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by gdilla 11y ago
the calculus can change when you have kids. Then you're faced with living in a good school district (unless you can afford private school). Good school districts don't always line up with downtown cores - at least they're sti
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by gdilla 11y ago
Work is defined as getting a salary though. If you're accepted into YC, they are not 1099'ing you or putting you on a payroll. It's like a stipend (effectively), and legally just an investment in your firm.
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by gdilla 11y ago
If you look at the database, you'll see that H1Bs are awarded to non tech people too - like cooks, researchers, etc. A lot of foreign chef's are brought over on H1Bs to run or train a staff. Here's one for a thai restaurant i
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Sen. Ted Cruz wants minimum H-1B wage of $110,000(computerworld.com)
28 points by gdilla 11y ago|17 comments
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by gdilla 11y ago
unless they have a secret pipeline of talented coders who don't want to be in an office, live in the woods or on the beach, work 3-4 hours a day, collaborate minimally, and never have to worry about finding new work or maintaining a pi
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by gdilla 11y ago
Downloading hasn't lost it's novelty (though it is still high barrier compared to mobile web). It's discovery which is the problem. New publishers are mostly doomed to fail. Apart from that, apps have short half lives. If som
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by gdilla 11y ago
mobile and mobile apps are just an access point. You still have to build something people want. the fact you have an app buys you nothing itself (though maybe it used to back in the early days of the app store).
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by gdilla 11y ago
The simple way to fix this is to remove the indentured servitude. In a fair market, labor is free to move around. Overnight, the incentive for companies to hire H1Bs go out the door, because all the advantages of doing so (below market serv
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by gdilla 11y ago
instagram is a completely different dynamic than pinterist. Besides, if they do compete, it's not zero sum. People use both (and use them differently).
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by gdilla 11y ago
It's all based on growth. You can't value it like an established company. "When Twitter went public in 2013, it was valued at $24B — 12 times higher than Times market cap. Twitter was losing money while the Times earned $133M
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by gdilla 11y ago
Perhaps. I think people who grew up with social media know it's a loose substitute for maintaining real friendships and relationships. You just won't get the same fulfillment looking at a 'friends' feed than actually rea
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by gdilla 11y ago
For the longest time, ebooks and physical books were priced about the same by the publishers - even though the revenue structure was different (wholesale vs agency). What they forgot was, because of the reasons above, these products are not
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by gdilla 11y ago
I would think SB understands how to maximize revenue based on size, rent, and location of their stores. Revenue/sq ft would be one metric to use. There's SBs out there with no seating or public seating (like airports), to ones in
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Show HN: Glimpse – an iOS App to create video montages(itunes.apple.com)
1 points by gdilla 11y ago|0 comments
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by gdilla 11y ago
if a few (2%) slip through, it's better than 0 I guess. But why do they have to be in your face? Can't they just slide up on the bottom of the page and stay down there so you can at least finish the sentence you're reading? I
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by gdilla 11y ago
I wonder how the vertical FOV is - will you be able to look up and look straight down? Seems like this is optimized for horizontal 360.
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by gdilla 11y ago
Well I would argue if they're positioning it as a growth based investment, that's a huge red flag to you, the potential investor. But of course, some people will believe in their story.
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by gdilla 11y ago
But they will realize if they have value or not when they read the S1 filing required to IPO.
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by gdilla 11y ago
Yeah, he is, but he lives in and is based in Brooklyn now.
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by gdilla 11y ago
It wouldn't be your only source of income if you did try to earn a living as an independent musician. Look at Oddisee, an indy rapper and producer from Brooklyn, as an example. It's a full time job but he's doing it. He sells
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by gdilla 11y ago
Even though this is anonymous, at big companies like Apple, you can see executive salaries with specific enough job titles that it's easy with a little LinkedIn sleuthing to know the person's identity. http://data.jobsi
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Facebook requires $15 an hour wage for janitors and cooks(mashable.com)
5 points by gdilla 11y ago|0 comments
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by gdilla 11y ago
Kind of amazing that Meta Lab, the UX design juggernauts behind Slack, don't mention on their website where the hell they're located, which, if applying for a job there, would be nice to know. And if remote is acceptable, it shoul
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Slack’s $2.8B Dollar Secret Sauce(medium.com)
2 points by gdilla 11y ago|2 comments
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by gdilla 11y ago
pretty irrelevant. FB is a publicly traded company, and as such, it's pretty easy to see how much a social user is 'worth' in revenue terms. Instagram turned on ads, and so will whatsapp, perhaps. but ya, we have a pretty go
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It's not women who are the problem in tech land(cnet.com)
1 points by gdilla 11y ago|1 comments
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by gdilla 11y ago
actually, yes. Compared to scrolling football fields to get to the next item, a one-push interaction would be better.
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Spotify raises $350M at $8B valuation: Sources(cnbc.com)
1 points by gdilla 11y ago|0 comments
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by gdilla 12y ago
True, to ebay, a place where people go to sell their goods; a much needed source of income in a recession.
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by gdilla 12y ago
Meh, they can be annoying. but if top nav is static, I find it less annoying. It basically allows you to jump easily to sections independent of position, which is the same as multipage sites.

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