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[{"user_id": 9207, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299389086.2468009, "user_id": 7771}, {"date_created": 1303013916.0500889, "user_id": 12675}], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299385603.3119941, "message": "It's kind of sad that HN has become this elevated and watched place where hackers are afraid of blowing their first impression/demo", "group_id": 95, "id": 278544}, {"user_id": 13587, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299385493.0436161, "message": "no killer algorithms here. just something that would probably make your life a _little_ easier", "group_id": 95, "id": 278541}, {"user_id": 17469, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299384987.9685471, "message": "No. Ton of people use HN as an official PR channel and VCs check it out a lot.", "group_id": 95, "id": 278523}, {"user_id": 13587, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299385107.3842289, "message": "exactly why I am hesitant to show a not-there-yet site .. should I expect HNers to understand that the design is still rough at some places ?", "group_id": 95, "id": 278525}, {"user_id": 17469, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299385363.0847411, "message": "@hijimayor if there's some killer algo or some such innovation yes, otherwise no", "group_id": 95, "id": 278536}, {"user_id": 13587, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299386675.699259, "message": "@tl but isn't it ?", "group_id": 95, "id": 278561}, {"user_id": 17523, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299387168.833638, "message": "A someone also building a site that provides only a small service, I worry about whether it is too early to release to HN too. My internal pages are pretty much polished (for Mozilla and WebKit) and I'm going to release as soon as I have a good landing page.", "group_id": 95, "id": 278576}, {"user_id": 13587, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299386734.5598519, "message": "given that it probably where my first thousand hits are going to come from, I would think it makes a big difference in the short run", "group_id": 95, "id": 278564}, {"user_id": 323, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299412241.1912961, "user_id": 9013}, {"date_created": 1303027283.944468, "user_id": 2343}], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299390378.317198, "message": "You shouldn't -- if being in YC last batch taught me anything, it's launch early and iterate often. I was actually kinda embarrassed by what we launched our beta initially with -- but it was super valuable in determining what was important to work on, and what wasn't.", "group_id": 95, "id": 278716}, {"user_id": 13587, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299389747.0194011, "message": "@dkasp  If this is indeed true, I shall post within a week :D looking forward to your site :)", "group_id": 95, "id": 278696}, {"user_id": 13587, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299391500.19454, "message": "From the above link :   \u201cReal artists ship.\u201d \u2014 Steve Jobs, 1983\nClassy....", "group_id": 95, "id": 278760}, {"user_id": 7771, "stars": [{"date_created": 1303027167.778188, "user_id": 2343}], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299389245.4557171, "message": "Be the change you want to see in the world. If you want people to start showing off works in progress on HN then lead the way. I've got a side project I'm planning to show to HN soon that is by no means a work of art, but may be useful to a few people. And on top of that, there's nothing the HN loves more than watching something evolve and become better and better over time.", "group_id": 95, "id": 278682}, {"user_id": 12070, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299391472.4431651, "user_id": 13587}, {"date_created": 1303027310.525008, "user_id": 2343}], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299391215.179894, "message": "\"if you\u2019re not embarrassed when you ship your first version you waited too long\" - http://ma.tt/2010/11/one-point-oh/", "group_id": 95, "id": 278753}, {"user_id": 4375, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299397039.672359, "message": "If you don't want to show HN, then email some people privately.", "group_id": 95, "id": 278950}, {"user_id": 10765, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299406602.987782, "user_id": 13587}], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299399788.8906741, "message": "Along with the site, you could try posting a list of things that you know are broken/unfinished and ask people to comment on other aspects of the site instead.  Or make it clear that it's a work in progress and you're looking for feedback on the idea or concept rather than specific problems like typos and broken links.", "group_id": 95, "id": 279128}, {"user_id": 14763, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299491467.9694641, "user_id": 13587}], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299453890.0006111, "message": "@hijimayor It might not mean a lot, but I'd be more than happy to give you some feedback before you're ready to unveil to a wider audience", "group_id": 95, "id": 282317}, {"user_id": 13587, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299493914.2352271, "message": "@faheem thanks for the offer. I've mailed you.", "group_id": 95, "id": 286828}, {"user_id": 323, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1299520735.6798191, "message": "@hijimayor or just post a link here -- seems like people are pretty friendly...", "group_id": 95, "id": 289221}, {"user_id": 13587, "stars": [{"date_created": 1303264109.4048829, "user_id": 20118}], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1302957358.037571, "message": "coming back, here is the link : www.iMeishi.biz (still a work in heavy progress)", "group_id": 95, "id": 710395}, {"user_id": 7380, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1303013517.9181809, "message": "It's unlikely that you'd get 1k hits from Hacker News.  Very few startups stay on front page unless they are very interesting or have good stories with them.  I was kind of frustrated when I submitted mine after months of work and only got 3 upvotes.", "group_id": 95, "id": 715356}, {"user_id": 2343, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1303027870.536454, "message": "Not to discredit your work, but how many people actually still use business cards? Not trolling, I honestly don't know. I don't use them. Do you think there are enough people that still use them now? How will you reach that audience?\nYour intro video focused a lot on why you consider business cards important but it didn't really explain anything about your product/service. Maybe focus more on what your product does?", "group_id": 95, "id": 716010}, {"user_id": 26780, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1303027032.819773, "message": "don't think that would really revolutionize the world", "group_id": 95, "id": 715987}, {"user_id": 26780, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1303027041.090301, "message": "seems like a specialized version of evernote", "group_id": 95, "id": 715988}, {"user_id": 17546, "stars": [{"date_created": 1303184593.985739, "user_id": 20598}], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1303033119.7308469, "message": "@dideler I was at a conference this past friday and virtually everyone who I held a conversation with handed me a business card. That said at the end of the day I recorded all the information in a contact list, and discarded the cards themselves.", "group_id": 95, "id": 716172}, {"user_id": 19708, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1303140331.4540119, "message": "sounds cool.  I also get business cards occasionally and end up loosing them because its not digital. Would be better if they could be stored like this.", "group_id": 95, "id": 727334}, {"user_id": 4374, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1303258053.6273191, "message": "Cool idea. Love the demo video.", "group_id": 95, "id": 749000}, {"user_id": 19707, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11057, "date_created": 1303312344.296716, "message": "Testing testing 1 2 3", "group_id": 95, "id": 755802}]