I've never understood why people whine about upvotes. If there were no upvotes, would you not even post? Do you only post so you can be validated by mouse clicks of people you don't know?

It's a discussion forum not a standalone blog and in discussions people don't like to be ignored or silenced. Just because it's typed out on the internet doesn't change that. I do understand why people whine about people whining about votes but it doesn't make it any less grating.

Wow. Talk about missing the point. He's obviously not talking about how the whole hospital is run. He's talking about using selective technology to make certain things run better.

The recommended age to vaccinate is 12 months (I've read as early as six months). Until those babies are able to be vaccinated, they're at risk.

Tell that to the 98% of people who will "surely" have never heard of this and think, reasonably, that recording a cop won't put them in jail.

Why would we tell the 2% that already know they can film the police? :P

Of course we want to tell the 98% they are free to film as well! But I take your point.

Regardless of whether or not it's a better watch, unless it has an Apple logo on it somewhere and they hide the Motorola logo, then I doubt very much that that would ever happen.

If you're using Stripe as your payment processor and using Apple Pay through Stripe (just like choosing a different credit card), then you're still only using one payment processor. All your transfers, transaction data, accounting, etc. is just done through Stripe. You don't care that the customer actually used Apple Pay.

I'm pretty sure that "recruit", in this context, means "expose to Y Combinator and encourage to apply if they have a good idea", not "give them a higher chance of being accepted because they are black".

The distinction you describe is exactly the case, I think, yet the word "recruit" may lead to confusion.

The prototypical HNer is probably trying to start a business or passionately underpaid at a starup and making a fraction of what they would get paid working a normal job. Yeah, trivial.

> The prototypical HNer is probably trying to start a business or passionately underpaid at a starup and making a fraction of what they would get paid working a normal job. Yeah, trivial.

I myself work at an early stage startup which I'm very passionate about. I still expect to get paid competitively. If you're the prototypical HNer (read: good developer) and you're getting paid under $100k, then you're messing things up.

As for starting a business, by far the most viable path is to do it in your free time until it either: (a) generates revenue you could live off or (b) has enough traction for meaningful VC.

Do you find that you're limited to using desktops/laptops because of the client requirement, or are there good options for adding posts from phones/tablets?

I use a static personal wiki, and I update it using SGit on my Android tablet (and any text editor, of course). Commit and push is just a couple of taps.

There's no shame in failing if you haven't taken your customers' money. "Kickstarter" is not synonymous with "give us your money and we'll try really hard, but if we fail, bummer for you".

Kickstarter backers are not customers. They are speculators. There may be shame in failing one's customers, but not speculators. Kickstarter backers know (or should) that any backed venture can fail.

Yes it is.