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by Mankhool 17y ago
"One way is to use standard non expensive (and perhaps far less shiny and integrated) hardware plugged some peripherals and write a quick demo for it." "Few days ago, I actually tried the concept on two "potential" customers, by using some
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by Mankhool 17y ago
I'm old. I rarely make a voice call on my mobile. I don't text anyone or need email on my phone, so no smartphone. However when the contract expires in December I'll probably get one.
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by Mankhool 17y ago
I carried a web/mobile app idea around for a year, looking for seed funding before posting about it here on March 30th. The HN community were amazing in their support and motivated me to create a minimum viable product. But while I was out
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Ask HN: Economies of Scale in Multi-Platorm Mobile Apps?
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by Mankhool 17y ago
I got a very rough quote from a Toronto firm to do a location based app for web, iPhone and Android for approximately $370,000. I just talked to a Vancouver developer who charges $120/hr. As others have mentioned there are numerous variable
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by Mankhool 17y ago
The Wealthy Barber. http://www.wealthybarber.com/
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by Mankhool 17y ago
In Canada, Rogers had a monopoly on the iPhone from July 2008 until November 2009, when TELUS and Bell were allowed into the market. So a 16 month run. Very different from the US.
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by Mankhool 17y ago
I don't like to see such colloquialisms in job postings, but as someone who has done a fair amount of hiring in my career, I also don't want to see them on resumes or CVs unless you've worked for Rockstar Games, real Rockstars or Ninjas or
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by Mankhool 17y ago
Thanks. I've found it. This patent is for an auction system.
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by Mankhool 17y ago
Great advice Paul, thank you!
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Thank you for your feedback. The idea IS to be able to find someone in Burma, or anywhere on earth. Their geo-location wouldn't lie, but I suppose anything can be hacked. It is supposed to be in real-time and location based exactly so that
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Ask HN: I'd like to find Co-Founder(s) / Developers
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If you are in business and in Canada it is. Until February 2011 all new computer purchases for business can be written off 100% in the year in which they were purchased. Include in Class 52 with a CCA rate of 100% (with no half year rule) g
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The Importance of the Right Product Name(holycrap.ca)
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by Mankhool 17y ago
These two details are really quite scary. "Engines are sometimes leased separately and shuffled around within an airline’s fleet . . ." "Cut-rate Tower Air kept its wide-body fleet flying by quietly dismantling a trio of 747s leased from GM
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by Mankhool 17y ago
I've got several of the sit/stand desks where I work. Like the Biormorph, but one surface. There are several manufacturers of these kinds of legs (Steelcase and Linak). Check your nearest large town's office furniture retailers to see if th
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by Mankhool 17y ago
A Short History of Progress. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey/massey2004.html
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by Mankhool 17y ago
A colleague of mine's father was one of the engineers that designed the first Dubai "island" - the one that the Burj Al Arab was built on. Even more so than the subsequent Palms, The World was a colossal expense, but that is not the main re
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by Mankhool 17y ago
From Steve Job's Commencement Speech at Stanford, and on taking a class in Calligraphy: "None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all c
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by Mankhool 17y ago
This is my first winter using (employer supplied) hand sanitizer. I have to say that so far, I haven't had any seasonal illinesses - and I don't take flu shots either - so I believe it has helped (along with regular hand washing and wearing
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by Mankhool 17y ago
The comments about Vancouver 2010 are all valid. I had to laugh during the closing ceremonies when I noticed that one of the bands had been forced to cover the logos on their Marshall amps with black tape. Marshall obviously did not pay any
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by Mankhool 17y ago
Life imitates art. Has anyone else read The Unincorporated Man by Dani and Eytan Kollin? "A brilliant industrialist named Justin Cord awakes from a 300-year cryonic suspension into a world that has accepted an extreme form of market capital
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by Mankhool 17y ago
There are more than 600 college newspapers in the US. This means that an opportunity exists in these hyper-local markets to also report community news and, perhaps, create something that may "save" (I know that's the wrong word) the newspap
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Ask HN: Should I hire a company or build a team from scratch?
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Like everything else in life - it's variable. I'm an idea person who found a highly qualified iPhone developer in the SF Bay Area, who was interested enough in doing dev work for me part-time (he's a FT iPhone dev for a large corp) that he
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by Mankhool 17y ago
Therein lies the opportunity. An abundant inventory of dark fibre. The financial resources to lay the foundation for a new city. Everyone will have fibre to their door. I'm no fanboy, but Googleville anyone?
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by Mankhool 17y ago
IANAL but AFAIK in EVERY state with the exception of Nevada, this is true. I used to work there and one of my colleagues, a brilliant engineer, had moved there just so he could work at a job he enjoyed AND invent and patent devices. Ask a l
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by Mankhool 17y ago
I might be underwhelmed, but I am looking forward to being able to read newspapers and magazines comfortably on a mobile device.
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by Mankhool 17y ago
In cities where subways or other types of rail transit do not operate 24/7, use the cars (or different cars) to move packages in the off hours.
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This has been around for years. It's called Air Hockey.

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