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Office Hours with Paul Graham TC Disrupt NY 2011(techcrunch.com)
1 points by iqster 15y ago|1 comments
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by iqster 15y ago
Gah! Person #6 mentioned peeking at prices. Sounds similar to another TC Disrupt battlefield company called SneakPeeq - link: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/23/sneaqpeeq-is-the-social-sho...
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by iqster 15y ago
PG mentioned that future geo-location would be very powerful. This is totally possible :) http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Publication/2433619/p...
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by iqster 15y ago
I really liked the feedback given by PG to startup #2 - allow companies to sell their extra leads (company was a video interview website for unskilled labour - target is big retailers). Event is going on right now btw. You can see the lives
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Office Hours with Paul Graham TC Disrupt NY 2011(ustream.tv)
5 points by iqster 15y ago|3 comments
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by iqster 15y ago
Good point. I applied in Canada about a decade ago. I do remember they mentioned at that time that they had toned down the "excellence in athletics" category. They now merely required participation and demonstration of sportsman spirit. Thi
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by iqster 15y ago
Ummm ... can I call BS? They say they pinpoint location. If you can do this indoors (with 5-10 meters accuracy) for a cost under 50 bucks a tag, I will tip my hat. Might as well give them a whistle.
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by iqster 15y ago
"A tutorial on Hidden Markov Models and selected applications in speech recognition" (by Lawrence Rabiner) - blew me away. link: http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/Rabiner/ece259/Reprints/tuto... I'll also add "Design and Implementation of t
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by iqster 15y ago
I lived in NYC and SF. Public Transit is far from ideal. When's the last caltrain on sunday? 8pm?? In NYC, I live in midtown east and take a lot of cabs .. mainly for cross town events. Yes .. I tried the bus but I realized my dignity was w
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by iqster 15y ago
I was pretty disappointed by this statement. But I guess the truth is sometimes painful. Even if one tries to ignore the hype, there is some grain to the truth that Facebook and Twitter are the "operating systems" of the social web. It is h
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by iqster 15y ago
Not all hacks end up getting completed. I participated in this hackathon and was surprised how full the room over into the wee hours of the morning. My personal opinion is that the lack of theme is a good thing as it brings together a wide
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by iqster 15y ago
With respect to the performance of Clarium, I am reminded of a quote: Markets can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
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by iqster 15y ago
Good thought! Chrome seems to prevent one from accessing the user's clipboard. There is a workaround through the use of embedding invisible Flash content on the webpage. I'll look into it. Thx for the feedback :)
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by iqster 15y ago
That may be true. The lifestyle in Silicon Valley is pretty awesome. I've lived in and visited several world class cities and the Bay area outshines pretty much everyone. You might be able to increase your friend pool if you are a technic
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Show HN: Chrome extension I made in 10 minutes
4 points by iqster 15y ago|5 comments
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by iqster 15y ago
From the article: "That is because increased government research funding from the US National Institutes of Health and Japan's science and education ministry has driven expansion of doctoral and postdoctoral education without giving enough
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by iqster 15y ago
http://igniteshow.com/
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Frienda(friendda.org)
25 points by iqster 15y ago|3 comments
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Thanks so much.
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Ask HN: XMLHttpRequest, Cross-site scripting and JSONP
3 points by iqster 15y ago|3 comments
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by iqster 15y ago
Same here. I recommend the iPad to older folks regularly. You are correct that there is no magic that prevents iOS from being compromised ... but their security model has been working well so far. I taught a computer class to seniors in a c
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by iqster 15y ago
I call BS on the headline. I don't understand how this applies to the iPad.
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by iqster 15y ago
To clarify: I feel screwed because my previously spam-free mailbox had dozens of messages from recruiters and people wanting to "hustle" (get feedback on their projects, etc.). I generally believe in good karma and offer feedback on HN or F
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by iqster 15y ago
I learned a valuable lesson today ... never give out my true email address to ANYONE! :p But seriously ... do people routinely create aliases for every form they submit on the net? In this case, I had an expectation of privacy. Feeling real
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by iqster 16y ago
Yes it is. The SF Bay area is a bit insane/awesome in that department. I would suggest you calibrate yourself correctly ... if you think you're underqualified, you are doing yourself a disservice. Frankly, I would suggest not even starting
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by iqster 16y ago
HOLY SHIT! This is fantastic! I had heard of the game but hadn't played it. Gotta get to it now.
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by iqster 16y ago
I first had a C64 and then an Amiga 500 ... those were some of my best memories as a child/teenager. My experiences with these machines undoubtedly led me to being a Computer Scientist as an adult. There will always be a place in my heart f
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by iqster 16y ago
Absolutely correct. I ended up leaving Toronto after I realized this. I'm not sure if it was a good decision or bad. I ended up getting fantastic work experience and a higher number salary. However, my quality of life wasn't the same (becau
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by iqster 16y ago
When I visited Vancouver, the locals mentioned some ridiculously high rents/condo prices for places in downtown near Stanley park (and I'm from the Bay area). I thought the city was gorgeous but couldn't figure out any high paying employers
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by iqster 16y ago
Peopleware - This isn't a programming book, but I feel that every professional programmer (and certainly every manager) should have read it. It is about the human aspect of programming. Programmers are people too!

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