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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Los Angeles http://www.leads360.com OpenVBX Developer | Short-term, remote-friendly, US citizen only http://engineering.leads360.com/post/12202543481/openvbx-dev... Front-End UI/UX Engineer | Full-time, on-site, H1B-friendly http://eng
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Old pages are valuable since the quality of discussion is very high here. I, for example, did a search on "NYC" and read all the discussions (pros and cons) of doing a startup in NYC vs SF and, just in general, life for a hacker in NYC vs
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
A company that I worked at did this: Started as a consulting company. Made one-off web apps for businesses in a particular industry. Realized a pattern in what these businesses wanted. Built a generic web app product. Sold the product to (
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
and never hit a cap Unless they throttle high-bandwidth users.
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Or parking your car on the tracks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Glendale_train_crash
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Blogspam. Actual article: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/artificial-leaf-0930.html Source Paper: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/09/28/science.1...
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Supposedly at every design step where it's applicable Elon has opted to make everything as ready for Mars as possible. Absolutely correct. I got that vibe from all employees I listened to yesterday. The underlying motivation of the compan
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
They want their craft to be able to land on any surface. Two of their chief product values are modularity and versatility. I toured SpaceX HQ just yesterday and saw this video (or some of it). The employee presenting said that landing on M
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Ha. Yep. And in Thailand they serve broccoli pies[1] and corn pies. Weird! :) [1] http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228089_101002...
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Verizon, AT&T introduce new prepaid plans(appleinsider.com)
2 points by billpaetzke 15y ago|1 comments
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Did you get a Texas driver's license to replace your California one?
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
You're right. That's a big drop in 40 minutes. Someone's listening :) But if you click nearby properties, they're still mostly around $1700 for private rooms. In contrast, on craigslist, I can easily find private rooms for $750 in the same
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Agreed. Prices are way high! Here's a private room for rent in LA for $1749. That is a private room in a 2-bed apt. I guarantee you that 2-bed is about $1749 total/month. In essence, you're paying double what you should. http://www.airbn
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Why Apple Products Start with 'i'(6pkcode.com)
3 points by billpaetzke 15y ago|3 comments
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
There is no official Apple retail store in South Korea--only resellers. This may be part of the reason, too.
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
At my job, chat (via IM client) is urgent and email is (a little) less urgent. This makes a lot of sense to me. If I want to not bother someone, I'll send them an email. If I want to bother someone, I'll IM them. Is there something special
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
and the iBook Store is probably much large now than the kindle store Maybe it is, but the iBook store is sorely lacking in programming books compared to Amazon (from my experience). I'm guessing there's a lot of other technical books they
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
The Amazon Judging Panel will judge the qualified Entries using the following judging criteria: (a) implementation and integration of the Paid Services; (b) originality and creativity; (c) likelihood of long-term success and scalability; an
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Not sure, but StackOverflow Careers is a good place to look: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs?searchTerm=&locati...
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Air conditioners and automobiles--isolating Americans from each other.
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
They're using the forum to announce changes: http://groups.google.com/group/iterm2-discuss?pli=1
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
C#, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Just FYI, we are hiring ex-Myspace developers at Leads360. We've hired four ex-Myspacers in the past six months. Our technology stack is similar, so the learning curve is only slight. And we have lots of interesting and challenging projects
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Just FYI, we are hiring ex-Myspace developers at Leads360. We've hired four ex-Myspacers in the past six months. Our technology stack is similar, so the learning curve is only slight. And we have lots of interesting and challenging project
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
#2 is not an issue for Tesla or Toyota. There are no rare-earth materials inside Tesla's motors [1]. Toyota is also using Tesla's common-earth motors [2]. [1] http://www.autoobserver.com/2010/10/tesla-opens-rd-labs-and-... [2] http://alt
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
This is all good info. Thanks. You should put your email, website, or twitter in the "about" section in your profile. I'm sure people would like to learn with you.
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
Could you give more detail on your health insurance--what you have now, and some other ones you're considering?
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
It's stranger because you only receive words instead of both words and tones. Communication is 7% words, 38% tone, 55% body language [1]. With the phone, you get 45%. With chat, only 7%. [1] http://www.bodylanguageexpert.co.uk/communicati
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
This is true for any time you're explaining something--technical or not. You begin by engaging the listener/reader--giving them context, piquing interest, making them care. Often times you can do this in one sentence: are you X? Do you use
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by billpaetzke 15y ago
ING direct was sold to Capital One last week. Wow. That's the first I heard of the news. A quick Google News search shows many ING customers (like myself) are upset. This could be a boon for BankSimple. If Capital One botches the ING expe

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