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So, are you complaining at 37 Signals for writing on their own blog, or at HN members for submitting something they thought was interesting?
Also take note that the term "HN-worthy" is highly subjective. Submissions make it to the front page of HN not because they're HN-worthy but because many people vote them up.
Is it a new trend on HN for young folks to include their age (or some kind of clue) along with what they've shipped?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZWBtfSBlp8#t=2240s
They cover everything from the early days of Excel's API to the downfall of myspace and the rise of YouTube and Photobucket, and how twitter took off. It's worth your time.
And if you succeed, what would stop someone from patenting existence?
Simplicity
Loving all the great minimally titled posts coming out of sbvtle lately.
Here's the link without a referal tag for anyone interested: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590597141/
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Nope, at this point, we don't take any percentage or fee. We even pass along any discounts we receive (we get up to 15% off flower some purchases for example and we pass that along to you).I've seen this happen quite often lately, and usually these kind of posts go up in the ranks pretty quickly -- they also generate near zero discussion :-)
I really support what you're doing by the way.