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by elmarschraml 15y ago
Unlike previous YC startups, most of these seem pretty trivial, and do not really solve any problems. Perceived problems (e.g. PlanGrid): Do they actually know someone who works in constructions and has said "If only I could view plans on a
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by elmarschraml 15y ago
I'm definitely in. Venue suggestions, both central, both proven as meetup places for the Google technology user group in Munich: - Niederlassung (niederlassung.org, bar close to Gärtnerplatz) - Cafe Netzwerk (cafe-netzwerk.de, non-profit we
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by elmarschraml 15y ago
I love the look of that house, seems extremely cosy and well-designed. But it's pretty hypocritical to present it as cheap and frugal. The cost of a house is land + labor + material. Land costs depend on where you want to live, but can be t
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by elmarschraml 15y ago
Why salespeople are on commission? Because it's one of the rare jobs where performance can be easily and objectively measured. Most of the arguments in the article could just as easily apply to a fixed salary (jumping ship for better pay, f
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by elmarschraml 16y ago
Another German here: The trouble with getting out of the crises so well is that it relieves the need for real reforms. We still have an extremely inflexible labor market, extremely high taxes/social security payments, and excessive regulati
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Ask HN: Best resources to learn about design?
1 points by elmarschraml 16y ago|1 comments
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by elmarschraml 16y ago
Yes, exactly, thanks for clarifying. Just wanted to be fully buzzword-compliant, I guess...
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Ask HN: Hosting personal site on a VPS, or in the cloud?
34 points by elmarschraml 16y ago|41 comments