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by dataker 11y ago
It would "be reasonable" to ban if the alternative was a similar local service (e.g. Baidu vs Google in China). The alternative here was an outdated SMS communication (telecoms in Brazil are so terrible they make Verizon look good
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by dataker 11y ago
Interestingly, Fitch downgraded Brazil's Debt to junk yesterday. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/057c1240-a40f-11e5-b73f-95454... Anti-technology culture tells a lot about an economy, group or nation
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by dataker 11y ago
Funny parallel with this thread from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10539100 Despite what the 'Valley evangelists' will say(e.g., Thiel, Andreessen,...), innovation can happen anywhere in the worl
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by dataker 11y ago
Honestly, this is a sad thread, showing many US ideological biases in presumedly intelligent people. Many pseudo-libertarians want to use central-planning to determine wages(!) of foreigners while criticizing the minimum wage.
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by dataker 11y ago
Because the total equity+salary package might have a future value that is much greater than say $200k. Plus, the question really is 'why not?'. Access to H-1Bs could foster early growth in startups and, in the long-term, increase
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by dataker 11y ago
That would only benefit companies like IBM, Microsoft, etc. Startups wouldn't be able to afford such high salaries (many rely on equity or even founding engineers). Software engineers that work in startups are different from the corpor
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by dataker 11y ago
This shows how the TPP could've been something great. Sure, TPP uses the power of governments to impose interest of certain corporations. In the other hand, TPP gradually weakens national governments by limiting their power over the in
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by dataker 11y ago
>Showing source code to anybody (government or end user) does not make you loose your rights to that source code or the compiled application. You lose control over your own property. That's enough. Similar to police officers enterin
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by dataker 11y ago
>YC’s partners seem surprisingly uninterested in money, or competitive threats. There are hundreds of other “accelerators” worldwide that have replicated YC’s investment and training philosophy, but none with its brand or its record
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by dataker 11y ago
A degree usually won't "diminish" you chances, but you spend a lot of time studying. One of the most beautiful concepts in Finance is Future Value: 1$ a year from now doesn't have the same as value as it does right now.
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by dataker 11y ago
It's really easy to be agains't utilitarian trends in higher education when: 1) your parents have money 2) you are lucky/skilled enough to make a living off a Humanities degree Most people are not like that and a Humanities d
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by dataker 11y ago
UXUXUX... is also a feature of many open source alternatives.
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A Major Netflix Competitor Is Down and Perhaps Out(forbes.com)
4 points by dataker 11y ago|1 comments
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by dataker 11y ago
Analogous to 'write concise and clean code' ?
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by dataker 11y ago
Another missing 'variable' in the cost of living is taxation. Either income or sales taxes do add up in this calculation.
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by dataker 11y ago
Assuming they'll IPO is a pretty bold statement.
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by dataker 11y ago
A more private DOES
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Silicon Valley boycotting Modi constitutes 'economic war against India'(firstpost.com)
2 points by dataker 11y ago|0 comments
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by dataker 11y ago
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Political Reporters Cover a Business Candidate(blog.dilbert.com)
9 points by dataker 11y ago|1 comments
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by dataker 11y ago
His comment doesn't represent someone 'highly technical, unable to get out of their technical bias'. In fact, a 'sales guy' or a banker could have shared a similar opinion. You don't need to be 'highly tec
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by dataker 11y ago
I don't what dimension of left-right you have, but no one that supports individual freedom would fundamentally support the idea that a government can take your business away if you hire a specific person. It's not the individual e
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by dataker 11y ago
Why would anyone support this? If you're in the left and believe in equality, it's disgusting. If you're in the right an believe in freedom, it's disgusting.
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by dataker 11y ago
'Terrible planning' ends up being 'too much planning'. In the end, Venezuelans were certainly trying to 'have the right plan' and 'build a better Venezuela', but because of the complexity of the econo
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by dataker 11y ago
History has proven how destructive central planning and government intervention is. Yet, most would find such claim to be debatable or even unacceptable.
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by dataker 11y ago
> Google is fast. General Motors is slow. Startups are fast. Big companies are slow
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by dataker 11y ago
For having an idea on numbers/countries, these are good references: http://www.treasury.gov/ticdata/Publish/mfh.txt http://www.treasury.gov/ticdata/Publish/mfhhis01.txt
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by dataker 11y ago
Now, what if other countries, especially emerging markets, followed the same pattern? It would probably not be harmless.
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by dataker 11y ago
It might seem weird for young adults, but many 60+ would believe it's a quite useful and easy 404.
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by dataker 11y ago
The website's color: red, yellow and purple. It's obviously a humorous reference.

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