babar

7 ms·

31.
by babar 16y ago
Short on details, and I thought the speculation on transferring the user info to a NoSQL solution sounds naive, but interesting to get a peek into the internal operations at a large enterprise. I think I want to go validate some of our dat
32.
Details on the Oracle failure at JPMorgan Chase(dbms2.com)
66 points by babar 16y ago|24 comments
33.
by babar 16y ago
How is the world average higher than any continent except Europe?
34.
by babar 16y ago
I always thought the difference now between Apple and Google is that Apple is competing through licensing whereas Google is trying to compete through technology. This is what makes people question Apple - refusing Google Voice and Flash th
35.
by babar 16y ago
Leave-behind decks are used in enterprise sales to allow your internal champion to present to their colleagues and superiors to go through whatever process is necessary to move the sales cycle forward. If you can give them the deck using t
36.
by babar 16y ago
How much of that is because of how terrible twitter's visibility into older tweets and search functionality is?
37.
by babar 16y ago
This also makes a very nice list of recommended apps. Please don't lose sight of that aspect once you start getting swamped with requests to add additional tools!
38.
by babar 16y ago
They could be more transparent about their usage of this, since it isn't indicated anywhere on their admin pages, especially for people who may have been using their own affiliate links which are being overwritten. Having a paid version whi
39.
by babar 16y ago
Isn't the classic VC model an expectation of only ~10% real successes, a larger amount break even/moderate success, and about half failures? Although that may be a better success rate than non-funded companies, getting VC is not in any way
40.
by babar 17y ago
I think the best option right now would be to donate the cord blood to a public blood bank if that option is available in your area. That doesn't cost you, and it benefits a child more immediately and helps to advance the research. I thin
41.
How Not to relaunch a website (Pro sports league edition)(fakesigi.com)
1 points by babar 17y ago|0 comments
42.
by babar 17y ago
Incorrect. Incognito mode does not use the search provider's autocomplete results.
43.
by babar 17y ago
Steve Blank had a good post about this, if you want some perspective from someone who has actually dealt with these issues: http://steveblank.com/2009/06/18/epitaph-for-an-entrepreneur...
44.
by babar 17y ago
I think in some fields achieving (c) is almost impossible - the n number needed would be too expensive for most labs working with animal models, for instance. (b) would be interesting, especially if it led to a culture where "failed" resul
45.
by babar 17y ago
I would split theoretical ability and statistical ability into separate skillsets. Having the understanding in the field and the ability to posit reasonable hypotheses to test is very different (at least in most fields!) from having the st
46.
by babar 17y ago
We just set up virtualpbx.com. The web ui is kind of clunky, and the automated text-to-voice for the message is terrible, but it had the options we needed: setting up out toll-free number to be routed to sales and support and send out emai
47.
by babar 17y ago
1. You assume a (fairly) anonymous, amateur source based on a single data point is more unbiased than someone who has devoted most of their lives to collecting data? I totally agree with the movement to make scientific data more open, but
48.
by babar 17y ago
Textfiles in a dropbox folder so they are available on other machines and the iphone if needed.