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by eraad 17y ago
Ignore everything, go with Brazilian Jiujitsu. Saying BJJ doesn´t work in real life is like saying Ruby doesn't scale. If you want to become a killer machine, learn BJJ, box, wrestling and muay-thai and stop programming. If you want to get
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by eraad 17y ago
This may be the new trend on speed dating 2.0. It would be cool if you could choose the ambient where you want to hang out: Facebook, Twitter, BeautifulPeople, etc.
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PopJam.com: A Facebook Connect-powered Chatroulette clone(popjam.com)
10 points by eraad 17y ago|13 comments
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by eraad 17y ago
I first thought it was an automatic contextual ad but yesterday, after years of using Gmail, figured out that they were intentionally there, since the text links don`t seem to have a click-through URL typically used to track Google`s ads.
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Ask HN: What's with the Spam recipes in Gmail´s spam folder?
2 points by eraad 17y ago|3 comments
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by eraad 17y ago
If you are OK with a free, ad-funded service, take a look at zeepmobile.com, they offer a free API with which you can send and receive SMS to your subscribed users. The only con is that it's an API and you need to spend a small amount of ti
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by eraad 17y ago
Additionally to "Getting Real", I strongly recommend you reading "Just don't roll the dice: a usefully short guide to software pricing". It's free: http://www.neildavidson.com/dontjustrollthedice.html
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by eraad 17y ago
I don´t think it exists. Sound like a good idea as long as it doesn´t turn into a stalking device. IMHO location and social data should be used together when existing personal relationships between participants exist already.
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Hemp for victory(archive.org)
1 points by eraad 17y ago|0 comments
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by eraad 17y ago
I`m using Chrome/Ubuntu 9.10 and got the warning message. Everything worked fine though. After selecting my travel dates, I got the impression that the whole page would scroll down, not just the left column. It was a bit confusing I think.
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by eraad 17y ago
Yeah you are right, it may be pure coincidence or just bad luck in the form of the blue whale of death.
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by eraad 17y ago
neither I, but it was funny to see his follower count increase like Gmail´s space counter. Actually I think it took Twitter down today.
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Ask HN: Did Bill Gates took Twitter down?
2 points by eraad 17y ago|2 comments
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by eraad 17y ago
Yes, society/culture are an important factor I guess. People do vote for the wrong presidents. The law allows them to promise a lot of things during campaign although there is not a strong control, audit system in place. Historically the co
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Make Your Own Star Trek Phaser(comicsalliance.com)
3 points by eraad 17y ago|0 comments
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by eraad 17y ago
I'm impressed this article basically explains why do I live in a poor country. I live in Ecuador (South America). Our land is packed with high-quality oil, virtually unlimited food and impressive biodiversity (google "yasuni"). Although our
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Bill Gates joins Twitter and reaches 66K+ followers in less than an hour(twitter.com)
13 points by eraad 17y ago|4 comments
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by eraad 17y ago
7 days a week, first thing in the morning and multiple times during the day. It´s addictive. Sometimes I even get to HN for inspiration when stuck in a project/problem.
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by eraad 17y ago
Well you are correct. I just thought that maybe China didn´t want people to watch it but that´s not the case. Just being paranoid.
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by eraad 17y ago
This is old news but the guy got what he asked for. It was like taking out a piece of bloody meat while diving surrounded by hungry sharks. You know, being inside an airport is like being on their territory.
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by eraad 17y ago
Google should license the film and put it on YouTube for Chinese to watch it for free.
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by eraad 17y ago
What about setting up a small recruiting site with a set of programming challenges? It has worked for me in the past. But I guess you first need to find someone to help you out with that. You may try something like http://www.scriptlance.c
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by eraad 17y ago
Helping to get rewards is not supposed to be the right thing, but I guess it may be the only way to get some people, which would never help, to help.
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by eraad 17y ago
Looks to me like a good analysis of our shameless need to look for sex everywhere.
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by eraad 17y ago
Jeff Bezos: King of Amazon.com is a very inspirational reading: http://www.amazon.com/Jeff-Bezos-King-Amazon-Com-Techies/dp/...
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by eraad 17y ago
Exactly, getting paid for learning is the sweet spot.
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by eraad 17y ago
I work at my own startup where I manage my own time and usually, the best time to read/learn is when I get stuck in the process of building something. Reading hacker news, stack overflow or even researching ideas on how to get through the p
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by eraad 17y ago
Give it all to me. I will make good use of it and give you back some extra bucks in a couple of years.
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Erlang programming rules(erlang.se)
2 points by eraad 17y ago|0 comments