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901.
by ajju 18y ago
Mostly because every other Macbook air owner I know experiences overheating and random shutdowns multiple times a week: http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/07/cool-air.html http://paulstamatiou.com/2008/03/20/review-macbook-air
902.
by ajju 18y ago
The MacBook air is a so-so piece of hardware with a world class operating system. Dell can easily best the Air at hardware but definitely not at software (unless Apple frees Leopard)
903.
by ajju 18y ago
OK. I direct my comment at xach (since I can't edit it any more).
904.
by ajju 18y ago
Yo mentioned only one side of the deal and it sounds as though you are here purely to help the US. When did I imply I am here to help the US? People who are ambitious and want to achieve face many obstacles. If you are really serious, yo
905.
by ajju 18y ago
There's no reason not to other than life's led me here just like it's led you there. When (not if) I go back I will start a startup there.
906.
by ajju 18y ago
Now that is actually a logical point versus OP's "quit complaining coz this is not your country" logic. I upvoted you. As an H-1B, I can only shift to other H-1B jobs. Which means other jobs where no acceptably qualified american applicants
907.
by ajju 18y ago
You are having quite an argument on your own there by putting words in my mouth so I'll leave you to that except to say that I am in this country because the US government thinks it's beneficial to the US in some way. Meanwhile let me note
908.
by ajju 18y ago
Well done, you proved two things: 1) that you can write script that does an http get and 2) that you should not be trusted. Was that a net gain for you?
909.
by ajju 18y ago
Why is it "only fair" that I reimburse them if I am employed on an at-will contract? The legal expenses are no different from any other one time expense such as a sign-on bonus. As such, just like sign on bonuses, if an employer believes th
910.
by ajju 18y ago
Kudos for ensuring "truth-in-advertising" even when it's someone else (me) doing the advertising for you :)
911.
by ajju 18y ago
Define "bail". I think it's actually illegal to pay for your own H-1B to discourage fake applications or something, but wrt the Greencard, there is usually a negotiated agreement between the employer and the employee about who pays the cost
912.
by ajju 18y ago
Here's a suggestion from an Indian American on immigration policy: Don't force skilled immigrants (even those with graduate degrees from US universities) to work at the same employer for 5-8 years just to get a permit to stay in the country
913.
by ajju 18y ago
"When statistical adjustments are used to convert the backward digit span results to full-scale IQ scores, Indian Americans place at about 112" I don't know how you can meaningfully relate a score on a "backward digit" memory test to an exa
914.
by ajju 18y ago
As an Indian American, I appreciate the attention. I truly do. But comparing an IQ score derived from the average score of immigrant Indian American kids on an arbitrary memory test (it was 112) to the average IQ of Ashkenazi Jews (110,
915.
by ajju 18y ago
Venture capital funds (which is what YC is very very roughly) don't do IPOs because a public company has to produce returns every quarter with some degree of regularity and VC returns are always very very skewed. I can bet YC will never d
916.
by ajju 18y ago
The problem is, Sequoia or Ron Conway need to have heard about the startup for them to call it. By investing in this fund, they not only get to hear about it before others but also get to monitor each as it grows, find out more about the co
917.
by ajju 18y ago
* YC gets: - $2M more to invest in startups (more money can't hurt and they clearly enjoy what they do) - Sequoia investing in YC makes YC that much more trustworthy in the eyes of a lot of potential investees and potential acquirers of the
918.
by ajju 18y ago
Ironically, that's the point of this event. They don't have anything ready, they just want to tell people what's coming. If they tell you now, their precious event will be pointless.
919.
by ajju 18y ago
Thank you! Got the mail. I'll write up my question(s) today evening and email you.
920.
by ajju 18y ago
I worked in a company where the VP of Engineering didn't report to the CTO. It made some sense because the CTO mostly directed the 6 months into the future vision of the company (next features, next product). This worked ok because the CTO
921.
by ajju 18y ago
Fair enough. I too am optimistic about people's ability to change (and mine as well) but I have found that it is usually very gradual, in the order of years. Once in a while though, some major catalyst materializes in life and changes one r
922.
by ajju 18y ago
Hi micks56, I would like to ask someone who has a grounding in both law and technology some questions not directly related to this discussion but to software for lawyers in general. Your profile doesn't have an email ID. Care to email me at
923.
by ajju 18y ago
This can be uber useful for a lot of stuff. We developed something functionally very similar to detect image spam at my $employer a couple of years ago. Good stuff.
924.
by ajju 18y ago
To me, the insulting nature of your comment stemmed not from the economic status of Nigeria as a poor country (or the skin color of its residents) but the fact that you were jokingly implying the OP was involved in something illegal. A joke
925.
by ajju 18y ago
With people (by which I assume you mean co-founders or colleagues), being resourceful usually means finding out what is important to them in life and in that moment. Then you shouldn't have to push them very much (or at all) to get things d
926.
by ajju 18y ago
Regarding: "I'm pathologically optimistic about people's ability to change." I am very interested in finding out if this optimism is based (somewhat empirically) on your experiences or is more of an intuitive belief based on your general o
927.
by ajju 18y ago
If you read the angel investing article as an entrepreneur, it is hard to miss pg's one recommendation to potential investors on how to pick good entrepreneurs: it is to pick those who are the opposite of hapless. I have been thinking about
928.
by ajju 18y ago
Your being down voted has little to do with political correctness. You insulted the OP and the comment wasn't even funny.
929.
by ajju 18y ago
To inject some UGA bashing into this discussion at the cost of sounding even more classist, at the very least Shotput is Georgia Tech. UGA is considered pejorative around here ;)
930.
by ajju 18y ago
Go shotput!

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