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by benreyes 16y ago
What is this built in? And does it use any Open Source libraries. I know that you can do facial tracking in OpenFrameworks.
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by benreyes 16y ago
I've been to MiniBar a handful of times, and I'm not really keen on it. It's a really noisy venue and you can't hear the speakers. Great if you want to have a drink and general chit-chat. My advice with Minibar is to meet or go with people
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by benreyes 16y ago
Also take a look at Lanyrd http://lanyrd.com/places/london/ My advice with the London tech scene is be wary when you go to too many events and not spend enough time building. Try to be selective after a while. Read this post in TechCrunch
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by benreyes 16y ago
Though I think some of the thinking given to millenial-generation kids in making them think that they can be what ever they want to be for example an astronaut, is still useful. It's just most people forget about it or give up on that think
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by benreyes 16y ago
Every month so far.
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by benreyes 16y ago
I find this interesting, because is it wise to apply to YC with an idea and face rejection or keep building and working on your product until you meet the common sets of attributes that YC looks for in founders. Thus making a better first i
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Venture Hacks watches your copy and pastes(benreyes.posterous.com)
3 points by benreyes 16y ago|0 comments
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by benreyes 16y ago
Not everything has to be solving a direct problem, secondary benefits have to considered. Let's take Dailybooth (YC Summer 09)which was mentioned in this article. Whilst the creator may have just created the site because it sounded like a "
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by benreyes 16y ago
Seems like Tinker.it are just trying to drum up interest in the Arduino and to get more people talking about it. I can't really fault them as some people may be exposed to the open source electronics prototyping platform from the chatter, t
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by benreyes 16y ago
Personally I think the whole eHarmony model is dead (or dying). I'm interested in people's social interactions and how that is changing with new people growing up with no digital prejudices against technology. I believe social networking re
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by benreyes 16y ago
Glad to see SoftLayer are still on top of things. I used them when they first launched and the guys from The Planet moved over as I used to run a shared web hosting business.
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Ask HN: How much time do you split between learning and doing?
3 points by benreyes 16y ago|1 comments
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by benreyes 16y ago
I have to admit I use Coda too as a developer. I have tried other text editors but have found Coda to have a really nice UI.
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by benreyes 16y ago
Personally I'd take a look at where it does well on certain Google search terms and then try to build and scrape data from other websites that you could use (legally of-course) like pull in twitter feeds or Wikipedia articles from DBpedia.
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by benreyes 16y ago
Amazon EC2/S3 has servers in europe (Ireland). Though it's a litte bit more expensive. Also I've met the guys from Flexiant.com/Flexiscale ( http://www.flexiant.com/products/flexiscale/ ) at FOWA:London years ago. Not sure how they deliver.