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by chadash 8y ago
> it'll be about as effective as going to a confessional, or complaining to your bartender. It'll be less effective. Chances are you will never need the bartender as a future reference. In fact, I'd recommend that the OP
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by chadash 8y ago
I think their biggest innovation is making devices where everything just works. Look no further than any two year old who has been exposed to an iPad to see that their interfaces are super-intuitive. Plus, unlike most manufactures, they con
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by chadash 8y ago
This story is pretty creepy, but at this point, people need to own up to the idea that weak passwords and passwords that are re-used across sites are going to be compromised at some point [1]. There's nothing Nest can really do about t
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by chadash 8y ago
small, but useful feature is that you can now use keywords quit or exit to exit the psql command line. Helpful change for those of us who forget that the only current command is "\q". EDIT: ctrl+D also works, just be careful n
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by chadash 8y ago
If you want 32gb of RAM, it's not an option, but I recently bought a Lenovo Carbon X1 laptop and it's really great [1]. I used to develop on a 2015 Macbook Pro, which was a fantastic computer, but I don't like the new ones as
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by chadash 8y ago
The default in California is not to enforce non-competes, but there are exceptions [1]. The default in other states is to enforce them, but there are exceptions [2]. [1] For example, if I sell you my business and agree to sign a non-com
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by chadash 8y ago
In the past 5 years, Amazon's stock has gone up almost 6X. Anyone who got paid in RSUs almost certainly made out well. But, as Amazon points out in their statement, past results are no guarantee for stock performance going forward. I c
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by chadash 8y ago
From a technical perspective, you're probably not breaking new ground here. The main things you'll need are ease-of-use and good marketing. There are existing companies that do this and make it fairly easy to get up and running, s
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by chadash 8y ago
It likely has to do with your IP address. Two possibilities that I can think of: 1) You are all on a VPN that's hosted at AWS or another cloud provider. Google assumes you to be a bot based on the IP address being in a data center. 2)
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by chadash 8y ago
There's a kmart (which is owned by Sears and therefore in the same situation) near my old office and it's downright depressing to go in there. The lighting isn't bright enough, the store is run with a skeleton staff and every
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by chadash 8y ago
I'm not sure I understand what's going on here and the article doesn't really explain. What does it mean that they are "using your 2FA phone number"? It doesn't seem like they are texting ads to people. Are the
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by chadash 8y ago
This advice seems kind of crazy to me. I think you want someone who is proven in some skill-set, just not necessarily the exact one you are hiring for [1]. In software engineering, many skills are easily picked up. If you know C++, Java pro
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by chadash 8y ago
> "This is just a power law thing" Yes, every group of companies is going to have some winners and some losers. But VCs and (even more so) accelerators operate in a space where the power law produces a curve that is especiall
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by chadash 8y ago
The environmental impact, sure, but there's also a "keeping up with the Joneses" factor. If people don't flaunt their status, other people won't feel as pressured to either. I once heard a very wealthy guy complain
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by chadash 8y ago
And this is why Y Combinator may not be right for your startup. The 100 billion dollars of valuation listed on YC's website may not be up to date, but it's clear that the top 10% of companies make up the overwhelming majority of t
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by chadash 8y ago
> "Also, podcasting doesn’t really have an established way of measuring success that advertisers can get comfortable with, apart from just tracking raw downloads." What's wrong with tracking raw downloads? This seems lik
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by chadash 8y ago
Generally hotels will run with a skeleton staff.
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by chadash 8y ago
Some recycling practices I've come across: Michigan - All soft drinks (and similar beverages) carry a $0.10 fee a the point of sale that you recoup when you recycle them. A few states seem to do $0.05, but at $0.10 people seem to start
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by chadash 8y ago
The article (I think) correctly points out that offices are distracting places and have gotten even more so with the advent of open offices. But this bold headline is misleading. The article doesn't actually give any proof that remote
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by chadash 8y ago
In investment banking, the career path is generally: Analyst (college graduate - 3 years) Associate (3 - ~6 years) Vice President (~6 - 8+) Executive Director Managing Director There are exceptions at every level, but generally speaking, yo
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by chadash 8y ago
Just to clarify, there is no law that I know of prohibiting car traffic on yom kippur in Tel Aviv. However, since this is the most important holiday of the year, even many Israelis who don't celebrate other holidays will celebrate th
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by chadash 8y ago
> “Changes in our workforce are about skills, not age,” Ed Barbini, a spokesman for IBM said in an emailed statement. I'm assuming this is just an excuse and it has more to do with the fact that their older workers have higher sal
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by chadash 8y ago
So you're saying that if I have a business meeting in Canada but love and work in the United States, that I owe taxes in Canada? I've never heard of this. In any case, I can't imagine Canada going after you for a few days of
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by chadash 8y ago
I'm Jewish and I observe the sabbath. It's quite a liberating experience that the whole world aught to experience. It's a time when I sleep better knowing that I can't turn on my phone or check my email. I eat great sit-
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by chadash 8y ago
> The first generic drug approved gets 6 months of exclusivity where no other generic drug can be approved by the FDA. Not quite. The first patent that files a lawsuit challenging a patent on the non-generic drug and wins said lawsui
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by chadash 8y ago
I'd expand those recommendations a little bit: - Exercise regularly - Eat a variety of fruits and veggies - Don't overeat, especially junk food (we can argue over which foods are good or bad for you, but a lot of our diets consist
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by chadash 8y ago
> "The research group also looked at the impact of probiotics after a course of antibiotics, which wipe out both good and bad bacteria. Their trial on 46 people, also in the journal Cell, showed it led to delays in the normal healt
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by chadash 8y ago
> "Amazon was for selling books online when relatively few people used the internet. Google was a search engine in a landscape crowded with search engines that weren’t themselves gigantic businesses. Ebay was for selling beanie bab
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by chadash 8y ago
> As far as I know, Elasticsearch has no headquarters or offices in The Netherlands. According to their contact page, their European headquarters are in Amsterdam ( https://www.elastic.co/contact ), so they do seem to h
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by chadash 8y ago
I used to put together deal documents similar to this when I worked in finance. It was literally my job to think about potential risks and then list them out. "Hey boss, this investment has possible earthquake risk, but that seems ve

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