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And who's trying to entice them? Again, if doing business with Indiegogo projects is incompatible with Paypal's risk profile they shouldn't do business with Indiegogo projects. That seems straightforward.
Bizarre to think we should be sympathizing with, enticing, or otherwise fellating PayPal in this situation.
Crowdfunding is an inherently speculative activity, a way to invest in a team with the hopes that they will create a product that you'd like to see in the world. Trying to fit Indiegogo into a presales model to justify PayPal's outrageous behavior here is a Procrustean approach that helps no one.
Why on Earth should we sympathize with PayPal about internal aspects of their underwriting at the expense of a small business whose funds they've practically seized?
Of course, there will always be cases where server-rendered HTML will be more appropriate. But that’s for you to decide by analyzing what percentage of your users have JavaScript disabled and what kind of user experience you want to deliver.
Seems like a pretty big caveat to me.
You're over-thinking things. Easiest actionable advice is to build whatever excites you. A great way to do this is to build something that would have at least one user: you. Maybe it's "just" something "cool" or maybe it solves a pressing problem.
Don't get caught up in all of this up-front analysis where you try to build the perfect thing timed with some magical market moment. Instead, build a quick prototype if and when you feel excited about an idea. If your enthusiasm wanes early or you finish it and you realize it's not going to work out, it's OK ... wrap a bow around it and move on to the next thing.
edit: You seem to be looking for a magic bullet in the form of a Paul Graham essay. If so, this may be your best hope: http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
By the way, you should see a search box on the bottom of every page on HN. I searched stories for "weaker" and it was among the first results.
I have a Herman Miller Embody and really couldn't be happier with it. Very comfortable and infinitely adjustable.
http://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/performance-wor...
(c.f. http://readystate4.com/2012/05/17/nginx-and-apache-rewrite-t...)
Everything about the service (site, explainer video, etc) screams high-quality except for the name. I know there are reasons you're holding on to it, but it will eventually need to go if you're going to make the service successful, so the sooner you do it, the better. Good luck.
http://businessofsoftware.org/2013/02/kathy-sierra-building-...
You may be able to improve it slightly depending on the particulars of your workflow. For example, you could do the refresh conditionally based on other factors, say, the protocol or pathname so that even if the line did make it into production, you'd still be ok.
Even better still would be to inject that javascript only in the development environment.
How do you know that?
I think he just did.
Douché.
If you look at actual statistics, they do seem to back up my impression ....
You're either confused about my comment or making a completely non sequitur argument for the heck of it. The claim I agreed with was that there are actually a lot of (largely minority) kids and people with average jobs in SF.
That is true and can be shown so by inspection, at that.
There are plenty of kids and families who live in my neighborhood (I'm on the cusp of Union Square and the Tenderloin). If you take a ride on the T towards Bayview in the middle of the afternoon, you'll also see plenty of kids.
Are the public schools in San Francisco just empty, waiting for families to move in and send their kids there? Of course not. As for people with "average jobs," who do you think is serving you that latté, helping you at Macy's, or cleaning your office? They don't just ship all of those people in from Oakland.
That San Francisco has no children or working class is a preposterous idea, mostly advanced by those who fail to step outside of the high-rent parts of the city.
This, 1000x this.
A little hyperbolic, I think.
SF weather is awesome: ~50-75 all year round with specific neighborhoods that stay warm and sunny all the time if you're into that sort of thing. Heavenly compared to Pittsburgh, Boston, NYC, or DC.
The summer's are miserable with fog. It's as annoying as snow or sleet.
Bizarre claim. Also, avoiding fog is simple: move to a different neighborhood.
And let's not forget that DC during the latter part of summer is swamp-like, with high humidity and 80-90 degree weather. The city largely shuts down in August.