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by 20andup 10y ago
"Often people on this forum are so concerned with the gears that they've missed the point of the car. End users don't care if the tech is literally built from sticks and stones. IMO there is a great wealth of good business id
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by 20andup 10y ago
Another reason is that you get better deals paying with WeChat than cash. For example, you might get 20% off a meal if you pay with WeChat (or some other mobile payment like AliPay). This adds up very quickly.
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by 20andup 10y ago
> Do you need someone to verify your ID to get a WeChat account with a wallet? You need to enter your debit card number and your phone number that is registered with that bank. Its all connected automatically so that if you go to the ba
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by 20andup 10y ago
I wonder what the business model is?
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by 20andup 10y ago
Yup. And all it takes is for one mistake/button for my data to be shared with other people.
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by 20andup 10y ago
"those that stay in the business are the ones that thrive and succeed, whilst those who struggle to advance tend to quit and take more suitable work." That depends on the company they are working for though. I have seen people (f
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by 20andup 10y ago
I didn't realize how much data Google had on me until my search terms I used on my laptop was almost immediately available on my smartphone. I felt shocked and kind of stalked as well. The data especially on Android can easily be hack
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by 20andup 10y ago
"will be re-written" From my experience working in startups, this is never the case. Crap code persist because rewriting it would take time, they would rather spend on new features. Feature creep sets in very fast.
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by 20andup 10y ago
"The ability to scale with success is important, but designing products for high scalability from Day 1 is usually a mistake. ("Premature optimization is the root of all evil." -- Donald Knuth)" He is using the quote wro
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by 20andup 10y ago
"Chat apps rise and fall between generations ICQ -> AOL -> Text -> Snapchat" I never thought about it that way. That's a pretty astute observation.
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by 20andup 10y ago
Americans are using it, but that's a very tiny slice. The local market isn't using it and that's where the bulk of the money is. Using your logic, that would mean Airbnb is working the US, because Chinese people are using i
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by 20andup 10y ago
That is so true. You can see a lot of SV startups think if it works in the US, then it works in Asia. AirBnb is a great example something that does not work. When a 5 star hotel cost $50-70 only, people aren't going to pay the same
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by 20andup 10y ago
I don't think its so much people skills to manage engineers, more like people skills to talk to the managers above (i.e./ CEO). I think this, too, would be an interesting topic to delve deeper into.
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by 20andup 10y ago
"I'm now convinced there's 'one easy trick' to becoming a 10x engineer and that's quitting your job. You learn out of necessity when you have few resources and no fallbacks. It also seems obvious now in hindsig
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by 20andup 10y ago
I just came back from a 5 day holiday. I was working so much on my own project that I burnt out. It took me a few days to realize what was going on since my project was getting easier and yet I felt a lost in motivation. So I locked my com
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by 20andup 10y ago
My guess ia Palantir.
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Ask: How do you decide when to take a break?
2 points by 20andup 10y ago|0 comments
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by 20andup 10y ago
Quite condescending. Definitely not what I expect from a post on hacker news. There was no mention that these companies created Chinese knockoffs. On the other hand, I see it as a patent dispute by predatory companies.
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by 20andup 10y ago
I don't think we are arguing different points here. Some VC place bets on outliers companies like uBeam and Theranos. The problem that I have is that they didn't do their due diligence. You can bet on outliers no matter how unfea
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by 20andup 10y ago
Maybe I made too big of a generalization. Yes, lots of unsexy companies out there doing good work. You don't have to have a big market potential to be a startup. I prefer startups that generate real returns than those that promises
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by 20andup 10y ago
Seems like in SF you just need a ridiculous idea to get funding. No working product, nothing. Funny but also quite sad.
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by 20andup 10y ago
"You can buy a big house, but you can only sleep in one bedroom at a time." This might be the most down to earth thing I have heard in a while.
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Why the world is drawing battle lines against Tech Giants(nytimes.com)
1 points by 20andup 10y ago|0 comments
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by 20andup 10y ago
Not sure, but it definitely blew up after 2003.
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by 20andup 10y ago
That's not entirely accurate. It's because of H5N1 outbreak 10 years back that people have become a lot more conscious about airborne diseases. It is polite to wear a mask when you are sick so that you don't spread it to ot
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by 20andup 10y ago
He means declaring method signatures (ie/ Java's API) is not code in itself.
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by 20andup 10y ago
Just points out the fact that we should use password generators for all web sites that requires one.
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by 20andup 10y ago
Elon Musk did. Respect. “My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.”
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by 20andup 10y ago
I am guessing you don't need 3d glasses to see the hologram. If so, I am all for it. They need to replace those very annoying glasses in 3d movies.
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by 20andup 10y ago
“Never memorize something that you can look up.” - Albert Einstein

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