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by Construct 16y ago
Hopefully they'll let one of the larger rapid-prototyping companies handle that task. Typically, when I need more than a handful of 3D rapid prototypes I'll order cast urethane pieces. The rapid prototype shop will take my part, create a tw
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by Construct 16y ago
Consider getting in touch with a venture capital firm that specializes in technology startups. Often, it doesn't make sense for each company to have a full-time analyst. Instead, it makes a lot of sense for the VC firm to have a handful of
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by Construct 16y ago
I understand what you're getting at here, but eating meat isn't associated with the risk of causing 400 other people to die with you in a fiery plane crash. Now whether or not such a risk exists is another question entirely.
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by Construct 16y ago
Not extraordinarily unusual... This person stumbled upon a 100+ year-old cinema lens and thought to adapt it to a modern DSLR, take some excellent pictures with a wonderful vintage feel, and post them online for all of us to share. I woul
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by Construct 16y ago
Another important think to note when using RVM is to not use 'sudo' when installing gems. It is easy get caught up in a README or tutorial and execute 'sudo gem install...' as listed in the document. Unfortunately, this installs the gem in
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by Construct 16y ago
When I was in the VC world, the founder's salary vs. equity demands were usually used to gauge how invested they were into the company's vision and concept. If the founders spent a lot of time penciling in $200K+ salaries, elaborate bonus a
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by Construct 16y ago
I definitely agree with you that lines should not be drawn without context. However, I don't think anyone here would choose someone solely on GPA either. Still, I'm not going to hire someone who has poor grades and personal problems over th
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by Construct 16y ago
You make quite the leap from GPA to a person's financial background. I would still lean toward the individual with the higher GPA, as it really is a solid indicator of how hard someone is willing to work. Joel makes a great point that acade
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by Construct 16y ago
The proposed solution for cooling the Earth in the article is questionable at best. Furthermore, even if you lower global temperatures through stratosphere manipulation, there are many other scary unknowns in the field of climate change. Ta
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by Construct 16y ago
Let's assume the event could happen anywhere between 100 days from now and 100 years from now. This gives us, roughly and without compensating for leap years for simplicity, a 36400 day span. 2012 will occupy 365 days of that span, or 365/3
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by Construct 16y ago
From the article: NASA has since rebutted those reports, saying it could come "100 years away or just 100 days" Although that doesn't have quite the same ring to it as a 2012 disaster.
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by Construct 16y ago
Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial is a good start (look closely, there is free access online): http://railstutorial.org/ It's not perfect, but it does walk you through the process of setting up a proper environment, using git for ver
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by Construct 16y ago
What is your source? Indeed.com shows no such drop in Rails job offers. Both Rails and Django are showing growth in the percentage of job offers: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=rails,+django&l= If you fall back to a language-only s
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by Construct 16y ago
Ramit, much of the skepticism comes from the secretive and untracked nature of these types of sales. Take the original article, for example, with the unsourced "I know a guy who makes $5 million+ per month" quote. The comments here on HN ar
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by Construct 16y ago
The author raises some valid points, but I would add another important basic principle: Maintain constant open and honest communication with the entire company. Simply interacting with employees either in person or through e-mail updates ev
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by Construct 16y ago
Filed 4/8/2010. I'm fairly confident that I used the pull-down refresh mechanic in other apps well before that, so these guys had better have some seriously good evidence that they were first to invent. Then again, it's rather easy to be gr
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by Construct 16y ago
Do you have a particular idea that you're looking to implement, or do you just want to do some sort of startup? If you do have an idea, you should get to work on it ASAP. There is no better time than now. The longer you wait, the more likel
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by Construct 16y ago
The sheer volume of this sale is very impressive, but I would have to imagine that Groupon would take a significantly smaller cut than normal to get such a high-profile deal on their site. Still, Groupon is really raking it in.
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by Construct 16y ago
Ownership not as a percentage of equity, but as a measure of your ability to change things for the better. In any company it is difficult to find ownership and recognition at the lowest levels of the corporate hierarchy. If you only work
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by Construct 16y ago
I once toured a similar facility, complete with hand scanners and airlock-style double doors throughout the facility. After going through countless layers of security we reached the deepest, most secure section of the data center where the
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by Construct 16y ago
"The big company execs don’t realize nothing happens at a small company unless you personally take initiative. Nothing comes to you by itself." This part hits very close to home. Every single one of the executive, sales, or biz-dev people