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Or outrun Usain Bolt

Does it really matter?

I know a guy who brings in tens of thousands of dollars with his web business. He's not an entrepreneur by your definition. I think he's fine with it.

Reminds of the lyrics by Big Punisher, "I'm not a player I just f a lot"

What I learned from reading this post: Nothing

"Does a woman not have the right not to face that?"

Are you speaking for ALL women?

In Brazil, women love it when you aggressively peruse them.

In SF, men don't talk to women, and women's number one complaint is exactly that.

I understand your argument that "it makes everyone aware that changes in economic policy are needed. ", however isn't the Euro basically a straightjacket preventing each individual country from setting its own monetary policy?

For example, the Central Bank of Ireland can't set its own interest rates, and basically needs to follow whatever Germany decides. Or Greece can't devalue its currency to attract more capital, etc.

I'm far from the expert but this has been my understanding so far.

Two things:

1. You're a woman, and men will hit on you, and that's not a bad thing; it's biology.

2. If you think SF men are aggressive, then obviously you haven't been out much. I don't think I've been anywhere in the world that's LESS aggressive than SF when it comes to dating/mating. Go to Brazil and see what aggressiveness is.

In many parts of the world (and USA) it's considered pretty disrespectful to take a phone call while seated at a restaurant.

Now 'furiously coding' at the restaurant (not a coffee shop) -- that I've never seen before, and I've lived in SF for a long time.

Ok, so you're saying that you wouldn't have any problem manipulating some complicated photos (changing backgrounds, masking out certain elements, changing color levels, creating alpha mask, adding drop shadows to text, touching up a person's face, blending several layers together so that the layer below comes through to the layer above, etc, etc) in Microsoft Paint instead of using Photoshop?

After all, they're both just "text editors" as per your example.

Wow, thanks for very helpful and useful reply. I wasn't aware we were having a philosophical discussion on what's irrelevant or not in life.

Any idea how they did the graphics? Is it straight photoshop + illustrator or something else?

So basically you want a guy who knows how to make money to work for you? Am I missing something?

If push comes to shove, they'll just use him as a bargaining chip for something they want.

How about: Review my "Ask HN: Review my "coming soon" page (scholr.ly)" post?

"I didn't wake up thinking about my client's websites."

No, but I wake up knowing that I have the freedom to wake up anytime I want, be it 8am or 2pm.

Hah, I doubt he'll go, I think he'd rather stay in Switzerland or some other 1st world country, than going to Ecuador where he's at mercy of US' interests.

Why is it surprising? America can't go against every one who doesn't agree with them. It needs to weigh its options carefully and intelligently. The mere reason that Hugo Chavez is still in power testifies to this fact.

The world is not black and white where we might send CIA or Special Forces to neutralize someone who we don't like. It's definitely more complicated than it seems.

There are other, more indirect ways to neutralize what he's doing. A good one is using the media to sway public opinion, etc. Another one is to discredit the guy by linking him to some "terrorist group/government" and say they're funding him, etc.

Yep, I live here too (and not in Williamsburg but closer to Brighton Beach). Brooklyn is hustler's paradise. Some people I know do stuff online that will make this guy look like an amateur.

Genius.

+1 backlink from nytimes.com, a pr9 site.

It's a good contrarian point, but why downvote? He's not trolling but just stating some good points.

Take a look at the list of sites closed. Last time I checked I don't remember that selling unauthorized content is legal.

   louis-vuitton-outlet-store.com
   lv-outlets.com
   lv-outlets.net
   lv-outletstore.com

Or is everyone drinking the same Kool Aid that US is now a police state?

Excellent selection of quality articles.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Dani

Looks like Zoltan is a baker now in his home village in Serbia after retiring from the military.

If he was a US general, he'd have a book, do media tours all over the country, and perhaps even run for office.

Some companies are making a killing by selling those X-Ray machines to the gov't. The politicians who pushed this are getting a nice cut from this. There's startup for you.

I'm a little bit confused about the number of arguments against the OP's post, here and especially on his own site.

As someone who's considering whether going w/GAE or custom, the points he makes are totally valid and applicable.

"and finish with a little-known traffic tip I’ve never told anyone before"

Nice post. I wonder if replacing "tip" with "secret" would improve blog signup conversions.

Also, please add email subscription so I can get emails of new posts.

I closed my account few months ago, does this mean I will miss the revolution?

It's really the journey (the exercise) and not the destination (the end result/benefit).

So yes, it can be worth it just for the experience.

I have never met anyone who was not technical and then became a coder.

In pre-2000 dot.com you could've gotten a job with a word 'Internet' on your resume, but nowadays you should at least know decent coding.

I almost thought I wrote that.

When you get to NYC, lemme buy you a beer.

"entrusted with the management of hundreds of millions of dollars and who have access to the company's financials?"

Some "professionals" have conflicts of interest.

or just be confident instead of using a mask as a crutch.