oxwrist
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Comment · 13 years ago
Awesome idea! If you just gotten your first bitcoin, you can immediately put it into good use by purchasing the Humble Bundle now (they accept bitcoins): https://www.humblebundle.com/
Comment · 13 years ago
There goes my productivity for the next 3 days.
Comment · 14 years ago
Awesome feature by Wired about the man behind this: http://www.wired.com/design/2012/09/broad-sustainable-buildi...
HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4574100
Comment · 14 years ago
The lesson is simple--what constitutes true creativity is the openness and adaptability of our spirit. When we see or experience something we must be able to look at it from several angles, to see other possibilities beyond the obvious ones. We imagine that the objects around us can be used and co-opted for different purposes. We do not hold on to our original idea out of sheer stubbornness, or because our ego is tied up with its rightness. Instead, we move with what presents itself to us in the moment, exploring and exploiting different branches and contingencies. We thus manage to turn feathers into flying material. The difference then is not in some initial creative power of the brain, but in how we look at the world and the fluidity with which we can reframe what we see. Creativity and adaptability are inseparable.
What a huge load of bull (in the last paragraph) on an otherwise good story (albeit some inaccuracies) of how pg started YC.
Comment · 14 years ago
Comment · 14 years ago
What would you do with the domain name?
Comment · 14 years ago
At least it's not Tampon anymore. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4484526
Comment · 14 years ago
Adding a "Show HN" tag and opening the site to let us try (instead of requesting invites) would help.
Comment · 14 years ago
http://nreduce.com/ is pretty awesome.
Comment · 14 years ago
It's different in a way that growth hacking looks at retention and marketing doesnt.