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by 1k 1y ago
This exactly. It is more important to move fast. Screw the edge cases. As long as it’s correct _most_ of the time, you can always fix anything that’s broken tomorrow.
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by 1k 5y ago
Yo
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by 1k 6y ago
A programmer’s wife is pregnant and goes into labor. Programmer brings her to the hospital, she gives birth and the doctor hands the baby to the doting father. Wife: “So, is it a boy or girl?” Programmer: “Yes.”
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by 1k 7y ago
Studying, getting hired, career promotions, raising funds... It’s all about beating the system. You’re evaluated based on certain criteria and you optimize for those.
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by 1k 7y ago
Never heard of this "annual salary divided by 1000" rule but I calculated and it works out about right for me. I am in a third-world country though, so rates are much, much lower than $150-320/hour
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by 1k 7y ago
This is awesome. I used to think music was no big deal but after playing with this I realize I have no musical talent whatsoever.
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by 1k 7y ago
> or donating cans of food. Thanks, I never realized https://nationalpost.com/opinion/im-begging-you-stop-donatin...
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by 1k 7y ago
Does pitch get lower with age? That would correlate with larger companies tending to choose more experienced CEOs. That aside, there are other forms of biases, like people preferring better _looking_ leaders (based on socially perceived ide
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by 1k 7y ago
This is an easy one - go for it! With your age, experience and accessibility to support from friends and family I think the upside far outweighs the downside. You haven’t mentioned any financial commitments (loans, dependants, filial suppor
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by 1k 7y ago
Get a barcode scanner, scan the ISBN and use that to do a API query on Amazon to retrieve title, author, category, price, etc. Store this info in a DB. Some scenarios: 1. Generally lookup should return something. Store these book by categor
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by 1k 7y ago
Amazing! This pretty much enables clothing brands to generate extremely targeted ads on the fly. Models can have similar body shape, hair style, skin colour to the user. Based on past photos the advertiser can figure out preferred colours,
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by 1k 7y ago
I'd love to read more about how you positioned your brand, especially on the design decisions that you made to entice customers come more regularly and how you manage to sell more cups than your competitors.
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by 1k 8y ago
That’s a really great company to pay SF rates while working remotely. Wish I could find one like that.
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by 1k 8y ago
Have time on your side More time = more options No time = desperation
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by 1k 8y ago
A few months back people would have been yelling “BUY THE DIP!”
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by 1k 8y ago
IIRC for me it was a one time fee of 1 USD. They implemented this fee whenever they were growing too fast and needed to slow they growth to keep their servers in check. At other times it was free.
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by 1k 8y ago
They ran some tests and found that mangosteen juice can conduct electricity, but does not cause short circuit when in contact with the batteries
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by 1k 8y ago
Article didn’t actually say why they’re shutting it down. Is the tech not feasible? With the Otto lawsuit settled and Levandowski gone it should have cleared the way. Focusing instead on self driving cars doesn’t make sense.
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by 1k 8y ago
How do you qualify candidates as being the target audience, and what happens if it’s a really small, hard-to-reach niche - how do you guarantee the number of respondents?
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by 1k 8y ago
There are LOTS of jobs that appreciate programming knowledge but don't require you to do hard core coding. Business analysts, project management, tech sales, testing, support, etc Choose an industry-focused company (banks, oil & ga
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by 1k 8y ago
As a Malaysian, this win is so amazing. Literally against all odds. I’ve never been more proud of my fellow Malaysians. Najib had control of the Election Comission, Registry of Socieities, Attorney General, Inspector General of Police, and
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by 1k 8y ago
Yes, this exactly. Your kids’ education is the way out of poverty. In some families, one child with a decent job will provide a lifeline for the whole family. Even if the system is broken, even if the quality of education is bad, you have t
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by 1k 9y ago
There's also the guy that won the ball to pass the person who passed to the person who scored. And also the guy who pressured the opponent into attempting a difficult pass so that his team mate could win the ball in the first place.
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Ask HN: Is cloud mining profitable?
16 points by 1k 9y ago|16 comments
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by 1k 9y ago
I imagine balance will be tricky. Too few flights and customers get frustrated because they can't get seats or decent times. Too many flights and you lose money. This is probably why other airlines have peak/offpeak pricing in the
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by 1k 9y ago
This is very insightful. I’ve never been into a coworking space myself, but don’t these problems apply to all coworkign spaces? Or are they somehow better designed?
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Ask HN: IF the Bitcoin bubble bursts, where would you invest next?
34 points by 1k 9y ago|44 comments
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by 1k 9y ago
Given the criteria to double the capital in 3-6 months, you will need to do something very speculative, which at this point in time looks like crypto currencies.
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by 1k 9y ago
Interesting. Are you allowed to tell us more about what the site did and what the buyer did after?
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by 1k 9y ago
I disagree. There are too many negative comments in this thread. This is an awesome site that will resonate well with clients and recruiters. It has exactly what they looking for and yet presented in such a refreshing way. It show cases y

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