First integrated testing fusion power plant to be constructed in Japan
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From 2/2/2017, 7:06:17 PM till now, @tatsuhirosatou has achieved 48 Karma Points with the contribution count of 21.
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Show HN: Generate RSS feeds with Podcasting 2.0 support using Python
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Show HN: pod2gen - Create Podcasting 2.0 RSS feeds with ease
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Great idea! Where did you post the ad?
Probably it is harder to scale startups in Europe vs the US. But is that something nations should optimize for?
And if so, what priority should be given to "ease of rapid growth for startups" vs many other issues that determine economic growth and a population's well being?
Also, how much of the problem is due to the issues you raise vs other factors such amount of money spent in R&D? The US has a huge amount of "defense spending" but in fact a lot of that is dedicated to funding research in Universities and direct job creation. Maybe Europe just needs more research Universities, more labs and more state investment into technology. The recent Moderna breakthrough was in part due to a $25 million DARPA investment into the RNA vaccine idea.
As for the issues you mention; solving bureaucratic issues would make things more efficient, and it is definitely desirable. However, I would argue that a heterogeneous market (in terms of language and culture) is more of an advantage than a liability.
Having many cultures and languages could be akin to having biodiversity. Different outlooks in life, different ways of expressing ideas, different ways of thinking can contribute to the development of culture and technology. Look at the Galapago effect that languages had in early computing. The Japanese were able to develop their own vision of "computing" and came up with their own innovations due in part that early western computers couldn't handle Japanese.
Languages and cultures can serve as natural protectionist barriers that allow for each region to develop their own home industries, allowing them to catch up to the world while retaining significant chunks of new wealth creation for their own. Yes, wealth creation is good, but its also important to look at how wealth is distributed. Very unequal societies can break down and lose their cohesion. Cohesion and trust are important features of rich countries. Perhaps many of the issues the US dealing with is because of the huge level of inequalities it has.
Finally, is translation and localization really that hard? Is it that expensive to hire some sales & marketing staff in new markets where you could be making tons of money? I bet translation costs and such are less than a percentage of what Google spent expanding its search engine.
How do you plan on overcoming the marketing/word of mouth barrier?
People often choose products based on what their friends are using and what they see people online mentioning.
How can you get in front of people first without spending tons of cash on marketing and paid ads?
Static page e-commerce. Released the code for my failed MVP under the GPL
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Interesting. This a bit like org-mode but less powerful and more user friendly.
How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits, learning with games and novels
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On the viability of consumer SaaS
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GNOME 3.26 Released
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Hello HN.
This is a quick and dirty MVP I put together. I would appreciate any feedback. Would you use it? Do you think there is a market for it? What is your biggest concern?
Hello! I created CSS Gardener.
No, I can not say that confidently about everybody. But for the target audience, developers and founders of small businesses, I can confidently say their time is worth a lot.
It is project based, not time based. It is a flat fee!
Show HN: CSS Gardener – For just $59 I will fix your CSS code within 24 hours
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Reddit/HN like forum as an API. I want a forum for my site, using my own templates and integrated into my app, but without having to code the forum myself. What buttercms does for blogs, but for forums.
I totally agree with you on context. Something that has worked for me is to add the Core10k(http://rtkwiki.koohii.com/wiki/Core_10k and the Core6k decks to Anki and then when I bump into a new word I want to learn, I search for it on these decks and move the corresponding cards to my main study deck. These decks have the words in the context of one whole sentence including audio and images. Also, I only add words to my main study deck that I have seen in a real Japanese text.
That is not enough though and that problem you are describing is the reason I am developing Koipun Reader(https://www.koipun.com/reader/). My goal for Koipun Reader is to help intermediate level learners go through any arbitrary Japanese text and give them the ability to save words they want to learn, so that they can review them later within the same context of the text they read. I only have preview version of the app right now, but I will release an MVP in a month.
Edit: fix typo
How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learning Japanese in Japan
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Lessons from 20 years of studying Japanese. Learning Japanese by reading
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I am quite happy to see this. Although I am saddened by the death of the Ubuntu phone, this means that GNOME will get a lot more development and will receive the love and care of Canonical's excellent design teams. Gnome 3 is already shaping up to be quite a marvel, I am very excited about what will come next.
Furthermore, even if the dream of a free as in freedom Linux phone is pushed down a bit down the future, I think that a joint community/Canonical/Red Hat effort will eventually materialize.
P.S. I hope for a return to the brown and orange theme too!
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