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by cedricd 14y ago
If you've only applied I'd say the wrong way is to cold-call them. The best way is to reach out through your network -- you really should get an intro through someone who knows you. If you do get accepted and want advice for the interview t
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by cedricd 14y ago
Interestingly photographers have known about the effects of cold on li-ion batteries for a long time. It's common to keep your batteries close to your body to keep them warm when shooting on cold days.
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by cedricd 14y ago
What's the deal with this? "I exited the freeway, hoping that the lower-speed rural road driving would allow more regenerative braking and would extend the range. I got a little "credit" by coasting and hovering on the brake pedal" Is there
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by cedricd 14y ago
Does it bother anyone else that Inc got the story wrong? I thought they were supposed to be somewhat journalistic .It took me < 30 sec on the site to find out that Buy.com had been bought by the Rakuten group. The post author is suggest
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by cedricd 14y ago
The data looks to be way way off. I looked at salaries in NY. There were several software developer jobs with salaries in the 1.6M range. Looking at the result set it looked like everything could be off by 10x. I can't see the site now to g
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by cedricd 14y ago
The math is missing another important point: "Given that your stock options are valued at the current company valuation" That's a bad assumption for an employee. The current valuation is for what investors get per share. Keep in mind they h
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by cedricd 14y ago
I'm really hoping this works. Partially because I'm a Netflix subscriber, but mostly because I want HBO, AMC, and Showtime to follow suit eventually. If Netflix shows that they can support a high-profile show with a subscription model, mayb
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by cedricd 14y ago
Here's the relevant clause in the linked page. This seems shady to me. Is it? ---Ownership, Open Source, IP and Your Rights Top 3 Finalists: All finalist teams agree to give the CFDA, its agents or its assignees the right of first refusal t
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Ask HN: Ok for a Hackathon sponsor to own the IP from the hacks?(hackerleague.org)
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by cedricd 14y ago
It's a shame that Quirky would take to the streets like that. It comes off as childish and combative rather than as scrappy and willing to go to bat for their inventors.
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by cedricd 14y ago
If you want to be uncharitable that could apply to 90% of startups that we talk about here. No reason to be dismissive.
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by cedricd 14y ago
No offense, but that answer was wrong in every respect. There's a law that allows the Treasury to mint platinum coins of any denomination. It only mentions platinum. It wouldn't print the way out of the debt crisis. It's just an accounting
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by cedricd 14y ago
How many of these deals are you doing? Just one? And if so once you've got your 50% you'll work on it full-time too?
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Microsoft's online services have a different, user-specific status page
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by cedricd 14y ago
Why not use a service like http://www.imgix.com/ instead?
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by cedricd 14y ago
This post makes a ton of sense. I spent a year traveling in the developing world a couple years back and was literally unable to watch a YouTube clip the entire time. It's amazing what parts of the Internet you can't see the moment you're o
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by cedricd 14y ago
Actually better yet: Why don't doctors spread the flu intentionally? Security companies are also probably staffed by people who genuinely want to stop malware. Protecting people is probably part of their motivation to go to work.
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by cedricd 14y ago
No way. Imagine if they got caught. It'd kill their entire company. How is a little bit of marketing going to be worth that risk? It's almost like asking 'Why don't auto body shops remove stop signs in their area to get more business'?
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Ask HN: How do technical cofounders find teams to join?
1 points by cedricd 14y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Did YC accept anyone without an idea this round?
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by cedricd 14y ago
OpenTok is pretty good and relatively straightforward to include into your site http://www.tokbox.com/
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Bedbugs can be spread via library books(nytimes.com)
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SpaceX Gets its First Military Contract(arstechnica.com)
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by cedricd 14y ago
This will backfire so badly if a porn site wins... Also too bad he didn't do this during the Presidential campaign. He could have been Jason Romney or something.
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by cedricd 14y ago
One interesting point: the tablet has the same CPU as a Macbook Air. It's basically a really tiny ultrabook and should be decently fast. It might actually be really nice with a good keyboard.
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by cedricd 14y ago
Nice... though you don't talk about what the data plan will cost. I assume it's basically like having an iPad with various carriers. But I could see that as a possible issue. Maybe if it could connect to the wifi of my house and send some d
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by cedricd 14y ago
It feels weirder with an iPhone connected. You either see just the iPhone menu or you're in your library. Now that it's almost like two apps with one button to switch between them.
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by cedricd 14y ago
You're so clearly not the customer for this then :). You want a laptop with touchscreen optional. But your comment is illustrative: who really is the customer? When I want to do serious work I want a 13"+ screen and full keyboard. When I w
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by cedricd 14y ago
Really like the look of the landing page btw... nice job.
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by cedricd 14y ago
Maybe start a blog? Lots of sites use this to get traction.

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