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by axiom 15y ago
These are too small (11x17? why wouldn't I just print them at the office?) I just ordered larger versions on vistaprint.
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by axiom 15y ago
Did you even read your own comment? "Almost everything we know about optimal techniques for learning is being applied in real educational institutions. But, not every teacher is as effective at applying them..." I guess my reading comprehen
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by axiom 15y ago
I think what's truly unhelpful if people claiming that everything is fine, while the education system completely fails to meet even the most basic standards of efficacy (while costing a cool trillion dollars a year to run.) At the most basi
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by axiom 15y ago
It's really a shame that almost none of what we know about optimal techniques for learning is being applied in real educational institutions.
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by axiom 15y ago
Looking at the actual research it seems the improvements were typically on the order of 10%. So this isn't going to turn Homer Simpson into Einstein. I wonder how this compares over the long term to just working an extra 20 minutes per day,
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by axiom 15y ago
This whole post is a red herring. Megaupload was also used for legal activities. Awesome. I bet the mafia also did some stuff that was legal. Let's consider the "complexity" this introduces into the act of putting mobsters in jail. Insightf
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by axiom 15y ago
Wait a year. Ubuntu has a very powerful tendency to slowly develop crud and become unusable, until you just need to start from scratch and re-install the OS. Not sure if this has changed, but laptops tend to be a mess with Ubuntu. Things li
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by axiom 15y ago
Waterloo (soon to be Toronto), Ontario Top Hat Monocle ( http://www.tophatmonocle.com ) Looking for amazing web developers (Python, Django, javascript, NodeJs, CSS, HTML.) Also looking for interns (paid of course.) Good pay, meaningful sto
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by axiom 15y ago
Awesome, thanks! Any ETA on those changes?
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by axiom 15y ago
I definitely recognize that SMS is a tough problem, so I sympathize as an engineer. That being said, as a customer I don't care about any of that, I just want it to work. Simple test: send more than 1 message from a phone number in the span
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by axiom 15y ago
The developer experience isn't even the worst of it. Try running some reliability testing. It's mind blowing how bad Tropo is and how many random hidden variables exist in their system.
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by axiom 15y ago
When are they going to get SMS enabled numbers in Canada? I know it's a drop in the bucket, but I will immediately switch over $10k/month in business to them as soon as they do that. The other providers are disastrously bad (yes, that inclu
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by axiom 15y ago
Waterloo (soon to be Toronto), Ontario Top Hat Monocle ( http://www.tophatmonocle.com ) Looking for amazing web developers (Python, Django, javascript, NodeJs, CSS, HTML.) Also looking for interns (paid of course.) Good pay, meaningful stoc
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by axiom 15y ago
What would you think of a company that made someone an offer and a few weeks before the start of the internship said "you know, we actually found someone better so we won't be hiring you after all." Both the company and the employee should
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by axiom 15y ago
This article is totally true, but almost impossible to act on. It's very very hard to differentiate people who have a passion for doing good work and people who just like to play with the latest trendy technology. Especially since the latte
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by axiom 15y ago
Ok let's say they don't re-train. Let's say they just go out and try to find a job as phone sales people (yes, every single person replaced by technology decides to become a sales rep. Bare with me.) What would that do? It would drive down
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by axiom 15y ago
The idea that automation creates unemployment is ancient, and has been debunked over and over. How is it that people don't at least wonder why cars, manufacturing robots, computers etc. etc, haven't lead to mass systemic unemployment, but f
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by axiom 15y ago
This will result in a lot of broken apps in the app store.
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by axiom 15y ago
Top Hat Moncocle ( http://www.tophatmonocle.com ) Waterloo, Ontario We pay for moving expenses for interns. We do interactive classroom technology. You'll get to play with Python, Django, Javascript, NodeJs. The length of the internship is
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by axiom 15y ago
If I'm not mistaken all people did was sign up for a mailing list to receive updates about the course.
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by axiom 15y ago
So the 7M raised was ok for dilution, but that last 1M was just too much to bare? Just because it's in a press release doesn't make it true.
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by axiom 15y ago
I've seen a couple of cases locally where founders took a bunch of money in the A round (specifically I'm thinking of Kik.) I guess I don't have much more than anecdotal evidence though.
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by axiom 15y ago
Every developer at my company owns 2%+. That's just me though, I don't know what inDinero offers but I'm sure it's not too far off.
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by axiom 15y ago
Funny how virtually zero successful startups have followed your model of paying people 100k+ at the beginning (first 1-2 years, pre-series A, or pre-profitability.) Probably just a coincidence though.
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by axiom 15y ago
Oh I missed the 18 months part. I wonder if she meant 80k per year or per 18 months, because if it's the latter then that is pretty low actually. I guess if you're a YC startup then you can attract good talent based on the brand (which is e
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by axiom 15y ago
I think their salaries are 60-65k. Insurance/benefits for 20 something developers at a startup consists of ramen and free pizza on Mondays. That's actually a very reasonable salary and keeps out the guys who are looking to collect fat paych
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by axiom 15y ago
One of the major reasons some of the funding rounds are so big is that a large chunk of the money is going to buy equity directly from the founders rather than going into the company.
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by axiom 15y ago
The problem is not for profit colleges, the problem is guaranteed government loans to anyone who goes to college. This is exactly what happened with the housing bubble. You have a government entity (in the housing case it was Fannie Mae and
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by axiom 15y ago
Sounds like they're just firing her but want to make it less emotionally "unpleasant" so they're calling it the end of her evaluation period. Kind of a lame thing to do.
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by axiom 15y ago
"Airbnb victim"? Really? This is getting out of hand.

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