Cariapa

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by Cariapa 14y ago
True. But I think his point was that by not investing in other parts of the country, people are not giving a chance for the ecosystem to develop. I think local culture plays a big part as well. In most other parts of the country people join
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by Cariapa 14y ago
It seems like you're kind of a jack of all trades. This is an awesome skill-set to have while working in a datacenter. Call it IT/dev-ops whatever. The tech field isn't restricted to just people that code for a living. I would ignore Norman
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by Cariapa 14y ago
This seems to be normal in most other countries as well. For example in Japan, UK etc Internet penetration grows to about 75-80% and then stops.
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by Cariapa 14y ago
I had a longer response, but I think the short response is that this is just the way the corporate world is. Things were also different when Silicon Valley companies were smaller and unknown...people seemed to join tech because they liked i
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by Cariapa 14y ago
Please continue using words like "sociopath", "snot-nosed" etc. I've watched ethics deteriorate over the years in the Valley. I support the one person who can see through this ongoing shit-baggery.
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by Cariapa 15y ago
I read this great article and bought both his books on Amazon. I want Dan to read this post and analyze why I did it.
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by Cariapa 15y ago
You can already do this at kinzaa.com.
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by Cariapa 16y ago
Oh, I'm on Gmail already, trust me. But thats because I like the faster interface, search capabilities, being able to check multiple mail accounts, gtalk etc. Yahoo is a great repository for my non-friends and family email (semi-spam). I gu
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by Cariapa 16y ago
I can't remember having this sort of problem with yahoo mail. Then again they don't build their own filesystem.
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by Cariapa 16y ago
Hmm..when I read the article the first time I didn't get the impression that he was saying business people should stay away from politics. But I was closely following the 2008 election in CA and assumed that's what he was referring to. I th
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by Cariapa 16y ago
You're saying the goal of government is to "return value" to the people. I'm saying its goal is to "serve" the people. I think we can agree we're saying the same thing. Here's the thing about your second paragraph: There is self-confidence
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by Cariapa 16y ago
This is a superb article. The portion I was really interested in was the one on bootstrapping. Completely agree with Jason Fried about taking on investor funds, maintaining your independence etc. I've noticed however that the point he makes
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by Cariapa 16y ago
@protomyth, re: "why wouldn't we want a.."because the criteria to be successful in business and government are completely different! In business the ONLY goal is to create value for your shareholders. In government the goal is to serve your