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Comment · 11 years ago
This looks cool, is it your own project? I've released a while back a similar project [1], and I'd be interested in knowing the technical side of the project (platform, ...).
The main problem will be creating an engaged community, since at least in my case, lots of users come in, do an action once and then they forget about the site until the next time they have something else to share.
[1] http://www.indiegamehunt.com/ (Product Hunt for indie games)
Comment · 12 years ago
Good, maybe this way the ivory hunt will stop, now that they have a new aphrodisiac to take its place (maca).
Comment · 12 years ago
Uber has been banned* in New Delhi because they were "misleading customers". Uber said its service is safe for women but without laying the ground base for that, they only rely on summary checks (undergone the commercial licensing process, hold government issued IDs, state-issued permits, and carry full commercial insurance) instead of thorough background checks. That's why a previously convicted sex offender became an Uber driver.
To me it's a case of false advertising and they will support some consequences.
*http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/delhi-gove...
Comment · 12 years ago
In all honesty, I saw an #Onion tag at the end of the tweet and I thought it's a story made by the onion - had to read twice to see it's Orion, though it has more credibility with my first interpretation.
Comment · 12 years ago
I agree with the article, furthermore here's another interesting reading from Mailchimp, as they reduced their failed logins by 70% telling users if the username or password was wrong:
https://blog.mailchimp.com/social-login-buttons-arent-worth-...
Comment · 12 years ago
Can't believe anyone here didn't mention this but I'll be the immature one. Imagine porn on this device. I mean just, you know, all the Scarletts and Jessicas.
Comment · 12 years ago
DO NOT click to watch the drone delivery video. Trust me.
Comment · 12 years ago
But does it know how to compress 3D video files, because if not Nucleus is way better.
Joke aside, congrats on releasing this as open-source.
Comment · 12 years ago
"We focus on disease areas with unmet needs; oncology, neurology, psychiatry and rare diseases." This is from their main site and is the key to your question. If I were to have only 3 months left to live using conventional medicine, I would most likely try a drug that could prolong my life expectancy. I see it as a service for terminal ill patients.
Comment · 12 years ago
It's been a hell of a week for space enthusiasts (myself included) with the Antares crash and recent Virgin failure, so it feels extraordinary to hear that other projects are a success (or will be in 11 days).
Comment · 12 years ago
"During the visit to Dreadnought, the visitors had repeatedly shown amazement or appreciation by exclaiming "Bunga! Bunga!".[7] In 1915 during the First World War, HMS Dreadnought rammed and sank a German submarine—the only battleship ever to do so. Among the telegrams of congratulation was one that read "BUNGA BUNGA"."
Comment · 12 years ago
I'm not confident!
Comment · 12 years ago
Bad idea, ads are also a way to support the site/service you are using. Automatic ad clicks can get that site banned (i.e. Adsense will surely do that) so that's a sure way to kill the site. Google for instance wouldn't have existed without ads. Lots of people on HN saved millennia with help from Stackoverflow (ad supported) and so on.
I'm now "ad-aware" so I know how to differentiate content from ads, but I will click on an ad if it's something that's of interest to me. I support the publisher this way and also get some value out of it. I don't like sites filled with ads but my way of "punishing" those is to avoid visiting that site.
Comment · 12 years ago
Very well written article, but does anyone else think that the cartoonish image advertisements don't really fit well with the purpose of the article?
The photo of an aid worker removing the body of a dead woman also looks surreal...
Comment · 12 years ago
I don't know what I'm doing here but I like it and keep doing it.