kchoudhu

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by kchoudhu 11y ago
> Wrong, the fine is a consequence of breaking competition laws I assure you, the cost of breaking the law is factored into a spreadsheet somewhere in all corporations of note, and that this metaphorical spreadsheet is always used to mak
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
The entire Indian subcontinent is currently struggling with the transition to a state of the world where citizens communicate freely and frequently without going through an organization controlled directly by the government. Bangladesh, for
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Did anyone else see the phone and think "Dell Venue Pro"?
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
I filed: * A permanent residency application based on my marriage. * An application to remove conditions on said permanent residency * An expedited naturalization application We didn't bother getting a lawyer: the paperwork was easy. T
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
The Waterfall method has not been successful for 40 years Right, ok.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
One of these banks is definitively not like the others.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Recruiters would call the office switchboard and ask to be transferred to my extension while I sat on a trading desk next to a managing director (read: dude who brings in major $$$ for the firm). Seriously awkward conversations afterwards.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Don't upgrade to 10. They killed WMC...
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Can't tell if serious, or greatest deadpan comment ever.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
I remember waiting for two years for this book to come to the US in paperback. Worth every minute of the wait. The road to hell really is paved with good intentions.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Can I ask why you're determined to be a part of YC? Everyone on this board knows who you are, and you could probably get an audience with whoever you want if you asked for it. Your personal brand and network is probably way stronger th
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
I assume I'll have to declare personal bankruptcy as soon as I launch one.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
See: Soviet "Alfa" class submarine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa-class_submarine
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
My daughter was born via c-section, so there was a short period between her birth and my wife's milk coming in when my wife was driven to tears by her inability to provide nutrition to the child. The coin has recently turned, however,
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Fairly certain the GFC can ferret out any VPN you can set up on your own.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
"We really don't want to know more about a Kuiper belt object" -- No priorization committee ever. The 2014 MU69 flyby is happening.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
CUSIP?
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
I'll tell you what I told my little sister (who is in your shoes, i.e. just starting to save after graduating from college): you won't be using the money you're investing for 30+ years. Just invest, stop trying to time market
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
I thank my lucky stars every day that I started saving right around/before the crash in 2008.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Oh look, an opportunity to buy.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
And this is the point at which I'd just grab a Linux/BSD LiveCD and be done with Windows.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
This isn't Uber fighting petty city bureaucrats and taxicab owners; "disruption" in this field fucks with what it means to be a nation state, and the state will never tolerate any infringement on its right to issue and mani
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Bummer. This was the one startup I've seen over the last few years on HN that I was actively rooting for. Blame the Fed, I guess? De novo charters aren't being handed out anymore apparently, so you either have to acquire a charter
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
I hate to be that guy, but... * Given the traffic in Dhaka, you'll forgive me for not believing your one hour delivery promise. * The only way I can see to get around the traffic problem is to either go hyper-local (i.e. maintain wareh
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Yup.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
To the best of my knowledge, they haven't repaid. Their access to capital markets is very inconvenient right now -- but they haven't repaid.
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
I have no business and have three business credit cards. What's your point?
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
> on a profit production line Dude, what profit?
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Wow -- the increase in resolution is wild. 1/25: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounter/data/pluto/level... 6/25: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounter/data
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by kchoudhu 11y ago
Meditations is hardly self-help... I'm not going to deny the fact that it changed the way I look at the world though.

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