zackattack

I actually disagree with the people at Discover magazine. "blatant anti-reality leanings"? give me a break. i welcome the possibility for the state to stop its fascist imposition of "Reality".

However this line -- "she once compared being gay to having cancer" makes me ready to disagree with the rep.

I highly recommend everyone attend this talk: http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP7538

OH MY GOD THIS KIND OF MICRO LEVEL DECEPTION PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE EGREGIOUS MONSTROSITIES TO WHICH YOU CONTRIBUTE DAY AFTER DAY

much better to just punch someone in the face in real life. you get the stress relief benefits, especially if you win. and if you lose, the endogenous opioids should kick in and have you feeling reaaaal nice.

it's a known bug. everyone hates it. suggest an appropriate solution. maybe the arrows should straddle the reply link

yah your chinese mother told me she only cares about results ;)

This sucks

Are you serious?

"I've learned more from the community than I did during my $100,000 MBA from the University of Chicago."

You weren't out meeting people and making awesome connections?

You didn't build relationships with the brilliant professors?

I am shocked by the content of your post.

What have you learned on Hacker News? And then what did you learn at Booth?

I would pay to read that write-up.

Cool story bro.

I was asking Ray what made him an exceptional single founder.

Aren't you a single founder? What makes you special?

I would love to hear something about:

- how much you can make working for a think tank

- what kind of skills you need, specifically. for example, if you're doing research, i suppose PhD credential would be necessary

- what made you decide to leave the industry

no its a new cereal

it's actually a great social hack

i) communicates you are important / busy enough to be getting lots of inbound communication

ii) makes the other person feel important that you value their time

iii) it's a trick because it's a totally natural and awesome transition into being present with another person.

this has been up for nearly a week, you guys need to stop complaining

how much are you paying him? i'd assume self-starter contractors command a higher rate?

man some big money was made off this in 2003

can you send me an email? zackster@gmail.com i have an ultraquick iphone app i want to make. i have kickass wireframes already.

This discussion is lame because it has no context. Here's what I know. Dave's already independently wealthy. His girlfriend is something of a big deal at Google. He killed it for Facebook spearheading the Facebook Platform. Google is losing at social and it really cares about it.

Jacques has been a tremendously valuable member of this community and a true friend to me. Asking nothing in return he has always been there to help.

I remember one day a couple months ago everything that could have possibly gone wrong with my business/life... did. It was one of those moments they always warn you about in the startup literature, and I was not expecting it at all. I didn't even realize what was happening - that this was one of "those" moments - I really, really was ready to quit.

Jacques talked me through it. I was ready to throw in the towel and he was there talking to me on IRC and email and cheering me on.

It was one of those things that you just don't forget. I never forget people who are there for me when I really need them.

Jacques is a friend and the entire community is for the worse from his departure. The plus side is that since Hacker News is now slightly worse, hopefully the downward trend will continue and he will come back again, restoring equilibrium.

This is why my pof passwords are always some variation of "zachary" (with some numbers appended).

Your argument doesn't make sense because even if you're doing it just to learn, you're learning entrepreneur skills so you can do it for other reasons later.

Why not at least aim for success so you don't accidentally program yourself for failure?

I'm not talking about major positive events, I'm talking about wealth enabling you to create sustainable conditions.

External trappings can easily keep jacking up your serotonin/dopamine.

I thought that was totally hilarious.

Out of curiosity what is your startup? If you don't want to post publicly can you edit your profile to include contact information?

i recommend reading the book Don't Make Me Think

I don't understand why he doesn't put his email address in the signature?

Soon, humans will eclipse Hymenoptera in productivity.

I have been doing research on this problem, send me an email if you'd like to connect.