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How it went down, what it’s like now, and where the country might be heading from the perspective of a startup founder.

How kickbacks are demanded and paid in India’s massive construction industry.

Not denying it

whoa - perfect

Nope - no issues with varicose veins yet. I've also heard that varicose veins can be caused by pushing hard on the toilet!

Good point. Yeah, it's true... sitting for long periods is actually uncomfortable for me. Not just at work, but also on planes and in cars.

Agreed! There's a total disconnect between what we hear from people looking to ease public anxiety and what we see and learn on the news.

It's actually so contagious that even taking off your hazmat suit incorrectly can get you infected. That's because the virus can live for some period on surfaces, and that's the reason why doctors use a buddy system to remove their protective gear. It's also the reason houses, vehicles, and hospital rooms have to be decontaminated after an ebola victim passes through.

According to the World Health Organization: "People can be exposed to Ebola virus from direct physical contact with body fluids like blood, saliva, stool, urine, sweat etc. of an infected person and soiled linen used by a patient."

So, touch an ebola victim's bedsheets and you can get the disease. That's why it's so alarmingly contagious. It is NOT like AIDS and it probably IS something we should worry about. In this case, public paranoia might actually save lives.

Here's the link to the WHO site: http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemi...

Well, you can always turn on the lights!

I hear what you're saying, and I'm definitely sucking in my stomach more in the second photo. But some things are impossible to fake: one can't flex shoulder muscles with the arms down; flexing the stomach doesn't lead to more definition around the lats, flexing doesn't cause the entire torso circumference to shrink relative to upper body.

Yeah, it's alarming to hear that even with millions of apps, you're seeing such a huge difference between iOS and Android sales. I'm going to change my future development plans if this is the reality for everyone.

The lesson here, for me, is that popular posts on HN aren't exactly a treasure trove. I'm not complaining about the money, but I'm somewhat underwhelmed. But you're probably spot on about the playbook.

I think the difference is explained by the structure of my landing page. The iOS link is most prominent at the top, but the Android link requires some reading.

I'm going to update the Power 20 site to give equal airtime to iOS and Android.

Android sales have actually recently outpaced iOS sales because I'm able to iterate on the app's name more frequently in Android. I can find out which titles work faster on Android. With iOS, one must submit a new app every time they change the name. Crazy.

Good point. I sometimes work from home, where I have a very different setup, but the photo on the blog shows me with the laptop stand. So far so good in terms of posture and no injuries or carpal tunnel. I think the frequent breaks really help prevent the injuries we thing are inevitable with a sub optimal ergonomic setup.

Me feelings exactly. I'm not totally sure, but I think the fairly strong sales of the Furinno stand is evidence that the message matters. I was writing about standing desks and then recommended one; perhaps it would have been different if I were writing about workout apps and then recommended one of those...

Thanks for that!

Thanks!

Nope, Fox didn't pay. Although I met Steve Forbes in the Green Room.

Seems like you've struck the right balance!

Good point. I'll have to fix that paragraph.

When I was working in NYC's Dogpatch Labs, some of the other entrepreneurs were doing the standing desk thing. Many liked to stand without wearing shoes. I think you're onto something.

This is a great point. I just dove in, but was in good shape to begin with, but I imagine for more sedentary people this could actually be a dangerous transition!

Alternatively, you can put the standing desk in place, but have an rolling stool under it. Costs less, but us just as effective.

If you were right then our traffic wouldn't have increased five-fold in one hour, and you probably wouldn't have expended the effort to comment.

You're right in that it's not a profitable business yet. It's only a business in that we offer a service and we charge for it. We definitely don't do that profitably yet! We've built a minimum viable product that we'll use as a basis to explore and define demand.

We started off asking people to send their email along with the code word but that was really confusing. However, we only ask people for their emails once; from then on RollCallMe remembers the email. - Arshad

Thanks, Dhimes. I'll update the language to be more accurate. How embarrassing! - Arshad

You're right... I'm trying to figure out how this can be useful. I used it at a recent Meetup to divide people into committees, and that worked well. But yeah, the hunt for more use cases is on.

Thanks, Andrew!