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Regardless of whether or not HN readers are already aware of SOPA I think it's important the community show solidarity with other sites going dark in protest. A widespread blackout should get some attention, the wider the better.

At least people are trying... The focus may not be clear and the participants may not be the most informed but don't underestimate the potential of this movement. Think of all of the recent injustices that no one has responded to. This is potentially the start of something big, I think we just need some intelligent leaders to provide some direction.

Just want to say I love reading your Income Reports. I'm especially impressed with iStockPhoto which seems to be an awesome source of revenue that doesn't require a lot of maintenance. Any insights on how you decided what to include in your portfolio there?

Awesome work, very fun and well made. This is the kind of content that really shines on the web.

Makes sense to me. If they calculated that in 1990 it took x watts to generate y processing power by now x has gone wayyyy down if y remains the same. They don't have the best documentation but it doesn't seem unreasonable.

I'm sorry Prelude didn't win... I feel a connection to it even though all I did was watch him code it. Awesome though, now I know how to kill my morning.

Slowwwwww. :(

I like it. One think to take into consideration is people's relationship with food. It's going to be a hard sell for some people to buy produce or meat sight unseen when selection can have a huge effect on quality.

That being said I think you could build a really interesting interface. Also tremendous overhead savings, no cashiers, baggers, carts, storefront. Basically just a refrigerated warehouse and limited staff.

Awesome.

Maybe I'm way off but I don't see people paying the kind of money your asking for this. What's the advantage over Yahoo Answers or Quora?

There are girls on those sites as well, there are also plenty of forums for specific questions with male and female members.

How are you verifying gender?

Best of luck either way, what do I know, I thought Twitter would never take off...

As far as constructive criticism:

The site seems fast and functional which is great. I think the logo could be improved and the pink / maroon color and gold / brown text colors could be adjusted.

Not enough :(

I don't know that I see the point. Sure, buttons are cool but why not just carry buttons and the iphone/smartphone that already has all your music anyways...

Nice, simple, beautiful and funny. It might be cool if they tied the donate button into a charity or NPO and play off the fact that clicking it would actually help make things okay for someone.

What's sad about this is we shouldn't need to pass a law, voters could easily enforce this. There is a massive problem right now with a lack of accountability, not just for the debt but for all the horrible decisions congress makes.

Honestly this looks pretty tame... The only scary part is the lack of definition of what exactly constitutes an infraction.

The problem is Google is at a bit of a disadvantage vs Facebook. Facebook taught us exclusivity is a good thing but by expanding to entire schools at a time they were able to guarantee new users had other in-network friends with Facebook available to them. With + users are relying on people they know to be available to keep the product interesting... A bunch of random people trickling in doesn't necessarily translate to a positive user experience.

Pretty unimpressive... Don't they have some of the greatest minds in the world working on this stuff?

Not sure that I understand the point of this... but it works well. I particularly like your date/time picker. I think the design would benefit from centering and better margins. "send Feedback" should be "Send Feedback" and shouldn't be flush with the left side of the page.

Good read. I'd like to add that a lot of the good parts of WoW, (PvP, Social Interaction, Character Customization) have equal or better equivalents in other games that take up far less time. League of Legends, Call of Duty, Counterstrike, Warcraft/Starcraft can all easily be played with friends and in moderation.

Devils Advocate:

Who are we to say what a "real" accomplishment is. Maybe spending 6-8 hrs in a virtual world every day makes that world real to someone. If that world becomes reality then goals met in the virtual world are real accomplishments to them. In the grand scheme of things isn't life just trying to be happy killing time until we die. If I go to the gym every day but spend most of my life miserable is my life any more fulfilling than someone who spends 8hrs a day playing WoW and loving it?

Agreed, as an Admin having alternate browsers available in in an environment can be incredibly beneficial. Security/patch wise it's a real pain to maintain Firefox so this is a big advantage for Chrome.

FYI just tried it from home and all is well.

White Stripes, Death Cab for Cutie, Van Halen.

It doesn't seem to care, just tried again with other random bands. My work computer is kind of iffy, I'll try again when I get home and let you know...

The search results after I fill out the "click here to begin" stuff and click go.

First Impressions:

The name is really really good.

The design is top-notch, one of the best looking sites, let alone startups I've seen in a while. One thing, to me the male/female symbols were not intuitive. I see that they're labeled and they do look cool but I feel they take a way from an almost perfect interface.

Unfortunately once I fill out the basic info I'm having trouble getting it to load. The page comes up but then immediately goes blank. Chrome in Windows XP...

I'll keep checking it, you made it on to my favorites list.

Thanks for this... Interesting article but not the easiest read.

Ahhh, up until now I hadn't made the pig / flu connection.

There was nothing to watch...

Kind of depressing... If we're replacing Holden Caulfield with Harry Potter I'm worried.

Design - I like all the blues and the layout, the yellows and the ipod seem a bit dark to me.

Functionality seems perfect to me but I would need more time with it.

As far as the concept I'm not sure - polls don't seem that exciting to me but maybe you know something I don't.

I'm not sure it's fair to say that the ability to write php is less valuable then the ability to code other languages just because php is more popular. This may be true for contract work but if the majority of companies are using php it's probably in your best interest to know it. While it may be beneficial to know other languages, it could be detrimental not to know php, which could be considered a win for the language.