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Y Combinator: Summer '15(producthunt.com)
5 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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A Herd of Unicorns(linkedin.com)
3 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Honestly, I think you will be more successful if you spend your time and energy looking for employers that could sponsor your visa to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc... I'm from a very remote part of Brazil and I used www.seek.com.
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Important Genetic Differences Between Intelligent People and General Population(neurosciencenews.com)
2 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
In 2008, I was hired to work on a tech startup from Australia, while I was living in Brazil. After I went through an initial quiz and a few interviews, they were willing to give me a shot by giving me (and paying for) a small project to cod
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by humbertomn 11y ago
For the retry part, I prefer to use a database table + cron task to do it... storing failed attempts and making x new attempts in predefined date and times, not having it permanently on a celery queue.
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New technology lets scientists easily rewrite living organisms' genetic code(sciencealert.com)
1 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Not sure it's the case with Quora. I'm just guessing here, but I would say they have high rates of direct visits and many reasons for users to keep coming back every day (or at least every week) because of quality of content and s
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Fabrice Grinda
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Off-Topic: Just curious here, are you guys having problems because of the other startup named Periscope?
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Nothing new there... It would be cool to have current and successful examples of decks by stage (concept, prototype, growth...)
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What Really Killed Homejoy? It Couldn't Hold on to Its Customers(forbes.com)
2 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
It IS great news... But it's terrible to see the media here in Brazil going like "We're finally close to discover life in another planet" and things like that... And even worse, people sharing like crazy around the inter
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Personality Atlas – How the world views other countries(personalityatlas.com)
12 points by humbertomn 11y ago|3 comments
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One night of sleep loss can alter clock genes in your tissues(deepstuff.org)
2 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Isolated/far from really effective startup hubs... I would say many countries in Africa and Asia, many cities in Russia, Brazil, China, Australia, etc...
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Ask HN: What are some successful startups from really isolated cities/countries?
3 points by humbertomn 11y ago|4 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
I updated the title to avoid confusion. You are right, but the country is traditionally considered part of the Caribbean and it's even part of official organizations, such as the Central American Integration System and the Central Amer
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Internet entrepreneur moving from NYC to a beach in Dominican Republic(fabricegrinda.com)
2 points by humbertomn 11y ago|2 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
I understand it as "I know the situation is hard, but try to keep your head up (don't do anything extreme) because things will get better if you fight for it"
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Yes! Not just coding, but I have been struggling to turn my mind off from work to sleep. I think about the new feature I'm coding, about new ideas on how to reach out to more users, etc... I really felt it started to become a serious p
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Forget Rocket Fuel: This Spaceplane Will Use Microwave Beams to Reach Orbit(singularityhub.com)
2 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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Interview Questions That Determine Emotional Intelligence(entrepreneur.com)
7 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Unfortunately not, after 1 hour, I can't edit it anymore. The facebook URL does not require login, tho :)
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The future of the Internet, according to its father(popsci.com)
1 points by humbertomn 11y ago|0 comments
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This animated map shows how religion spread across the world(facebook.com)
28 points by humbertomn 11y ago|15 comments
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How Bold Entrepreneurs Are Breaking $1M in One-Person Businesses(forbes.com)
2 points by humbertomn 11y ago|1 comments
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What if you could make other ideas work but stay focused on the challenging one?
6 points by humbertomn 11y ago|3 comments
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by humbertomn 11y ago
Well, building that brand was part of the work, which you call "gambling". The technical side clearly can build innovation, but that's not even close all you need to have a successful startup. You suggest "building the w
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by humbertomn 12y ago
Good question from The Economist in 2012: "Brazil’s richest man is betting on resources and infrastructure. Can he deliver?" http://www.economist.com/node/21555907

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