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billspreston··on Ask HN: What is a rough standard for ownership split when Angels/VC invest?
Very insightful, thanks.
billspreston··on Ask HN: Best GNU/Linux laptop as of March 2014?
Thinkpad, W series preferably. My W350 is running Wheezy without any issues.
billspreston··on The Financial Sector Is the Greatest Parasite in Human History
Who keeps pushing this meme? If anything, the worst parasites are lobby groups and politicians.
billspreston··on As Deadly as a DDoS: ICANN Unleashes the Whois Accuracy Program
Can this be done via a "click here to confirm" email, or does this require phone conversations with the registrar? I don't like registering domains using my real name.
billspreston··on Good laptops for Linux
Can't beat the Thinkpads. They're awesome and have excellent Linux driver support.
billspreston··on An online Magna Carta: Berners-Lee calls for bill of rights for web
How's the Bill of Rights working out for you? Far as I can tell, the first, fourth and seventh have all been forgotten about.

What makes you think governments are going to respect a Bill of Rights for the virtual world when they don't even respect the one for the physical world!

billspreston··on Incubators are Bullshit
Interesting post, but I would recommend not missing out on the birthing classes.
billspreston··on Edward Snowden: ‘They’re setting fire to the future of the Internet’
Silence is consent.
billspreston··on No-bullshit guide to linear algebra
What is the equivalent book for other topics in math (I'm trying to self study) e.g. Calculus, Abstract Algebra, Probability, Statistics?
billspreston··on Algebraic and calculus concepts may be better way to introduce children to math
Try "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus" by Michael Spivak. After reading that, it all just made sense and at the same time made me angry that they didn't teach it like that to us in high school.
billspreston··on Famous tech acquisitions’ cost per user
| When was the last time you paid Google for search results? Meh, can't be making that much money.

Nice way to show I was wrong :)

billspreston··on Famous tech acquisitions’ cost per user
Best acquisition? When was the last time you gave Youtube money (or Google money to watch videos)? The fact that their videos are no unwatchable because of quality stutters and the inability to rewind/jump, it's only a matter of time for a new video site to take over.
billspreston··on How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive
If you RTFA, calling out someone was a tin foil hatter is one of their techniques.
billspreston··on A Star in a Bottle
The scary thing is (whether true or not) that just by comment you are now on a list, tucked away for the government to use against you in the future.
billspreston··on Ask HN: Is anyone successful with the 7-minute workout so far?
Thanks. I'll definately be adding these next session.
billspreston··on Ask HN: Is anyone successful with the 7-minute workout so far?
huh?
billspreston··on Ask HN: Is anyone successful with the 7-minute workout so far?
7 minutes? I guess anything is better than nothing. However:

Reddit motto #1 - lawyer up and hit the gym.

Reddit motto #2 - Squats, bench, and dead lifts.

I always thought it was a running Reddit joke. However, after going to the gym for years and not seeing wow-type results, I gave #2 a try. After 3 months of it, I have to be honest and say that I'm pretty impressed with the results. I've lost a lot of fat and am far stronger and fitter. But 7 minutes? No. My normal sessions are around 2 hours. A podcast or two, and time flies.

billspreston··on Ask HN: Where I can post my startup to get beta users?
Logged in just to say the same thing. If you're asking this question without even knowing where your target market hang out online, you've already lost.
billspreston··on Hey LinkedIn – Nobody Wants This
FIFY: I find LinkedIn to be super-aggressive on growth hacking.

Maybe their aggressiveness shows that they've reached market saturation?

billspreston··on Ex-NSA wants you to install software to encrypt email
Seriously, what could possibly go wrong?