OoTheNigerian

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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Congratulations Garry! A few questions. 1. An obvious question is: Why start out on your own rather than via YC as you've done for a while and seems to have succeeded for you. 2. Would you actively seek investments from outside the Uni
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
It's practically impossible for any positive tech stories to stay on the front page of Hackenews. Be it our tech companies making or raising a lot of dough and/or having impact. HOWEVER, when it comes to stereotypes and cliche neg
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Silicon Valley’s Mind Bending Hypocrisy, a Greater Threat to Freedom Than Trump(medium.com)
16 points by OoTheNigerian 10y ago|1 comments
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Michael has been everywhere when it comes promoting YC. Si it's great to see this formalization. Of course, the timing of this announcement is more exciting being that Michael and Qasar will be in Nigeria in 10 days :) [1][2] re: MOOC
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Good stuff! The "Login to chat" should link to the login page.
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Hi, I'm helping organize the meetups in Lagos and Abuja. Hit me up if you have any questions or suggestions. I'd encourage people from neighbouring countries to take the trip down. So I hope to see people from Benin, Cameroon, Tog
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Oh yes you Didi Chinese ridesharing giant merges with Uber(pando.com)
3 points by OoTheNigerian 10y ago|0 comments
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
>West has all the right to "pontification" since only the West has thus far delivered a high standard of living coupled with respect for human rights. I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic. But I am sorry to inform you t
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
He was clear with his methods BEFORE electios https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/09/philippines-el... Not the usual bait and switch. Like was pointed out, drug dealers are free to surrender. And
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
"We suggest..?" Lol Tell that to the people who had democracy bombed into them.
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
I'm merely criticizing your criticism (the loop goes on). I didn't say you did not have the right to criticize. People declare others who win stupid while claiming to to be democrats. That is hypocrisy. While I similarly think peo
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
If a people vote for autocracy, is that democratic? Should it be respected?
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
>It's a stupid, petty argument that is continuously peddled by figures in non-Western countries as a justification for doing whatever they like. Thomas, you may not not realise you have just written a one line thesis for the justifi
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
As usual, mostly western commentators sitting on their high horses pointing and pontificating with no idea of local context or understanding. First of all, Duterte was elected overwhelmingly with a clear mandate of using brute violence to c
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
What an awesome site! Why didn't you have this in English?!!!! it would have been so much bigger than it was!
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Guys, guy, can you look beyond what you see today? Filling gas is merely an MVP. The goal at the minimum is to manage every car post purchase Gas is merely a way to start the relationship between the car and the owner. car servicing is a ma
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Hi Alan, I have read a lot about you and your work at Xerox. Do you enjoy travel? What continents have you been to? What's your favorite country outside the US? How many hours a day did you sleep per day during your most productive res
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
I appreciate the forthrightness in this blogpost. Not only have they owned up to mistakes, the thought process in dealing with it (whether you agree with it or not or not) is well documented. To be transparent is quite a difficult thing. Yo
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
I met Patrick (one of the co founders) in Lagos pre YC. He was really passionate about this project This is a brilliant project I am excited about. I see it as a win-win. Some people are too poor to even take care of themselves. Rather than
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RISE conference proves the internet startup industry jargon is getting worse(qz.com)
3 points by OoTheNigerian 10y ago|0 comments
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In Nigeria it will cost you $4,000 to register to fly a drone(qz.com)
2 points by OoTheNigerian 10y ago|0 comments
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Since I commented on the previous ones, here is my take on this. Dang and YC have done well and played their part. Maciej has not. I am with @nickpsecurity in stating that Maciej is misappropriating the money invested in his company. Of c
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Yo Dang, I don't think this brouhaha is worth it. Let the community send one of theirs in there. If he takes the money and bails (I doubt) the community takes the blame and deals with it. If he takes the money and does a gimmick (I sus
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Fair enough. But like someone said re: raising money from VC (was it PG?) don't listen to the reason, listen to the answer. Kevin is uncomfortable with Maciej and took his decision based on that. As it would not seem politically connec
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
I've thought about this a bit and see where both parties are coming from. For Kevin, due to the "trollish" behavior of Maciej during this competition, Kevin was (validly) very suspicious of Maciej's intention for partici
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by OoTheNigerian 10y ago
Voted AutoMicroFarm and Siris Rooms cos they both are stuff I see more than 100 million people easily needing. Including myself. Personally, I think Pinboard should definitely do YC but not via this channel. He can easily get in if he appli
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by OoTheNigerian 11y ago
Exceptionally lucid and captures every this I think of and aligns well with my position. It is ironically said that fundamental Christians of today would give Jesus the hardest time if this was his Era. Likewise, I have observed that the mo
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by OoTheNigerian 11y ago
How do you feel about people who transfer their "cooking tasks" to the people they pay to cook for them?
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by OoTheNigerian 11y ago
If it will not bring about complications, can that category of submission be open for say one week. Then the feedback and comments would be open for say another week. Putting time restraints would help give applicants approximately the sam
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by OoTheNigerian 11y ago
But really, don't you think it's ok to have very "offensive" beliefs? I hope you are aware it was once reprehensible to think the earth revolved around the Sun and you can get killed for "blasphemy" I believe

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