curiousquestion

I find it a relatively trivial exercise to model my thinking onto any language that I have a relatively broad understanding of, including PHP, Javascript, etc.

So it's always confused / annoyed me why folks seem so hell-bent on bashing language 'X' or language 'Y'.

Finally I had a moment, where the answer became clear. Those folks are just on a different playing field than the rest of us in the way they (at a fundamental level) receive, and process information / experience phenomena. They're looking at a forest through a microscope.

Lawrence Lessig at SCALE 12x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3O1MC1AqvM

With all the "red tape" surrounding alt currencies, do you think there's room for "alt currencies" which technically only behave as a "tranfer" mechanism? In other words, if the alt currency was tied to the value of US Dollar, then folks who used it could simply use it as a mechanism for transferring the value reliably to someone.

This, I assume, would also open room for innovation since existing alternative currencies which are supposed to behave and be traded exactly as real currencies are also regulated as currencies. Perhaps governments couldn't regulate such a "currency" since its properties are far different than real currencies.

Why does the crappiest code tend to contain the "witty" comments. It's like these folks think they know what they're doing.

ASK HN:

Question #1: If you had an influx of investment capital into a web startup and wanted to be sure to spend the money wisely (Technology department) what would you spend it on? It's not a done deal, but this would be a multi-million dollar influx of capital into our project.

Question #2: What are the questions you would ask yourself to assess the scenarios, or are there any good "rule of thumb" formulas out there?

Question #3: the initial word is approx. 15% would go to Technology dept. Does this sound like a reasonable allocation given that this is a web startup?

PS. Please don't ask specific questions about the identity of the startup. I would prefer you pose your questions or comments to the thread as hypotheticals.

I'm fairly frugal by nature, but when I see something I have to have, and understand the value, I'm not shy about pulling the trigger.