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The Untold Story of Google’s Quest to Bring the Internet Everywhere—By Balloon(wired.com)
1 points by cynusx 13y ago|0 comments
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by cynusx 13y ago
I can imagine him being torn on his priorities here, at the very least the Hyperloop project would drain some of his core engineering group which might not be in the best interest of tesla or spaceX. It will take a real entrepreneur to deri
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by cynusx 13y ago
Traction is the most important for web startups because technology is not the limiting factor. There are a lot of teams out there that can build whatever. The problem is mostly reduced to market-risk. Traction is a big signal that market ri
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by cynusx 13y ago
looks like the bangladeshi government wants to tap new sources of revenue by taking over successful businesses, textbook political corruption.
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by cynusx 13y ago
it means you make a list of 20 companies (existing, real companies) that you think would be your perfect customer. This is a very good tip as it helps you focus resources. The biggest benefit is that you define the characteristics of your c
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by cynusx 13y ago
I second this experience. There are lots of 3-6 month contracts in London and it took me a week to get an offer for one. If you're confident in your skillset and interview well then there's no risk in jumping but have a buffer (3 months' li
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by cynusx 13y ago
Yes! especially if you sell hardware to customers and then make a mistake... I've bought a nexus 4 with 16G and received one with 8G and google hasn't responded to any of my emails.
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by cynusx 14y ago
tl;dr employers will like you if you tie all your compensation with performance. For some positions this is a good thing when you have control over the outcome and you're confident you're upto par. Sales and trading for example are good are
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by cynusx 14y ago
Since nobody here said it, if you ever happen in this situation were management dodges accountability for their actions or doesn't understand they are accountable. then there are two options. 1. Stay: dissociate yourself from the work and t
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by cynusx 14y ago
ship it and write up a janitor card to clean it up. pick up the janitor cards when you're low energy or waiting on somebody else.
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by cynusx 14y ago
machine learning in general is a domain for specialists, it won't most of the time if you don't know what you are doing. As for a small market, I disagree. there may be few people who understand it but these are the ones that are put in cha
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by cynusx 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - London,UK - on-site only Ruby contractor and full-stack developer. If your product is web-based then I am confident I can built it for you regardless of the complexity. nicolas@noverloop.be http://noverloop.be
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by cynusx 14y ago
This post completely neglects the part where data scientists derive statistical models from large sets of data in order to use them for classification, clustering or prediction purposes. Describing data science as advanced applied accountin
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by cynusx 14y ago
legally they operate as entrepreneurs providing services for customers sourced through a website. This exempts them from many of the worker protections. However, at least in Belgium this kind of micro-entrepreneurship is actively discourage
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Is going solo a good idea?(jindoulee.com)
2 points by cynusx 14y ago|0 comments
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by cynusx 14y ago
It's more friendly as a visitor coming in is already standing and so is whoever greets him when he comes in.
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by cynusx 14y ago
I just fire up irb these days
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by cynusx 14y ago
object recognition? As in, point out object X in this image.
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by cynusx 14y ago
I was toying with ideas for home automation systems before I discovered that the risk/reward curve for internet based businesses is pretty neat. I do remember that home automation systems usually are the lowest priority while building a new
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by cynusx 14y ago
I am glad paypal is taking steps to address their UX problems, it should be a major priority if they ever want to reach regular uneducated folks.
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by cynusx 14y ago
engineering resources are precious, diverting one team-member to train a new team member is time-consuming and will render two engineers non-productive. Compare this to somebody who already knows the technology used, you can explain the bas
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by cynusx 14y ago
1. Congratulations! 2. I don't get how it works from staring at the homepage I don't get it after the tour, the thing I am missing is...how does it benefit me from what I understand after studying it (normal users don't do this) the product
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by cynusx 14y ago
It would be a good buy if they give the potential buyer a time window of 18 months to work out an alternative customer acquisition channel. Immediate separation will hurt it significantly and sortfolio will not be able to recover when the o
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by cynusx 14y ago
Dealsferret.com is built out of personal frustration with daily deals emails. I designed it to only email you deals that match. Ideally you will receive exactly 1 email from dealsferret and that one will contain a link to the deal you want.
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Show HN: Google alert for daily deals(dealsferret.com)
12 points by cynusx 14y ago|5 comments
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by cynusx 14y ago
congratulations!
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by cynusx 14y ago
The value proposition of the site when you visit rankique.com is not clear enough. Changing the headline to "Track products and get notified when the price drops" and making the headline bigger will help a bit. Driving traffic to the site m
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by cynusx 15y ago
While I understand remote workers participate less in building the corporate culture, there is no reason you can't have talented developers work for you and supplement your team if you expand your hiring scope to include freelancers or remo
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by cynusx 15y ago
SEEKING WORK (Belgium, remote and willing to relocate for long-term contracts) As a full-stack developer I have built products from scratch to finish and have experience with mobile web (iphone,android,BB), fine databases (mongdb,neo4j,redi
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by cynusx 15y ago
Oh nice,I didn't knew there was a term for heads-down company-building. Pushing out distractions is just a side-effect of reaching ambitious goals such as building product/business so you shouldn't apologize for it imo.

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