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There is a cool startup on this space called findthebest.com - clearly, there is a lot of interest in making all sorts of public data available in a more "browsable" format. I'd like to know how other people feel about startups like factual or findTheBest.
My friend's dad and also one of the original members of our organization died of cancer. They both asked to have their ashes brought to Everest and I think this is a worthy pursuit. We are tryingto raise 100k by climbing 100k feet, so we will go through a lot of hard work. We would love your support.
Some friends and I are climbing some of the tallest mountains in the world (including Everest) to raise money for cancer research. I must say that these pictures certainly scare me a bit, but I really believe in our cause. We are starting our quest this January, in south America where we will climb Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the western and southern hemisphere, and the tallest outside Asia.
We would love some donations from HN community www.climb4coloncancer.org
We are also looking for cancer survivors interested in joining and sponsors. Email us if interested!
Ivan
Ramit, I noticed a pattern in HN: people who are trying to make it share their work (articles, webapps, ideas), self-promote, and ask for help. While people, such as yourself, who already enjoy significant success, come to HN to help, mentor, offer jobs, etc. So I am wondering... How is it that most of your contributions here are about you and how well you are doing? You figure at this point, if the community was interested in your work, someone else would be posting it. I am mainly curious to know HN policy on self promoting and spamming, because I see it as detrimental to the quality of the site.