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whatwhatwhat | 14 years ago | on: China: High GDP, 64 million empty apartments.

>They can not just stop building them, because there are literally tens of millions of people getting their income from constructing those buildings.

Don't you see why this is obviously disastrous? There are so many analogies that can be drawn -- that I'm not even going to try. If you don't see why this is obviously ridiculous then read some stuff about the invisible hand of the market (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand). It is only a valid point from the narrow perspective of the workers involved and the employers of those workers selling their services.

whatwhatwhat | 14 years ago | on: China: High GDP, 64 million empty apartments.

How many apartments are vacant in the US, just as a comparison, does anyone know? That would make the number much more meaningful.

Also, are these apartments dirt cheap and do they speak english in these areas at all? Maybe they could be a haven for startups, which are somewhat less bound by geography, if they were extremely cheap. I might just be dreaming though.

whatwhatwhat | 14 years ago | on: Light - If you view the Earth from far enough away can you observe its past?

I remember thinking of this one time as a teenager. Could we see a top down view of the rise of man? The huge caveat is that you have some capability of travelling faster than the light leaving earth, so that you can then look back and absorb the rays. It makes perfectly good sense that if you could travel faster than the speed of light you could use a massive telescope to peer back at the earth and see it's past geological events -- and I mean millions of years even, not just something trivial -- or given a strong enough telescope perhaps more detail could be seen. All of the information that left the earth as light is still out there, all over the universe.

whatwhatwhat | 15 years ago

I was thinking the same. People see me as a jack of all trades, sometimes, and I really connected with some of the points the original poster made. But it's usually because the other person doesn't know a lot about whatever "trade" I'm doing at the moment, that they would call me a jack of all trades. Backend developers respect my backend work, designers respect my design work, etc, and that doesn't make me a master of none, nor you.

I'm an entrepreneur and I work for myself.

whatwhatwhat | 15 years ago | on: California Bill To Give Parents Access To Kids’ Facebook Pages

The article seems to be linkbait anyways, but if it were true I would be entirely against it -- I am just pointing out where the argument for home network monitoring falls short when both parties are aware of the monitor being there. I suppose the key to having one, for a parent, or for someone building one, would be to leave a kid completely unsuspecting.

whatwhatwhat | 15 years ago | on: California Bill To Give Parents Access To Kids’ Facebook Pages

I'm sure there are plenty of kids that can circumvent this and access facebook from friends' computers, from school, cafes, etc. This is especially true if the kid knows they are being watched or if they have a laptop. Kids are smart. You suggest that a parent out-tech their child. I don't imagine thats so easy to do for some parents that aren't great with computers when they are up against a tech-savvy teenager.

whatwhatwhat | 15 years ago | on: We have seen this movie before

>I will pay you $10 for everyday I don't come to the gym and get on that bike for at least 25 minutes.

Not to nitpick, but I think that "dont" shouldnt be in that sentence? The way it's worded incentivizes the trainer to make sure I don't show up. Without the "dont" it sort of encourages me to not show up because it costs an extra $10, but at the same time the other guy is going to be encouraged to get me to show up. Or maybe the analogy just doesn't work. I get your point entirely though.

I liked the article.

whatwhatwhat | 15 years ago | on: Review My Startup: clan.cx, fast StarCraft 2 clan hosting

>I'm planning to promote the site by posting on forums.

You should have started there. You still could of course

Find someone that wants something like a hosted sc2 clan website, perhaps, then make it into just what they want. And dont take 4 months to finish....

whatwhatwhat | 15 years ago | on: Stupid EU cookie law will hand the advantage to the US

>It clearly makes UK companies less competitive because sites we build will need to be plastered with warnings – and our competitors will not.

An American startup doing business globally and with citizens of the UK would have to abide by this law too, though, right?

whatwhatwhat | 15 years ago | on: Flowchart : Should you work for Free?

Actually, I think overall its better to teach some of the immoral ways even "legit businesses" partake in. Maybe some new freelancer won't second guess him/herself by knowing a few more of the opposition's tricks.

And humorous yeah :)

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