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		gregcohn on Aug 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Burner, for temporary phone numbers Good ideas come in cycles. At that time, though, 50% of the world wasn't mobile-only, and there were no smartphones. We think this is really relevant right now.

frankus on Aug 8, 2012 [–]

The phrase I've heard is that being early is the same as being wrong. Trying to make Burner in 2003 would be like trying to make YouTube in 1996.

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