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Sounds like the sort of domino-effect I'd like to have.

Don't worry about it, Dan.

Here's something I've noticed in the years I've been on HN: Many seem to be so utterly pessimistic about others' ideas, executions, and successes out of what I suspect to be nothing but pure jealousy. Seriously. Take a look at every Rate My Startup thread, every thread about a company being acquired, etc, and you'll find people left and right throwing criticism after unwarranted criticism.

The difference between you and most of the people on the thread about you releasing your new product is this: You're actually creating stuff, and I'm willing to bet that a good 80% of them are not.

If Crush Notifier doesn't work, it seems like you'll quickly jump onto the next thing; so keep pushing, and don't mind the disgruntled, cynical, vain naysayers here on HN or TC, etc.

Why do we take what Shervin has to say seriously at all? One thing I do not understand is this community's (not just HN) tendency to give instant validity and credibility to those like Shervin who are running successful companies. The guy runs a successful startup in one specific niche market -- how does that lend any credibility to his opinion on the workings of genocide? It doesn't.

This became really evident whilst watching the Launch conference. Companies were getting hammered left-and-right by entrepreneurs who have never ventured into said companies' markets. Being successful =/= insight to all of the world's issues. Kevin Pollak knocked one of the startup founders for the shoes he was wearing, and a major blog picked up the pitch calling it a complete meltdown.

Stop and think for just a second. Shervin runs a gaming company, not a government.

And I take it physicians, lawyers, dentists, and other professionals, on top of all of the entrepreneurs who have sold their beloved companies for millions, aren't doing meaningful or engaging work. If you're good at any of the careers I just listed, you can easily make at least $300-400k+ per year. It's attainable, and there's a ton of meaningful work to be had at those levels.

Success and meaning can be found at levels other than the dude settling for $20/hr because he gets good free time to really 'discover' life and find 'meaning.'

Maybe you're hanging out with the wrong people.

I'll do it for $40, and have a few who can attest to the awesomene-ness of the domains I suggest.

Email is in profile.

Conversely, I don't understand those who feel the need to point out that it was very straightforward, implying that those who did find it confusing perhaps weren't as intellectually capable of following the fast-action plot. It's like saying you don't understand why some people don't understand an equation just taught to them, or why someone didn't walk away fully understanding OOP after you just told it to them in the most direct way possible. This sort of plot was something most viewers likely had never experienced, so it is perfectly understandable, to me, how someone could've had difficulties following.

Apologies for the rant; I've just seen your sentiment shared here and on other similar forums, delivered in such condescending ways so as to somehow invalidate whatever entertainment any 'lay' person might've gained.

I don't find the facebook login page a terribly compelling resume.

So.. when is YC for applications again?

No, you shouldn't have. I understood the sarcasm. Some people here take things way too literally and seriously.

You could not have done a worse thing to their previous branding an image, which I thought was pretty damn good in the first place. Nowhere on the homepage does it tell me what MailChimp actually does. The content font is pretty small, and hard to read many of the times. The feature and resource pages are painful to browse. All these artsy images are absolutely unnecessary. Even the guides themselves are actually pdf books you have to download, formatted in artsy ways, making the entire process of searching for help and answers really, really unpleasant. They've sacrificed tons of usability.

I'm a bit shocked that they'd do that, personally.

You are concerning yourself with increasing a meaningless stored value on a website on the internet that, chances are, you'll move on from in a relatively short period of time. Take a second to think about that. That applies to here and all other social-voting websites. It's an unnecessary worry. Focus on things that matter.

You'd not be so opposed to the submission if you were a lot less cynical. I see this as a genuine warning to the community. Nothing more.

I just read through 10 or so posts on that blog, and nothing seems terribly out of line... His criticisms were for the most part legitimate. That's just his style, and, while I don't prefer that and think it's quite immature, I've got to say, I did agree with most of the things he pointed out.

Amusing how you're calling for respect of other's work when you've shown to not give a shit yourselves and put an end to the work of a competing service that many seemed to enjoy temporarily -- HuddleChat.

You can find other ways to market your app other than writing and submitting such an empty post. You've written other pieces on the importance of starting and creating stuff, all which have received their fair share of discussion around here. I don't see what this adds to the concept besides a cheap attempt at plugging your app. I get you're trying to market it, as you've said here before, but just not here. Come on, man.

RiderOfGiraffes scripted a bot that would do that automatically, but others here thought it was some cheap novelty trick he was pulling.

> Minimalism is at its core a "process of prioritizing your life and working towards concrete goals without giving in to distraction"

You mean, that's leading a productive, meaningful, successful life at its core.

I wish youtube videos streamed just as nicely as this one.

Blood and vitamin B are two things your brain needs to function (blood for nutrients, and vitamin B for both nutrients and neurotransmitter production - acetylcholine, dopamine, gaba, serotonin, histamine), so I suppose such an effect is possible, although a lot of it could also be credited to the fear of dying.

Yes, absolutely. We've seen this sort of inconsideration time and time again. Think about all the families and businesses affected by the sudden lack of tea on December 16, 1773.

If any of you want to hear some ridiculously awesome beatboxing, check out Roxorloops - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7sdo_Aj0o

Not much to say really; I've got work to get to. I'm sure there are plenty of others in this thread who are more than willing to discuss the supposed intentions behind this implicitly sexist job posting that has seemed to generate so much nonsensical noise to where the posters themselves changed it, giving the children the pacifier they so desperately wanted.

Edit: children, and men, and women.

If you have a problem with the title of this job post, then chances are you're not fit for the company, or most young startups for that matter.

Would you consider the distribution of a secret recipe, obtained via unauthorized means, as theft, given the potential blow to the business of a restaurant famously known for said recipe?

The entire education system is essentially one big game, from the obscure admissions process to professors sticking to predetermined grading distributions; and these students are simply playing along.

Just make sure you're ready to accept the fact that he may actually end up disliking programming. And if he does and moves in another direction, encourage him and nurture his passion. I have seen far too many kids prodded by their parents to pursue fields kids have no interest in, myself included. Luckily, my flame never went out, but to others it has.

You're making a pretty baseless assumption. Many 'Rate My Startup' submissions use api's and other services for their backends. Plus, there was another 'Rate My Startup' submission killed as well. There are a myriad of other reasons as to why this happened.

What I typically do is write down a list of words that can describe your project (its function, value proposition, etc) in one word, then spend lots of time on instantdomainsearch.com going through each word on that list, modifying it with various changes in spelling (a la Googol -> Google) or pre/suf-fixes (pad, cloud, etc).