RealGeek

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   500 Startups Accelerator Is Taking Applications For The First Time via AngelList(500.co)

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   CloudFlare’s Growth: Half A Trillion Pageviews, 70B Monthlies, 600M Uniques(techcrunch.com)

   1 points by RealGeek 14y ago|1 comments
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   Shimi - A Smart Musical Robot For Your iPhone(kickstarter.com)

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   Watch TechCrunch Disrupt SF Live(techcrunch.com)

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   Term Sheet for Humans(angel.co)

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   by RealGeek 14y ago

   YC S12 batch is one of the strongest YC batches of all time. This time the startups not only have a good product; but developed business models, customers and revenue. Moreover, a lot of startups launched far before demo day. I guess majori
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   by RealGeek 14y ago

   Would it be better to post 'Show HN' with a direct link rather than Techcrunch?
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   Do by Salesforce(do.com)

   1 points by RealGeek 14y ago|0 comments
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   by RealGeek 14y ago

   This can be disastrous for user generated content websites.
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    I learned most of what I know from Internet. Not just programming; but arts, science, mathematics etc. I agree, basic schooling is very important; there is no replacement for it. College / University education is nice to have, but it is not
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    See http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_t... and http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.htm... > How are kids that can't read going A picture is worth a thousand words.
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    > Years later, I started working at Twitpic. College didn’t even enter the conversation.
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    Is there anything we can't learn from Internet? Give a kid access to computer and Internet, and he will find his way out. This was experimented with kids in Indian slums, who never went to school and can not even read/write. http://www.pbs
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    I commend Steve's effort and hard work. I am a dropout; and we have recruited dropouts, engineering graduates, MBAs and students pursuing a degree distance a learning program at our startup. The best recruits were actually the distance lear
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    Engineers should at least pay their fees if they plan to abandon India. Why put burden of your emigration on tax payers?
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    > Really? Camps? Not exactly camps, probably dorms where 4 to 6 people live in a single room. > If these workers don't know English and can't code, how are they able hold jobs at American corporations? They are not exactly doing hig
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    It is easy to get any document for money in India. You can get a fake degree, job experience letters, driving license and even a fake passport. I guess you would already know how things work in India.
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    I live in India, and I have been approached by these agents multiple times. Some of my friends have taken this route to go to US. Yes, they can not code and can't even speak English. Fake resume and experience letters helped them get throug
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    The problem with H1-B is not the limit; the main problem is its abuse. Indian body shops like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro etc. continue to abuse H1-B visas. These companies work like a huge recruitment and immigration agency. There are thousand
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    This is probably the best thing these studios did on the Internet.
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    Thanks to the attention drain, we get a few weeks of relief from their spam.
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    Vinod Khosla: Maintain the Silicon Valley Vision(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)

    1 points by RealGeek 14y ago|0 comments
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    I would be a DJ.
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    I see that picture ever day in New Delhi (capital of India)
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    All the con men the author seen in India, they are all jugaads. His post mentions several types of jugaads he saw in India. Do you realize that majority of Indian population has no jugaad to provide food for their family. Well we "The Pizza
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    Do you have 1 Gbit leased line in Bangalore? How much is the data transfer cap and who is your ISP?
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    Most parts of India suffer power outage of more than 12 hours a day. I understand that you have UPS and power generators, but does it provide enough reliability to run your servers on it? I have UPS and generator at home; the cost of runnin
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    There are a several videos on interwebs of police arresting people who were not blocking streets (other than the Brooklyn Bridge incident). Moreover, the court has ruled that the Brooklyn Bridge incident was police's fault and arrests were
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    by RealGeek 14y ago

    >> "I should go get 5000 of my closest friends to block the Brooklyn Bridge." Anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law. It is disappointing that the Government will go to great length to arrest and prosecu
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    Google Prediction API: GMail Priority Inbox for Your Apps and more(developers.google.com)

    2 points by RealGeek 14y ago|0 comments