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chill1

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Hi.

chill[at]degreesofzero.com

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chill1··on Enter Darth Vader's Tie Fighter
I very much enjoy the geekyness of this comment thread.
chill1··on Astronomers discover diamond planet
I was not able to find any reference to "diamonds" as the title here would have you believe. Perhaps you posted the wrong URL?
chill1··on IE8 falls below 25% market share, Firefox 15 passes 10% mark, Chrome loses users
Care to elaborate on that? I use Chrome on Ubuntu and have not noticed any problems since the update a week ago.
chill1··on Don't Fall Asleep at the Wheel: Successful Entrepreneurs Have Lives
Seems to me that you don't fully understand the point of this article. The author is suggesting that taking some time for yourself personally will make you more productive, not less. Pushing yourself to the breaking point just so you can say that you worked as hard as you could is a losing strategy. Let's not look to give ourselves a convenient excuse for when things don't work out. Instead, let's try to make it work out :)
chill1··on Jobs in Chicagoland Region
Is this a governmental agency? It's pretty impressive if it is.
chill1··on Ask HN: Help, I'm a developer who can't pay rent
Additionally, how do you convey to an employer without sounding like an asshole "Please, I need to be hired AND get paid at least 700$ before the end of this month"

You don't. Borrow the money from a friend or family, sell your TV (or other things you don't necessarily need right now). Talk to your land-lord about it, and try to get an extension temporarily. There are lots of things you can do.

chill1··on Craigslist is on board: OpenStreetMap soars to new heights
It seems as if it is free: http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/3440/cost-of-commerc...

Though that answer is over a year and a half old.

chill1··on Show HN: Embedstagram
How does this work exactly? You input lat/long and it spits out a gallery of photos with EXIF location data that's close? How do the pictures get into the system?

EDIT: Ah, I see now the footer text. You're pulling the photos from Instagram. Interesting.

chill1··on Who Wants To Start An Important Startup?
I've talked about something very similar to this with colleagues and friends of mine. Seems there aren't enough businesses out there focusing on improving the world. Of course the point of a business is to make money, but when is enough, enough? Money can be a means to an end, but it should not be the end.

By the way, I'd probably change the title of that article to something along the lines of, "We Need More Self Sustaining Businesses that Improve the World."

chill1··on Planetary Annihilation - A Next Generation RTS by Uber Entertainment Inc
Yes... Yes... Yesssssss. This looks amazing.
chill1··on Ask HN: Developers: How do you explain to people what it is you do?
I usually try to keep it short and simple at first: "I build education software." If they show further interest by asking a follow up question, I get a little more technical. I don't know why, but it continues to surprise me just how few people know anything about how the internet (or computers) work.
chill1··on Ask HN: Do you ask for credit card info for free trial signups?
I refuse to give CC info until I am actually paying for something. I definitely won't give it for just a trial period. Such a requirement stinks of scam to me -- or the very least shady business practices.
chill1··on The US Government still recommends netscape
Not surprising considering that website looks like it's from the early 90s.
chill1··on A Fee-Based Twitter Is No More Ideologically Pure Than An Ad-Supported Twitter
"First off, App.net's interests are not economically aligned with its users. It wants money from those users, and all things being equal, those users want to keep their money. So their goals are actually diametrically opposed."

After I read that, I didn't need to read anymore.. I, and I presume many others, are perfectly alright with the idea of giving money to a company that is providing a worthy product or service in return. I understand that it costs money to make a good product or to provide quality services of any kind.

chill1··on Why Mark Zuckerberg is A Terrible Role Model
Hyperbolic Titles are wearing on me..
chill1··on Facebook e-mail mess: Address books altered, e-mail lost
it isn't.
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