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by dataker 12y ago
It's really hard to predict how our skills and projects will be used. Whether nuclear energy or a surveillance system, it might be primarily amazing and then be used for unethical purposes. Instead, the technical community should deman
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by dataker 12y ago
In EU, are they prohibited from asking even if it's a matter of national security?
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by dataker 12y ago
Although I'm not American and disapprove many NSA privacy concerns, I can't blame their technical employees: they are choosing a stable high-paying job. Articles like this try to put an ethical burden on analysts while ignoring th
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by dataker 12y ago
I don't know a lot about US law, but I'll try my best as an internet user. As far as I know, the Fed is part of the government and, obviously, enforce its laws. If there's a war on drugs, the Fed will try to control these net
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by dataker 12y ago
This matter is beyond using or selling drugs. The definition of crime is based on a law which isn't necessarily morally right. For example, in my country, discussing LGBT or even marijuana would get you into serious trouble. Hence, as
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by dataker 12y ago
Boring is a dangerous word: who is your subject? For a 'wannabe entrepreneur learning WordPress', anything with more than 50 lines of code is insane. They may be able to build an ecommerce, forum,...., but usually no real value is
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Ask HN: Is it realistic to apply late to YC?
1 points by dataker 12y ago|0 comments
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by dataker 12y ago
I don't think IBM is gonna convince many developers to build applications on top of Watson, as open-source has never been in the top of their list. My gut tells me IBM just needs some independent developers to develop some apps and the
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Google's New CFO Underscores Deep Ties Between Silicon Valley and Wall Street(bloomberg.com)
1 points by dataker 12y ago|0 comments
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by dataker 12y ago
Is it confirmed the Chinese government is behind this? Could it be possible to also be a competing company?
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I've seen thousands of equity crowdfunding platforms and numbers are somewhat alarming. While we have leading platforms(think Angellist), there are many competing WordPress platforms with security and marketing issues. In order to com
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by dataker 12y ago
One certainly cannot axiomatically assert the internet wouldn't be here without the U.S government. Although it has definitely helped, the community programmers and engineers were the `fathers of the internet`. If the government hadn&#
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by dataker 12y ago
A very important premise has been ignored: the consequential government intervention in the economy. That means hundreds of regulations that constitute a barrier for many aspiring entrepreneurs. Living in a welfare state, it took me 7 month
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by dataker 12y ago
Reckless comparison. You can do better.
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by dataker 12y ago
Not really. There's a clear difference between Meerkat and Viagra spam: it had a lot of unproven value. Once people starts to use it, it's usually not a waste of time.
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by dataker 12y ago
That's a serious problem with Twitter and other tech giants: there is no platform without a developer community. Doesn't matter how much you invest, it's not the same drive.
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by dataker 12y ago
Can you blame them? One way or the other, it was probably one of the only strategies available and ended up being successful. Unlike larger companies, they had to solve the chicken-and-egg problem to distribute the product.
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by dataker 12y ago
As a co-founder, how much does 10-15% leave you with?
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by dataker 12y ago
I doubt Slack will take some IRC channels. For many, there's an unique nostalgic charm that ties up a lot of communities. There's a lot more than just frontend design and PR.
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by dataker 12y ago
Sam shows a great attitude that's quite different from many VCs and entrepreneurs. Some are quite dogmatic and won't even discuss the possibility of a bubble. If you ever question it, you're taken as old-fashioned, ignorant a
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by dataker 12y ago
Although I loved the open-source initiative, I'd be wary while taking it as a framework.
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by dataker 12y ago
Not really, but pragmatism, rather than idealism, would be a better idea. Most of the time, people believe in ludicrous promises and take the candidate as a just and incorruptible individual. One would be better off looking at what candidat
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by dataker 12y ago
Brazil
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by dataker 12y ago
The only thing one can do is let the market takes care of itself. In my country(Brazil), unemployment rate is fairly low( ~5% )and the government loves to brag about it. Most of these jobs are 'artificial' in a way the government
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by dataker 12y ago
There are geographical differences. Once in the South, I was fine just with an online receipt. Another time, going from LA to SF, I had to buy another ticket because my name was misspelled(seriously).
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by dataker 12y ago
Spot on. I still believe the beauty of the project is that it's open-sourced, so our community of developers would be able to make wiser choices for the country. Infinitely better than corrupted politicians.
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by dataker 12y ago
As a Brazilian, I find this initiative to be extremely important. However, I've recently seen 'democratic' videos urging for a military dictatorship. Millions of Facebook users shared the message and ~1M people protested last
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by dataker 12y ago
All you need is a base of inviolable principles on a moral basis of respect, peace, etc. How one would get there is a good question.
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Hello Sam, Amid a never-ending war between anti-AI and pro-AI , you've recently shown strong positions( http://blog.samaltman.com/machine-intelligence-part-1 ) about it. As an 'AI applicant', I can't stop
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by dataker 12y ago
They couldn't wait a day? http://gizmodo.com/china-finally-admits-it-has-an-army-of-ha...

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