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Ask HN: AWS & EC2 how to calculate for raising finance?
11 points by chris_dcosta 14y ago|6 comments
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
"Either way, you dont want to work with people who you cannot communicate with." Don't agree with this at all. There will always be non-technicians who you have to communicate with. If you can't express what it is you need to communicate in
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
This sounds alright in principle, but I could be shooting myself in the foot for later - I hate to go down on rate ever so setting the bar higher is probably not the answer. I take the sentiment though.
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Ask HN: You're a founder, do you ignore recruiters?
6 points by chris_dcosta 14y ago|8 comments
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Sadly this is exactly the reason why the patent system is broken in the US. You appear to have prior art that is in the public domain, two things that alone would mean that the patent should never have been granted in the first place. As yo
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
You will find out sooner or later that having an understanding of coding and technology, is indispensable when it comes to: a) briefing tech people a) creating functional specs a) creating technical specs b) managing tech projects c) testin
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
There is some discussion in science about us already being in such a world, and how it could be observed. This is a radio clip from the BBC briefly outlining work that is already being done to test the theory. It requires build simulator
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Just ask. "Do you want to learn how to program a computer?" was all it took for my nephew (9) to start.
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Yep - but I challenge you to determine that from the sharing dialogue.
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
See my reply to @nodata. Accept that this functionality exists - but because of the way it is implemented it is not clear when you do this that you are not doing the same thing. Reading the docs after you have found out that your security i
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Nope. The button to copy the link is in the same dialogue as the one you use to invite specific people. Given there is a distinction between the security of invited as opposed to just shared this same dialogue is not clear that there is a d
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Yes that's my point. It seems to undermine the idea of security. I'd rather have that functionality limited in someway that makes it clear that you are making the folder "public" and no longer private.
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
clickable https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hp1cxs474rm5fpn/PadV8OneIS
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Ask HN: Dropbox security bug?
5 points by chris_dcosta 14y ago|10 comments
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Nice answer - but I don't think that's what he was asking. I think the suggestion was that he's got his code secure on external services - so what is there to lose?
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Will it only install on 10.7 or is it that it hasn't been tested on earlier versions of OS X?
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
I think you are mixing far too many issues - but that comes from your lack of qualified advice, and obvious lack of understanding about what company is. What you haven't specified is if you are concerned about the cost of hiring the equipme
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Sorry to have posted this but it nearly made me vomit. We are truly at the end of days.
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SAP is truly uncool.(youtube.com)
1 points by chris_dcosta 14y ago|1 comments
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
don't agree. you could say this about radio. what the writer doesn't get is that spotify is not isolated. it's one of many sources of income that operate at a scale that was unachievable before. I find it funny that people still don't get w
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
I laughed when I saw this. I've come across my fair share of freeloaders. What gets me is that they never ever see it like "you do the work for nothing, you take all the risk, and I reap half of everything you earn, and if you don't make a
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
"If you have something positive to say, it's often vapid or redundant" ... it doesn't have to be. I have a singer friend who works on a huge variety of projects, some "good", some "bad", but there is always something positive to say about
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Ask HN: When do I know I have a scalability problem?
1 points by chris_dcosta 14y ago|0 comments
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Is it possible to do transaction processing using node.js and a noSQL db?(stackoverflow.com)
1 points by chris_dcosta 14y ago|0 comments
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
A business plan by its very nature is a document that is meant to be distributed to interested parties. If you are talking about the fundamental mechanisms of how the thing actually works, then that is a different matter. No company on eart
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
People like this piss me off - and I agree it diminishes the other founder(s?) positions if not technically then at least in perception. I know you should probably talk to him/her, but if they are this arrogant you are likely only to get th
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Now, that's a really good idea. But... on the flipside I just wonder where the incentive would be for people to eventually remove the ads.
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
wouldn't this be like orange.com (a UK telecoms provider) trying to stop apple.com from using the domain?
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Bizarrely I listen to Alphawaves http://itunes.apple.com/be/app/alphamind-alpha-brainwave/id3... It keeps me really focused for extended periods.
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by chris_dcosta 14y ago
Totally agree. A lesson in life however is that you will meet people with real potential, who just never make use of it. For a long time I had a couple of friends who I tried to encourage to make use of their talented lives, but in the end

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