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10 very good reasons to stop using JavaScript(leaseweb.com)
2 points by e2e4 10y ago|2 comments
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The End of Reflection(nytimes.com)
5 points by e2e4 10y ago|1 comments
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by e2e4 10y ago
I've been a very happy lambda user (using Scala); serverless architecture is really nice. There are some remaining issues (e.g. cold start; although should not be an issue once you actually have decent amount of traffic); many of the
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If McDonald’s Advertised Like Apple(youtube.com)
2 points by e2e4 10y ago|0 comments
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by e2e4 10y ago
Where did you move to?
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by e2e4 11y ago
Initially video stores have cut into the profits of movie theaters. However, it is interesting that currently theaters (while still struggling quite a bit) seem to be coping better than the video stores.
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by e2e4 11y ago
If you decide to take that route, one of dispute resolution techniques (couldn't remember its name); is to ask side A to name the price for the equity; B can then either sell at the proposed price, or inversely purchase the A's eq
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by e2e4 11y ago
It is interesting that many NH posters have a negative view on immigration from eastern europe. However, the effect on the countries from which people emigrate (I am somewhat familiar with Baltics) is quite tough. Imagine having a large p
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A better way to deliver innovation to the world(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by e2e4 11y ago|0 comments
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‘Rise of the Robots’ and ‘Shadow Work’(nytimes.com)
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by e2e4 11y ago
> The important thing is to have public transport that is cheap, clean, efficient, 99.9% on-time and can handle large amounts of passengers. Couldn't agree more. Situation is very similar in Tokyo. Almost from anywhere in the city
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by e2e4 11y ago
for convenience here is the list of the questions (from the original app): What are you working on? How does it work? Someone else just showed us this idea, do you have anything else? How far along are you? Who are your users and why are th
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Can You Be Productive on 4-6 Hours of Sleep?(medium.com)
1 points by e2e4 11y ago|0 comments
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by e2e4 11y ago
Thanks for the post; very helpful. You might consider sharing the link via your own product; this way people will see how it works ...
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The US is naming and shaming economic allies for relying too much on US demand(qz.com)
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by e2e4 11y ago
Thats great news. I love RethinkDB; but not having a Java driver made it a no-go for a couple of projects.
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by e2e4 12y ago
In academia providing concrete implementation is often not valued highly; hence I would have probably fallen into the same trap (which I did anyways, but in a different area). p.s. thanks for the vote of confidence though :)
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by e2e4 12y ago
Very nice observations. I was offered an RA position in the mid 90's to work on a document oriented database. In retrospect, I wish I would have taken it. Although I haven't seen any of the people involved anywhere near the Forb
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by e2e4 13y ago
this is a great open source alternative to EverNote. p.s. TiddlyWiki 5; has undergone a complete re-design/development; so please give it a try. and if you want to contribute: http://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki
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TiddlyWiki: personal wiki designed for the next 25 years (running on Node.js)(tiddlywiki.com)
1 points by e2e4 13y ago|1 comments
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by e2e4 13y ago
> "Commercial uses do require a separate license to safeguard the community’s investment in the CrunchBase, as well as protect the dataset’s integrity." Unfortunately I doubt that community will see any part of the licensing fe
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CrunchBase changes its license from CC-BY to CC-BY-NC(info.crunchbase.com)
5 points by e2e4 13y ago|2 comments
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by e2e4 13y ago
In Tokyo; quite a few people use smartphones's NFC FeliCa (SUICA) as their train commuting passes (along with the connected payment option): http://www.jreast.co.jp/mobilesuica/whats/models.html I guess for
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by e2e4 13y ago
The example in the article mentioned a user getting his first smart phone, i.e. switching from a "feature phone". Personally, I've experienced that many people that are getting a 2nd, 3rd smartphone are switching from iphone
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by e2e4 13y ago
The "free" Bachelors is still mostly the privilege of American students (with a few truly exception international students sprinkled in). For PhD, As sidww2 pointed out, and what I have experienced as well, the admission pool beco
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by e2e4 13y ago
> And from the famous Ivy League schools, it's generally easier to get accepted for a Ph.D. than for a Bachelors. Since in many cases PhD is basically free, it is by far more competitive than Bachelors.
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The Age Of Big Data - BBC Documentary (video)(youtube.com)
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Column: Why I moved my start-up to Canada(articles.washingtonpost.com)
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by e2e4 13y ago
Your comment is spot on about the types of businesses that VCs are funding - the ones with "explosive" growth potential (with the expectation that it happens quite soon). I do disagree that startup has to be growth centered. By v