OoTheNigerian

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Uberexits Nigeria switching of service mid rides(twitter.com)
1 points by OoTheNigerian 1mo ago|1 comments
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by OoTheNigerian 1mo ago
Today Uber exited the Nigerian market. What's news worthy is the announcement was abrupt and service stopped immediately mid day Nigeria. Passengers were mid rode when it happened. I'm not sure if this has happened anywhere else.
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by OoTheNigerian 4mo ago
Drop the "John" :)
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by OoTheNigerian 2y ago
I bought 2. I understand this is a semi experiment and will not expect the warranty or certainty that an Apple will give. This is to support the possibility of making an alternative become viable. Question for Eric, is there a way to ensure
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by OoTheNigerian 2y ago
I'm surprised folks on Hackernews are always critical of V1s. In 18 month, apps will have APIs for "agentic browsing" ™OoTheNigerian ;) And you will not need to give anything control over your browser. I you will merely conn
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by OoTheNigerian 2y ago
It was a good analysis but definitely longer than it should have been to communicate the came thing. A glaring omissions is overlooking the origin of the term "woke" in the context it is being used today. It was around 2010 as a r
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by OoTheNigerian 2y ago
"5,000 startups from nearly every state in the US" I am curious to know which States in the US still do not have any companies in YC.
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by OoTheNigerian 4y ago
Nice read. It's important to note 1.The 2020 protesters did not begin vandalizing property, but government infiltrated the protests by burning cars and maiming people. 2. The Obidient movement encompassed multiple sub movements of whic
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Thoughts on Y Combinator’s New Deal. A Perspective from Emerging Markets(oonwoye.com)
3 points by OoTheNigerian 5y ago|0 comments
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
Were Nigerians (allegedly) the only ones making fraudulent applications? Why is it only Nigeria you could use as an example? Perpetuating nasty cliché tropes lead to stereotyping. Perhaps, that's your intention or not, but I just need
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Apple's new settlement is a corrupt joke(world.hey.com)
14 points by OoTheNigerian 5y ago|1 comments
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
OP and respondents can you update your question and the answers to include mention the scale of the business in terms of traffic, customer served, revenue.
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
Hi Benoît & Avi, As part of my advisory business, I've seen a few companies tackling this in Africa. My biggest question has been, isn't this a "feature" than can be deployed by the existing Payroll companies? These
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
I think limiting the word count would help. Say 250 words. The format is ok, sometimes it seems a lot of unnecessary details are added. This encourages skimming through thereby making important aspects vulnerable to skipping. Again, with th
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
Ha! I was already typing this before your comment articulated it excellently. Dang, I am assuming how people see comments is randomised? So the part 2 of the comment (those that did not make it will all have an equal chance to be seen). Ass
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
Perhaps say something positive too? People have worked hours on end, built stuff and presented it "hacker peers" and this the best and only comment you could come up with? For someone that has done a couple of Show HNs [1][2] I wo
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
To be honest, we don't know where this is going. We all want a peaceful outcome. The next elections are in 2023 so there is no near resolution by the ballot. There is over 50% unemployment, mega inflation, currency devaluation etc and
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
For specific context: a tweet that was deemed threatening and inciteful to a segment of the country - the south east (where I'm from), was sent from the President's account. After sustained uproar and outrage, Twitter deleted the
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by OoTheNigerian 5y ago
Personally, I believe Mighty is basically a new type of browser. What Chrome OS is supposed to be. Of course the business model limits the number of people that would try it however, perhaps the target market would be businesses interested
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
Great Job Noah and Dick! This is brilliant and looks well executed. It is definitely well positioned to replace the wish list, review list, registry etc. How do you avoid the distraction that comes with solving a problem that can pull you i
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
It has been fixed. Thanks for pointing it out.
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
For me, racism is about the intent. Sometime, those are words, but most times they aren't about words. So it depends.
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
When it comes to economic growth, Nigeria is so far behind policy wise. Sadly, there is nothing I can offer you around policies that can or should be replicated. On the individual level, I have seen people transform the lives of their famil
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
Painting a house that is getting rotten is easier than doing a proper renovation. These are feel good measure, done to tap themselves on their backs and make it seem like work has been done. But no one is fooled.
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
Not at all. Without media coverage, it is hard for even myself to know of black founders in US tech. Did you know the founder of the very popular Calendly was black? He lives in Atlanta and is Nigerian but I only got to know of him recently
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
Hi, author here. I live in Lagos, Nigeria but visit Silicon Valley frequently and follow the situation closely. Being near but far, has given me unique perspectives on these type of issues. I sent my report to 22 US media companies (the one
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Pattern Matching, Racial Diversity and the Hypocrisy of Big Tech Media(oonwoye.com)
136 points by OoTheNigerian 6y ago|95 comments
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Bitcoin Doubling Scam Has 111K People Watching Fake Playstation 5 YouTube Stream(twitter.com)
1 points by OoTheNigerian 6y ago|0 comments
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
Ammon, You are Tinder/Ashley Madison stating you want to tackle Facebook and become a social network overnight by making all profiles made in private public. And your tone deaf response is to keep repeating "WE ARE NOT PUTTING DET
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by OoTheNigerian 6y ago
Feedback. 1. I like the idea and like people have said, it would be good to go beyond the YC "echo chamber". 2. It is important to have some fairly establish (boring) players but there are good reasons why. Longevity amongst othe

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