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mhashimon Show HN: Make copy suggestions on any website

Looks awesome! Curious do you have any integrations?

mhashimon Referly (YC S12) Raises $1M To Bring Affiliate Commerce To Everyone

Many people here don't understand refer.ly because they aren't the target audience.

Referly is all about getting influencers and trendsetters paid. Thats it. Existing affiliate programs are broken and a UX that caters to that category is important for adoption. Its as simple as that.

Its current phase is only to build out the product and get their name out there to the smaller influencers from bloggers to those with relatively small following. The real money will come in when you start seeing Shaq's tweets with referly links.

mhashimon Paying back your launch debt

I would add health/physical debt. Many people discount the impact of those extra pounds gained during an unhealthy streak of eating. They not only put you on an unhealthy trajectory that requires a ton of effort to reverse, but they also have many hidden and side effects that unfortunately we can't measure/identify until later on. And that, I guess, is why we discount the health debt.

mhashimon Siri is the Next Big Thing

Yaaa....I think this flew over your head. You are saying that, for example, Wolfram Alpha is like Google. They are completely different: One gives you links that you still have to go through to reach what you need and one gives you a direct answer. Even Woz said in his interview on TC...we don't need search engines, we need answer engines. To say Siri is a search engine with voice to text is a great mistake. Voice recognition is just the outer layer that makes the experience a human experience.

I don't take the words of the author as a prophecy but I see where he is going; and isn't that what science fiction authors kinda did 20-30 years ago? They dreamt; and I wish more people can dream of greater possibilities.

mhashimon Show HN: Weekend Project - RingSong

Dude, its ringing nonstop. Please make it stop or allow people to delete their messages.

mhashimon Michael Arrington reportedly to launch “CrunchFund” to invest in startups

Did you forget about this guy? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moritz

Not too shabby for a reporter.

mhashimon Ask HN: Did you learn how to program through pair/peer programming?

For those of you learning Django/python and want to join a peer programming session where you watch someone programming live, leave a comment here and I'll contact you with the details.

mhashimon G+ invite open again

if you added all the above, might as well squeeze me in too :) mahmoud dot m dot h at gmail . Thanks

mhashimon Laser-made bike lane could save lives

In downtown where cars are bumper to bumper, the location of the green laser would require a sharp downward angle to see it; which begs the question, does this just add another spot that drivers need to check now?

I can see it working in more open roads where this would be easy to see up ahead, but when space gets narrow, the visibility angle becomes tough.

Valiant effort though.

mhashimon Ask HN: What happened to searchyc.com?

http://www.searchyc.com

mhashimon In Pursuit of Radical Innovation

Radical innovation is not about making things more efficient, or simpler, or easier, in broad terms. It's about investing in transformative technologies.

I agree with you that radical innovation doesn't come from just making things more efficient/simpler/easier, and I've argued that such a mindset yields local max solutions. The example of Fabricly was only used to display how an approach that addresses the problem from the root and transforms the way an industry operates is what radical innovation is (not about social shopping). Your definition seems to confine it to cutting edge industries with cutting edge technology; however, radical innovation could be in retail/food/other age old industries as much as it could be in space/biotech. Radical innovation is ultimately about the transformative result and technology is only a means to get there.

mhashimon Remembering the Egyptian martyrs

Thanks for your support. When I saw a picture and a name in my news feed on facebook I had the same feeling as you describe. I believe as people we have come desensitized to hearing massive numbers of people being killed all over the world, but when a face is put to a name, and in this case when a whole profile is put to the name, the world might really feel the magnitude of the loss and its every individual.

mhashimon Remembering the Egyptian martyrs

I'm Mahmoud, the guys at 1000memories are referring to.

I think that Rudy, Jonathan, and Brett had the right intentions with this post, but it backfired without having provided the proper context (which they tried to add in the comments here).

I contacted the guys yesterday with an idea for a project they can help execute with me and a group I'm working with. The idea was basically to setup individual pages for each individual that has lost his/her life during the Egyptian revolution. I thought having their families see the whole world's supporting messages could give them comfort and some closure.

The one thing that was missing was a front page that would combine all their profiles that would be a group memorial for visitors to land on first. I fired off the email and went to bed. I woke up 5am in the morning with 3 emails from Jonathan and an initial page already designed. I can't tell you how appreciative I was for the quick response and immediate action on their part. With this post specifically, the guys acted in the best interest of moving the project forward, but they just missed providing the proper context. It happens...so lets move on

This is an early project that needs all your help to improve it and promote it to something that makes these families proud.

I hope I brought some clarity to the situation.

mhashimon Toronto HN Meetup - Let's pick a date

I'm in...but when is the cut off time to finalize the date and location?

mhashimon Nobel Laureate Develops Low-Cost Health Care System for Bangladesh (cost is $2/year)

Whats interesting about the model of selling minutes is that it is now used almost as a currency in some countries (specifically in african countries) where a cab driver will accept a transfer of minutes rather than money because he knows he can resell those minutes to someone else.

mhashimon Ask HN: An early client wants to pay for our SaaS offering using revenue share

Thanks for sharing. Thats my greatest fear and the only way to avoid falling into that pitfall is to have a deal that you can measure too without relying on their data.

mhashimon Ask HN: An early client wants to pay for our SaaS offering using revenue share

In the future after we meet certain milestones I'd never contemplate such and offer. However, for an early stage startup that is ramping up sales to internally finance its growth I think its necessary to consider such offers.

mhashimon Ask HN: An early client wants to pay for our SaaS offering using revenue share

Actually he's doing quite well and growing, which is why I was surprised and am still considering that deal. As long as I place a minimum amount on that rev share dollars expected then the deal would have great upside.

mhashimon Ask HN: An early client wants to pay for our SaaS offering using revenue share

Exactly. We are only contemplating this offer because we believe we can help his business grow by using our software. Our struggle is in pin pointing those clear cut metrics that ensure we are properly compensated based on the impact of our software.

mhashimon Ask HN: How do you produce product demo videos?

I was recommended the following service http://www.screentoaster.com/ Didn't try it personally yet, but let me know what you think of it if you end up using it.

mhashimon Ask HN: Review our webapp (Sproost); team met on HN

great job guys. I like the minimalist and clean design approach. I took the quiz and got my wife to do it too as we have just redecorated, and the answers were quite accurate about our style inclinations. Good to see a quality start. I think the tough part now is to integrate this with multiple channels that could create the revenue. I would suggest to start by approaching fashion/interior designers as they would find immediate value to provide their clients with the use of this tool. Good luck.