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by kloncks 15y ago
I'm reminded of Reid Hoffman's quote: "Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins."
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NewsHour Report On Startup Accelerators In Valley(youtube.com)
19 points by kloncks 15y ago|3 comments
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by kloncks 15y ago
So? 50 get accepted out of every 2,000+. They admit their prototype wasn't well-polished. This is like the relative of a famous celebrity (or scientist) not getting into an elite school and admitting some part of their application - essay,
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by kloncks 15y ago
I'm trying to figure out why Bloomberg is trying to import a really great Tech university or create one from scratch rather than expanding or building off of NYU or Columbia. Any ideas?
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by kloncks 15y ago
It finally worked. Absolutely wasn't before, but not sure what changed. Awesome! THanks.
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by kloncks 15y ago
The suggested links. http://apple.jpg.to doesn't work for me.
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by kloncks 15y ago
Not working for me? I keep getting this: Sorry, image not found. Please try other keywords.
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by kloncks 15y ago
I got a call from a recruiter recently. Turns out he thinks I'll be a great candidate to be the new CEO of some algorithmic trading/financial services company in New York City...given my decades of experience in the field. MBA required. I'm
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by kloncks 15y ago
The fact that Google's spokeswoman is forced to justify a project like this as critical to the Google DNA is very sad.
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by kloncks 15y ago
Simply by you stepping onto my ground, you're now under my house rules. With a website, it's called a Terms of Service.
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by kloncks 15y ago
I get your point. But it's faulty. My issue with this view is that the viewer makes himself seem like this victim. Let's put ourselves in this scenario again. You, the viewer, are on my website. You're using my server bandwidth while using
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by kloncks 15y ago
No worries! It's my view that religion often isn't the thing that impairs scientific learning. Rather it's men's interpretation of those events. Just needed to make that subtle correction :)
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by kloncks 15y ago
I was in the middle of one of his talks and heard this exactly. I agree...but allow me to just correct one thing. The "prophet" was a sheikh/imam in Iraq (?) that said math and Satan were connected. Islam had - up until that time - managed
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by kloncks 15y ago
(founder of design centric kout.me here) It was definitely interesting. The exercise of condensing our entire pitch down to 120 seconds was worthwhile. We could very quickly explain what we do, where we're going, and how we'redoing. Elevato
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by kloncks 15y ago
As someone who considered that, I wonder what your reasoning is? Math not CS.
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Google Securing The Web One Discrete Monopolizing Push At A Time(eric.lubow.org)
6 points by kloncks 15y ago|3 comments
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by kloncks 15y ago
San Francisco - Kout (Full-Time & Interns welcome) http://www.kout.me Kout is part of the latest AngelPad class. Our investors include six ex-Googlers and two top Silicon Valley VC firms. We're looking to hire our first employee. Offe
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by kloncks 15y ago
Walk into a coffee shop in Palo Alto (say…Coupa). Pull out your computer, open your gmail or git or twitter. Go try that in NYC before researching exactly which shop has WiFi. Interesting point. Was at Coupa just this weekend. Couldn't g
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by kloncks 15y ago
The fact that this bogus story has 61 points and is on HN's coveted home page is just unbelievable. Are you kidding me!? From Wikipedia: Pavlina was a student at University of California, Berkeley in the early nineties. He performed extrem
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Could America Have Built The Hoover Dam Today? Probably Not.(economist.com)
2 points by kloncks 15y ago|0 comments
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by kloncks 15y ago
Considering my American thermostat supports both, I wouldn't think this will be a problem. Making sure Celsius happens is much easier than other international problems. (Say, different currencies, a problem my startup is dealing with now).
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by kloncks 15y ago
Hacker House 354 Poe St Palo Alto, California Sunday, October 30 · 2:00pm - 5:00pm
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by kloncks 15y ago
Awesome. Really looking forward to it. PA Hacker House is awesome!
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by kloncks 15y ago
My point exactly. Dropping out isn’t an accomplishment, any more than money is a sign of achievement. Sometimes, but not always, it’s simply a symptom of success.
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by kloncks 15y ago
author of post here. Steve Jobs might not have completed much college, but the company he created wouldn't have been successful without Woz who more closely resembles the model I wrote about. Steve dropped out of college without any plan. T
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It's Never Really About Dropping Out(ihany.com)
155 points by kloncks 15y ago|68 comments
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by kloncks 15y ago
For #3 wrapper around paypal Thought that's by far not all we do, my startup ( http://www.kout.me ) has the ability for people to do that. A lot of interesting problems in this space.
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by kloncks 15y ago
Barack Obama had a similar background, did he not? Immigrant father, a young student who seemingly wasn't ready for parenthood.
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by kloncks 15y ago
Great article. Cult of Mac had a story where Sculley remembered a meeting between Steve/Land: Dr Land was saying: “I could see what the Polaroid camera should be. It was just as real to me as if it was sitting in front of me before I had e
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by kloncks 15y ago
Do we not still talk about Aristotle or Plato? Euclid, Archimedes or Pythagoras? Hippocates or Eratosthenes?

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