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iAinsley··on Ask HN: Limitless: A New (to-good-to-be-true?) AI Gadget?
Wearable not available until Q4. Played with the desktop version and was impressed with the quality of the real-time audio-to-text conversion.
iAinsley··on WeWork Files for IPO
My impression is that the We Company (holding company), will diversify into social spaces for social things, including short term hoteling: a la co-living, airbnb/Marriott, event spaces, popups, etc. You're right, the gym membership subscription model will quickly fall apart during the next downturn.
iAinsley··on Introducing Paper
inside.com does this!
iAinsley··on Poll: Hacker News Person of the Year in Tech
Naval Ravikant
iAinsley··on Canary - Smart home security device for everyone
This is the main problem. Thieves watch TV and have facebook accounts. They will see the Canary and be on alert. Thieves aren't that clueless, contrary to other types of criminals. The premeditated nature of robbing someone's house allows the provisions for obstacles like pets, alarms, cameras (e.g. masks), time for police to arrive (i.e. 3 minutes), canaries (unplug, toss into trash), etc. At best, the Canary will tell you, a masked intruder unplugged me and tossed me in a closet; or in a bag with the rest of the stolen goods ;) lol.

Just kidding.

iAinsley··on Make DuckDuckGo your Chrome default search engine
Use AlfredApp for arithmetic ;)
iAinsley··on Show HN: Lekh Diagram, sketch recognition diagramming app for ipad
I was going to use Grafio, but this is a much better alternative!
iAinsley··on Lockitron: Keyless entry using your phone
Kickstarter project, without the kickstarter! It's kickstarter-lite. umm - did the value of Kickstarter just go down? ;)
iAinsley··on George Gilder: Capitalism is based on information and knowledge, not greed
huh? Capitalism is about risk and reward. Capitalists look to government for a number of things:

a) Infrastructure b) Political stability c) Market Regulation (e.g. fair competition, orderly markets, currency,etc) d) and risk reduction

Capitalists are free to asks for any other thing that decreases risk, it doesn't mean the government has to respond in all cases. I disagree with George, there is not direct path between incentives and socialism.

iAinsley··on Poll: Greatest productivity app on Mac?
http://teuxdeux.com/ is my choice. Awesome! Alfred (Quicksilver replacement) http://alfredapp.com

Shutting down Email, Chrome, iChat, TweetDeck while coding.

Black coffee ;)

iAinsley··on Snipt: Long-term memory for coders
Snippets rocks, but a big time GUI wouldn't be so bad. A killer feature like textexpander would blow the top off snipt.
iAinsley··on A Rough Guide to Social Skills for Awkward Smart People
Are you still consider smart if you cannot recognize social cues, Or are you just a gifted savant?
iAinsley··on Ask HN: My app's been copied. What do I do?
What's the name of the iPhone App?
iAinsley··on 20,000 square foot coworking / hackspace opens in Manhattan
It seems like the co-working movement is picking up steam. General Assembly, SunshineCo and a bunch of other spots.

The best thing about co-working is that it gets you away from the isolation some people feel when they are working from home. Also, meeting with other "smart" people is a great way to get and stay motivated. Northern NJ has a great spot I use called ConvergeNJ. http://convergenj.com.

What do you think of the long term prospects?

iAinsley··on Revealed: The guy behind IMDb
Wow! Thanks for the link to tmdb.org. Nice alternative. Clean. Easier to navigate.
iAinsley··on Gift HN: Anybody want a subdomain of ww.com?
am I too late? kw.ww.com => www.kaliware.com
iAinsley··on Ask HN: Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
1) Yes, someone has already thought of your idea. It doesn't mean they plan on executing on the idea. It's the execution, not the idea that matters. It's execution that defines success.

2) Having a partner/co-founder or someone you can bounce ideas off of (besides your bias girlfriend) provides impetus and motivation for someone consumed with the day-to-day of living. If you're having a problem prioritizing your idea along with all of the gotta-eat stuff, then bringing someone in to bounce ideas off of is essential because time is literally fleeting and non replenish-able.

3) Engage other people. Most ideas fail in just this way, because the founder is afraid to share the idea with others. Thinking that person will run off with the idea. The odds of this happening are slim. Most people operate more ethically than that.