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by atirip 15y ago
No they are not. Finnish company is subject to Finnish laws and Finnish laws only. If they produce something in Finland, then only valid Finnish patents are their concern. US Patents are not valid for Rovio in Finland. Now. If and when thei
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by atirip 15y ago
The key difference is that MS _started_ to act like this when they achieved monopoly status, but Apple has behaved, in iOS context, consistently from the very beginning. You cannot demand Apple to allow preloading something when they are mo
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by atirip 15y ago
First, you can easily leave old company behind and establish a new, clean one, transfering all assets. Second you can have a separate company (like an agent) for doing business in US. Third, why do you need, as a software company, to do any
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by atirip 15y ago
Why not incorporate in Europe? Ireland, like Google? Software patent problem solved.
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by atirip 15y ago
Ok, everybody can do the math: 1) What it is: "The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for gli
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by atirip 16y ago
I find it hard to believe (me included) that anybody capable of having hacker news account is qualified to discuss about "normal peoples" computer usage.
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by atirip 16y ago
Most durable interconnects have, by design, poor usability - they are bulky, big (also by diameter), too stiff, etc.
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by atirip 16y ago
"And as soon as people realize that it’s possible to sign a document without printing it out first, they’ll abandon their fax machines. The only question is which software or service they’ll use instead." What question is this? Of course th
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by atirip 16y ago
So you take pictures of others at their free time and publish them without consent to the world and call it social? I call it paparazzi. Isn't paparazzi one of the most admired and respected profession? :-)
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by atirip 16y ago
Once upon a time I was working with a minority programmer. I wrote the majority of all code and he wrote minority of all code. I do remember that his variable names where odd and didn't bond well with mine, hence major problems.
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by atirip 16y ago
Isn't there something more "industry-changing" than offering your products & services at harakiri discount to the gang of cheapskates? I mean really. Is there more than utter desperation of doing this. I understand that advertising come
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by atirip 16y ago
I don't know, for me it is a weird story of someone desperately seeking acceptance of his fetish named Paul Graham (in the text he mentions PG sixteen(!) times by name) and now his suffering is come to an end. Sincere congratulations, thoug
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by atirip 16y ago
But you already have that what I want. You collect everything (?) and then filter out the trendy ones. Now do the opposite - show me everything minus trendy.
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by atirip 16y ago
Actually I would need exact the opposite - a tool that would get rid of all "hot and trendy", simply because I have no problem whatsoever of finding them. For example right now I would really appreciate if I somehow could clean my twitter f
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by atirip 16y ago
That's a "burning platform". The correct solution to this kind of problem is government backed centralized system for all doctors. Like in Estonia: http://eng.e-tervis.ee/overview.html . Sooner or later all countries will have this kind o
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by atirip 16y ago
It works that way in Estonia, that all the doctors are _forced_ to use that system, which results to a wonderful thing where _every_ doctor has access to _all_ data there is about you - so when you lie unconcius on the street, 911 knows all
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by atirip 16y ago
That's another "burning platform" in a week from YC (the other one was that fax-in-a-browser thing). The correct solution to this kind of problem is government backed centralized system. Like in Estonia: http://eng.e-tervis.ee/overview.htm
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by atirip 16y ago
I'm the only one who thinks AirBnB business practices are shady? To adverise netto price and hide their free until the very end and then smack it to the total just before you book is fucking disgrace, it's unethical, shady and disgusting bu
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by atirip 16y ago
Watching TV is social, I rarely do this alone. Surfing Web is private, I rarely do this in company. So they will not come together ever. Take alcohol - wine and beer are mostly social, while cognac is mostly private. Does it seem inevitable
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by atirip 16y ago
Really? My experience with David, the "Talent Geek" was the exact opposite. I recommend avoiding him when dealing with hackfwd.
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by atirip 16y ago
There's at least 2 things one should consider: - it's tranched deal - they get 27% up front(!) and invest, in 4 tranches. Some think that's A Very Bad Thing for the founders: http://cdixon.org/2009/08/15/the-problem-with-tranched-vc-in...
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by atirip 16y ago
This therad disagrees: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=801503
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by atirip 16y ago
Nevertheless, you kick ass. You are from Europe (me too), from "secondary" country (me too), one founder (me too), you did make it to the interview (I didn't).
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by atirip 16y ago
Dropbox is AFAIK a one founder company. Go figure.
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by atirip 16y ago
It depends. What I have learned is that every professional can and will give advice and derail bad developments. This is not a problem at all. The problem is that sometimes you absolutely need to do something and then you need somebody who
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by atirip 16y ago
Put him in uncomfortable situation and tell him to do something you expect he really loathes, something what just sometimes "needs to be done, no matter what". If he balks or talks too much, he's not a professional. Example? Give photograph
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by atirip 16y ago
3,5% milk