BTBurke

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by BTBurke 7y ago
We do a lot of on the fly translations. In meetings, we may have to translate for an Ambassador or senior official that doesn't speak the language. Depending on the topic, it may not be appropriate to bring a professional translator, s
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by BTBurke 7y ago
Programming is now a hobby and I still do some open source stuff and push out various side projects for fun. Eventually I'll have to retire and so I always hope some of my side projects will take off to supplement my retirement income.
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by BTBurke 7y ago
I was an engineer, served in the military, and programming is now a hobby. Not all diplomats are political science or economics majors. Policy touches so many sectors that it's useful to have people with backgrounds in many areas. It&
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by BTBurke 7y ago
We have a foreign language institute outside Washington DC where they teach about 70 languages. It's an organized class for 5 hours a day in small groups with a native speaker as the teacher. There is usually an additional 2-5 hours of
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by BTBurke 7y ago
I don't believe there is a shortcut for "hacking" languages. I'm a diplomat, and currently learning my fourth language to the C1+ level. When we learn languages, it's a full time job. It was 9 months to learn Manda
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by BTBurke 13y ago
Thanks to you both. I really appreciate you taking the time. Tons of good stuff to think about.
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Ask HN: Landed my first freelance job, how should I price the project?
11 points by BTBurke 13y ago|8 comments
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Forget Silicon Valley: Focus On Customers, Not Investors(forbes.com)
2 points by BTBurke 14y ago|0 comments
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Artificial Intelligence: No Command, and Control(economist.com)
3 points by BTBurke 16y ago|0 comments
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by BTBurke 16y ago
Works great, but when I tested it out as an anonymous user, then decided to sign up, it didn't import the gallery I just made.
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by BTBurke 16y ago
It depends on what particular field within electrical engineering you're going to pursue. My specialty is signal processing and the general feeling in our field is that more math is always better. I haven't used topology or abstract algeb
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by BTBurke 16y ago
Did any one of those 3000 spend the time to actually make a list? If not, maybe you should think about why they didn't.
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by BTBurke 16y ago
-- This seems like a crowded space, how do you differentiate yourself? I was looking for an "About Us" section to tell me why you're different than 99 Designs, Logo Snap, etc. -- The price point seems off compared to other options. For ex
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by BTBurke 16y ago
There are two tools that I really like -- Zotero does a great job of organizing references, keeping related things together, and has a decent search capability. The target audience is academia, but it works just as well for other kinds of
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by BTBurke 16y ago
If you're looking for something a little different, I'm working on low-power high performance computing for military and intelligence applications. Place: Washington, DC (but virtual may be possible at first) More details available to anyon
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by BTBurke 16y ago
I spent a few minutes thinking about why I would want this service. It wasn't immediately clear to me what benefit it would provide over something like delicious or just standard bookmarking features in your browser -- then I got it... it
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by BTBurke 16y ago
I like it a lot also. I agree with getting it integrated with Google Apps. Let me get to it with one click from my gmail (without having to log in again) and I'm sold.
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by BTBurke 16y ago
You can't write anything off unless you have income from that company coming in to offset against.
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by BTBurke 16y ago
This site tilts heavily towards the devs, but there are definitely skills that you can develop to make yourself valuable for a startup without being a technical guy. #1 -- pick an industry you are passionate about and network, get a job in
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by BTBurke 16y ago
I could see how you might be able to compete with Dropbox on price. Google storage is a lot cheaper than dropbox. Dropbox 50Gb is $120/yr (last I checked). Google will sell you 400Gb for $100/yr.
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by BTBurke 16y ago
Who told you that you won't learn much in college? Don't kid yourself. Right now, you don't know what you don't know (as has been pointed out elsewhere.) Skipping college is hamstringing yourself for no good reason. Like it or not, havi
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by BTBurke 16y ago
Depends on your use case. If you want to share documents and you don't mind google's version of the word/excel/ppt, it's a good way to go. For files in which the application is on your laptop or has complicated directory structures, dropb
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by BTBurke 16y ago
I use encrypted LVM on linux which works great. I've used TrueCrypt in the past and that works too, although I had some stability problems with the software in Windows.
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by BTBurke 16y ago
I'd hire a graphic artist to upgrade the logos. Also, I don't like the pricing strategy. You should pay for the content of the course, not month by month. If you want other ways to make money, try something like so many minutes on skype
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by BTBurke 16y ago
Thanks Alex. The site looks great. I plan on playing around with that this weekend.
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by BTBurke 16y ago
I have a 9 to 5 right now. It's a good job and I feel like it's important work, but I'm also starting something on the side. There's something about picking your own problem, finding your own solution, and building that into a business th
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by BTBurke 16y ago
So how long before we can buy our way to the top of the search term suggestions? What kind of analytics can you do about how streaming search changes the way people compose their keywords? It's an interesting new feature.
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by BTBurke 16y ago
Well they do claim "sources" after all. They just don't name their sources or what they said exactly... does that mean that the conclusions aren't true?
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by BTBurke 16y ago
Terrible name. Like the idea of photos, but when I click on them I want to see a recipe so I can make it. What about copyright? I see some of the recipes are taken from iphone apps or books. Are you liable if someone posts a recipe stra