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901.
by geomark 11y ago
I didn't realize the suicide rate in Japan was so high. It's sad. Combine that with Japan's phenonmena of "moss viewing girls" [1] and "herbivore men" [2] and it really seems like the Japanese are destined
902.
by geomark 11y ago
Hah! Maybe Theranos and Palantir have more in common than I thought.
903.
by geomark 11y ago
I like how Holmes' recollection of meetings is always different than the other attendees. Only one machine had an error message, not all three. She didn't abruptly walk out of the meeting. She didn't refuse to answer a questi
904.
by geomark 11y ago
That's what got me to make the switch. I just wanted a command line without all the crud that comes with Windows. I don't see going back to Windows as long as I'm writing code.
905.
by geomark 11y ago
I've been through this whole thing. Where I am now is I'm older and living in Thailand with a wife and kid. When I was younger I had the same big ideas about traveling while earning a living as a single guy; current fashion is to
906.
by geomark 11y ago
I wasn't aware of that. Where I live, in a mountainous area of Thailand, we have lots of bats, small insect eaters to large fruit eaters. It's quite a show around sundown watching them swoop overhead. We also have lots of mosquito
907.
by geomark 11y ago
That would be very smart, evil, but smart. He could identify strategies superior to his own and then either play them himself or feed them back into the product and charge for premium features.
908.
by geomark 11y ago
Same here in Thailand. Dengue has been around for a long time and the number of cases keeps growing with 130,000 this year [1]. There are sufficient resources to battle it, but like other corrupt countries the money gets spent on projects
909.
by geomark 11y ago
Did you see the news that Bloomberg calls this year's "final indignity"[1]? A dam holding back mining waste collapsed, killing 17 people and sending millions of tons of toxic mud to the coast between Rio and Bahia. [1] http:
910.
Startup holiday video(youtube.com)
1 points by geomark 11y ago|0 comments
911.
by geomark 11y ago
I'm curious if Thailand's human trafficking industry is among your areas of interest. It is recently getting a lot of press coverage but it is nothing new. It is not even well hidden and not something most Thais are concerned abou
912.
Man arrested for liking post(mashable.com)
11 points by geomark 11y ago|0 comments
913.
by geomark 11y ago
I thought China was not going to cooperate with FATCA. Really surprised they would agree to report on bank holdings to the US gov.
914.
by geomark 11y ago
That's kind of what I meant by messy, so few people know how to resolve the two sets of rules.
915.
Man faces 37 years in prison for insulting dog(nytimes.com)
2 points by geomark 11y ago|0 comments
916.
by geomark 11y ago
My own experience in Thailand is similar to the author's in India: see a doctor on short notice, prices quoted in advance, short wait time for surgery, prices low enough to pay out-of-pocket. The icing on the cake is how friendly and w
917.
by geomark 11y ago
It's messy and expensive to pay an accountant who knows how to get it right, which makes for a big disincentive to take any work abroad. Small jobs are money losers after accounting and filing costs.
918.
by geomark 11y ago
Actually, it's been a requirement to file a FBAR for many years if you have a foreign bank account with more than equivalent of US$10,000 in it. So that filing requirement isn't exactly new, just that it's gotten more attenti
919.
by geomark 11y ago
I'm disappointed to hear this after watching the video of Andrew Ng's talk. He was very proud of Baidu's accomplishment in this competition.
920.
by geomark 11y ago
I was thinking that maybe it would be kind of interesting and even possibly beneficial to work there for a short period before joining permanently. But could you do that in one week? I guess you could get a look at their tool chain, but you
921.
by geomark 11y ago
Looks like that "on site work trial" thing is still part of their hiring practice. It is mentioned right above "How to Apply".
922.
by geomark 11y ago
It's been quite a few years since I've lived in the US so maybe I'm out of touch. But where I live you can send money instantly to anyone if you know their bank account number. You can do it online via your bank's websit
923.
by geomark 11y ago
I've lived in Thailand for 14 years, in Bangkok and now Pak Chong, and speak to Thais everyday. I studied Thai at AUA and then with a private tutor. But that's just my anecdotal experience. I gave two references to standard Thai,
924.
by geomark 11y ago
https://youtu.be/sxoda3pLdN0?t=1m24s This is basic standard Thai used by all central Thais.
925.
by geomark 11y ago
"Yes" is ใช่่ , romanized as chai [1] "No" is ไม่ , ไม่ใช่ , or เปล่า (mai, mai chai, bplao) There are many other words that also mean yes/no but those are the direct translations that are used extensively in every
926.
by geomark 11y ago
Yeah, that's what the mail forwarding services do, like the one I use. Not free of course. But people like me would pay the USPS for the service if they could match what private mail forwarders do. One advantage is you wouldn't ha
927.
by geomark 11y ago
"Far better to show them the most effective technique, let them practice it, and move on." Wasn't there a recent post on HN about something being expanded in Japan called "productive failing"? It's the opposite
928.
by geomark 11y ago
You are so fortunate. I served three times and each was a frustrating and disheartening experience.
929.
by geomark 11y ago
I find it interesting that this is the traditional Buddhist monk meal plan, eat once a day, although it's lunch rather than dinner. There are several reasons for it that are all aimed at keeping monks' minds focused on their job w
930.
by geomark 11y ago
"Distribution of harmful matter to minors." The law requires a warning that says it shouldn't be sold to minors. Instead, they put on a sticker with a snarky remark about how some people might find the contents objectionable,

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