivalent and they require different skillsets.