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541.
by gommm 17y ago
I'd also be interested in hiring Patrick as an AdWords/marketing/optimization consultant :-)
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by gommm 17y ago
Congratulation Patrick! I second John Clark's comment on the business of software forum. You should see if you can negotiate some freelance work with your ex-employer, that's what I did with the company I used to work for in Japan and it wo
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by gommm 17y ago
I don't remember an instance of Google responding to the Chinese government request of information. They did follow the government guideline and censored their results but that's a very minor problem compared to the good Google did by just
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by gommm 17y ago
They did use to block google regularly before Google came in China... And Baidu is quite a bit more popular with Chinese people than Google so I'm not sure if that will be the problem... What might be bad for China though is all the investm
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by gommm 17y ago
Ah, having kids does probably justify the MagSafe connector...
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by gommm 17y ago
The second part is a bit tongue in cheek :-) But yeah, I wish Apple didn't make those power cords...
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by gommm 17y ago
I often work at home and love to move around between different places. Not having to carry the power adapter is a real plus for me. Plus, anyway I've got a mac and the magafe connector that keeps falling out mean that even next to a power o
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by gommm 17y ago
Yes reading this convinced me that as much as people criticize companies in China, the only reason US and European companies are more careful is because of regulation... It's a good argument in favor of regulations and strong health agencie
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by gommm 17y ago
And anyway, in the worse case if after launching the app it doesn't become successful, you can always leverage it to get well paid consulting developing iphone apps. And consulting gigs are a great way to keep afloat while developing your n
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by gommm 17y ago
And I remember in France how my university professors used to complain that high school students became weak in set theory... I didn't know that the level in the US had fallen that far... but it's true that I remember helping a girl in the
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by gommm 17y ago
I think having a gui for OS X could really help it to spread.. I'd love to recommend tarsnap to friends but most of them don't want to use the commandline
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by gommm 17y ago
It's not the inventor who claims that but a New York Chef: Manuel Trevino.
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by gommm 17y ago
A bit out of topic... but I really hate the magsafe connector, it always falls off of the computer, restrict me in which positions I can use my laptop and all that for the unlikely possibility of it saving the day if I trip on the wire But,
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by gommm 17y ago
On the contrary in France, many of my professors were either anarchists or communists and for some had chosen to become professors because they didn't want to contribute to 'loathsome' corporation. That's probably the reason why, while the
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by gommm 17y ago
I think a big difference too has been the creation of ghettos (HLM communities) in the 60s that concentrated all the poors in one area... Of course, at the end of the Trente Glorieuses in 1974, when unemployment started to rise in France t
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by gommm 17y ago
Sorry what does VWF mean? In my limited experience most asian countries don't really ask much when the address is not known...
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by gommm 17y ago
Well they were computer science students who went to my university for 6 months during their master degree... Now as to the working environment in Europe, well since I moved to Japan straight after graduating, I haven't really worked in Eur
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by gommm 17y ago
That would suck for people like me who love going to a country to visit without making plans whatsoever :-)
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by gommm 17y ago
They are not part of the EU but there are a number of agreements between the EU and Switzerland and in particular EU citizens don't need a visa to stay there for more than 3 months. And French and Italian (and Spanish and Portuguese for tha
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by gommm 17y ago
As an Italian, he can very easily learn French, so Belgium, France and Switzerland (both the italian and french part) are also open to him.
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by gommm 17y ago
Sure, when you come to Shanghai, send me an email :-)
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by gommm 17y ago
Oh great and I'm going to fly to the US with a stopover in Detroit soon :-(. If only they could lay off the security theater.
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by gommm 17y ago
Hi, I'd go with PCL it's a good practical introduction... Off topic, but where in China are you based? If you're in Shanghai maybe we can meet up sometime, I always like meeting fellow HNers!
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by gommm 17y ago
grow my company from 1 to 6 employees and have 10 times more profit.
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by gommm 17y ago
I think it's mostly a question of luck and time of the day when it comes to traction on HN. There are so many stories and the page is only this big....
566.
by gommm 17y ago
I've just discovered your stories... Please go on... It's nice reading them :-)
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by gommm 17y ago
1$ is the salary for one hour work for a maid in Shanghai... And Shanghai is not exactly the cheapest part of China.
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by gommm 17y ago
and even if you are living in a big city like Kyoto, you can get by with 20-24k-ish... Trains and appartment are expensive... but restaurants and food in general is really rather cheap.
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by gommm 17y ago
There's one point though you're discounting, Plurk was used in China, it's known there and it's completely possible that they are thinking of reentering the Chinese market.
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by gommm 17y ago
There are two kinds of subsidiary in China for foreign companies: - Representation Office - WFOE: Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise In the case of a representation office, employees are hired through a Human Ressource company (eg: FESCO) bu

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