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rjtavares on Jan 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Light captured at 100B frames per second

Because success, both for startups and for HN submissions, is highly affected by chance.

Gurkenmaster on Jan 18, 2015 [–]

So HN is bascicially a startup simulator for side projects?

deegles on Jan 19, 2015 | [–]

I'm imagining now a system where users with lots of karma can "invest" in posts they think should be on the front page, incubator style. If they make it to the front page it's an "IPO" of sorts and they get a return on the other users votes.

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